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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Maldives was 19.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.52 in 1991, while its lowest value was 19.60 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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1960 38.43
1961 39.23
1962 39.98
1963 40.72
1964 41.45
1965 42.17
1966 43.15
1967 44.11
1968 44.99
1969 45.72
1970 46.27
1971 46.49
1972 46.50
1973 46.35
1974 46.11
1975 45.82
1976 45.82
1977 45.71
1978 45.55
1979 45.43
1980 45.40
1981 45.46
1982 45.66
1983 45.92
1984 46.14
1985 46.28
1986 46.80
1987 47.10
1988 47.28
1989 47.41
1990 47.51
1991 47.52
1992 47.50
1993 47.36
1994 47.04
1995 46.47
1996 45.57
1997 44.49
1998 43.24
1999 41.88
2000 40.47
2001 38.55
2002 36.65
2003 34.80
2004 33.06
2005 31.47
2006 29.92
2007 28.53
2008 27.29
2009 26.22
2010 25.29
2011 24.28
2012 23.32
2013 22.46
2014 21.77
2015 21.22
2016 20.75
2017 20.39
2018 20.15
2019 19.91
2020 19.60

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