Australia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. 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. 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: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 14.00700054
1961 14.01622795
1962 14.01340164
1963 13.99633998
1964 13.95120315
1965 13.88722617
1966 13.80689398
1967 13.71142203
1968 13.59325578
1969 13.47895345
1970 13.40296891
1971 13.37307083
1972 13.42100847
1973 13.51665154
1974 13.61098498
1975 13.7522299
1976 13.93879648
1977 14.11845313
1978 14.31869427
1979 14.54845758
1980 14.76757237
1981 14.94062488
1982 15.06977845
1983 15.1815362
1984 15.31616138
1985 15.50096074
1986 15.73719701
1987 15.96784764
1988 16.16994546
1989 16.3533933
1990 16.56985611
1991 16.85358529
1992 17.14617322
1993 17.42460167
1994 17.66277673
1995 17.85420341
1996 18.02256345
1997 18.16742259
1998 18.29517203
1999 18.39208328
2000 18.48969788
2001 18.61718115
2002 18.74059858
2003 18.86867852
2004 19.01235955
2005 19.15930481
2006 19.30266244
2007 19.4343287
2008 19.56644545
2009 19.78287977
2010 20.13464445
2011 20.59360992
2012 21.10202172
2013 21.59911343
2014 22.07758028
2015 22.55377683
2016 23.01638388
2017 23.45695876
2018 23.90324885
2019 24.36464101
2020 24.88873042
2021 25.46847329
2022 26.0361035
Australia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. 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. 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: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source