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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Chad was 46.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.21 in 2004, while its lowest value was 40.97 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 40.97
1961 41.32
1962 41.69
1963 42.04
1964 42.28
1965 42.38
1966 42.62
1967 42.70
1968 42.68
1969 42.65
1970 42.66
1971 42.87
1972 43.08
1973 43.31
1974 43.50
1975 43.66
1976 44.04
1977 44.35
1978 44.60
1979 44.84
1980 45.09
1981 45.45
1982 45.77
1983 46.06
1984 46.30
1985 46.52
1986 46.82
1987 47.05
1988 47.23
1989 47.37
1990 47.49
1991 47.73
1992 47.92
1993 48.07
1994 48.18
1995 48.26
1996 48.48
1997 48.64
1998 48.75
1999 48.82
2000 48.87
2001 49.04
2002 49.15
2003 49.20
2004 49.21
2005 49.15
2006 49.19
2007 49.17
2008 49.08
2009 48.94
2010 48.77
2011 48.67
2012 48.53
2013 48.33
2014 48.10
2015 47.84
2016 47.64
2017 47.40
2018 47.13
2019 46.82
2020 46.49

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