Timor-Leste - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Timor-Leste was 36.83 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.98 in 2003, while its lowest value was 36.83 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 41.18
1961 41.16
1962 40.85
1963 40.41
1964 40.05
1965 39.87
1966 39.97
1967 40.14
1968 40.35
1969 40.52
1970 40.63
1971 40.82
1972 40.97
1973 41.05
1974 40.95
1975 40.61
1976 40.91
1977 40.85
1978 40.52
1979 40.17
1980 39.97
1981 39.22
1982 38.84
1983 38.69
1984 38.50
1985 38.17
1986 38.33
1987 38.14
1988 37.85
1989 37.78
1990 38.06
1991 38.47
1992 39.20
1993 40.06
1994 40.80
1995 41.28
1996 42.34
1997 43.12
1998 43.71
1999 44.27
2000 44.87
2001 44.84
2002 44.90
2003 44.98
2004 44.92
2005 44.66
2006 44.51
2007 44.12
2008 43.58
2009 43.03
2010 42.53
2011 41.83
2012 41.22
2013 40.66
2014 40.08
2015 39.49
2016 38.87
2017 38.30
2018 37.78
2019 37.29
2020 36.83

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