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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Malawi was 42.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.47 in 2008, while its lowest value was 42.99 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 43.82
1961 43.95
1962 43.89
1963 43.73
1964 43.60
1965 43.53
1966 43.77
1967 44.00
1968 44.22
1969 44.37
1970 44.45
1971 44.80
1972 45.03
1973 45.17
1974 45.26
1975 45.33
1976 45.57
1977 45.74
1978 45.84
1979 45.89
1980 45.88
1981 46.09
1982 46.19
1983 46.21
1984 46.23
1985 46.29
1986 46.11
1987 45.92
1988 45.69
1989 45.33
1990 44.79
1991 44.99
1992 45.03
1993 44.97
1994 44.93
1995 45.00
1996 45.24
1997 45.51
1998 45.78
1999 45.98
2000 46.08
2001 46.29
2002 46.37
2003 46.38
2004 46.37
2005 46.38
2006 46.41
2007 46.44
2008 46.47
2009 46.45
2010 46.35
2011 46.25
2012 46.03
2013 45.74
2014 45.42
2015 45.09
2016 44.68
2017 44.30
2018 43.90
2019 43.47
2020 42.99

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