India | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of India
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63
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India | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
5.85795951 1960
5.95813818 1961
6.09358164 1962
6.24536895 1963
6.37243235 1964
6.45476298 1965
6.50245075 1966
6.51962092 1967
6.52328839 1968
6.53298026 1969
6.55078382 1970
6.5837495 1971
6.63750252 1972
6.7060564 1973
6.781423 1974
6.8565454 1975
6.92685733 1976
6.98185888 1977
7.0179259 1978
7.04104189 1979
7.0526769 1980
7.0563107 1981
7.05560006 1982
7.05076334 1983
7.04425488 1984
7.03878029 1985
7.03489772 1986
7.03242151 1987
7.03114327 1988
7.03307346 1989
7.04114232 1990
7.05729192 1991
7.08150725 1992
7.11268373 1993
7.14848765 1994
7.1878114 1995
7.23064447 1996
7.27660694 1997
7.32614838 1998
7.37854963 1999
7.43291878 2000
7.49027136 2001
7.5532784 2002
7.61767464 2003
7.67324583 2004
7.71954729 2005
7.75999027 2006
7.79595908 2007
7.83225005 2008
7.8729989 2009
7.92113529 2010
7.98279838 2011
8.06394197 2012
8.17018678 2013
8.34408698 2014
8.58160168 2015
8.83554041 2016
9.10256291 2017
9.38228789 2018
9.6692719 2019
9.9267808 2020
10.07624085 2021
10.17215799 2022

India | 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 India
Records
63
Source