Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 53.61220036
1961 53.52843161
1962 53.00247279
1963 52.6033017
1964 52.89040288
1965 53.60265124
1966 53.90031848
1967 53.75347854
1968 53.54311393
1969 53.51162992
1970 53.69898915
1971 53.8304462
1972 53.71627952
1973 53.60931345
1974 53.56679145
1975 53.45320708
1976 53.25553044
1977 52.99267529
1978 52.59611724
1979 52.16704628
1980 51.84615738
1981 51.54298223
1982 51.15532385
1983 50.66642996
1984 50.00464369
1985 49.13957374
1986 48.22208039
1987 47.31291432
1988 46.37650553
1989 45.35052513
1990 44.14439011
1991 42.89575655
1992 41.6847483
1993 40.41066816
1994 39.01028396
1995 37.5158532
1996 36.1177295
1997 34.90271655
1998 33.89351961
1999 33.0869614
2000 32.37589936
2001 31.66879049
2002 31.08982689
2003 30.75894378
2004 30.46700055
2005 30.06275182
2006 29.58252495
2007 29.38390295
2008 29.71622717
2009 30.40891706
2010 31.23866034
2011 31.96651553
2012 32.44249102
2013 32.67953888
2014 32.70861571
2015 32.60112365
2016 32.40821554
2017 32.1201334
2018 31.76530061
2019 31.33000856
2020 30.91065804
2021 30.51465506
2022 30.00055273
Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source