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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Zimbabwe was 41.91 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.70 in 1979, while its lowest value was 41.19 in 2007.

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 45.65
1961 46.07
1962 46.69
1963 47.38
1964 47.92
1965 48.23
1966 48.59
1967 48.74
1968 48.75
1969 48.75
1970 48.79
1971 48.87
1972 48.97
1973 49.07
1974 49.14
1975 49.17
1976 49.36
1977 49.52
1978 49.64
1979 49.70
1980 49.68
1981 49.47
1982 49.13
1983 48.71
1984 48.28
1985 47.86
1986 47.46
1987 47.11
1988 46.75
1989 46.30
1990 45.71
1991 45.51
1992 45.13
1993 44.63
1994 44.10
1995 43.58
1996 43.25
1997 42.99
1998 42.74
1999 42.44
2000 42.06
2001 41.89
2002 41.69
2003 41.51
2004 41.38
2005 41.35
2006 41.22
2007 41.19
2008 41.27
2009 41.41
2010 41.61
2011 41.78
2012 42.00
2013 42.23
2014 42.43
2015 42.55
2016 42.67
2017 42.60
2018 42.40
2019 42.16
2020 41.91

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