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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Mozambique was 44.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.62 in 1990, while its lowest value was 42.00 in 1960.

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 42.00
1961 42.21
1962 42.37
1963 42.49
1964 42.57
1965 42.61
1966 42.86
1967 43.02
1968 43.11
1969 43.16
1970 43.19
1971 43.38
1972 43.52
1973 43.59
1974 43.62
1975 43.60
1976 43.68
1977 43.68
1978 43.62
1979 43.52
1980 43.37
1981 43.68
1982 43.94
1983 44.12
1984 44.22
1985 44.21
1986 44.85
1987 45.37
1988 45.80
1989 46.19
1990 46.62
1991 45.95
1992 45.39
1993 44.96
1994 44.62
1995 44.30
1996 44.43
1997 44.49
1998 44.50
1999 44.49
2000 44.50
2001 44.69
2002 44.85
2003 45.00
2004 45.12
2005 45.20
2006 45.43
2007 45.58
2008 45.66
2009 45.71
2010 45.73
2011 45.74
2012 45.73
2013 45.68
2014 45.58
2015 45.42
2016 45.21
2017 44.96
2018 44.67
2019 44.37
2020 44.06

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