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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Barbados was 16.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.05 in 1965, while its lowest value was 16.76 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 38.09
1961 38.45
1962 38.71
1963 38.88
1964 38.99
1965 39.05
1966 38.86
1967 38.54
1968 38.12
1969 37.63
1970 37.11
1971 35.90
1972 34.82
1973 33.79
1974 32.68
1975 31.50
1976 31.04
1977 30.46
1978 29.96
1979 29.73
1980 29.75
1981 28.90
1982 28.33
1983 27.88
1984 27.39
1985 26.78
1986 26.31
1987 25.70
1988 25.03
1989 24.45
1990 24.03
1991 23.59
1992 23.31
1993 23.13
1994 22.96
1995 22.77
1996 22.58
1997 22.37
1998 22.15
1999 21.95
2000 21.81
2001 21.45
2002 21.18
2003 20.97
2004 20.77
2005 20.56
2006 20.39
2007 20.20
2008 20.03
2009 19.88
2010 19.74
2011 19.47
2012 19.19
2013 18.91
2014 18.60
2015 18.28
2016 17.95
2017 17.64
2018 17.34
2019 17.05
2020 16.76

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