Northern Mariana Islands | 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
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Records
63
Source
Northern Mariana Islands | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 108.82642998
1961 109.05606133
1962 109.66464835
1963 110.35730439
1964 110.56892779
1965 110.31276416
1966 109.22951819
1967 107.1712356
1968 104.92332526
1969 104.19565676
1970 102.25409836
1971 98.23072757
1972 95.35213487
1973 93.16070926
1974 90.23335081
1975 86.6097224
1976 83.01545147
1977 79.70441057
1978 76.72326549
1979 73.90217391
1980 69.07257267
1981 62.51887901
1982 56.81544029
1983 52.61200853
1984 49.84302666
1985 48.2602546
1986 47.62066189
1987 47.52669931
1988 47.59763481
1989 47.77013752
1990 47.99498747
1991 47.92328289
1992 47.34301022
1993 46.34078125
1994 45.12904623
1995 44.48171653
1996 45.67427905
1997 48.10608872
1998 50.53281612
1999 52.66885858
2000 54.21773472
2001 55.07404181
2002 55.17544397
2003 54.40225746
2004 52.69219944
2005 50.12436706
2006 47.06083235
2007 44.09148368
2008 41.79147884
2009 40.59997973
2010 39.13193431
2011 37.42077036
2012 36.54445438
2013 35.73582548
2014 34.98689527
2015 34.33985095
2016 33.78952336
2017 33.32023245
2018 32.89533561
2019 32.45910153
2020 32.07442458
2021 31.67163211
2022 31.19824285

Northern Mariana Islands | 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
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Records
63
Source