Bosnia and Herzegovina - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 14.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 37.99 in 1960, while its lowest value was 14.52 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 37.99
1961 37.99
1962 37.87
1963 37.64
1964 37.30
1965 36.89
1966 36.73
1967 36.37
1968 35.89
1969 35.39
1970 34.95
1971 34.36
1972 33.91
1973 33.50
1974 33.02
1975 32.41
1976 31.77
1977 31.00
1978 30.17
1979 29.40
1980 28.74
1981 28.09
1982 27.57
1983 27.14
1984 26.71
1985 26.24
1986 25.82
1987 25.39
1988 24.97
1989 24.57
1990 24.16
1991 23.66
1992 23.19
1993 22.74
1994 22.33
1995 22.02
1996 21.71
1997 21.48
1998 21.29
1999 21.05
2000 20.71
2001 20.27
2002 19.66
2003 18.95
2004 18.27
2005 17.70
2006 17.09
2007 16.70
2008 16.42
2009 16.11
2010 15.74
2011 15.73
2012 15.58
2013 15.37
2014 15.23
2015 15.24
2016 14.92
2017 14.80
2018 14.77
2019 14.69
2020 14.52

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