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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Kenya was 38.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.23 in 1983, while its lowest value was 38.59 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 46.50
1961 47.09
1962 47.57
1963 47.96
1964 48.24
1965 48.44
1966 48.71
1967 48.88
1968 48.96
1969 49.03
1970 49.09
1971 49.25
1972 49.40
1973 49.53
1974 49.64
1975 49.71
1976 49.87
1977 49.97
1978 50.02
1979 50.06
1980 50.09
1981 50.16
1982 50.21
1983 50.23
1984 50.19
1985 50.09
1986 50.05
1987 49.92
1988 49.72
1989 49.45
1990 49.11
1991 48.77
1992 48.32
1993 47.81
1994 47.29
1995 46.80
1996 46.42
1997 46.13
1998 45.88
1999 45.60
2000 45.25
2001 45.10
2002 44.82
2003 44.48
2004 44.21
2005 44.03
2006 43.86
2007 43.79
2008 43.75
2009 43.65
2010 43.44
2011 43.20
2012 42.84
2013 42.41
2014 41.93
2015 41.44
2016 40.90
2017 40.35
2018 39.78
2019 39.19
2020 38.59

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