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

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