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