Dem. Rep. Congo - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 45.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.39 in 2014, while its lowest value was 43.36 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 43.36
1961 43.49
1962 43.51
1963 43.46
1964 43.41
1965 43.38
1966 43.56
1967 43.70
1968 43.82
1969 43.88
1970 43.90
1971 44.11
1972 44.23
1973 44.30
1974 44.33
1975 44.32
1976 44.48
1977 44.58
1978 44.63
1979 44.64
1980 44.60
1981 44.74
1982 44.83
1983 44.86
1984 44.87
1985 44.85
1986 44.99
1987 45.06
1988 45.08
1989 45.09
1990 45.12
1991 45.26
1992 45.37
1993 45.46
1994 45.49
1995 45.44
1996 45.57
1997 45.62
1998 45.61
1999 45.58
2000 45.54
2001 45.63
2002 45.69
2003 45.74
2004 45.77
2005 45.78
2006 45.92
2007 46.01
2008 46.07
2009 46.11
2010 46.14
2011 46.26
2012 46.35
2013 46.39
2014 46.39
2015 46.34
2016 46.35
2017 46.28
2018 46.17
2019 46.00
2020 45.80

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