Iraq - Age dependency ratio
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Iraq was 69.94 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 104.35 in 1979 and 69.94 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 | 80.39 |
| 1961 | 81.11 |
| 1962 | 83.51 |
| 1963 | 86.68 |
| 1964 | 89.25 |
| 1965 | 90.65 |
| 1966 | 92.58 |
| 1967 | 93.38 |
| 1968 | 93.55 |
| 1969 | 93.86 |
| 1970 | 94.64 |
| 1971 | 96.35 |
| 1972 | 97.90 |
| 1973 | 99.37 |
| 1974 | 100.72 |
| 1975 | 101.89 |
| 1976 | 102.70 |
| 1977 | 103.57 |
| 1978 | 104.24 |
| 1979 | 104.35 |
| 1980 | 103.79 |
| 1981 | 103.94 |
| 1982 | 103.45 |
| 1983 | 102.53 |
| 1984 | 101.50 |
| 1985 | 100.52 |
| 1986 | 100.14 |
| 1987 | 99.85 |
| 1988 | 99.55 |
| 1989 | 99.10 |
| 1990 | 98.49 |
| 1991 | 97.14 |
| 1992 | 95.64 |
| 1993 | 94.12 |
| 1994 | 92.74 |
| 1995 | 91.54 |
| 1996 | 90.33 |
| 1997 | 89.33 |
| 1998 | 88.44 |
| 1999 | 87.55 |
| 2000 | 86.59 |
| 2001 | 86.08 |
| 2002 | 85.42 |
| 2003 | 84.68 |
| 2004 | 83.92 |
| 2005 | 83.15 |
| 2006 | 83.09 |
| 2007 | 83.02 |
| 2008 | 82.87 |
| 2009 | 82.64 |
| 2010 | 82.37 |
| 2011 | 80.38 |
| 2012 | 78.53 |
| 2013 | 76.83 |
| 2014 | 75.23 |
| 2015 | 73.65 |
| 2016 | 73.17 |
| 2017 | 72.43 |
| 2018 | 71.56 |
| 2019 | 70.71 |
| 2020 | 69.94 |
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Iraq was 5.85 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.49 in 1977 and a minimum value of 5.39 in 2015.
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.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 5.62 |
| 1961 | 5.91 |
| 1962 | 6.19 |
| 1963 | 6.46 |
| 1964 | 6.72 |
| 1965 | 6.94 |
| 1966 | 7.18 |
| 1967 | 7.37 |
| 1968 | 7.53 |
| 1969 | 7.67 |
| 1970 | 7.81 |
| 1971 | 7.97 |
| 1972 | 8.12 |
| 1973 | 8.25 |
| 1974 | 8.35 |
| 1975 | 8.41 |
| 1976 | 8.47 |
| 1977 | 8.49 |
| 1978 | 8.47 |
| 1979 | 8.42 |
| 1980 | 8.34 |
| 1981 | 8.35 |
| 1982 | 8.32 |
| 1983 | 8.26 |
| 1984 | 8.18 |
| 1985 | 8.06 |
| 1986 | 8.02 |
| 1987 | 7.94 |
| 1988 | 7.85 |
| 1989 | 7.73 |
| 1990 | 7.60 |
| 1991 | 7.46 |
| 1992 | 7.31 |
| 1993 | 7.16 |
| 1994 | 7.02 |
| 1995 | 6.89 |
| 1996 | 6.80 |
| 1997 | 6.72 |
| 1998 | 6.64 |
| 1999 | 6.56 |
| 2000 | 6.49 |
| 2001 | 6.43 |
| 2002 | 6.37 |
| 2003 | 6.31 |
| 2004 | 6.24 |
| 2005 | 6.19 |
| 2006 | 6.21 |
| 2007 | 6.23 |
| 2008 | 6.24 |
| 2009 | 6.20 |
| 2010 | 6.13 |
| 2011 | 5.95 |
| 2012 | 5.75 |
| 2013 | 5.56 |
| 2014 | 5.44 |
| 2015 | 5.39 |
| 2016 | 5.46 |
| 2017 | 5.57 |
| 2018 | 5.70 |
| 2019 | 5.80 |
| 2020 | 5.85 |
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Iraq was 64.09 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.93 in 1979 and a minimum value of 64.09 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 | 74.78 |
| 1961 | 75.20 |
| 1962 | 77.32 |
| 1963 | 80.22 |
| 1964 | 82.54 |
| 1965 | 83.71 |
| 1966 | 85.41 |
| 1967 | 86.01 |
| 1968 | 86.02 |
| 1969 | 86.19 |
| 1970 | 86.82 |
| 1971 | 88.38 |
| 1972 | 89.78 |
| 1973 | 91.12 |
| 1974 | 92.38 |
| 1975 | 93.48 |
| 1976 | 94.23 |
| 1977 | 95.09 |
| 1978 | 95.77 |
| 1979 | 95.93 |
| 1980 | 95.45 |
| 1981 | 95.59 |
| 1982 | 95.13 |
| 1983 | 94.27 |
| 1984 | 93.32 |
| 1985 | 92.45 |
| 1986 | 92.12 |
| 1987 | 91.91 |
| 1988 | 91.70 |
| 1989 | 91.37 |
| 1990 | 90.89 |
| 1991 | 89.68 |
| 1992 | 88.33 |
| 1993 | 86.96 |
| 1994 | 85.71 |
| 1995 | 84.65 |
| 1996 | 83.53 |
| 1997 | 82.61 |
| 1998 | 81.81 |
| 1999 | 80.99 |
| 2000 | 80.11 |
| 2001 | 79.65 |
| 2002 | 79.05 |
| 2003 | 78.37 |
| 2004 | 77.67 |
| 2005 | 76.96 |
| 2006 | 76.88 |
| 2007 | 76.79 |
| 2008 | 76.63 |
| 2009 | 76.43 |
| 2010 | 76.24 |
| 2011 | 74.43 |
| 2012 | 72.78 |
| 2013 | 71.27 |
| 2014 | 69.79 |
| 2015 | 68.26 |
| 2016 | 67.71 |
| 2017 | 66.86 |
| 2018 | 65.85 |
| 2019 | 64.90 |
| 2020 | 64.09 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
