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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Netherlands was 15.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 30.06 in 1960, while its lowest value was 15.70 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 30.06
1961 29.95
1962 29.61
1963 29.14
1964 28.69
1965 28.36
1966 28.14
1967 27.96
1968 27.82
1969 27.65
1970 27.43
1971 27.15
1972 26.81
1973 26.40
1974 25.94
1975 25.41
1976 24.84
1977 24.24
1978 23.61
1979 22.97
1980 22.33
1981 21.67
1982 21.06
1983 20.48
1984 19.94
1985 19.45
1986 19.12
1987 18.81
1988 18.53
1989 18.33
1990 18.21
1991 18.16
1992 18.17
1993 18.23
1994 18.31
1995 18.37
1996 18.44
1997 18.47
1998 18.48
1999 18.47
2000 18.47
2001 18.43
2002 18.42
2003 18.42
2004 18.40
2005 18.32
2006 18.25
2007 18.10
2008 17.89
2009 17.69
2010 17.52
2011 17.33
2012 17.20
2013 17.08
2014 16.94
2015 16.76
2016 16.58
2017 16.35
2018 16.11
2019 15.88
2020 15.70

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