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