Ireland | 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
Republic of Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
53.61220036 1960
53.52843161 1961
53.00247279 1962
52.6033017 1963
52.89040288 1964
53.60265124 1965
53.90031848 1966
53.75347854 1967
53.54311393 1968
53.51162992 1969
53.69898915 1970
53.8304462 1971
53.71627952 1972
53.60931345 1973
53.56679145 1974
53.45320708 1975
53.25553044 1976
52.99267529 1977
52.59611724 1978
52.16704628 1979
51.84615738 1980
51.54298223 1981
51.15532385 1982
50.66642996 1983
50.00464369 1984
49.13957374 1985
48.22208039 1986
47.31291432 1987
46.37650553 1988
45.35052513 1989
44.14439011 1990
42.89575655 1991
41.6847483 1992
40.41066816 1993
39.01028396 1994
37.5158532 1995
36.1177295 1996
34.90271655 1997
33.89351961 1998
33.0869614 1999
32.37589936 2000
31.66879049 2001
31.08982689 2002
30.75894378 2003
30.46700055 2004
30.06275182 2005
29.58252495 2006
29.38390295 2007
29.71622717 2008
30.40891706 2009
31.23866034 2010
31.96651553 2011
32.44249102 2012
32.67953888 2013
32.70861571 2014
32.60112365 2015
32.40821554 2016
32.1201334 2017
31.76530061 2018
31.33000856 2019
30.91065804 2020
30.51465506 2021
30.00055273 2022

Ireland | 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
Republic of Ireland
Records
63
Source