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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Suriname was 26.67 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.37 in 1968, while its lowest value was 26.67 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 47.21
1961 47.56
1962 47.74
1963 47.80
1964 47.81
1965 47.78
1966 48.11
1967 48.30
1968 48.37
1969 48.29
1970 48.06
1971 47.83
1972 47.68
1973 47.59
1974 47.55
1975 47.53
1976 46.00
1977 44.43
1978 42.82
1979 41.23
1980 39.79
1981 38.47
1982 37.51
1983 36.80
1984 36.20
1985 35.64
1986 35.49
1987 35.12
1988 34.69
1989 34.38
1990 34.27
1991 34.18
1992 34.26
1993 34.42
1994 34.54
1995 34.51
1996 34.25
1997 33.92
1998 33.53
1999 33.11
2000 32.71
2001 32.43
2002 32.16
2003 31.89
2004 31.61
2005 31.32
2006 30.97
2007 30.58
2008 30.17
2009 29.77
2010 29.40
2011 29.06
2012 28.75
2013 28.47
2014 28.19
2015 27.91
2016 27.68
2017 27.43
2018 27.17
2019 26.91
2020 26.67

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