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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Germany was 13.96 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 23.41 in 1968, while its lowest value was 13.22 in 2015.

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 21.45
1961 21.66
1962 21.98
1963 22.36
1964 22.68
1965 22.91
1966 23.19
1967 23.35
1968 23.41
1969 23.40
1970 23.32
1971 23.18
1972 22.91
1973 22.53
1974 22.11
1975 21.66
1976 20.99
1977 20.42
1978 19.87
1979 19.26
1980 18.57
1981 18.06
1982 17.45
1983 16.81
1984 16.29
1985 15.94
1986 15.75
1987 15.70
1988 15.76
1989 15.86
1990 15.95
1991 16.06
1992 16.15
1993 16.19
1994 16.23
1995 16.26
1996 16.13
1997 16.05
1998 15.97
1999 15.85
2000 15.67
2001 15.49
2002 15.23
2003 14.93
2004 14.65
2005 14.42
2006 14.17
2007 13.98
2008 13.84
2009 13.71
2010 13.57
2011 13.51
2012 13.43
2013 13.33
2014 13.25
2015 13.22
2016 13.32
2017 13.45
2018 13.62
2019 13.80
2020 13.96

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