Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
69.3712957 1960
69.82537518 1961
71.33603759 1962
73.26305034 1963
75.00370643 1964
76.83488195 1965
78.51168174 1966
79.75531936 1967
80.70317568 1968
81.69552622 1969
83.15453969 1970
84.97104823 1971
87.43558558 1972
90.53690839 1973
93.24762125 1974
95.53767304 1975
97.25386786 1976
97.62198762 1977
97.07929778 1978
96.40379056 1979
95.72845768 1980
95.15365619 1981
94.56312736 1982
93.85382744 1983
93.03574265 1984
92.12286078 1985
91.1333102 1986
90.13133324 1987
89.19762554 1988
88.24858756 1989
87.2951213 1990
86.47284322 1991
85.76879639 1992
85.15270499 1993
84.60700956 1994
84.05776726 1995
83.48951587 1996
82.94707203 1997
82.44835302 1998
81.91350689 1999
81.3468536 2000
80.77542933 2001
80.17767054 2002
79.56546751 2003
78.94098219 2004
78.2208632 2005
77.3895905 2006
76.50181557 2007
75.57678718 2008
74.67727155 2009
73.91290974 2010
73.37195301 2011
72.90298035 2012
72.37583804 2013
71.7853297 2014
71.05973468 2015
70.21812654 2016
69.29760722 2017
68.30566125 2018
67.26487672 2019
66.22751725 2020
65.1982058 2021
64.11096634 2022
Iraq | 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 Iraq
Records
63
Source