Finland - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Finland was 15.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.41 in 1960, while its lowest value was 15.87 in 2020.

Definition: Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 30.41
1961 30.05
1962 29.44
1963 28.65
1964 27.86
1965 27.16
1966 26.59
1967 26.07
1968 25.58
1969 25.10
1970 24.62
1971 24.06
1972 23.50
1973 22.96
1974 22.46
1975 22.00
1976 21.53
1977 21.18
1978 20.89
1979 20.61
1980 20.30
1981 20.16
1982 19.93
1983 19.68
1984 19.49
1985 19.40
1986 19.29
1987 19.26
1988 19.28
1989 19.31
1990 19.31
1991 19.25
1992 19.22
1993 19.20
1994 19.13
1995 19.01
1996 18.96
1997 18.78
1998 18.53
1999 18.31
2000 18.14
2001 17.88
2002 17.72
2003 17.62
2004 17.50
2005 17.34
2006 17.20
2007 17.02
2008 16.82
2009 16.65
2010 16.52
2011 16.49
2012 16.46
2013 16.44
2014 16.43
2015 16.39
2016 16.33
2017 16.25
2018 16.15
2019 16.02
2020 15.87

Development Relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. This indicator is used for calculating age dependency ratio (percent of working-age population). The age dependency ratio is the ratio of the sum of the population aged 0-14 and the population aged 65 and above to the population aged 15-64. In many developing countries, the once rapidly growing population group of the under-15 population is shrinking. As a result, high fertility rates, together with declining mortality rates, are now reflected in the larger share of the 65 and older population.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source. Total population is based on the de facto population including all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. For more information see metadata for total population (SP.POP.TOTL).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population