Age dependency ratio 1960 - 2023

Description	It 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.
Unit of measure	%

Source: World Bank

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	United States
1960	66.79
1961	67.29
1962	67.01
1963	66.74
1964	66.83
1965	67.04
1966	66.20
1967	64.94
1968	63.92
1969	62.67
1970	61.68
1971	60.45
1972	59.24
1973	58.05
1974	56.84
1975	55.61
1976	54.89
1977	54.08
1978	53.28
1979	52.59
1980	52.04
1981	51.60
1982	51.26
1983	51.05
1984	50.93
1985	50.90
1986	51.14
1987	51.41
1988	51.69
1989	51.96
1990	52.21
1991	52.61
1992	52.92
1993	53.12
1994	53.18
1995	53.09
1996	53.04
1997	52.79
1998	52.41
1999	52.00
2000	51.60
2001	51.15
2002	50.80
2003	50.48
2004	50.11
2005	49.68
2006	49.70
2007	49.61
2008	49.52
2009	49.53
2010	49.67
2011	49.87
2012	50.12
2013	50.43
2014	50.79
2015	51.21
2016	51.65
2017	52.16
2018	52.71
2019	53.28
2020	53.85
2021	53.66
2022	54.05
2023	54.47

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Age dependency ratio 1960 - 2023

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