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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Cameroon was 42.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.56 in 1992, while its lowest value was 39.93 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 39.93
1961 40.17
1962 40.40
1963 40.61
1964 40.79
1965 40.93
1966 41.27
1967 41.52
1968 41.72
1969 41.91
1970 42.09
1971 42.44
1972 42.74
1973 43.02
1974 43.26
1975 43.48
1976 43.80
1977 44.06
1978 44.29
1979 44.49
1980 44.68
1981 44.98
1982 45.25
1983 45.48
1984 45.68
1985 45.84
1986 46.09
1987 46.26
1988 46.37
1989 46.44
1990 46.45
1991 46.54
1992 46.56
1993 46.52
1994 46.41
1995 46.23
1996 46.11
1997 45.92
1998 45.67
1999 45.38
2000 45.09
2001 44.92
2002 44.74
2003 44.56
2004 44.37
2005 44.18
2006 44.12
2007 44.02
2008 43.91
2009 43.79
2010 43.69
2011 43.64
2012 43.58
2013 43.49
2014 43.38
2015 43.22
2016 43.06
2017 42.87
2018 42.63
2019 42.36
2020 42.06

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