Early-demographic dividend | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
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63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 75.03430792
1961 75.84074935
1962 76.62988458
1963 77.39636208
1964 77.96845795
1965 78.30072612
1966 78.55482139
1967 78.73409658
1968 78.80289052
1969 78.76466157
1970 78.63774041
1971 78.46030283
1972 78.21864511
1973 77.90788526
1974 77.55259629
1975 77.13738194
1976 76.71321692
1977 76.25260608
1978 75.73799612
1979 75.22464634
1980 74.71382176
1981 74.1996857
1982 73.72282102
1983 73.25850418
1984 72.79922468
1985 72.33317829
1986 71.82062044
1987 71.28495808
1988 70.72429705
1989 70.12943378
1990 69.48895577
1991 68.79272659
1992 68.1326753
1993 67.45016477
1994 66.65030111
1995 65.72690048
1996 64.72950886
1997 63.66213978
1998 62.52961207
1999 61.37520867
2000 60.23686854
2001 59.13761969
2002 58.0997624
2003 57.08546991
2004 56.06469798
2005 55.06406528
2006 54.07685923
2007 53.11445899
2008 52.2178219
2009 51.365558
2010 50.53382694
2011 49.75687053
2012 49.03261594
2013 48.33953897
2014 47.66192477
2015 46.97766992
2016 46.27882143
2017 45.57217893
2018 44.88570422
2019 44.2130957
2020 43.54461304
2021 42.9022489
2022 42.25934961
Early-demographic dividend | 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source