Central African Republic - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Central African Republic was 43.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 45.20 in 2015, while its lowest value was 38.02 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 38.02
1961 38.43
1962 38.78
1963 39.08
1964 39.32
1965 39.49
1966 39.85
1967 40.10
1968 40.28
1969 40.38
1970 40.43
1971 40.86
1972 41.20
1973 41.47
1974 41.69
1975 41.87
1976 42.02
1977 42.11
1978 42.15
1979 42.18
1980 42.21
1981 42.25
1982 42.29
1983 42.33
1984 42.34
1985 42.30
1986 42.72
1987 43.05
1988 43.32
1989 43.56
1990 43.78
1991 43.81
1992 43.78
1993 43.72
1994 43.61
1995 43.46
1996 43.50
1997 43.50
1998 43.47
1999 43.39
2000 43.28
2001 43.42
2002 43.49
2003 43.52
2004 43.51
2005 43.50
2006 43.70
2007 43.88
2008 44.01
2009 44.07
2010 44.06
2011 44.42
2012 44.72
2013 44.94
2014 45.10
2015 45.20
2016 44.95
2017 44.65
2018 44.29
2019 43.92
2020 43.54

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