Small states - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Small states was 28.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 41.10 in 1967, while its lowest value was 28.80 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 40.23
1961 40.50
1962 40.70
1963 40.85
1964 40.93
1965 40.96
1966 41.07
1967 41.10
1968 41.08
1969 41.02
1970 40.93
1971 40.74
1972 40.57
1973 40.39
1974 40.19
1975 39.96
1976 39.74
1977 39.49
1978 39.24
1979 39.03
1980 38.89
1981 38.72
1982 38.62
1983 38.54
1984 38.46
1985 38.33
1986 38.28
1987 38.15
1988 37.98
1989 37.80
1990 37.65
1991 37.49
1992 37.37
1993 37.25
1994 37.07
1995 36.82
1996 36.62
1997 36.33
1998 36.00
1999 35.65
2000 35.30
2001 34.87
2002 34.46
2003 34.05
2004 33.64
2005 33.20
2006 32.65
2007 32.08
2008 31.52
2009 31.02
2010 30.58
2011 30.33
2012 30.09
2013 29.89
2014 29.73
2015 29.58
2016 29.43
2017 29.28
2018 29.12
2019 28.96
2020 28.80

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