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