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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Peru was 24.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 44.90 in 1967, while its lowest value was 24.69 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 43.77
1961 44.06
1962 44.32
1963 44.55
1964 44.69
1965 44.73
1966 44.88
1967 44.90
1968 44.82
1969 44.69
1970 44.55
1971 44.49
1972 44.39
1973 44.25
1974 44.06
1975 43.81
1976 43.63
1977 43.36
1978 43.04
1979 42.69
1980 42.33
1981 42.03
1982 41.72
1983 41.40
1984 41.06
1985 40.70
1986 40.40
1987 40.07
1988 39.73
1989 39.38
1990 39.01
1991 38.67
1992 38.30
1993 37.91
1994 37.49
1995 37.06
1996 36.58
1997 36.07
1998 35.55
1999 35.01
2000 34.44
2001 33.91
2002 33.41
2003 32.94
2004 32.48
2005 32.05
2006 31.61
2007 31.21
2008 30.83
2009 30.46
2010 30.10
2011 29.70
2012 29.24
2013 28.78
2014 28.38
2015 28.08
2016 27.10
2017 26.36
2018 25.79
2019 25.25
2020 24.69

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