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