Bangladesh - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Bangladesh was 47.02 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 92.95 in 1977 and 47.02 in 2020.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 80.99 |
| 1961 | 82.27 |
| 1962 | 83.15 |
| 1963 | 83.82 |
| 1964 | 84.51 |
| 1965 | 85.33 |
| 1966 | 86.73 |
| 1967 | 88.14 |
| 1968 | 89.44 |
| 1969 | 90.34 |
| 1970 | 90.67 |
| 1971 | 91.40 |
| 1972 | 91.87 |
| 1973 | 92.08 |
| 1974 | 92.19 |
| 1975 | 92.33 |
| 1976 | 92.85 |
| 1977 | 92.95 |
| 1978 | 92.74 |
| 1979 | 92.27 |
| 1980 | 91.56 |
| 1981 | 91.35 |
| 1982 | 90.73 |
| 1983 | 89.84 |
| 1984 | 88.83 |
| 1985 | 87.77 |
| 1986 | 87.02 |
| 1987 | 86.16 |
| 1988 | 85.17 |
| 1989 | 83.99 |
| 1990 | 82.60 |
| 1991 | 81.52 |
| 1992 | 80.25 |
| 1993 | 78.84 |
| 1994 | 77.37 |
| 1995 | 75.86 |
| 1996 | 74.53 |
| 1997 | 73.17 |
| 1998 | 71.78 |
| 1999 | 70.37 |
| 2000 | 68.95 |
| 2001 | 67.84 |
| 2002 | 66.67 |
| 2003 | 65.47 |
| 2004 | 64.26 |
| 2005 | 63.05 |
| 2006 | 62.14 |
| 2007 | 61.18 |
| 2008 | 60.19 |
| 2009 | 59.17 |
| 2010 | 58.12 |
| 2011 | 56.95 |
| 2012 | 55.83 |
| 2013 | 54.72 |
| 2014 | 53.58 |
| 2015 | 52.40 |
| 2016 | 51.26 |
| 2017 | 50.09 |
| 2018 | 48.95 |
| 2019 | 47.92 |
| 2020 | 47.02 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Bangladesh was 7.68 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.79 in 2014 and a minimum value of 4.87 in 1960.
Definition: Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 4.87 |
| 1961 | 4.92 |
| 1962 | 4.95 |
| 1963 | 4.95 |
| 1964 | 4.95 |
| 1965 | 4.94 |
| 1966 | 5.05 |
| 1967 | 5.14 |
| 1968 | 5.21 |
| 1969 | 5.25 |
| 1970 | 5.28 |
| 1971 | 5.42 |
| 1972 | 5.55 |
| 1973 | 5.67 |
| 1974 | 5.78 |
| 1975 | 5.87 |
| 1976 | 5.95 |
| 1977 | 5.99 |
| 1978 | 6.00 |
| 1979 | 5.97 |
| 1980 | 5.92 |
| 1981 | 5.93 |
| 1982 | 5.91 |
| 1983 | 5.85 |
| 1984 | 5.78 |
| 1985 | 5.69 |
| 1986 | 5.72 |
| 1987 | 5.75 |
| 1988 | 5.76 |
| 1989 | 5.75 |
| 1990 | 5.74 |
| 1991 | 5.80 |
| 1992 | 5.85 |
| 1993 | 5.89 |
| 1994 | 5.92 |
| 1995 | 5.94 |
| 1996 | 6.07 |
| 1997 | 6.18 |
| 1998 | 6.29 |
| 1999 | 6.40 |
| 2000 | 6.51 |
| 2001 | 6.63 |
| 2002 | 6.73 |
| 2003 | 6.83 |
| 2004 | 6.92 |
| 2005 | 7.02 |
| 2006 | 7.16 |
| 2007 | 7.28 |
| 2008 | 7.39 |
| 2009 | 7.48 |
| 2010 | 7.55 |
| 2011 | 7.64 |
| 2012 | 7.72 |
| 2013 | 7.77 |
| 2014 | 7.79 |
| 2015 | 7.78 |
| 2016 | 7.77 |
| 2017 | 7.73 |
| 2018 | 7.68 |
| 2019 | 7.66 |
| 2020 | 7.68 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Bangladesh was 39.33 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.96 in 1977 and a minimum value of 39.33 in 2020.
Definition: 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.
Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 76.11 |
| 1961 | 77.35 |
| 1962 | 78.21 |
| 1963 | 78.87 |
| 1964 | 79.56 |
| 1965 | 80.39 |
| 1966 | 81.68 |
| 1967 | 83.00 |
| 1968 | 84.23 |
| 1969 | 85.09 |
| 1970 | 85.39 |
| 1971 | 85.98 |
| 1972 | 86.31 |
| 1973 | 86.41 |
| 1974 | 86.41 |
| 1975 | 86.46 |
| 1976 | 86.90 |
| 1977 | 86.96 |
| 1978 | 86.75 |
| 1979 | 86.30 |
| 1980 | 85.65 |
| 1981 | 85.42 |
| 1982 | 84.82 |
| 1983 | 83.98 |
| 1984 | 83.05 |
| 1985 | 82.08 |
| 1986 | 81.29 |
| 1987 | 80.41 |
| 1988 | 79.41 |
| 1989 | 78.24 |
| 1990 | 76.87 |
| 1991 | 75.72 |
| 1992 | 74.40 |
| 1993 | 72.96 |
| 1994 | 71.45 |
| 1995 | 69.91 |
| 1996 | 68.47 |
| 1997 | 66.99 |
| 1998 | 65.49 |
| 1999 | 63.97 |
| 2000 | 62.44 |
| 2001 | 61.21 |
| 2002 | 59.94 |
| 2003 | 58.65 |
| 2004 | 57.34 |
| 2005 | 56.03 |
| 2006 | 54.98 |
| 2007 | 53.90 |
| 2008 | 52.79 |
| 2009 | 51.68 |
| 2010 | 50.58 |
| 2011 | 49.31 |
| 2012 | 48.11 |
| 2013 | 46.95 |
| 2014 | 45.79 |
| 2015 | 44.62 |
| 2016 | 43.49 |
| 2017 | 42.36 |
| 2018 | 41.27 |
| 2019 | 40.25 |
| 2020 | 39.33 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
