Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 5.49783565
1961 5.49749581
1962 5.51720367
1963 5.56087987
1964 5.62598264
1965 5.6952029
1966 5.7694962
1967 5.8525742
1968 5.93597993
1969 6.0201508
1970 6.08698239
1971 6.00903303
1972 5.95193771
1973 6.04102564
1974 6.12204404
1975 6.20624336
1976 6.30590685
1977 6.41043654
1978 6.50794133
1979 6.59520569
1980 6.66938988
1981 6.72190681
1982 6.74854263
1983 6.75324078
1984 6.7469514
1985 6.73836681
1986 6.723371
1987 6.69612741
1988 6.65122744
1989 6.58531684
1990 6.51448354
1991 6.45053015
1992 6.39715286
1993 6.34605633
1994 6.28965828
1995 6.24486854
1996 6.2031937
1997 6.17724622
1998 6.20590837
1999 6.29014928
2000 6.38198004
2001 6.45978325
2002 6.54272761
2003 6.62941412
2004 6.71038902
2005 6.78506477
2006 6.86966127
2007 6.94492193
2008 7.01925438
2009 7.09080282
2010 7.15254876
2011 7.21844643
2012 7.27672396
2013 7.31051905
2014 7.330486
2015 7.39688242
2016 7.51458519
2017 7.67188269
2018 7.87968833
2019 8.12526331
2020 8.35938961
2021 8.60472532
2022 8.89062522

Bangladesh | 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
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source