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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Oman was 22.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 46.29 in 1970, while its lowest value was 21.83 in 2015.

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 43.64
1961 44.03
1962 44.32
1963 44.56
1964 44.79
1965 45.02
1966 45.34
1967 45.63
1968 45.90
1969 46.12
1970 46.29
1971 46.22
1972 46.08
1973 45.92
1974 45.82
1975 45.82
1976 45.49
1977 45.29
1978 45.18
1979 45.11
1980 45.08
1981 45.27
1982 45.38
1983 45.47
1984 45.55
1985 45.59
1986 45.65
1987 45.68
1988 45.66
1989 45.53
1990 45.25
1991 44.26
1992 43.19
1993 42.04
1994 40.83
1995 39.57
1996 39.23
1997 38.73
1998 38.18
1999 37.64
2000 37.10
2001 36.36
2002 35.50
2003 34.54
2004 33.51
2005 32.48
2006 30.57
2007 28.90
2008 27.55
2009 26.50
2010 25.69
2011 24.42
2012 23.38
2013 22.62
2014 22.13
2015 21.83
2016 21.89
2017 22.04
2018 22.25
2019 22.42
2020 22.49

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