Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source
Tanzania | Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
91.87152951 1960
91.80193099 1961
91.72854162 1962
91.89082343 1963
92.39234722 1964
93.01920682 1965
93.59585416 1966
94.12699978 1967
94.38611658 1968
94.43600811 1969
94.54066739 1970
94.70003301 1971
94.81262646 1972
94.98597316 1973
95.33355296 1974
95.7539119 1975
96.19173684 1976
96.66378754 1977
97.29910908 1978
98.14965587 1979
99.07709871 1980
99.88855403 1981
100.52469197 1982
100.8356263 1983
100.90721419 1984
100.6798242 1985
100.14203021 1986
99.42427875 1987
98.74873203 1988
98.08231217 1989
97.23224715 1990
96.38525999 1991
95.53933162 1992
94.80679966 1993
94.19069885 1994
93.40220275 1995
92.40299756 1996
91.60677946 1997
91.07089544 1998
90.61407625 1999
90.29140001 2000
90.05304392 2001
89.91031619 2002
89.87807374 2003
89.9645741 2004
90.20435747 2005
90.53495054 2006
90.87377472 2007
91.25862174 2008
91.70846313 2009
92.1236485 2010
92.34434305 2011
92.36694762 2012
92.30719945 2013
92.18256533 2014
91.99780154 2015
91.6587384 2016
91.13537548 2017
90.45860501 2018
89.63348755 2019
88.69723336 2020
87.7054464 2021
86.7793541 2022

Tanzania | 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
United Republic of Tanzania
Records
63
Source