Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 78.63491696
1961 79.49473482
1962 80.4029036
1963 81.1524594
1964 81.77195183
1965 82.43991012
1966 83.09785685
1967 83.75234566
1968 84.41088852
1969 85.07821441
1970 85.7402161
1971 86.39793586
1972 87.06535694
1973 87.70299502
1974 88.29299259
1975 88.89683951
1976 89.4401316
1977 89.82066423
1978 90.00705917
1979 89.93133452
1980 89.58571876
1981 89.04492826
1982 88.39653461
1983 87.62458282
1984 86.99008219
1985 86.6297824
1986 86.32977912
1987 85.99520578
1988 85.65327518
1989 85.23015313
1990 84.6783147
1991 84.07378542
1992 83.5118492
1993 82.8446964
1994 82.25449052
1995 81.8391909
1996 81.4098473
1997 81.66389186
1998 81.74366555
1999 80.96123872
2000 78.7492544
2001 76.84437813
2002 76.64957973
2003 76.08117501
2004 75.01890206
2005 73.98775256
2006 73.04178497
2007 72.39814279
2008 72.35648395
2009 71.89986495
2010 71.55918316
2011 72.15547818
2012 73.07037206
2013 74.16684437
2014 75.06030881
2015 75.74009125
2016 76.09251973
2017 76.1004663
2018 75.90611083
2019 75.48287383
2020 74.84127529
2021 74.03516717
2022 73.00693431

Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source