Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
1960 77.22504341
1961 77.94011407
1962 78.78993128
1963 79.85523142
1964 81.10403655
1965 82.18609152
1966 83.06098965
1967 83.88260243
1968 84.62579774
1969 85.38926342
1970 85.97785025
1971 86.81193526
1972 87.78728373
1973 88.2971721
1974 88.58035926
1975 88.40319137
1976 87.93895306
1977 87.61954823
1978 87.45508786
1979 87.45188691
1980 87.57306301
1981 87.67632893
1982 87.60917258
1983 87.28688466
1984 86.73303752
1985 85.99956101
1986 85.07150063
1987 83.90332996
1988 82.60038093
1989 81.31368743
1990 80.00054624
1991 78.4786694
1992 76.81839395
1993 75.14876594
1994 73.43179381
1995 71.66594109
1996 69.86179008
1997 68.08182426
1998 66.3952284
1999 64.80274786
2000 63.30982521
2001 62.04660501
2002 60.98153434
2003 59.99768534
2004 59.01743683
2005 58.02951007
2006 57.19709636
2007 56.44375322
2008 55.73343361
2009 54.87158993
2010 53.69374796
2011 52.3823422
2012 50.93761805
2013 49.4205205
2014 47.92587305
2015 46.46958306
2016 45.03195896
2017 43.6198764
2018 42.30964861
2019 41.13001413
2020 40.04190137
2021 39.06234704
2022 38.19756532

Bangladesh | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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