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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Belgium was 17.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.88 in 1962, while its lowest value was 16.88 in 2010.

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 23.51
1961 23.78
1962 23.88
1963 23.87
1964 23.84
1965 23.83
1966 23.84
1967 23.82
1968 23.77
1969 23.68
1970 23.56
1971 23.33
1972 23.11
1973 22.88
1974 22.58
1975 22.23
1976 21.87
1977 21.44
1978 20.99
1979 20.54
1980 20.14
1981 19.75
1982 19.43
1983 19.15
1984 18.90
1985 18.66
1986 18.48
1987 18.30
1988 18.13
1989 18.00
1990 17.93
1991 17.85
1992 17.83
1993 17.86
1994 17.89
1995 17.89
1996 17.87
1997 17.81
1998 17.72
1999 17.63
2000 17.57
2001 17.44
2002 17.35
2003 17.29
2004 17.22
2005 17.15
2006 17.10
2007 17.04
2008 16.97
2009 16.92
2010 16.88
2011 16.92
2012 16.94
2013 16.95
2014 16.98
2015 17.00
2016 17.02
2017 17.04
2018 17.06
2019 17.06
2020 17.03

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