Japan | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
State of Japan
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63
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Japan | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
8.96243009 1960
9.09451207 1961
9.16872822 1962
9.21880091 1963
9.2889439 1964
9.385599 1965
9.56070652 1966
9.78832088 1967
10.01325136 1968
10.21150786 1969
10.39078523 1970
10.58396586 1971
10.85796604 1972
11.18423408 1973
11.51255255 1974
11.85846237 1975
12.21653246 1976
12.60169154 1977
12.99503882 1978
13.38715192 1979
13.754559 1980
14.13010637 1981
14.49814328 1982
14.79272527 1983
15.07358688 1984
15.42803612 1985
15.82804735 1986
16.23518436 1987
16.67445196 1988
17.17727538 1989
17.78328788 1990
18.47666259 1991
19.21525165 1992
19.96240061 1993
20.73962344 1994
21.54646766 1995
22.41430583 1996
23.35103266 1997
24.30603579 1998
25.25631808 1999
26.25213597 2000
27.33697202 2001
28.42381754 2002
29.40665105 2003
30.30930705 2004
31.3371546 2005
32.6067417 2006
33.96642468 2007
35.26824071 2008
36.46107773 2009
37.34316826 2010
38.11173271 2011
39.53268477 2012
41.58487468 2013
43.71685368 2014
45.54827747 2015
46.96083331 2016
48.13394969 2017
49.10425953 2018
49.92454142 2019
50.56857262 2020
50.97130114 2021
51.19447985 2022
Japan | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source