India | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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, young (% of working-age population)
72.11631852 1960
73.01520147 1961
73.90393645 1962
74.76736746 1963
75.27230974 1964
75.34190188 1965
75.2623083 1966
75.07864252 1967
74.83484851 1968
74.54181415 1969
74.1747858 1970
73.80173217 1971
73.42577225 1972
73.0389995 1973
72.67931739 1974
72.29683105 1975
71.89391893 1976
71.43782596 1977
70.90636364 1978
70.39253751 1979
69.94232271 1980
69.55793861 1981
69.18385733 1982
68.7828295 1983
68.39437685 1984
68.01292942 1985
67.62315215 1986
67.19336985 1987
66.6855418 1988
66.11795846 1989
65.51317234 1990
64.90030592 1991
64.29927546 1992
63.69380233 1993
63.03830071 1994
62.31391678 1995
61.51824496 1996
60.67481417 1997
59.80422928 1998
58.89262534 1999
57.97524809 2000
57.06297187 2001
56.15051032 2002
55.23273972 2003
54.28907562 2004
53.33778725 2005
52.3609744 2006
51.35905735 2007
50.37336116 2008
49.40810928 2009
48.43802287 2010
47.4637934 2011
46.49355391 2012
45.52494807 2013
44.55034164 2014
43.56649901 2015
42.57419366 2016
41.58226527 2017
40.63664009 2018
39.73175742 2019
38.84876731 2020
38.05008458 2021
37.32645839 2022

India | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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