Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.6949621
1961 6.76261124
1962 6.82552357
1963 6.88869086
1964 6.96112853
1965 7.03061224
1966 7.09058299
1967 7.14735379
1968 7.20067592
1969 7.25004351
1970 7.29432707
1971 7.33417696
1972 7.36981349
1973 7.39977825
1974 7.42278144
1975 7.43800286
1976 7.45619313
1977 7.47711412
1978 7.4818529
1979 7.47664301
1980 7.43286818
1981 7.36767383
1982 7.38876831
1983 7.43511172
1984 7.42153951
1985 7.38975701
1986 7.35166342
1987 7.3094035
1988 7.26942176
1989 7.22854634
1990 7.18158696
1991 7.13095883
1992 7.07664429
1993 7.01585632
1994 6.94813046
1995 6.87456399
1996 6.79450826
1997 6.70865837
1998 6.62223705
1999 6.53822354
2000 6.45462563
2001 6.37034561
2002 6.28558692
2003 6.20253752
2004 6.11998228
2005 6.03647007
2006 5.95573902
2007 5.87721847
2008 5.80218686
2009 5.73367648
2010 5.67198077
2011 5.61628305
2012 5.56097449
2013 5.49286925
2014 5.39102896
2015 5.29120384
2016 5.22073658
2017 5.16340706
2018 5.11360567
2019 5.06920642
2020 5.00932006
2021 4.92389687
2022 4.84112567

Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source