China | 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 China
Records
63
Source
China | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.12415391
1961 6.9183232
1962 6.81191595
1963 6.75691949
1964 6.69165404
1965 6.63743567
1966 6.62196476
1967 6.62118656
1968 6.63914629
1969 6.67295437
1970 6.70199303
1971 6.74519418
1972 6.78043651
1973 6.8348292
1974 6.95604584
1975 7.09805446
1976 7.22465788
1977 7.29494329
1978 7.30395541
1979 7.33318524
1980 7.3792423
1981 7.41647069
1982 7.46351649
1983 7.48846676
1984 7.50102929
1985 7.54072202
1986 7.59752433
1987 7.66462865
1988 7.75121585
1989 7.88236873
1990 8.04611307
1991 8.1961126
1992 8.3594822
1993 8.57079604
1994 8.78393058
1995 8.99594018
1996 9.1980112
1997 9.38308912
1998 9.61491135
1999 9.8682438
2000 10.09640606
2001 10.30614658
2002 10.48450844
2003 10.64155384
2004 10.76845051
2005 10.87983347
2006 11.03620666
2007 11.21967644
2008 11.39444049
2009 11.58567138
2010 11.8150028
2011 12.10230266
2012 12.45697538
2013 12.8819307
2014 13.37831711
2015 13.98992059
2016 14.68739963
2017 15.49400729
2018 16.36981631
2019 17.24432186
2020 18.15923341
2021 19.00742979
2022 19.8785044
China | 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 China
Records
63
Source