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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Colombia was 22.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.48 in 1964, while its lowest value was 22.18 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 46.69
1961 46.95
1962 47.19
1963 47.38
1964 47.48
1965 47.48
1966 47.43
1967 47.26
1968 46.99
1969 46.65
1970 46.24
1971 45.81
1972 45.31
1973 44.73
1974 44.10
1975 43.44
1976 42.67
1977 41.96
1978 41.30
1979 40.66
1980 40.02
1981 39.56
1982 39.03
1983 38.48
1984 37.98
1985 37.57
1986 37.19
1987 36.88
1988 36.61
1989 36.34
1990 36.04
1991 35.75
1992 35.47
1993 35.18
1994 34.86
1995 34.51
1996 34.20
1997 33.82
1998 33.39
1999 32.97
2000 32.57
2001 32.11
2002 31.70
2003 31.29
2004 30.84
2005 30.32
2006 29.79
2007 29.18
2008 28.53
2009 27.88
2010 27.27
2011 26.64
2012 26.07
2013 25.55
2014 25.04
2015 24.53
2016 24.05
2017 23.56
2018 23.08
2019 22.62
2020 22.18

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