Myanmar | 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
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source
Myanmar | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
6.15547547 1960
6.24618949 1961
6.33248368 1962
6.41701508 1963
6.49311885 1964
6.56264131 1965
6.63710004 1966
6.7160031 1967
6.79427842 1968
6.86319246 1969
6.91925701 1970
6.96836555 1971
7.01014342 1972
7.05056044 1973
7.09259638 1974
7.13054075 1975
7.16452316 1976
7.18825973 1977
7.20438829 1978
7.22746461 1979
7.25864304 1980
7.29926629 1981
7.3540587 1982
7.4027356 1983
7.43308288 1984
7.45317336 1985
7.46548828 1986
7.46907243 1987
7.4662048 1988
7.47127423 1989
7.48895079 1990
7.51837107 1991
7.55794176 1992
7.60077067 1993
7.64174201 1994
7.67852263 1995
7.71600718 1996
7.75158139 1997
7.77898602 1998
7.79519899 1999
7.80244193 2000
7.80798423 2001
7.81438252 2002
7.81999425 2003
7.81854957 2004
7.80960964 2005
7.79778006 2006
7.78757573 2007
7.76763403 2008
7.75920837 2009
7.77882401 2010
7.81014514 2011
7.85141584 2012
7.90826284 2013
8.03231878 2014
8.22110064 2015
8.42631259 2016
8.6463971 2017
8.89090484 2018
9.15951442 2019
9.43283029 2020
9.67760303 2021
9.94350863 2022
Myanmar | 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
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Records
63
Source