Caribbean small states - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Caribbean small states was 23.26 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 45.13 in 1970, while its lowest value was 23.26 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 43.21
1961 43.58
1962 43.89
1963 44.13
1964 44.29
1965 44.41
1966 44.65
1967 44.86
1968 45.01
1969 45.11
1970 45.13
1971 44.65
1972 44.20
1973 43.73
1974 43.22
1975 42.63
1976 41.77
1977 40.88
1978 40.03
1979 39.29
1980 38.71
1981 38.09
1982 37.64
1983 37.29
1984 36.92
1985 36.47
1986 36.17
1987 35.73
1988 35.24
1989 34.82
1990 34.52
1991 34.13
1992 33.88
1993 33.70
1994 33.48
1995 33.18
1996 32.78
1997 32.32
1998 31.85
1999 31.42
2000 31.03
2001 30.61
2002 30.20
2003 29.81
2004 29.41
2005 29.01
2006 28.48
2007 27.97
2008 27.46
2009 26.95
2010 26.45
2011 26.02
2012 25.61
2013 25.22
2014 24.86
2015 24.53
2016 24.25
2017 23.98
2018 23.71
2019 23.47
2020 23.26

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