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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Jordan was 32.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.98 in 1980, while its lowest value was 32.85 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 43.54
1961 43.89
1962 44.16
1963 44.40
1964 44.70
1965 45.09
1966 45.58
1967 45.88
1968 46.05
1969 46.11
1970 46.01
1971 46.45
1972 46.83
1973 47.14
1974 47.31
1975 47.34
1976 48.15
1977 48.62
1978 48.84
1979 48.93
1980 48.98
1981 48.56
1982 48.24
1983 47.94
1984 47.57
1985 47.13
1986 46.96
1987 46.65
1988 46.29
1989 45.99
1990 45.77
1991 44.63
1992 43.65
1993 42.76
1994 41.82
1995 40.80
1996 40.69
1997 40.47
1998 40.17
1999 39.88
2000 39.61
2001 39.31
2002 39.01
2003 38.72
2004 38.45
2005 38.24
2006 38.10
2007 37.93
2008 37.77
2009 37.62
2010 37.48
2011 37.32
2012 37.10
2013 36.83
2014 36.47
2015 35.98
2016 35.46
2017 34.89
2018 34.25
2019 33.56
2020 32.85

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