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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Canada was 15.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 33.86 in 1962, while its lowest value was 15.78 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 33.73
1961 33.85
1962 33.86
1963 33.76
1964 33.58
1965 33.29
1966 32.85
1967 32.27
1968 31.59
1969 30.86
1970 30.13
1971 29.27
1972 28.50
1973 27.77
1974 27.00
1975 26.17
1976 25.51
1977 24.76
1978 24.00
1979 23.32
1980 22.76
1981 22.31
1982 21.96
1983 21.70
1984 21.48
1985 21.28
1986 21.14
1987 21.01
1988 20.89
1989 20.78
1990 20.69
1991 20.65
1992 20.63
1993 20.60
1994 20.52
1995 20.38
1996 20.26
1997 20.04
1998 19.76
1999 19.46
2000 19.16
2001 18.84
2002 18.55
2003 18.27
2004 17.98
2005 17.68
2006 17.40
2007 17.14
2008 16.89
2009 16.68
2010 16.49
2011 16.42
2012 16.30
2013 16.17
2014 16.06
2015 15.99
2016 15.90
2017 15.87
2018 15.87
2019 15.85
2020 15.78

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