France | 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
French Republic
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63
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France | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 42.25868656
1961 42.35455487
1962 41.91860276
1963 41.43473383
1964 41.00055317
1965 40.59406693
1966 40.26239858
1967 39.97455022
1968 39.70566282
1969 39.47565943
1970 39.2630126
1971 39.10881409
1972 38.98645654
1973 38.81574608
1974 38.5207508
1975 38.07118113
1976 37.48917803
1977 36.90796785
1978 36.33694234
1979 35.73268562
1980 35.15100543
1981 34.55719773
1982 33.99127407
1983 33.43110222
1984 32.85678385
1985 32.38621935
1986 31.95627658
1987 31.45736491
1988 30.99046633
1989 30.64625817
1990 30.46165582
1991 30.40418304
1992 30.32153038
1993 30.15020996
1994 29.92209485
1995 29.64272562
1996 29.33912563
1997 29.0519735
1998 28.87617251
1999 28.79764961
2000 28.73543441
2001 28.66119379
2002 28.55690919
2003 28.43664121
2004 28.31524574
2005 28.19423258
2006 28.08370525
2007 28.01689947
2008 28.0496636
2009 28.16829047
2010 28.28260557
2011 28.42536596
2012 28.63091871
2013 28.81903175
2014 28.95144566
2015 29.00257199
2016 28.9663283
2017 28.90775155
2018 28.83453137
2019 28.72625408
2020 28.56874483
2021 28.34000075
2022 28.12933686

France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source