Denmark | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Denmark
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63
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Denmark | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
16.51340518 1960
16.71584541 1961
16.9188585 1962
17.13209847 1963
17.37128077 1964
17.61505966 1965
17.85907822 1966
18.13402637 1967
18.45280853 1968
18.77928996 1969
19.11935494 1970
19.47071993 1971
19.81946117 1972
20.1855288 1973
20.5765908 1974
20.96580761 1975
21.30308661 1976
21.63720957 1977
21.95309271 1978
22.16903035 1979
22.28632792 1980
22.33596135 1981
22.38973731 1982
22.48521061 1983
22.57412417 1984
22.73700829 1985
22.9745435 1986
23.09499278 1987
23.14711398 1988
23.19970448 1989
23.18562078 1990
23.13167372 1991
23.06376451 1992
22.94529491 1993
22.79631743 1994
22.63878618 1995
22.50143235 1996
22.40185024 1997
22.32621209 1998
22.27053251 1999
22.25073606 2000
22.26541793 2001
22.31163252 2002
22.40536294 2003
22.55128526 2004
22.7520757 2005
22.99137819 2006
23.34955269 2007
23.87578845 2008
24.53767281 2009
25.33756184 2010
26.25046664 2011
27.16675046 2012
27.94250221 2013
28.58029311 2014
29.14692222 2015
29.65325614 2016
30.12349523 2017
30.58680379 2018
31.0346482 2019
31.4786172 2020
31.88604684 2021
32.28664115 2022

Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source