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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Iceland was 19.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 35.06 in 1962, while its lowest value was 19.42 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 34.89
1961 35.05
1962 35.06
1963 34.95
1964 34.76
1965 34.52
1966 34.25
1967 33.92
1968 33.54
1969 33.10
1970 32.64
1971 32.09
1972 31.60
1973 31.12
1974 30.61
1975 30.05
1976 29.59
1977 29.06
1978 28.48
1979 27.95
1980 27.51
1981 27.14
1982 26.86
1983 26.65
1984 26.44
1985 26.20
1986 25.97
1987 25.70
1988 25.42
1989 25.16
1990 24.94
1991 24.80
1992 24.71
1993 24.66
1994 24.57
1995 24.41
1996 24.30
1997 24.05
1998 23.73
1999 23.43
2000 23.20
2001 22.88
2002 22.70
2003 22.57
2004 22.41
2005 22.18
2006 21.93
2007 21.63
2008 21.32
2009 21.05
2010 20.80
2011 20.74
2012 20.65
2013 20.53
2014 20.42
2015 20.31
2016 20.14
2017 19.99
2018 19.83
2019 19.65
2020 19.42

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