Late-demographic dividend | 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.
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The World Bank
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Late-demographic dividend
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63
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Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
7.54607069 1960
7.48339793 1961
7.46289117 1962
7.46887525 1963
7.4752765 1964
7.49779935 1965
7.54521305 1966
7.59960791 1967
7.66621646 1968
7.73496407 1969
7.78860729 1970
7.85262334 1971
7.91622147 1972
7.98624208 1973
8.10620168 1974
8.24664599 1975
8.37878902 1976
8.47600752 1977
8.52200126 1978
8.56740149 1979
8.5952401 1980
8.57801103 1981
8.54678509 1982
8.50832523 1983
8.48151586 1984
8.476944 1985
8.49416441 1986
8.53835201 1987
8.6163402 1988
8.74670894 1989
8.91243725 1990
9.07848103 1991
9.26389863 1992
9.48562683 1993
9.69735726 1994
9.89279818 1995
10.06692196 1996
10.21993506 1997
10.38976581 1998
10.55945765 1999
10.71957717 2000
10.88416383 2001
11.04625228 2002
11.20832225 2003
11.35421505 2004
11.48094961 2005
11.61910134 2006
11.74422241 2007
11.83162786 2008
11.92682065 2009
12.06565208 2010
12.28416467 2011
12.58746575 2012
12.95639152 2013
13.40126082 2014
13.94089806 2015
14.53213412 2016
15.19652225 2017
15.91168179 2018
16.64196509 2019
17.40619098 2020
18.10735859 2021
18.78443007 2022
Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source