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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Uruguay was 20.34 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 28.08 in 1966, while its lowest value was 20.34 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 27.86
1961 27.97
1962 28.03
1963 28.05
1964 28.07
1965 28.06
1966 28.08
1967 28.06
1968 28.01
1969 27.95
1970 27.89
1971 27.80
1972 27.79
1973 27.81
1974 27.77
1975 27.67
1976 27.62
1977 27.45
1978 27.22
1979 27.03
1980 26.92
1981 26.85
1982 26.82
1983 26.81
1984 26.81
1985 26.81
1986 26.61
1987 26.48
1988 26.37
1989 26.22
1990 26.01
1991 25.88
1992 25.66
1993 25.41
1994 25.18
1995 25.01
1996 24.90
1997 24.80
1998 24.73
1999 24.65
2000 24.54
2001 24.38
2002 24.24
2003 24.10
2004 23.92
2005 23.69
2006 23.44
2007 23.14
2008 22.81
2009 22.49
2010 22.20
2011 21.92
2012 21.68
2013 21.48
2014 21.29
2015 21.09
2016 20.94
2017 20.78
2018 20.61
2019 20.46
2020 20.34

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