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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Jamaica was 23.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.15 in 1970, while its lowest value was 23.36 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 41.46
1961 41.92
1962 42.29
1963 42.56
1964 42.77
1965 42.97
1966 43.62
1967 44.36
1968 45.08
1969 45.70
1970 46.15
1971 46.08
1972 45.86
1973 45.48
1974 44.98
1975 44.40
1976 43.21
1977 42.13
1978 41.17
1979 40.38
1980 39.72
1981 39.13
1982 38.61
1983 38.11
1984 37.57
1985 36.98
1986 36.56
1987 36.07
1988 35.55
1989 35.13
1990 34.84
1991 34.45
1992 34.18
1993 33.98
1994 33.77
1995 33.52
1996 33.24
1997 32.97
1998 32.69
1999 32.42
2000 32.15
2001 31.82
2002 31.44
2003 31.01
2004 30.57
2005 30.13
2006 29.52
2007 28.93
2008 28.32
2009 27.68
2010 27.01
2011 26.47
2012 25.94
2013 25.44
2014 25.00
2015 24.60
2016 24.30
2017 24.01
2018 23.75
2019 23.53
2020 23.36

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