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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Myanmar was 25.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.73 in 1967, while its lowest value was 25.49 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 40.50
1961 40.95
1962 41.45
1963 41.92
1964 42.27
1965 42.44
1966 42.66
1967 42.73
1968 42.69
1969 42.61
1970 42.51
1971 42.52
1972 42.46
1973 42.36
1974 42.23
1975 42.09
1976 41.99
1977 41.87
1978 41.72
1979 41.52
1980 41.28
1981 41.10
1982 40.86
1983 40.58
1984 40.25
1985 39.86
1986 39.54
1987 39.14
1988 38.67
1989 38.17
1990 37.65
1991 37.14
1992 36.65
1993 36.15
1994 35.63
1995 35.09
1996 34.54
1997 34.01
1998 33.48
1999 32.98
2000 32.51
2001 32.21
2002 31.92
2003 31.66
2004 31.41
2005 31.18
2006 31.00
2007 30.80
2008 30.57
2009 30.32
2010 30.05
2011 29.62
2012 29.20
2013 28.77
2014 28.31
2015 27.82
2016 27.33
2017 26.85
2018 26.37
2019 25.91
2020 25.49

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