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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Italy was 12.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.07 in 1960, while its lowest value was 12.99 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 25.07
1961 25.02
1962 24.89
1963 24.74
1964 24.63
1965 24.58
1966 24.60
1967 24.61
1968 24.62
1969 24.64
1970 24.65
1971 24.59
1972 24.55
1973 24.50
1974 24.38
1975 24.15
1976 23.90
1977 23.52
1978 23.03
1979 22.51
1980 21.98
1981 21.40
1982 20.85
1983 20.30
1984 19.73
1985 19.13
1986 18.58
1987 18.02
1988 17.46
1989 16.94
1990 16.47
1991 16.10
1992 15.77
1993 15.48
1994 15.23
1995 15.00
1996 14.82
1997 14.66
1998 14.52
1999 14.41
2000 14.32
2001 14.24
2002 14.20
2003 14.19
2004 14.18
2005 14.17
2006 14.18
2007 14.18
2008 14.16
2009 14.12
2010 14.08
2011 14.07
2012 14.02
2013 13.94
2014 13.84
2015 13.72
2016 13.60
2017 13.48
2018 13.33
2019 13.17
2020 12.99

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