Guinea | 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
Republic of Guinea
Records
63
Source
Guinea | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1960 7.87801326
1961 7.74450142
1962 7.62672794
1963 7.52846052
1964 7.4593251
1965 7.39573946
1966 7.32827172
1967 7.27624955
1968 7.24039467
1969 7.21703608
1970 7.20568834
1971 7.20881848
1972 7.22525602
1973 7.25371685
1974 7.29525538
1975 7.35362117
1976 7.42828711
1977 7.5152111
1978 7.60927871
1979 7.70283838
1980 7.78970321
1981 7.86720653
1982 7.93547904
1983 7.99537452
1984 8.04509336
1985 8.08299286
1986 8.10786934
1987 8.12188442
1988 8.12589354
1989 8.12254226
1990 8.1085851
1991 8.0838869
1992 8.05937172
1993 8.03110024
1994 7.99552816
1995 7.95123101
1996 7.90052784
1997 7.9055689
1998 7.92022697
1999 7.89256031
2000 7.87468309
2001 7.89988269
2002 7.89019848
2003 7.8063606
2004 7.7210853
2005 7.6401894
2006 7.55440758
2007 7.45457577
2008 7.34784141
2009 7.24366038
2010 7.14164025
2011 7.03554032
2012 6.92061185
2013 6.79678682
2014 6.63651298
2015 6.50434326
2016 6.43557231
2017 6.37734963
2018 6.32549107
2019 6.27810341
2020 6.21390146
2021 6.12238597
2022 6.02912695

Guinea | 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
Republic of Guinea
Records
63
Source