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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Algeria was 30.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.37 in 1967, while its lowest value was 27.28 in 2010.

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 44.58
1961 45.07
1962 45.70
1963 46.34
1964 46.83
1965 47.10
1966 47.36
1967 47.37
1968 47.21
1969 47.03
1970 46.88
1971 46.87
1972 46.88
1973 46.89
1974 46.87
1975 46.78
1976 46.79
1977 46.72
1978 46.60
1979 46.46
1980 46.32
1981 46.23
1982 46.09
1983 45.90
1984 45.67
1985 45.39
1986 45.11
1987 44.77
1988 44.37
1989 43.89
1990 43.35
1991 42.78
1992 42.15
1993 41.44
1994 40.64
1995 39.75
1996 38.81
1997 37.77
1998 36.64
1999 35.49
2000 34.36
2001 33.16
2002 32.05
2003 31.01
2004 30.05
2005 29.19
2006 28.52
2007 28.00
2008 27.62
2009 27.39
2010 27.28
2011 27.47
2012 27.67
2013 27.92
2014 28.26
2015 28.71
2016 29.13
2017 29.64
2018 30.15
2019 30.55
2020 30.78

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