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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Mali was 47.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.97 in 2014, while its lowest value was 40.82 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 40.82
1961 41.12
1962 41.41
1963 41.65
1964 41.77
1965 41.74
1966 42.07
1967 42.21
1968 42.21
1969 42.15
1970 42.08
1971 42.38
1972 42.59
1973 42.73
1974 42.81
1975 42.85
1976 43.27
1977 43.57
1978 43.79
1979 43.95
1980 44.07
1981 44.45
1982 44.74
1983 44.96
1984 45.09
1985 45.15
1986 45.63
1987 46.00
1988 46.29
1989 46.52
1990 46.73
1991 46.81
1992 46.84
1993 46.82
1994 46.76
1995 46.66
1996 46.74
1997 46.73
1998 46.68
1999 46.61
2000 46.57
2001 46.65
2002 46.72
2003 46.78
2004 46.83
2005 46.87
2006 47.08
2007 47.24
2008 47.36
2009 47.44
2010 47.49
2011 47.72
2012 47.87
2013 47.95
2014 47.97
2015 47.95
2016 47.85
2017 47.72
2018 47.54
2019 47.30
2020 47.01

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