Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 17.10236273
1961 17.5360765
1962 17.97675973
1963 18.39747113
1964 18.86651059
1965 19.35035383
1966 19.84778773
1967 20.38523063
1968 20.84411564
1969 21.23725269
1970 21.64640886
1971 22.04168408
1972 22.42662586
1973 22.79237714
1974 23.13376276
1975 23.38859513
1976 23.53640004
1977 23.71859001
1978 23.90186226
1979 23.98084517
1980 23.78927049
1981 23.17459861
1982 22.3400493
1983 21.50782372
1984 20.99183028
1985 20.97852785
1986 21.1789485
1987 21.34849097
1988 21.45110746
1989 21.50834604
1990 21.60664543
1991 21.7449375
1992 21.89992073
1993 22.1219778
1994 22.3892852
1995 22.66458286
1996 22.89157249
1997 23.0509292
1998 23.20311388
1999 23.55492797
2000 24.17936753
2001 24.90448353
2002 25.65829652
2003 26.4698795
2004 27.44227601
2005 28.51592764
2006 29.51084538
2007 30.1801634
2008 30.59575464
2009 30.97090336
2010 31.01601451
2011 30.86726855
2012 30.91030408
2013 31.0869383
2014 31.40877445
2015 31.8179326
2016 32.22231376
2017 32.63593818
2018 33.08614901
2019 33.62223152
2020 34.16633979
2021 34.66462735
2022 35.22508086
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source