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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Ghana was 37.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.04 in 1977, while its lowest value was 37.13 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 44.13
1961 44.32
1962 44.33
1963 44.26
1964 44.24
1965 44.31
1966 44.79
1967 45.29
1968 45.78
1969 46.19
1970 46.50
1971 46.75
1972 46.89
1973 46.94
1974 46.91
1975 46.79
1976 46.97
1977 47.04
1978 47.04
1979 46.98
1980 46.89
1981 46.58
1982 46.25
1983 45.91
1984 45.57
1985 45.23
1986 45.05
1987 44.84
1988 44.64
1989 44.42
1990 44.20
1991 44.08
1992 43.91
1993 43.71
1994 43.50
1995 43.28
1996 43.15
1997 43.03
1998 42.89
1999 42.70
2000 42.45
2001 42.22
2002 41.91
2003 41.56
2004 41.20
2005 40.87
2006 40.53
2007 40.21
2008 39.91
2009 39.60
2010 39.29
2011 39.08
2012 38.87
2013 38.65
2014 38.42
2015 38.19
2016 38.02
2017 37.82
2018 37.60
2019 37.36
2020 37.13

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