Age

Permanent resident population by age and dependency ratio, in 2022
  in thousand
in %

8 812.7

 

    0-19 years

1 753.0 19.9

    20-39 years

2 292.7

26.0

    40-64 years

3 075.2

34.9

    65-79 years

1 206.1

13.7

    80 years and older

485.8

5.5

6 518.1

74.0

    0-19 years

... ...

    20-39 years

...
...

    40-64 years

...
...

    65-79 years

...
...

    80 years and older

...
...

2 294.6

26.0

    0-19 years

... ...

    20-39 years

...
...

    40-64 years

...
...

    65-79 years

...
...

    80 years and older

...
...
Youth dependency ratio * 32.7
Old-age dependency ratio * 31.5
Youth dependency ratio = Number of persons under the age of 20 per 100 persons aged 20-64

Old-age dependency ratio = Number of persons aged 65 and over per 100 persons aged 20-64

2022: provisional annual figures
…= The figures are not available yet
Source : FSO – STATPOP

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