The statistics illustrate the proportion of children of the young population in the UK, separating in four different age groups during a 11-year period, starting from 1990.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the percentage of kids whose age were 5-14 years old, while the remaining figure displayed a contrasting pattern. Moreover, the age group of 15-19 was the largest portion initially; however, this position belonged to the figure for 10-14 at the end of the period.
In 1990, the rate of teenagers from 15 to 19 years old accounted for more than 26%, which was the leading figure among all the categories, slightly 0.5% higher than that of 0-4. This was followed by the age group of 5-9 and 10-14, with their respective data being approxiamtely 25.7% and just over 23%.
Subsequently, the oldest age group experienced a plunge, falling to nearly 23% in 1993, before growing to a quarter of the total at the end of the period. In contrast, a considerable increase of more than 1% recorded in the second young group, hitting its peak at about 26.2% in 1997, and then declined to slightly over 25% in the end year. Meanwhile, after noticeably rising to 26.5%, the youngest group witnessed a constant decrease, ending at 23.5%. Finally, the proportion of children in from 10-14 years old annually grew to around 26% in 2001, surpassing the first position of the figure for 15-19.