Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source
Comoros | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.3737572 1960
6.43610322 1961
6.5056472 1962
6.58897275 1963
6.68082486 1964
6.76191736 1965
6.83073177 1966
6.8731402 1967
6.91746455 1968
6.99904201 1969
7.09702679 1970
7.21472068 1971
7.35420094 1972
7.50881177 1973
7.68094958 1974
7.86289058 1975
8.05142405 1976
8.24363333 1977
8.4314264 1978
8.59497158 1979
8.66577372 1980
8.66797286 1981
8.72046813 1982
8.80064107 1983
8.83192456 1984
8.81090525 1985
8.74189665 1986
8.63887879 1987
8.50816025 1988
8.35726649 1989
8.23333177 1990
8.18733786 1991
8.13663764 1992
8.05355654 1993
7.98502115 1994
7.91030546 1995
7.83006844 1996
7.74729467 1997
7.66193736 1998
7.66675955 1999
7.73427019 2000
7.74831998 2001
7.73310289 2002
7.68052332 2003
7.71611137 2004
7.86611846 2005
8.00114087 2006
8.09310397 2007
8.11142727 2008
8.0436799 2009
7.9102183 2010
7.7497807 2011
7.59662467 2012
7.47759104 2013
7.40585227 2014
7.37464281 2015
7.36044593 2016
7.40720991 2017
7.50625086 2018
7.58105125 2019
7.57749588 2020
7.49359481 2021
7.41652269 2022
Comoros | 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
Union of the Comoros
Records
63
Source