Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source
Iran, Islamic Rep. | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
81.64668223 1960
83.28456994 1961
84.55367979 1962
85.53299286 1963
85.72652647 1964
85.27284616 1965
84.89121223 1966
84.6453446 1967
84.44644976 1968
84.20546553 1969
83.83347411 1970
83.33966556 1971
82.673206 1972
81.82342051 1973
80.9578448 1974
80.21604915 1975
79.91322133 1976
79.9343368 1977
80.07199187 1978
80.48733759 1979
81.10295607 1980
80.0382208 1981
79.32691838 1982
80.40972393 1983
81.37431736 1984
82.23166333 1985
82.94801039 1986
83.47822061 1987
83.80823839 1988
83.77312068 1989
81.93297581 1990
79.70928112 1991
78.56262656 1992
78.3671955 1993
77.26109129 1994
74.08878715 1995
70.34079237 1996
66.02463041 1997
61.41351807 1998
56.93715055 1999
52.68729111 2000
48.75433927 2001
45.53359323 2002
42.61141879 2003
39.73514348 2004
37.21205732 2005
35.00950502 2006
33.20279539 2007
31.86458071 2008
31.02049994 2009
30.61514527 2010
30.58045297 2011
30.85643951 2012
31.31856517 2013
32.15135697 2014
33.17521907 2015
33.88069248 2016
34.36173539 2017
34.7475034 2018
34.89166327 2019
34.82224015 2020
34.60223241 2021
34.2467357 2022
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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
Islamic Republic of Iran
Records
63
Source