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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Uganda was 46.02 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 49.77 in 2003, while its lowest value was 45.75 in 1960.

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 45.75
1961 45.94
1962 46.13
1963 46.29
1964 46.39
1965 46.43
1966 46.62
1967 46.74
1968 46.79
1969 46.80
1970 46.77
1971 46.89
1972 46.95
1973 46.97
1974 46.96
1975 46.94
1976 47.00
1977 47.05
1978 47.08
1979 47.08
1980 47.05
1981 47.16
1982 47.20
1983 47.20
1984 47.21
1985 47.24
1986 47.44
1987 47.62
1988 47.79
1989 47.92
1990 48.01
1991 48.31
1992 48.55
1993 48.74
1994 48.88
1995 48.97
1996 49.22
1997 49.40
1998 49.52
1999 49.61
2000 49.66
2001 49.74
2002 49.77
2003 49.77
2004 49.74
2005 49.67
2006 49.61
2007 49.52
2008 49.40
2009 49.25
2010 49.09
2011 48.93
2012 48.73
2013 48.51
2014 48.26
2015 47.99
2016 47.67
2017 47.32
2018 46.93
2019 46.50
2020 46.02

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