Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
Records
63
Source
Colombia | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 93.33735082
1961 94.04260383
1962 94.6207269
1963 95.09564705
1964 95.2810144
1965 95.07684941
1966 94.64105266
1967 93.96371142
1968 93.00368225
1969 91.78576188
1970 90.31924943
1971 88.68477222
1972 86.88809636
1973 84.92042419
1974 82.8816666
1975 80.83400592
1976 78.83690244
1977 76.84762465
1978 74.87266209
1979 72.99091123
1980 71.19814453
1981 69.54100393
1982 68.03830982
1983 66.6529008
1984 65.41933054
1985 64.35709282
1986 63.45257123
1987 62.68131966
1988 61.98096561
1989 61.3195817
1990 60.66794602
1991 60.0286095
1992 59.36341614
1993 58.6252722
1994 57.80443764
1995 56.92463726
1996 56.01133734
1997 55.04725856
1998 54.05810429
1999 53.06153931
2000 52.04994764
2001 51.01285046
2002 49.94317532
2003 48.84621069
2004 47.71464997
2005 46.55192273
2006 45.34739307
2007 44.11319859
2008 42.88732459
2009 41.6844429
2010 40.52430136
2011 39.41774032
2012 38.37183291
2013 37.38483313
2014 36.4550688
2015 35.58499499
2016 34.7529469
2017 33.86848633
2018 32.95269699
2019 32.14152555
2020 31.49523558
2021 30.99115445
2022 30.63958137
Colombia | 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
Republic of Colombia
Records
63
Source