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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Serbia was 15.37 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 29.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 15.37 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 29.87
1961 29.57
1962 29.27
1963 28.90
1964 28.43
1965 27.85
1966 27.41
1967 26.81
1968 26.15
1969 25.58
1970 25.16
1971 24.85
1972 24.69
1973 24.63
1974 24.61
1975 24.59
1976 24.62
1977 24.64
1978 24.67
1979 24.69
1980 24.70
1981 24.73
1982 24.72
1983 24.69
1984 24.63
1985 24.56
1986 24.44
1987 24.33
1988 24.19
1989 24.01
1990 23.77
1991 23.53
1992 23.21
1993 22.83
1994 22.45
1995 22.07
1996 21.60
1997 21.24
1998 20.96
1999 20.72
2000 20.50
2001 20.18
2002 19.84
2003 19.46
2004 19.08
2005 18.71
2006 18.40
2007 18.10
2008 17.82
2009 17.56
2010 17.34
2011 17.06
2012 16.81
2013 16.58
2014 16.36
2015 16.16
2016 15.98
2017 15.83
2018 15.69
2019 15.54
2020 15.37

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