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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Sudan was 39.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.15 in 1978, while its lowest value was 39.80 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 44.99
1961 45.20
1962 45.36
1963 45.48
1964 45.57
1965 45.64
1966 45.85
1967 46.01
1968 46.12
1969 46.22
1970 46.29
1971 46.49
1972 46.63
1973 46.74
1974 46.82
1975 46.88
1976 47.02
1977 47.11
1978 47.15
1979 47.14
1980 47.09
1981 47.11
1982 47.06
1983 46.96
1984 46.80
1985 46.59
1986 46.45
1987 46.26
1988 46.02
1989 45.77
1990 45.52
1991 45.25
1992 45.00
1993 44.76
1994 44.49
1995 44.19
1996 44.17
1997 44.10
1998 43.99
1999 43.88
2000 43.80
2001 43.75
2002 43.71
2003 43.67
2004 43.60
2005 43.47
2006 43.45
2007 43.39
2008 43.28
2009 43.15
2010 42.99
2011 42.76
2012 42.48
2013 42.18
2014 41.85
2015 41.50
2016 41.19
2017 40.85
2018 40.51
2019 40.16
2020 39.80

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