WORKERS PER RETIREE
(most populous more-developed countries)
United United
Year States France Germany Italy Japan Russia Ukraine Kingdom
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1950 7.11
1955 6.29
1960 5.67
1965 5.40
1970 5.36
1975 5.18
1980 5.04
1985 4.92
1990 4.70 4.16 4.24 5.14 5.98 4.87
1995 4.59 3.89 4.08 3.74 4.34 4.93 4.23 3.65
2000 4.65 3.64 3.81 3.43 3.66 4.84 4.37 3.66
2005 4.70 3.55 3.25 3.11 3.19 4.42 3.95 3.63
2010 4.49 3.53 3.01 2.93 2.74 5.07 4.34 3.51
2015 3.99 3.09 2.91 2.67 2.28 4.73 4.27 3.16
2020 3.45 2.75 2.64 2.47 2.09 3.97 3.83 2.94
2025 2.97 2.46 2.30 2.25 2.06 3.30 3.35 2.66
2030 2.67 2.21 1.88 1.94 2.02 2.95 3.02 2.32
2035 2.58 2.02 1.58 1.65 1.90 2.84 2.84 2.07
2040 2.61 1.86 1.50 1.42 1.69 2.63 2.55 1.94
2045 2.65 1.79 1.48 1.32 1.58 2.37 2.28 1.89
2050 2.65 1.69 1.42 1.30 1.55 2.05 1.99 1.79
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WORKERS PER RETIREE
(most populous less-developed countries)
Bangladesh Indonesia
Year Brazil China India Mexico Nigeria Pakistan
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1950
1955 16.39
1960 16.33
1965 16.23
1970 14.17 16.10
1975 13.89 15.96
1980 13.44 20.94 10.90 16.08
1985 12.02 12.97 19.01 11.59 15.28 10.51
1990 13.16 12.16 10.10 17.00 12.15 14.88 10.44
1995 14.12 11.22 9.57 11.04 14.91 12.36 14.48 10.61
2000 14.97 10.35 8.63 11.04 13.01 11.81 14.08 10.89
2005 15.21 9.44 8.06 10.90 11.67 10.95 13.50 11.14
2010 14.53 8.51 7.85 10.31 10.85 10.03 12.64 11.59
2015 13.37 7.42 6.93 9.41 10.37 9.04 12.03 12.10
2020 11.86 6.43 5.53 8.33 8.58 7.96 12.30 11.78
2025 10.31 5.56 4.76 7.28 7.04 6.99 13.09 10.76
2030 8.81 4.81 3.89 6.35 5.91 5.94 13.75 9.61
2035 7.46 4.19 3.08 5.57 5.06 5.02 14.08 8.40
2040 6.24 3.70 2.64 4.91 4.40 4.22 13.94 7.46
2045 5.17 3.25 2.52 4.34 3.80 3.68 13.06 6.46
2050 4.29 2.89 2.41 3.84 3.42 3.31 11.62 5.54
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1997 MIDYEAR POPULATION
Population More Developed Population Less Developed
(millions) Countries (millions) Countries
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268.0 United States 1226.3 China
147.3 Russia 966.8 India
125.7 Japan 209.8 Indonesia
82.1 Germany 167.7 Brazil
58.6 France 132.2 Pakistan
57.6 United Kingdom 125.3 Bangladesh
56.8 Italy 107.3 Nigeria
50.4 Ukraine 96.8 Mexico
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Note: Workers are taken to be the population from age 20 to 64; Retirees are
taken to be the population of age 65 and above; more developed and less
developed countries are classifications employed by the United Nations.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base; can be accessed
online at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbacc.html
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