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