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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Panama was 26.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.40 in 1966, while its lowest value was 26.49 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 43.87
1961 44.04
1962 44.17
1963 44.27
1964 44.33
1965 44.36
1966 44.40
1967 44.39
1968 44.33
1969 44.23
1970 44.09
1971 43.94
1972 43.76
1973 43.54
1974 43.26
1975 42.93
1976 42.61
1977 42.23
1978 41.80
1979 41.35
1980 40.89
1981 40.40
1982 39.92
1983 39.43
1984 38.93
1985 38.41
1986 37.90
1987 37.39
1988 36.88
1989 36.38
1990 35.88
1991 35.42
1992 34.95
1993 34.49
1994 34.05
1995 33.65
1996 33.27
1997 32.93
1998 32.63
1999 32.32
2000 31.98
2001 31.71
2002 31.39
2003 31.05
2004 30.72
2005 30.43
2006 30.14
2007 29.88
2008 29.65
2009 29.40
2010 29.13
2011 28.90
2012 28.65
2013 28.38
2014 28.11
2015 27.84
2016 27.60
2017 27.34
2018 27.06
2019 26.78
2020 26.49

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