Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.1510748
1961 6.14813043
1962 6.1421133
1963 6.13498353
1964 6.12073396
1965 6.09562284
1966 6.06801298
1967 6.03992802
1968 6.01058518
1969 5.98198971
1970 5.95668875
1971 5.94023523
1972 5.9302272
1973 5.92653366
1974 5.93890979
1975 5.96747586
1976 6.01232637
1977 6.06635868
1978 6.11856052
1979 6.16168158
1980 6.1906156
1981 6.20973456
1982 6.21926312
1983 6.22075871
1984 6.22691837
1985 6.24120359
1986 6.26876325
1987 6.31253427
1988 6.36439029
1989 6.42353471
1990 6.48746526
1991 6.55869037
1992 6.63437721
1993 6.70861908
1994 6.78046433
1995 6.85294094
1996 6.93182146
1997 7.01736217
1998 7.10920423
1999 7.20371867
2000 7.29943208
2001 7.39563747
2002 7.49190244
2003 7.5935711
2004 7.7055229
2005 7.83294116
2006 7.9860232
2007 8.16691992
2008 8.37257524
2009 8.59642114
2010 8.83614413
2011 9.10023322
2012 9.38996673
2013 9.69694994
2014 10.0380877
2015 10.41155028
2016 10.78087098
2017 11.12312919
2018 11.45215773
2019 11.80979282
2020 12.17192874
2021 12.51315428
2022 12.91884669
Colombia | 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 Colombia
Records
63
Source