Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 82.72287906
1961 83.43760988
1962 84.30713495
1963 85.4161113
1964 86.7300192
1965 87.88129442
1966 88.83048585
1967 89.73517664
1968 90.56177767
1969 91.40941423
1970 92.06483264
1971 92.82096829
1972 93.73922143
1973 94.33819773
1974 94.70240331
1975 94.60943474
1976 94.24485991
1977 94.02998476
1978 93.96302919
1979 94.0470926
1980 94.24245289
1981 94.39823574
1982 94.35771521
1983 94.04012544
1984 93.47998892
1985 92.73792783
1986 91.79487162
1987 90.59945737
1988 89.25160837
1989 87.89900427
1990 86.51502979
1991 84.92919955
1992 83.2155468
1993 81.49482227
1994 79.72145208
1995 77.91080963
1996 76.06498378
1997 74.25907048
1998 72.60113677
1999 71.09289714
2000 69.69180524
2001 68.50638826
2002 67.52426195
2003 66.62709946
2004 65.72782584
2005 64.81457485
2006 64.06675762
2007 63.38867515
2008 62.75268799
2009 61.96239275
2010 60.84629672
2011 59.60078862
2012 58.21434202
2013 56.73103955
2014 55.25635905
2015 53.86646547
2016 52.54654415
2017 51.29175909
2018 50.18933694
2019 49.25527744
2020 48.40129098
2021 47.66707237
2022 47.08819054
Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source