Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 89.80320949
1961 91.30259607
1962 92.41835922
1963 93.24459189
1964 93.27916417
1965 92.66430693
1966 92.15059446
1967 91.80294396
1968 91.51946379
1969 91.20099511
1970 90.75155147
1971 90.1857648
1972 89.45030889
1973 88.5268998
1974 87.58163884
1975 86.7524405
1976 86.37080604
1977 86.31441942
1978 86.3619454
1979 86.69531987
1980 87.24416724
1981 86.01767111
1982 85.16402035
1983 86.21425346
1984 87.17749466
1985 88.07028583
1986 88.85699352
1987 89.49187194
1988 89.94550352
1989 90.0260774
1990 88.19052263
1991 85.94793992
1992 84.86261923
1993 84.81681509
1994 83.84736345
1995 80.7108816
1996 76.98317167
1997 72.66338119
1998 68.02315363
1999 63.51518382
2000 59.2339184
2001 55.26987594
2002 52.07461539
2003 49.18670111
2004 46.30713199
2005 43.78164608
2006 41.58656227
2007 39.81607156
2008 38.54171784
2009 37.79189641
2010 37.51824071
2011 37.66263109
2012 38.15981472
2013 38.86674481
2014 39.99498088
2015 41.35565401
2016 42.43143978
2017 43.32387136
2018 44.14377682
2019 44.74148003
2020 45.13815845
2021 45.31964546
2022 45.32443344

Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source