North Macedonia | 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
Republic of Macedonia
Records
63
Source
North Macedonia | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
1960 73.06797417
1961 72.55278423
1962 72.46892634
1963 72.182627
1964 71.16877768
1965 70.11912873
1966 68.98110572
1967 67.59767696
1968 65.91603533
1969 64.08645593
1970 62.30123588
1971 60.79142478
1972 59.41809283
1973 58.0737525
1974 56.86151258
1975 55.7627891
1976 54.72508044
1977 53.83163219
1978 53.13715778
1979 52.5476916
1980 52.0084875
1981 51.58339319
1982 51.24722823
1983 50.94699228
1984 50.71241761
1985 50.53335229
1986 50.40082189
1987 50.30326669
1988 50.20628182
1989 50.07638385
1990 49.87239203
1991 49.4745201
1992 49.62538472
1993 50.45398551
1994 51.00771698
1995 50.90629041
1996 50.27659364
1997 49.4043259
1998 48.45501329
1999 47.77474484
2000 47.49158402
2001 47.48129379
2002 47.25990301
2003 46.70495755
2004 46.09662515
2005 45.43198946
2006 44.74701546
2007 44.11965077
2008 43.56146974
2009 43.02719487
2010 42.55259522
2011 42.14861766
2012 41.92680287
2013 41.99114633
2014 42.24213908
2015 42.52830119
2016 42.78168444
2017 43.03339442
2018 43.3525808
2019 43.83798561
2020 44.31330524
2021 44.57976072
2022 44.7566788
North Macedonia | 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
Republic of Macedonia
Records
63
Source