Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 6.58802929
1961 6.65187937
1962 6.72403206
1963 6.79000974
1964 6.84154139
1965 6.88275869
1966 6.91239235
1967 6.93063399
1968 6.94060979
1969 6.9449638
1970 6.94313796
1971 6.93561227
1972 6.92150663
1973 6.90167197
1974 6.87896296
1975 6.84921771
1976 6.80816565
1977 6.76095285
1978 6.7045182
1979 6.62516914
1980 6.52898746
1981 6.43820914
1982 6.3974354
1983 6.42397478
1984 6.48886578
1985 6.55421556
1986 6.59115175
1987 6.60560663
1988 6.58415255
1989 6.50296878
1990 6.40190517
1991 6.31847616
1992 6.26780391
1993 6.22806199
1994 6.17057098
1995 6.10489004
1996 6.03256258
1997 5.97243641
1998 5.89043222
1999 5.77358528
2000 5.6078961
2001 5.4686629
2002 5.41438505
2003 5.35008921
2004 5.25095731
2005 5.14117328
2006 5.03110057
2007 4.9291624
2008 4.84135134
2009 4.73805518
2010 4.64609535
2011 4.59740289
2012 4.57781927
2013 4.58050481
2014 4.58950045
2015 4.60259077
2016 4.62191008
2017 4.64700869
2018 4.67759825
2019 4.7158621
2020 4.7550641
2021 4.78853456
2022 4.83897152

Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source