France | 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
French Republic
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63
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France | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
61.05156164 1960
61.29874834 1961
61.00355357 1962
60.58893592 1963
60.29231724 1964
60.08577883 1965
59.99707415 1966
59.99969547 1967
59.97872429 1968
59.94514608 1969
59.93484442 1970
59.99642083 1971
60.06855977 1972
60.08784701 1973
59.9806287 1974
59.70357767 1975
59.23238192 1976
58.78575462 1977
58.38568168 1978
57.9003793 1979
57.12364032 1980
55.91467221 1981
54.67211 1982
53.5449949 1983
52.54606163 1984
52.09567403 1985
52.02773539 1986
51.86217639 1987
51.71548189 1988
51.69606828 1989
51.86975539 1990
52.21456529 1991
52.52702141 1992
52.73135533 1993
52.87579239 1994
52.97864304 1995
53.03918074 1996
53.08674814 1997
53.20664799 1998
53.38250645 1999
53.54001369 2000
53.64747772 2001
53.69478855 2002
53.67754236 2003
53.68391405 2004
53.66558009 2005
53.55946844 2006
53.54845363 2007
53.76734766 2008
54.13893873 2009
54.52436465 2010
55.23002647 2011
56.31722888 2012
57.43233757 2013
58.51129901 2014
59.46928012 2015
60.26069631 2016
60.99057071 2017
61.67010144 2018
62.27974038 2019
62.76491803 2020
63.12316928 2021
63.55214795 2022
France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source