West Bank and Gaza - Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in West Bank and Gaza was 38.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 50.43 in 1975, while its lowest value was 38.36 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 46.24
1961 46.50
1962 46.79
1963 47.12
1964 47.41
1965 47.58
1966 48.02
1967 48.36
1968 48.61
1969 48.91
1970 49.42
1971 49.67
1972 49.92
1973 50.17
1974 50.36
1975 50.43
1976 50.42
1977 50.36
1978 50.22
1979 50.04
1980 49.84
1981 49.68
1982 49.45
1983 49.20
1984 48.99
1985 48.84
1986 48.68
1987 48.59
1988 48.54
1989 48.52
1990 48.52
1991 48.55
1992 48.58
1993 48.59
1994 48.59
1995 48.56
1996 48.59
1997 48.51
1998 48.35
1999 48.12
2000 47.81
2001 47.43
2002 47.03
2003 46.59
2004 46.08
2005 45.52
2006 44.87
2007 44.21
2008 43.55
2009 42.91
2010 42.29
2011 41.78
2012 41.27
2013 40.77
2014 40.31
2015 39.90
2016 39.59
2017 39.26
2018 38.95
2019 38.65
2020 38.36

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