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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Ireland was 20.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.97 in 1976, while its lowest value was 20.20 in 2005.

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 30.93
1961 30.91
1962 30.88
1963 30.85
1964 30.81
1965 30.78
1966 30.73
1967 30.63
1968 30.53
1969 30.49
1970 30.58
1971 30.48
1972 30.56
1973 30.71
1974 30.84
1975 30.86
1976 30.97
1977 30.92
1978 30.77
1979 30.61
1980 30.50
1981 30.38
1982 30.34
1983 30.30
1984 30.17
1985 29.91
1986 29.64
1987 29.23
1988 28.71
1989 28.15
1990 27.61
1991 26.88
1992 26.23
1993 25.62
1994 24.99
1995 24.33
1996 23.68
1997 23.03
1998 22.42
1999 21.89
2000 21.46
2001 21.03
2002 20.69
2003 20.44
2004 20.28
2005 20.20
2006 20.26
2007 20.37
2008 20.52
2009 20.67
2010 20.79
2011 21.08
2012 21.33
2013 21.53
2014 21.71
2015 21.87
2016 21.76
2017 21.60
2018 21.41
2019 21.15
2020 20.83

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