Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
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Denmark | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 39.22272095
1961 38.2354048
1962 37.38512426
1963 36.87160131
1964 36.68893687
1965 36.66594373
1966 36.79302731
1967 36.91285304
1968 36.79169388
1969 36.52983389
1970 36.25645934
1971 36.0397994
1972 35.91567159
1973 35.79449203
1974 35.64870723
1975 35.47153396
1976 35.15107681
1977 34.65023122
1978 33.97829103
1979 33.1607144
1980 32.20547573
1981 31.06725685
1982 29.95181924
1983 29.06985738
1984 28.36332573
1985 27.77319444
1986 27.19060627
1987 26.55326104
1988 26.01125394
1989 25.62372038
1990 25.30600585
1991 25.12517255
1992 25.16373797
1993 25.30570926
1994 25.51209643
1995 25.8177363
1996 26.18859948
1997 26.58835529
1998 26.98850009
1999 27.36918824
2000 27.70295469
2001 27.95723401
2002 28.13080152
2003 28.23302139
2004 28.25389854
2005 28.20229564
2006 28.11946859
2007 28.00197093
2008 27.86476316
2009 27.70421093
2010 27.51920118
2011 27.33549379
2012 27.11730514
2013 26.85523824
2014 26.57591402
2015 26.30552686
2016 26.09407688
2017 25.95400503
2018 25.82750365
2019 25.68565547
2020 25.54610164
2021 25.43045767
2022 25.30949712
Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source