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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Guinea was 43.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.85 in 2004, while its lowest value was 40.40 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 40.40
1961 40.71
1962 41.06
1963 41.38
1964 41.57
1965 41.59
1966 41.76
1967 41.75
1968 41.60
1969 41.41
1970 41.22
1971 41.40
1972 41.53
1973 41.63
1974 41.70
1975 41.75
1976 42.12
1977 42.45
1978 42.75
1979 43.02
1980 43.28
1981 43.59
1982 43.85
1983 44.06
1984 44.25
1985 44.42
1986 44.64
1987 44.79
1988 44.90
1989 44.96
1990 44.97
1991 45.29
1992 45.53
1993 45.71
1994 45.83
1995 45.89
1996 46.13
1997 46.30
1998 46.41
1999 46.45
2000 46.43
2001 46.64
2002 46.78
2003 46.84
2004 46.85
2005 46.81
2006 46.75
2007 46.65
2008 46.52
2009 46.36
2010 46.17
2011 45.99
2012 45.78
2013 45.54
2014 45.29
2015 45.03
2016 44.64
2017 44.25
2018 43.85
2019 43.45
2020 43.05

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