Table 24. -- Aged Dependency Ratios at Selected Retirement Ages by
Calendar Year and Alternative

Alternative
and year
Age
62
65
66
67
70
72
75
1940 .158 .116 .104 .093 .065 .049 .032
1950 .185 .136 .122 .110 .077 .060 .039
1960 .226 .172 .155 .140 .100 .078 .052
1965 .236 .181 .165 .150 .110 .087 .059
1970 .241 .184 .168 .153 .113 .091 .063
1975 .246 .189 .172 .156 .116 .093 .066
 
1980 .250 .194 .177 .162 .120 .097 .069
1985 .257 .200 .183 .168 .126 .103 .073
1990 .263 .209 .192 .176 .132 .109 .078
1995 .263 .214 .198 .183 .141 .117 .084
1996 .262 .215 .199 .184 .143 .118 .085

Low Cost alternative:
1997 .261 .214 .199 .184 .143 .119 .087
1998 .260 .213 .198 .184 .144 .120 .088
1999 .258 .211 .197 .184 .144 .120 .089
2000 .257 .210 .195 .182 .144 .121 .089
 
2005 .255 .203 .188 .175 .138 .118 .089
2010 .269 .206 .189 .173 .133 .111 .084
2015 .297 .225 .204 .185 .136 .111 .081
2020 .339 .255 .231 .209 .153 .122 .085
 
2025 .382 .292 .265 .240 .176 .140 .098
2030 .403 .321 .295 .269 .201 .162 .114
2035 .407 .327 .303 .280 .219 .180 .129
2040 .393 .320 .299 .278 .219 .184 .139
 
2045 .388 .309 .287 .266 .211 .180 .136
2050 .385 .306 .283 .261 .203 .170 .130
2055 .390 .308 .283 .261 .202 .168 .125
2060 .389 .312 .288 .266 .204 .169 .125
 
2065 .385 .310 .287 .266 .208 .174 .128
2070 .382 .307 .285 .264 .207 .174 .131
2075 .383 .306 .283 .262 .205 .172 .130
2080 .386 .308 .284 .262 .204 .171 .128

Intermediate alternative:
1997 .261 .214 .199 .185 .144 .119 .087
1998 .261 .213 .199 .185 .145 .120 .088
1999 .260 .212 .198 .185 .145 .121 .089
2000 .259 .211 .197 .184 .145 .122 .090
 
2005 .260 .207 .193 .179 .142 .121 .092
2010 .278 .214 .197 .180 .139 .117 .089
2015 .311 .236 .215 .195 .144 .118 .087
2020 .358 .271 .246 .223 .164 .132 .093
 
2025 .410 .314 .286 .260 .192 .155 .109
2030 .441 .353 .325 .298 .224 .182 .129
2035 .455 .368 .342 .317 .250 .207 .151
2040 .450 .370 .346 .323 .257 .219 .167
 
2045 .454 .366 .340 .317 .255 .220 .170
2050 .462 .371 .344 .319 .252 .214 .167
2055 .479 .381 .352 .326 .256 .216 .164
2060 .491 .397 .368 .340 .265 .222 .168
 
2065 .497 .405 .377 .350 .278 .234 .176
2070 .503 .409 .382 .355 .284 .242 .187
2075 .511 .415 .386 .359 .287 .246 .191
2080 .519 .421 .392 .365 .291 .248 .193

High Cost alternative:
1997 .262 .215 .200 .185 .144 .120 .087
1998 .261 .214 .200 .185 .145 .121 .088
1999 .261 .213 .199 .185 .146 .122 .090
2000 .260 .212 .198 .185 .146 .123 .091
 
2005 .265 .211 .196 .182 .145 .124 .094
2010 .287 .221 .203 .186 .145 .122 .093
2015 .323 .247 .225 .204 .152 .126 .093
2020 .376 .286 .260 .236 .176 .142 .101
 
2025 .436 .336 .307 .280 .208 .169 .121
2030 .479 .385 .355 .326 .247 .202 .146
2035 .506 .412 .383 .357 .283 .237 .175
2040 .514 .426 .399 .374 .301 .257 .199
 
2045 .535 .435 .405 .379 .309 .268 .210
2050 .561 .454 .423 .393 .313 .269 .214
2055 .601 .481 .445 .413 .328 .280 .216
2060 .636 .517 .480 .445 .350 .296 .229
 
2065 .664 .544 .508 .474 .380 .323 .247
2070 .688 .567 .531 .496 .402 .346 .271
2075 .714 .588 .550 .514 .419 .362 .287
2080 .736 .608 .569 .532 .433 .375 .299

Note: The aged dependency ratio calculated at a given age is the ratio of the number of people in the population as of January 1 who are as old or older than the given age to the number of people who are between 19 and the given age.