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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Nepal was 28.81 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 42.43 in 1990, while its lowest value was 28.81 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 40.41
1961 40.62
1962 40.96
1963 41.32
1964 41.54
1965 41.56
1966 41.67
1967 41.59
1968 41.38
1969 41.16
1970 40.98
1971 40.99
1972 40.98
1973 40.96
1974 40.93
1975 40.91
1976 41.05
1977 41.17
1978 41.28
1979 41.36
1980 41.41
1981 41.62
1982 41.76
1983 41.86
1984 41.93
1985 41.98
1986 42.15
1987 42.28
1988 42.37
1989 42.42
1990 42.43
1991 42.36
1992 42.22
1993 42.03
1994 41.81
1995 41.56
1996 41.49
1997 41.42
1998 41.32
1999 41.18
2000 40.96
2001 40.72
2002 40.41
2003 40.06
2004 39.67
2005 39.27
2006 38.63
2007 38.05
2008 37.51
2009 36.93
2010 36.29
2011 35.82
2012 35.25
2013 34.61
2014 33.96
2015 33.35
2016 32.32
2017 31.34
2018 30.41
2019 29.57
2020 28.81

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