The Gambia - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in The Gambia was 43.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.07 in 2000, while its lowest value was 41.69 in 1965.

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 42.46
1961 42.50
1962 42.37
1963 42.13
1964 41.89
1965 41.69
1966 41.85
1967 41.98
1968 42.09
1969 42.16
1970 42.18
1971 42.47
1972 42.64
1973 42.73
1974 42.80
1975 42.88
1976 43.12
1977 43.32
1978 43.48
1979 43.56
1980 43.56
1981 43.83
1982 43.92
1983 43.93
1984 43.95
1985 44.04
1986 44.02
1987 44.00
1988 43.99
1989 43.94
1990 43.83
1991 44.43
1992 44.89
1993 45.27
1994 45.59
1995 45.87
1996 46.28
1997 46.60
1998 46.84
1999 47.00
2000 47.07
2001 47.03
2002 46.93
2003 46.78
2004 46.58
2005 46.32
2006 46.16
2007 45.94
2008 45.68
2009 45.41
2010 45.15
2011 45.04
2012 44.92
2013 44.79
2014 44.65
2015 44.50
2016 44.45
2017 44.38
2018 44.27
2019 44.13
2020 43.95

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