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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Burundi was 45.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.46 in 1997, while its lowest value was 43.82 in 1960.

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 43.82
1961 44.12
1962 44.50
1963 44.88
1964 45.15
1965 45.26
1966 45.60
1967 45.74
1968 45.74
1969 45.66
1970 45.51
1971 45.67
1972 45.72
1973 45.67
1974 45.55
1975 45.42
1976 45.26
1977 45.09
1978 44.93
1979 44.79
1980 44.68
1981 45.01
1982 45.28
1983 45.55
1984 45.85
1985 46.19
1986 46.65
1987 47.08
1988 47.45
1989 47.73
1990 47.91
1991 48.67
1992 49.28
1993 49.76
1994 50.10
1995 50.31
1996 50.43
1997 50.46
1998 50.39
1999 50.25
2000 50.07
2001 49.43
2002 48.79
2003 48.16
2004 47.55
2005 46.98
2006 46.52
2007 46.08
2008 45.68
2009 45.36
2010 45.14
2011 45.17
2012 45.24
2013 45.34
2014 45.44
2015 45.52
2016 45.56
2017 45.56
2018 45.50
2019 45.40
2020 45.25

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