Poland - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Poland was 51.42 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 65.13 in 1961 and 40.23 in 2010.

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 64.61
1961 65.13
1962 64.85
1963 63.97
1964 62.87
1965 61.76
1966 60.19
1967 58.86
1968 57.63
1969 56.31
1970 54.89
1971 53.91
1972 52.80
1973 51.71
1974 50.87
1975 50.40
1976 50.44
1977 50.74
1978 51.21
1979 51.68
1980 52.06
1981 52.43
1982 52.70
1983 52.92
1984 53.15
1985 53.40
1986 53.78
1987 54.04
1988 54.15
1989 54.14
1990 54.01
1991 53.69
1992 53.38
1993 52.99
1994 52.38
1995 51.50
1996 50.78
1997 49.73
1998 48.50
1999 47.27
2000 46.16
2001 45.21
2002 44.41
2003 43.71
2004 42.99
2005 42.22
2006 41.58
2007 41.00
2008 40.52
2009 40.26
2010 40.23
2011 40.72
2012 41.28
2013 41.98
2014 42.89
2015 44.04
2016 45.19
2017 46.65
2018 48.30
2019 49.93
2020 51.42

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Poland was 28.37 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.37 in 2020 and a minimum value of 9.37 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.

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Year Value
1960 9.37
1961 9.69
1962 10.02
1963 10.35
1964 10.68
1965 11.02
1966 11.37
1967 11.70
1968 12.03
1969 12.36
1970 12.71
1971 13.09
1972 13.45
1973 13.80
1974 14.14
1975 14.46
1976 14.79
1977 15.11
1978 15.39
1979 15.54
1980 15.52
1981 15.35
1982 15.02
1983 14.64
1984 14.33
1985 14.18
1986 14.29
1987 14.50
1988 14.79
1989 15.08
1990 15.32
1991 15.65
1992 15.94
1993 16.19
1994 16.41
1995 16.58
1996 16.87
1997 17.10
1998 17.28
1999 17.44
2000 17.57
2001 17.86
2002 18.13
2003 18.38
2004 18.54
2005 18.60
2006 18.66
2007 18.63
2008 18.58
2009 18.65
2010 18.89
2011 19.39
2012 20.04
2013 20.84
2014 21.72
2015 22.66
2016 23.72
2017 24.83
2018 25.98
2019 27.16
2020 28.37

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Poland was 23.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.43 in 1961 and a minimum value of 21.14 in 2013.

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 55.24
1961 55.43
1962 54.83
1963 53.62
1964 52.19
1965 50.74
1966 48.82
1967 47.16
1968 45.60
1969 43.95
1970 42.18
1971 40.82
1972 39.35
1973 37.91
1974 36.74
1975 35.94
1976 35.66
1977 35.62
1978 35.82
1979 36.15
1980 36.54
1981 37.08
1982 37.67
1983 38.28
1984 38.82
1985 39.22
1986 39.50
1987 39.53
1988 39.36
1989 39.06
1990 38.69
1991 38.04
1992 37.44
1993 36.80
1994 35.97
1995 34.92
1996 33.91
1997 32.63
1998 31.21
1999 29.83
2000 28.59
2001 27.35
2002 26.28
2003 25.33
2004 24.45
2005 23.62
2006 22.92
2007 22.37
2008 21.94
2009 21.61
2010 21.34
2011 21.33
2012 21.24
2013 21.14
2014 21.17
2015 21.38
2016 21.47
2017 21.82
2018 22.32
2019 22.77
2020 23.04

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population