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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Libya was 27.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.22 in 1977, while its lowest value was 27.78 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 41.75
1961 42.08
1962 42.48
1963 42.92
1964 43.36
1965 43.76
1966 44.33
1967 44.85
1968 45.34
1969 45.80
1970 46.24
1971 46.75
1972 47.16
1973 47.49
1974 47.76
1975 47.96
1976 48.14
1977 48.22
1978 48.22
1979 48.10
1980 47.86
1981 47.42
1982 46.86
1983 46.21
1984 45.52
1985 44.80
1986 44.26
1987 43.72
1988 43.13
1989 42.48
1990 41.75
1991 41.05
1992 40.24
1993 39.36
1994 38.47
1995 37.62
1996 36.81
1997 36.06
1998 35.35
1999 34.62
2000 33.85
2001 33.07
2002 32.27
2003 31.48
2004 30.77
2005 30.17
2006 29.73
2007 29.39
2008 29.14
2009 28.94
2010 28.75
2011 28.76
2012 28.78
2013 28.80
2014 28.83
2015 28.87
2016 28.72
2017 28.54
2018 28.32
2019 28.07
2020 27.78

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