Arab World - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Arab World was 32.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.87 in 1968, while its lowest value was 32.56 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 43.28
1961 43.64
1962 43.96
1963 44.23
1964 44.43
1965 44.54
1966 44.75
1967 44.85
1968 44.87
1969 44.84
1970 44.79
1971 44.85
1972 44.84
1973 44.79
1974 44.72
1975 44.63
1976 44.59
1977 44.52
1978 44.44
1979 44.33
1980 44.20
1981 44.12
1982 44.01
1983 43.87
1984 43.71
1985 43.53
1986 43.45
1987 43.32
1988 43.16
1989 42.97
1990 42.79
1991 42.51
1992 42.27
1993 41.89
1994 41.46
1995 40.92
1996 40.47
1997 39.98
1998 39.49
1999 38.99
2000 38.47
2001 37.94
2002 37.40
2003 36.86
2004 36.34
2005 35.84
2006 35.35
2007 34.89
2008 34.47
2009 34.12
2010 33.82
2011 33.58
2012 33.39
2013 33.24
2014 33.11
2015 32.98
2016 32.97
2017 32.89
2018 32.78
2019 32.67
2020 32.56

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