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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Lesotho was 32.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.07 in 1983, while its lowest value was 32.24 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 44.57
1961 44.76
1962 44.88
1963 44.95
1964 44.99
1965 45.04
1966 45.11
1967 45.19
1968 45.25
1969 45.29
1970 45.31
1971 45.44
1972 45.54
1973 45.61
1974 45.69
1975 45.76
1976 45.84
1977 45.88
1978 45.89
1979 45.88
1980 45.85
1981 45.95
1982 46.03
1983 46.07
1984 46.05
1985 45.96
1986 45.97
1987 45.91
1988 45.77
1989 45.57
1990 45.30
1991 44.80
1992 44.28
1993 43.72
1994 43.13
1995 42.49
1996 42.04
1997 41.56
1998 41.08
1999 40.57
2000 40.01
2001 39.44
2002 38.89
2003 38.33
2004 37.75
2005 37.16
2006 36.78
2007 36.31
2008 35.81
2009 35.33
2010 34.89
2011 34.65
2012 34.41
2013 34.14
2014 33.80
2015 33.40
2016 33.23
2017 32.98
2018 32.72
2019 32.47
2020 32.24

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