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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Malaysia was 23.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.31 in 1964, while its lowest value was 23.45 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 45.49
1961 45.77
1962 46.04
1963 46.25
1964 46.31
1965 46.20
1966 46.05
1967 45.67
1968 45.16
1969 44.66
1970 44.25
1971 43.63
1972 43.18
1973 42.83
1974 42.44
1975 41.97
1976 41.53
1977 41.00
1978 40.44
1979 39.92
1980 39.49
1981 39.15
1982 38.88
1983 38.68
1984 38.50
1985 38.32
1986 38.13
1987 37.90
1988 37.63
1989 37.34
1990 37.05
1991 36.76
1992 36.47
1993 36.19
1994 35.90
1995 35.59
1996 35.19
1997 34.79
1998 34.36
1999 33.89
2000 33.36
2001 32.92
2002 32.37
2003 31.73
2004 31.08
2005 30.45
2006 30.00
2007 29.54
2008 29.06
2009 28.53
2010 27.96
2011 27.30
2012 26.70
2013 26.13
2014 25.60
2015 25.09
2016 24.72
2017 24.34
2018 24.00
2019 23.69
2020 23.45

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