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