Colombia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
99.48842561 1960
100.19073426 1961
100.7628402 1962
101.23063058 1963
101.40174836 1964
101.17247225 1965
100.70906564 1966
100.00363945 1967
99.01426743 1968
97.76775159 1969
96.27593818 1970
94.62500744 1971
92.81832356 1972
90.84695784 1973
88.8205764 1974
86.80148179 1975
84.84922881 1976
82.91398332 1977
80.99122261 1978
79.15259281 1979
77.38876013 1980
75.75073849 1981
74.25757293 1982
72.87365952 1983
71.64624891 1984
70.59829641 1985
69.72133448 1986
68.99385393 1987
68.3453559 1988
67.74311641 1989
67.15541128 1990
66.58729987 1991
65.99779335 1992
65.33389128 1993
64.58490197 1994
63.7775782 1995
62.94315881 1996
62.06462073 1997
61.16730852 1998
60.26525798 1999
59.34937972 2000
58.40848793 2001
57.43507776 2002
56.43978179 2003
55.42017288 2004
54.38486389 2005
53.33341626 2006
52.28011851 2007
51.25989983 2008
50.28086404 2009
49.36044549 2010
48.51797354 2011
47.76179964 2012
47.08178307 2013
46.49315649 2014
45.99654527 2015
45.53381788 2016
44.99161552 2017
44.40485472 2018
43.95131836 2019
43.66716432 2020
43.50430873 2021
43.55842805 2022
Colombia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source