Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Late-demographic dividend
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63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 77.26760258
1961 76.82737705
1962 76.9961861
1963 78.24791246
1964 79.27257959
1965 79.56144477
1966 79.56363261
1967 79.03499364
1968 78.47450695
1969 78.11207504
1970 77.54446608
1971 77.03880043
1972 76.29465185
1973 75.55246133
1974 75.35854825
1975 75.3044225
1976 75.16132522
1977 74.0519213
1978 71.48902217
1979 68.94822387
1980 66.91546076
1981 65.10531388
1982 63.68567518
1983 62.12822984
1984 60.38455255
1985 58.84844634
1986 57.58291604
1987 56.67319912
1988 55.92441558
1989 55.36768845
1990 55.13299512
1991 54.89429965
1992 54.54123104
1993 54.19951065
1994 53.71759345
1995 53.06751161
1996 52.24651617
1997 51.20398374
1998 50.17981942
1999 49.2158693
2000 48.1841745
2001 47.0443204
2002 45.76234266
2003 44.53954113
2004 43.4031605
2005 42.24590858
2006 41.33935659
2007 40.75749752
2008 40.30665657
2009 39.99189531
2010 39.80492465
2011 39.78289875
2012 39.98982064
2013 40.35749305
2014 40.85610666
2015 41.45018226
2016 42.1041546
2017 42.91050925
2018 43.70081045
2019 44.38026778
2020 44.97690227
2021 45.36592388
2022 45.63196026
Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source