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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Cuba was 15.92 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 37.68 in 1974, while its lowest value was 15.92 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 35.06
1961 35.01
1962 35.47
1963 36.15
1964 36.69
1965 36.90
1966 37.42
1967 37.39
1968 37.08
1969 36.90
1970 37.01
1971 36.91
1972 37.18
1973 37.58
1974 37.68
1975 37.30
1976 36.77
1977 35.72
1978 34.32
1979 32.92
1980 31.72
1981 30.32
1982 29.28
1983 28.45
1984 27.61
1985 26.67
1986 26.00
1987 25.21
1988 24.41
1989 23.75
1990 23.26
1991 22.99
1992 22.74
1993 22.55
1994 22.43
1995 22.37
1996 22.08
1997 21.99
1998 21.98
1999 21.87
2000 21.58
2001 21.31
2002 20.82
2003 20.21
2004 19.65
2005 19.20
2006 18.78
2007 18.46
2008 18.23
2009 17.99
2010 17.74
2011 17.49
2012 17.28
2013 17.07
2014 16.88
2015 16.67
2016 16.57
2017 16.41
2018 16.21
2019 16.04
2020 15.92

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