Macao SAR, China - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Macao SAR, China was 14.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.89 in 1965, while its lowest value was 12.49 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 41.81
1961 42.48
1962 43.31
1963 44.19
1964 44.82
1965 44.89
1966 44.56
1967 43.47
1968 41.85
1969 40.05
1970 38.25
1971 35.70
1972 33.44
1973 31.41
1974 29.48
1975 27.61
1976 26.33
1977 25.07
1978 24.04
1979 23.54
1980 23.66
1981 23.00
1982 23.04
1983 23.40
1984 23.63
1985 23.60
1986 24.47
1987 24.80
1988 24.92
1989 25.14
1990 25.51
1991 25.59
1992 25.73
1993 25.84
1994 25.76
1995 25.45
1996 25.12
1997 24.70
1998 24.19
1999 23.58
2000 22.85
2001 21.89
2002 20.74
2003 19.46
2004 18.19
2005 17.02
2006 15.87
2007 14.90
2008 14.12
2009 13.48
2010 12.97
2011 12.76
2012 12.58
2013 12.49
2014 12.50
2015 12.62
2016 12.93
2017 13.28
2018 13.65
2019 14.02
2020 14.35

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