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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Namibia was 36.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.93 in 1984, while its lowest value was 36.84 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 41.40
1961 41.68
1962 41.95
1963 42.21
1964 42.40
1965 42.53
1966 42.75
1967 42.89
1968 42.97
1969 43.06
1970 43.20
1971 43.44
1972 43.73
1973 44.03
1974 44.29
1975 44.46
1976 45.05
1977 45.51
1978 45.87
1979 46.20
1980 46.52
1981 46.66
1982 46.80
1983 46.90
1984 46.93
1985 46.89
1986 46.43
1987 45.94
1988 45.41
1989 44.89
1990 44.36
1991 44.20
1992 44.00
1993 43.77
1994 43.51
1995 43.23
1996 43.09
1997 42.91
1998 42.70
1999 42.40
2000 42.02
2001 41.59
2002 41.07
2003 40.51
2004 39.95
2005 39.44
2006 38.87
2007 38.44
2008 38.09
2009 37.75
2010 37.41
2011 37.33
2012 37.19
2013 37.03
2014 36.93
2015 36.91
2016 36.87
2017 36.88
2018 36.91
2019 36.91
2020 36.84

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