Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
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63
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Late-demographic dividend | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
69.12635549 1960
68.77130138 1961
68.9278762 1962
70.10985307 1963
71.05280086 1964
71.26168322 1965
71.17429243 1966
70.56964662 1967
69.93156195 1968
69.48420499 1969
68.84972918 1970
68.27484468 1971
67.48869278 1972
66.7004998 1973
66.39114466 1974
66.19761631 1975
65.92672394 1976
64.78656537 1977
62.31746246 1978
59.84802489 1979
57.86224187 1980
56.11341321 1981
54.74862383 1982
53.24762923 1983
51.53508 1984
49.993757 1985
48.69945199 1986
47.74329875 1987
46.92247147 1988
46.2493036 1989
45.87570116 1990
45.49812875 1991
44.98234518 1992
44.44300316 1993
43.77062356 1994
42.94363305 1995
41.96512196 1996
40.78142764 1997
39.60024185 1998
38.47955355 1999
37.29552486 2000
35.99318614 2001
34.54476376 2002
33.15534591 2003
31.86857016 2004
30.5746793 2005
29.52606073 2006
28.82569901 2007
28.29646784 2008
27.89742679 2009
27.58545202 2010
27.36029008 2011
27.27910229 2012
27.29088939 2013
27.35392355 2014
27.41347886 2015
27.47981912 2016
27.6261862 2017
27.70285907 2018
27.65049531 2019
27.48081587 2020
27.16584112 2021
26.75631902 2022

Late-demographic dividend | 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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source