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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in Senegal was 42.59 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 47.32 in 1986, while its lowest value was 42.59 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 43.91
1961 44.22
1962 44.52
1963 44.77
1964 44.91
1965 44.91
1966 45.09
1967 45.08
1968 44.95
1969 44.76
1970 44.55
1971 44.71
1972 44.78
1973 44.78
1974 44.74
1975 44.65
1976 45.13
1977 45.51
1978 45.82
1979 46.08
1980 46.32
1981 46.64
1982 46.89
1983 47.08
1984 47.18
1985 47.21
1986 47.32
1987 47.30
1988 47.18
1989 47.02
1990 46.84
1991 46.71
1992 46.56
1993 46.38
1994 46.14
1995 45.81
1996 45.71
1997 45.52
1998 45.26
1999 44.99
2000 44.71
2001 44.52
2002 44.32
2003 44.11
2004 43.92
2005 43.74
2006 43.66
2007 43.61
2008 43.57
2009 43.54
2010 43.51
2011 43.54
2012 43.55
2013 43.54
2014 43.52
2015 43.47
2016 43.38
2017 43.24
2018 43.06
2019 42.84
2020 42.59

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