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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Moldova was 15.89 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.28 in 1965, while its lowest value was 15.79 in 2016.

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 31.79
1961 32.40
1962 33.08
1963 33.71
1964 34.13
1965 34.28
1966 34.18
1967 33.85
1968 33.33
1969 32.72
1970 32.11
1971 31.28
1972 30.60
1973 30.04
1974 29.48
1975 28.87
1976 28.49
1977 27.96
1978 27.38
1979 26.94
1980 26.73
1981 26.62
1982 26.71
1983 26.91
1984 27.09
1985 27.21
1986 27.45
1987 27.67
1988 27.83
1989 27.92
1990 27.92
1991 27.90
1992 27.72
1993 27.42
1994 27.04
1995 26.60
1996 26.02
1997 25.47
1998 24.90
1999 24.24
2000 23.46
2001 22.52
2002 21.48
2003 20.40
2004 19.39
2005 18.52
2006 17.92
2007 17.43
2008 17.05
2009 16.75
2010 16.52
2011 16.26
2012 16.06
2013 15.92
2014 15.83
2015 15.79
2016 15.79
2017 15.82
2018 15.86
2019 15.89
2020 15.89

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