Solomon Islands - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Solomon Islands was 40.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.75 in 1983, while its lowest value was 40.03 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 42.63
1961 42.68
1962 42.79
1963 42.95
1964 43.15
1965 43.31
1966 43.34
1967 43.32
1968 43.26
1969 43.22
1970 43.26
1971 44.00
1972 44.87
1973 45.80
1974 46.67
1975 47.40
1976 47.55
1977 47.54
1978 47.45
1979 47.39
1980 47.39
1981 47.50
1982 47.64
1983 47.75
1984 47.74
1985 47.57
1986 47.30
1987 46.94
1988 46.49
1989 45.98
1990 45.44
1991 45.06
1992 44.62
1993 44.16
1994 43.71
1995 43.31
1996 43.01
1997 42.72
1998 42.45
1999 42.19
2000 41.92
2001 41.78
2002 41.68
2003 41.58
2004 41.47
2005 41.31
2006 41.19
2007 41.03
2008 40.89
2009 40.79
2010 40.75
2011 40.63
2012 40.57
2013 40.54
2014 40.50
2015 40.43
2016 40.43
2017 40.35
2018 40.24
2019 40.13
2020 40.03

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