Syrian Arab Republic - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Syrian Arab Republic was 30.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 48.97 in 1981, while its lowest value was 30.77 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 46.48
1961 46.94
1962 47.50
1963 48.04
1964 48.41
1965 48.56
1966 48.68
1967 48.60
1968 48.41
1969 48.21
1970 48.07
1971 48.08
1972 48.13
1973 48.21
1974 48.28
1975 48.33
1976 48.52
1977 48.66
1978 48.77
1979 48.87
1980 48.95
1981 48.97
1982 48.96
1983 48.91
1984 48.81
1985 48.63
1986 48.46
1987 48.22
1988 47.91
1989 47.53
1990 47.08
1991 46.53
1992 45.90
1993 45.23
1994 44.56
1995 43.90
1996 43.24
1997 42.67
1998 42.14
1999 41.60
2000 41.01
2001 40.74
2002 40.34
2003 39.89
2004 39.53
2005 39.33
2006 38.79
2007 38.47
2008 38.28
2009 37.97
2010 37.39
2011 36.82
2012 36.03
2013 35.02
2014 33.96
2015 33.06
2016 32.36
2017 31.83
2018 31.42
2019 31.06
2020 30.77

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