Canada - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Canada was 51.24 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 71.14 in 1962 and 43.93 in 2008.
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 | 70.72 |
| 1961 | 71.10 |
| 1962 | 71.14 |
| 1963 | 70.88 |
| 1964 | 70.36 |
| 1965 | 69.62 |
| 1966 | 68.43 |
| 1967 | 66.91 |
| 1968 | 65.18 |
| 1969 | 63.41 |
| 1970 | 61.69 |
| 1971 | 59.71 |
| 1972 | 57.97 |
| 1973 | 56.36 |
| 1974 | 54.75 |
| 1975 | 53.09 |
| 1976 | 51.94 |
| 1977 | 50.67 |
| 1978 | 49.40 |
| 1979 | 48.30 |
| 1980 | 47.46 |
| 1981 | 46.85 |
| 1982 | 46.43 |
| 1983 | 46.19 |
| 1984 | 46.07 |
| 1985 | 46.06 |
| 1986 | 46.15 |
| 1987 | 46.30 |
| 1988 | 46.48 |
| 1989 | 46.70 |
| 1990 | 46.94 |
| 1991 | 47.21 |
| 1992 | 47.48 |
| 1993 | 47.70 |
| 1994 | 47.81 |
| 1995 | 47.78 |
| 1996 | 47.78 |
| 1997 | 47.59 |
| 1998 | 47.25 |
| 1999 | 46.86 |
| 2000 | 46.47 |
| 2001 | 46.01 |
| 2002 | 45.59 |
| 2003 | 45.21 |
| 2004 | 44.83 |
| 2005 | 44.50 |
| 2006 | 44.24 |
| 2007 | 44.03 |
| 2008 | 43.93 |
| 2009 | 43.98 |
| 2010 | 44.18 |
| 2011 | 44.65 |
| 2012 | 45.14 |
| 2013 | 45.71 |
| 2014 | 46.38 |
| 2015 | 47.16 |
| 2016 | 47.83 |
| 2017 | 48.62 |
| 2018 | 49.48 |
| 2019 | 50.36 |
| 2020 | 51.24 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Canada was 27.38 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.38 in 2020 and a minimum value of 12.95 in 1973.
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 | 13.14 |
| 1961 | 13.18 |
| 1962 | 13.19 |
| 1963 | 13.18 |
| 1964 | 13.16 |
| 1965 | 13.15 |
| 1966 | 13.10 |
| 1967 | 13.05 |
| 1968 | 13.01 |
| 1969 | 12.98 |
| 1970 | 12.97 |
| 1971 | 12.96 |
| 1972 | 12.95 |
| 1973 | 12.95 |
| 1974 | 12.97 |
| 1975 | 13.02 |
| 1976 | 13.18 |
| 1977 | 13.36 |
| 1978 | 13.54 |
| 1979 | 13.72 |
| 1980 | 13.90 |
| 1981 | 14.09 |
| 1982 | 14.27 |
| 1983 | 14.47 |
| 1984 | 14.70 |
| 1985 | 14.98 |
| 1986 | 15.25 |
| 1987 | 15.56 |
| 1988 | 15.89 |
| 1989 | 16.22 |
| 1990 | 16.53 |
| 1991 | 16.81 |
| 1992 | 17.05 |
| 1993 | 17.27 |
| 1994 | 17.47 |
| 1995 | 17.67 |
| 1996 | 17.85 |
| 1997 | 18.01 |
| 1998 | 18.16 |
| 1999 | 18.29 |
| 2000 | 18.40 |
| 2001 | 18.50 |
| 2002 | 18.59 |
| 2003 | 18.68 |
| 2004 | 18.79 |
| 2005 | 18.95 |
| 2006 | 19.14 |
| 2007 | 19.35 |
| 2008 | 19.62 |
| 2009 | 19.97 |
| 2010 | 20.41 |
| 2011 | 20.90 |
| 2012 | 21.49 |
| 2013 | 22.15 |
| 2014 | 22.87 |
| 2015 | 23.62 |
| 2016 | 24.32 |
| 2017 | 25.03 |
| 2018 | 25.76 |
| 2019 | 26.54 |
| 2020 | 27.38 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Canada was 23.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.95 in 1962 and a minimum value of 23.50 in 2016.
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 | 57.58 |
| 1961 | 57.92 |
| 1962 | 57.95 |
| 1963 | 57.70 |
| 1964 | 57.20 |
| 1965 | 56.47 |
| 1966 | 55.34 |
| 1967 | 53.86 |
| 1968 | 52.17 |
| 1969 | 50.43 |
| 1970 | 48.72 |
| 1971 | 46.75 |
| 1972 | 45.02 |
| 1973 | 43.42 |
| 1974 | 41.78 |
| 1975 | 40.07 |
| 1976 | 38.76 |
| 1977 | 37.31 |
| 1978 | 35.86 |
| 1979 | 34.58 |
| 1980 | 33.55 |
| 1981 | 32.76 |
| 1982 | 32.15 |
| 1983 | 31.72 |
| 1984 | 31.37 |
| 1985 | 31.08 |
| 1986 | 30.90 |
| 1987 | 30.74 |
| 1988 | 30.60 |
| 1989 | 30.49 |
| 1990 | 30.41 |
| 1991 | 30.40 |
| 1992 | 30.43 |
| 1993 | 30.43 |
| 1994 | 30.33 |
| 1995 | 30.11 |
| 1996 | 29.94 |
| 1997 | 29.58 |
| 1998 | 29.09 |
| 1999 | 28.57 |
| 2000 | 28.07 |
| 2001 | 27.50 |
| 2002 | 27.00 |
| 2003 | 26.53 |
| 2004 | 26.04 |
| 2005 | 25.54 |
| 2006 | 25.10 |
| 2007 | 24.68 |
| 2008 | 24.31 |
| 2009 | 24.01 |
| 2010 | 23.77 |
| 2011 | 23.74 |
| 2012 | 23.65 |
| 2013 | 23.56 |
| 2014 | 23.51 |
| 2015 | 23.53 |
| 2016 | 23.50 |
| 2017 | 23.59 |
| 2018 | 23.72 |
| 2019 | 23.83 |
| 2020 | 23.86 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
