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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Iran was 24.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.16 in 1987, while its lowest value was 23.68 in 2013.

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 42.73
1961 43.27
1962 43.82
1963 44.31
1964 44.63
1965 44.74
1966 44.88
1967 44.81
1968 44.61
1969 44.36
1970 44.11
1971 43.97
1972 43.80
1973 43.63
1974 43.48
1975 43.36
1976 43.32
1977 43.31
1978 43.34
1979 43.43
1980 43.60
1981 44.05
1982 44.51
1983 44.96
1984 45.34
1985 45.61
1986 45.97
1987 46.16
1988 46.16
1989 45.96
1990 45.55
1991 45.08
1992 44.41
1993 43.55
1994 42.57
1995 41.46
1996 40.02
1997 38.57
1998 37.10
1999 35.56
2000 33.96
2001 32.40
2002 30.86
2003 29.37
2004 28.04
2005 26.89
2006 26.04
2007 25.32
2008 24.75
2009 24.33
2010 24.04
2011 23.81
2012 23.70
2013 23.68
2014 23.75
2015 23.88
2016 24.03
2017 24.25
2018 24.48
2019 24.65
2020 24.74

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