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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Zambia was 44.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.63 in 1977, while its lowest value was 44.02 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 45.81
1961 46.16
1962 46.45
1963 46.70
1964 46.92
1965 47.11
1966 47.39
1967 47.59
1968 47.72
1969 47.84
1970 47.93
1971 48.08
1972 48.23
1973 48.35
1974 48.43
1975 48.44
1976 48.58
1977 48.63
1978 48.61
1979 48.57
1980 48.53
1981 48.51
1982 48.45
1983 48.36
1984 48.22
1985 48.03
1986 47.97
1987 47.86
1988 47.71
1989 47.51
1990 47.26
1991 47.26
1992 47.20
1993 47.09
1994 46.96
1995 46.83
1996 46.78
1997 46.71
1998 46.62
1999 46.51
2000 46.41
2001 46.56
2002 46.70
2003 46.82
2004 46.93
2005 47.01
2006 47.15
2007 47.24
2008 47.27
2009 47.29
2010 47.29
2011 47.13
2012 46.96
2013 46.76
2014 46.51
2015 46.18
2016 45.84
2017 45.41
2018 44.94
2019 44.46
2020 44.02

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