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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Niger was 49.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.26 in 2013, while its lowest value was 48.02 in 1995.

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 48.29
1961 48.46
1962 48.61
1963 48.73
1964 48.78
1965 48.74
1966 48.97
1967 49.06
1968 49.05
1969 48.96
1970 48.81
1971 48.88
1972 48.87
1973 48.79
1974 48.67
1975 48.50
1976 48.42
1977 48.35
1978 48.29
1979 48.22
1980 48.13
1981 48.43
1982 48.57
1983 48.60
1984 48.57
1985 48.49
1986 48.54
1987 48.54
1988 48.52
1989 48.47
1990 48.39
1991 48.46
1992 48.42
1993 48.32
1994 48.18
1995 48.02
1996 48.11
1997 48.15
1998 48.18
1999 48.22
2000 48.27
2001 48.54
2002 48.75
2003 48.91
2004 49.06
2005 49.19
2006 49.49
2007 49.71
2008 49.87
2009 49.97
2010 50.04
2011 50.18
2012 50.25
2013 50.26
2014 50.23
2015 50.17
2016 50.16
2017 50.09
2018 49.98
2019 49.84
2020 49.67

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