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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Eswatini was 37.44 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.76 in 1984, while its lowest value was 37.44 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 45.82
1961 46.16
1962 46.44
1963 46.68
1964 46.87
1965 47.03
1966 47.12
1967 47.17
1968 47.19
1969 47.22
1970 47.27
1971 47.59
1972 47.92
1973 48.25
1974 48.55
1975 48.81
1976 49.17
1977 49.44
1978 49.65
1979 49.86
1980 50.08
1981 50.25
1982 50.47
1983 50.67
1984 50.76
1985 50.70
1986 50.55
1987 50.19
1988 49.72
1989 49.22
1990 48.73
1991 48.22
1992 47.81
1993 47.43
1994 46.95
1995 46.30
1996 45.86
1997 45.22
1998 44.47
1999 43.71
2000 43.01
2001 42.50
2002 42.14
2003 41.87
2004 41.61
2005 41.33
2006 41.05
2007 40.79
2008 40.57
2009 40.37
2010 40.19
2011 40.02
2012 39.76
2013 39.49
2014 39.26
2015 39.10
2016 38.65
2017 38.34
2018 38.11
2019 37.83
2020 37.44

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