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Dependency Ratio

Table 1. Child dependency ratio

Table 2. Elderly dependency ratio

Table 3. Overall dependency ratio

Table 1. Child dependency ratio - number of persons aged under 15 per 1 000 persons aged between 15 and 64

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	310	307	303	299	296	293	290	288	284	282	280
The mainland of China	326	320	319	314	303	281	273	268	260	253
Hong Kong SAR	235	226	219	212	203	193	185	179	173	166	160
Japan	214	212	211	210	208	208	208	208	209	209	203
New Zealand	348	345	340	334	330	324	319	316	313	311	308
Singapore⁽¹⁾	309	307	303	298	287	279	270	261	253	244	235
South Korea	294	290	286	280	274	268	259	250	241	231	217
Taiwan	300	296	289	279	272	261	252	243	233	224	213
Denmark	277	280	283	284	285	284	282	281	279	277	275
Finland	271	269	267	265	263	260	258	255	252	251	250
France	290	289	288	286	284	282	281	281	282	282	281
Germany	230	228	225	221	218	214	211	208	207	205	207
Italy	212	212	213	213	212	213	213	213	214	214	214
Netherlands	274	275	275	274	274	272	270	267	265	263	261
Norway	309	308	307	305	303	299	295	291	288	286	284
Spain	216	213	212	212	211	211	211	212	214	217	221
Sweden	287	283	280	276	272	267	261	257	255	254	255
Switzerland	258	251	248	245	241	237	233	229	226	216	215
United Kingdom	292	287	283	279	276	275	270	266	267	266	266
Canada	281	276	270	265	260	254	249	245	240	236	233
United States	323	320	317	315	312	308	305	303	302	301	300

Table 2. Elderly dependency ratio - number of persons aged 65 and over per 1 000 persons aged between 15 and 64

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	186	187	189	189	191	192	193	195	195	196	199
The mainland of China	99	101	104	107	107	107	110	111	113	116
Hong Kong SAR	152	155	159	162	165	167	168	170	170	172	175
Japan	255	265	276	285	292	305	318	331	343	356	362
New Zealand	180	181	180	179	179	181	184	187	190	193	196
Singapore⁽¹⁾	101	103	104	104	108	112	116	118	119	121	122
South Korea	101	105	111	116	121	126	132	138	143	147	149
Taiwan	123	125	128	130	133	136	139	141	144	146	146
Denmark	222	223	223	225	226	228	231	234	239	245	253
Finland	223	225	228	231	236	239	244	248	250	254	261
France	247	249	251	252	253	254	254	254	256	258	257
Germany	242	249	256	263	273	284	294	301	306	311	309
Italy	271	276	282	287	291	296	300	303	309	312	314
Netherlands	200	201	202	204	206	210	213	217	221	226	231
Norway	234	231	228	226	225	224	223	221	221	223	226
Spain	246	247	247	246	245	244	243	242	242	245	249
Sweden	268	267	265	264	264	265	264	265	269	274	281
Switzerland	228	230	231	231	232	234	236	239	242	253	258
United Kingdom	243	243	243	243	243	233	232	233	235	238	241
Canada	184	185	185	186	188	189	191	193	196	199	202
United States	188	187	186	186	185	185	186	188	191	194	196

Table 3. Overall dependency ratio⁽²⁾ - number of persons aged under 15 and those aged 65 and over per 1 000 persons aged between 15 and 64

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	495	494	492	489	487	485	483	483	479	478	479
The mainland of China	426	420	422	420	410	388	383	379	374	369
Hong Kong SAR	386	381	378	375	368	360	354	349	343	338	335
Japan	469	478	487	494	501	513	526	539	552	565	565
New Zealand	527	526	520	513	508	505	503	503	503	503	504
Singapore⁽¹⁾	411	410	408	402	395	391	385	379	372	365	357
South Korea	395	396	396	396	395	394	391	388	384	378	366
Taiwan	423	421	417	410	405	397	391	384	377	369	358
Denmark	500	503	506	509	511	512	513	515	518	522	529
Finland	494	494	495	496	499	499	501	503	502	505	511
France	537	538	538	537	537	536	535	535	537	540	538
Germany	472	477	480	485	491	498	505	510	513	517	516
Italy	483	488	494	499	503	508	513	516	522	525	528
Netherlands	475	476	477	478	480	482	483	483	485	488	491
Norway	543	539	536	532	528	523	518	513	509	509	510
Spain	462	461	459	458	457	454	454	453	456	461	470
Sweden	555	550	545	540	536	531	526	523	523	528	536
Switzerland	486	481	479	476	473	471	470	469	468	469	473
United Kingdom	535	530	526	522	519	508	502	499	502	504	507
Canada	465	460	456	452	448	443	440	438	435	435	435
United States	511	507	503	500	497	493	491	491	493	495	497

Notes
⁽¹⁾ Figures refer to Singapore residents only
⁽²⁾ Child dependency ratio and elderly dependency ratio may not add up to total dependency ratio due to rounding

Source
Unless otherwise specified, all figures are from OECD.Stat website; accessed on 2.3.2012.
Figures for the mainland of China from China Statistical Yearbook 2010.
Hong Kong SAR figures from Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong website; accessed on 5.3.2012.
Singapore figures from Population Trends 2011, Department of Statistics, Singapore website.
Taiwan figures from Statistical Yearbook of The Republic of China 2010, Edited 2011.


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