Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 48.3378559
1961 49.85039493
1962 51.20970776
1963 52.43400024
1964 53.60662851
1965 54.66550346
1966 55.69675233
1967 56.72720977
1968 57.56318662
1969 58.17302608
1970 58.6176793
1971 58.86063186
1972 58.85722458
1973 58.57427788
1974 58.05290307
1975 57.28409056
1976 56.28798321
1977 55.27684153
1978 54.23803211
1979 53.06986023
1980 51.65982383
1981 49.84008859
1982 47.84619266
1983 45.96940793
1984 44.60820072
1985 44.03938073
1986 43.92813263
1987 44.01033945
1988 44.26378405
1989 44.59760565
1990 45.01678319
1991 45.4190839
1992 45.71204669
1993 46.00458607
1994 46.26454523
1995 46.42053745
1996 46.4696216
1997 46.4522737
1998 46.43076937
1999 46.63789941
2000 47.1455662
2001 47.70020615
2002 48.19626193
2003 48.69708006
2004 49.36337042
2005 50.13875416
2006 50.86980796
2007 51.32467538
2008 51.54632344
2009 51.75954864
2010 51.63419608
2011 51.2770832
2012 51.11023125
2013 51.13717855
2014 51.41219673
2015 51.8721459
2016 52.45134807
2017 53.14417927
2018 53.89532581
2019 54.72518219
2020 55.55797046
2021 56.35639572
2022 57.16203587
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source