France | 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
French Republic
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France | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 18.79287508
1961 18.94419346
1962 19.08495082
1963 19.1542021
1964 19.29176407
1965 19.4917119
1966 19.73467556
1967 20.02514525
1968 20.27306147
1969 20.46948666
1970 20.67183181
1971 20.88760674
1972 21.08210323
1973 21.27210093
1974 21.4598779
1975 21.63239655
1976 21.7432039
1977 21.87778678
1978 22.04873934
1979 22.16769367
1980 21.97263488
1981 21.35747449
1982 20.68083593
1983 20.11389268
1984 19.68927778
1985 19.70945468
1986 20.07145881
1987 20.40481148
1988 20.72501556
1989 21.04981012
1990 21.40809956
1991 21.81038225
1992 22.20549103
1993 22.58114538
1994 22.95369754
1995 23.33591742
1996 23.70005511
1997 24.03477464
1998 24.33047547
1999 24.58485684
2000 24.80457928
2001 24.98628393
2002 25.13787936
2003 25.24090115
2004 25.36866831
2005 25.47134751
2006 25.47576319
2007 25.53155417
2008 25.71768406
2009 25.97064826
2010 26.24175908
2011 26.80466051
2012 27.68631016
2013 28.61330582
2014 29.55985335
2015 30.46670813
2016 31.29436801
2017 32.08281916
2018 32.83557007
2019 33.55348629
2020 34.1961732
2021 34.78316853
2022 35.42281108
France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source