South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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.
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The World Bank
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
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63
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
1960 72.75533328
1961 73.56812582
1962 74.39924632
1963 75.24022079
1964 75.83831401
1965 76.09909535
1966 76.22305644
1967 76.24559219
1968 76.19793282
1969 76.09487611
1970 75.90019129
1971 75.70056845
1972 75.49997305
1973 75.24859475
1974 74.98636836
1975 74.65573378
1976 74.27583832
1977 73.86213829
1978 73.4024097
1979 72.95320995
1980 72.51509462
1981 72.10682371
1982 71.74610192
1983 71.41739878
1984 71.13855326
1985 70.84335693
1986 70.49625268
1987 70.09872191
1988 69.63602735
1989 69.1413072
1990 68.60876834
1991 68.04391233
1992 67.53464543
1993 67.01478479
1994 66.38877751
1995 65.66793831
1996 64.84685226
1997 63.97064017
1998 63.06497053
1999 62.12710419
2000 61.15490287
2001 60.19178311
2002 59.30799469
2003 58.44413114
2004 57.52095156
2005 56.57099234
2006 55.61235631
2007 54.66487311
2008 53.7327546
2009 52.78592481
2010 51.81797559
2011 50.84337927
2012 49.88543181
2013 48.947573
2014 48.00322387
2015 47.05609002
2016 46.10228241
2017 45.13125326
2018 44.1940296
2019 43.3019178
2020 42.42743899
2021 41.62625254
2022 40.89756994
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source