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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in France was 17.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 26.47 in 1961, while its lowest value was 17.65 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.

See also:

Year Value
1960 26.36
1961 26.47
1962 26.37
1963 26.11
1964 25.83
1965 25.58
1966 25.43
1967 25.27
1968 25.11
1969 24.96
1970 24.82
1971 24.66
1972 24.54
1973 24.43
1974 24.27
1975 24.02
1976 23.81
1977 23.48
1978 23.09
1979 22.72
1980 22.42
1981 22.05
1982 21.81
1983 21.65
1984 21.46
1985 21.21
1986 21.07
1987 20.82
1988 20.52
1989 20.26
1990 20.08
1991 19.89
1992 19.79
1993 19.73
1994 19.66
1995 19.56
1996 19.44
1997 19.32
1998 19.18
1999 19.04
2000 18.91
2001 18.84
2002 18.75
2003 18.65
2004 18.57
2005 18.49
2006 18.48
2007 18.48
2008 18.49
2009 18.49
2010 18.48
2011 18.49
2012 18.49
2013 18.47
2014 18.43
2015 18.35
2016 18.25
2017 18.11
2018 17.96
2019 17.80
2020 17.65

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