Japan | 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
State of Japan
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63
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Japan | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 45.58169119
1961 44.72486619
1962 43.02006315
1963 40.64548752
1964 38.42099939
1965 36.81112135
1966 35.55122157
1967 34.65973544
1968 34.30300055
1969 34.07808591
1970 33.9718257
1971 34.0124858
1972 34.27632848
1973 34.64034134
1974 34.95217215
1975 35.16559805
1976 35.24582763
1977 35.19905076
1978 35.01426608
1979 34.67514648
1980 34.16428179
1981 33.85475775
1982 33.40496256
1983 32.57410928
1984 31.7709738
1985 30.92896428
1986 29.98299219
1987 28.93111007
1988 27.80423015
1989 26.66344636
1990 25.63424872
1991 24.77353396
1992 24.05087758
1993 23.41344336
1994 22.88310705
1995 22.45030701
1996 22.11221796
1997 21.85524568
1998 21.61433484
1999 21.38022142
2000 21.19128021
2001 21.077074
2002 20.98185806
2003 20.86668551
2004 20.77589924
2005 20.75237878
2006 20.78411842
2007 20.84347466
2008 20.91199608
2009 20.93014677
2010 20.88700422
2011 20.83431374
2012 20.8598952
2013 20.97358904
2014 21.08458995
2015 21.12306261
2016 21.0809907
2017 20.97074555
2018 20.7969468
2019 20.58385794
2020 20.36834217
2021 20.14746689
2022 19.88398439
Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source