Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source
Denmark | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
55.73612613 1960
54.95125021 1961
54.30398276 1962
54.00369978 1963
54.06021764 1964
54.28100338 1965
54.65210553 1966
55.04687941 1967
55.24450241 1968
55.30912385 1969
55.37581427 1970
55.51051933 1971
55.73513275 1972
55.98002084 1973
56.22529803 1974
56.43734157 1975
56.45416342 1976
56.28744078 1977
55.93138374 1978
55.32974475 1979
54.49180365 1980
53.4032182 1981
52.34155655 1982
51.55506798 1983
50.93744989 1984
50.51020273 1985
50.16514978 1986
49.64825382 1987
49.15836792 1988
48.82342486 1989
48.49162663 1990
48.25684627 1991
48.22750248 1992
48.25100417 1993
48.30841386 1994
48.45652247 1995
48.69003183 1996
48.99020553 1997
49.31471218 1998
49.63972075 1999
49.95369075 2000
50.22265194 2001
50.44243404 2002
50.63838432 2003
50.8051838 2004
50.95437134 2005
51.11084678 2006
51.35152362 2007
51.74055161 2008
52.24188374 2009
52.85676302 2010
53.58596043 2011
54.2840556 2012
54.79774045 2013
55.15620713 2014
55.45244908 2015
55.74733302 2016
56.07750026 2017
56.41430744 2018
56.72030367 2019
57.02471884 2020
57.31650451 2021
57.59613826 2022
Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source