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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Cambodia was 30.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.82 in 1964, while its lowest value was 30.92 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 45.74
1961 45.96
1962 46.30
1963 46.63
1964 46.82
1965 46.79
1966 46.78
1967 46.57
1968 46.21
1969 45.84
1970 45.54
1971 45.26
1972 45.09
1973 44.95
1974 44.67
1975 44.11
1976 43.67
1977 42.90
1978 41.95
1979 41.23
1980 41.07
1981 40.52
1982 40.78
1983 41.50
1984 42.13
1985 42.43
1986 43.37
1987 43.59
1988 43.52
1989 43.69
1990 44.28
1991 44.63
1992 45.33
1993 46.11
1994 46.55
1995 46.48
1996 46.28
1997 45.56
1998 44.37
1999 42.98
2000 41.59
2001 40.34
2002 39.33
2003 38.54
2004 37.82
2005 37.07
2006 36.24
2007 35.43
2008 34.63
2009 33.92
2010 33.33
2011 32.92
2012 32.50
2013 32.11
2014 31.81
2015 31.60
2016 31.39
2017 31.27
2018 31.20
2019 31.10
2020 30.92

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