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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Somalia was 46.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.30 in 2008, while its lowest value was 42.59 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 42.59
1961 42.86
1962 43.00
1963 43.06
1964 43.06
1965 43.02
1966 43.22
1967 43.34
1968 43.40
1969 43.40
1970 43.30
1971 43.44
1972 43.42
1973 43.29
1974 43.25
1975 43.51
1976 43.71
1977 43.85
1978 44.00
1979 44.02
1980 43.76
1981 43.86
1982 43.93
1983 43.89
1984 43.76
1985 43.64
1986 43.77
1987 43.88
1988 44.01
1989 44.13
1990 44.20
1991 44.48
1992 44.69
1993 44.84
1994 45.04
1995 45.37
1996 45.77
1997 46.18
1998 46.59
1999 46.94
2000 47.20
2001 47.56
2002 47.76
2003 47.85
2004 47.88
2005 47.89
2006 48.05
2007 48.20
2008 48.30
2009 48.30
2010 48.17
2011 48.13
2012 47.96
2013 47.69
2014 47.42
2015 47.17
2016 46.94
2017 46.75
2018 46.58
2019 46.38
2020 46.15

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