India | 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source
India | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
77.97427802 1960
78.97333965 1961
79.99751809 1962
81.01273642 1963
81.64474209 1964
81.79666486 1965
81.76475905 1966
81.59826344 1967
81.35813691 1968
81.07479441 1969
80.72556962 1970
80.38548167 1971
80.06327477 1972
79.7450559 1973
79.46074039 1974
79.15337644 1975
78.82077626 1976
78.41968483 1977
77.92428954 1978
77.4335794 1979
76.99499961 1980
76.61424931 1981
76.23945739 1982
75.83359284 1983
75.43863173 1984
75.05170971 1985
74.65804987 1986
74.22579135 1987
73.71668508 1988
73.15103192 1989
72.55431466 1990
71.95759784 1991
71.38078271 1992
70.80648607 1993
70.18678835 1994
69.50172819 1995
68.74888943 1996
67.95142111 1997
67.13037766 1998
66.27117497 1999
65.40816687 2000
64.55324323 2001
63.70378872 2002
62.85041436 2003
61.96232145 2004
61.05733454 2005
60.12096467 2006
59.15501643 2007
58.20561121 2008
57.28110818 2009
56.35915817 2010
55.44659178 2011
54.55749587 2012
53.69513485 2013
52.89442862 2014
52.14810069 2015
51.40973408 2016
50.68482818 2017
50.01892798 2018
49.40102931 2019
48.77554811 2020
48.12632543 2021
47.49861638 2022
India | 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source