Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 85.22294625
1961 86.14661418
1962 87.12693566
1963 87.94246914
1964 88.61349323
1965 89.32266881
1966 90.01024919
1967 90.68297966
1968 91.35149831
1969 92.02317821
1970 92.68335407
1971 93.33354812
1972 93.98686357
1973 94.604667
1974 95.17195555
1975 95.74605722
1976 96.24829725
1977 96.58161708
1978 96.71157737
1979 96.55650366
1980 96.11470622
1981 95.4831374
1982 94.79397001
1983 94.0485576
1984 93.47894796
1985 93.18399796
1986 92.92093087
1987 92.60081241
1988 92.23742773
1989 91.73312191
1990 91.08021987
1991 90.39226158
1992 89.77965311
1993 89.07275839
1994 88.4250615
1995 87.94408094
1996 87.44240988
1997 87.63632828
1998 87.63409778
1999 86.734824
2000 84.3571505
2001 82.31304103
2002 82.06396478
2003 81.43126422
2004 80.26985938
2005 79.12892584
2006 78.07288553
2007 77.32730519
2008 77.19783529
2009 76.63792013
2010 76.20527851
2011 76.75288106
2012 77.64819133
2013 78.74734918
2014 79.64980926
2015 80.34268202
2016 80.71442981
2017 80.74747499
2018 80.58370909
2019 80.19873593
2020 79.59633939
2021 78.82370173
2022 77.84590583
Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source