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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Madagascar was 40.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.26 in 1982, while its lowest value was 40.06 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 42.69
1961 43.23
1962 43.79
1963 44.30
1964 44.68
1965 44.89
1966 45.24
1967 45.41
1968 45.45
1969 45.44
1970 45.42
1971 45.60
1972 45.72
1973 45.81
1974 45.85
1975 45.86
1976 46.03
1977 46.14
1978 46.20
1979 46.20
1980 46.16
1981 46.25
1982 46.26
1983 46.22
1984 46.13
1985 46.02
1986 46.00
1987 45.94
1988 45.85
1989 45.72
1990 45.56
1991 45.53
1992 45.46
1993 45.36
1994 45.25
1995 45.16
1996 45.21
1997 45.23
1998 45.23
1999 45.21
2000 45.15
2001 45.17
2002 45.12
2003 45.02
2004 44.88
2005 44.71
2006 44.53
2007 44.34
2008 44.12
2009 43.85
2010 43.52
2011 43.21
2012 42.83
2013 42.43
2014 42.02
2015 41.64
2016 41.29
2017 40.97
2018 40.67
2019 40.37
2020 40.06

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