John Bruton
Question:
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Mr. J. Bruton
asked the
Taoiseach
his projection of evolution of the working age population here as a proportion of total population over the next 25 years on present trends and the equivalent available projections for other OECD countries.
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table which is based on the medium variant of the UN population projections. The working age population is defined as those aged 15 to 64 years.
Projected percentage of the population aged 15-64 in OECD countries 2000-2030
|
Projection Year
|
Country
|
2000
|
2005
|
2010
|
2015
|
2020
|
2025
|
2030
|
|
%
|
Australia
|
67.2
|
67.8
|
68.2
|
67.2
|
65.8
|
64.1
|
62.5
|
Austria
|
67.8
|
68.2
|
68.5
|
68.2
|
67.0
|
64.3
|
60.6
|
Belgium
|
65.6
|
65.6
|
66.1
|
65.0
|
63.7
|
61.8
|
59.7
|
Canada
|
68.4
|
69.4
|
70.0
|
68.8
|
66.6
|
63.8
|
61.3
|
Czech Republic
|
69.8
|
71.2
|
70.9
|
68.1
|
65.7
|
64.5
|
63.4
|
Denmark
|
66.7
|
66.3
|
65.7
|
64.5
|
63.8
|
62.5
|
60.4
|
Finland
|
66.9
|
66.9
|
66.6
|
63.9
|
61.6
|
59.8
|
58.5
|
France
|
65.2
|
65.3
|
65.2
|
63.7
|
62.5
|
61.3
|
60.0
|
Germany
|
68.1
|
67.0
|
66.2
|
66.0
|
64.7
|
62.6
|
59.6
|
Greece
|
67.4
|
66.7
|
66.4
|
65.8
|
65.0
|
63.7
|
61.9
|
Hungary
|
68.4
|
69.4
|
70.0
|
69.3
|
67.1
|
65.5
|
65.0
|
Iceland
|
65.0
|
66.2
|
67.4
|
67.0
|
65.8
|
63.9
|
62.2
|
Ireland
|
67.2
|
68.2
|
67.7
|
66.3
|
65.5
|
65.1
|
65.0
|
Italy
|
67.6
|
66.6
|
66.3
|
65.3
|
64.6
|
63.0
|
60.0
|
Japan
|
68.2
|
66.3
|
64.0
|
61.0
|
59.5
|
58.9
|
57.8
|
Luxembourg
|
67.3
|
67.3
|
68.0
|
68.1
|
67.8
|
66.7
|
64.9
|
Mexico
|
61.4
|
63.5
|
65.3
|
66.8
|
67.6
|
68.0
|
68.0
|
Netherlands
|
67.9
|
67.7
|
67.6
|
66.2
|
65.1
|
63.3
|
60.9
|
New Zealand
|
65.3
|
66.0
|
66.8
|
66.1
|
65.0
|
63.2
|
61.2
|
Norway
|
64.8
|
65.7
|
66.3
|
65.4
|
64.2
|
62.4
|
60.5
|
Poland
|
68.6
|
70.7
|
72.2
|
70.6
|
67.7
|
65.3
|
64.5
|
Portugal
|
67.7
|
67.0
|
66.9
|
66.7
|
66.4
|
65.4
|
63.8
|
Republic of Korea
|
72.0
|
71.8
|
72.5
|
72.6
|
71.5
|
68.4
|
65.1
|
Slovakia
|
69.1
|
71.3
|
72.2
|
71.0
|
68.6
|
66.8
|
65.5
|
Spain
|
68.6
|
68.8
|
68.2
|
67.6
|
67.0
|
65.3
|
62.7
|
Sweden
|
64.3
|
65.3
|
65.2
|
62.9
|
61.3
|
60.0
|
58.8
|
Switzerland
|
67.3
|
67.4
|
66.9
|
65.4
|
63.3
|
60.2
|
56.7
|
Turkey
|
62.8
|
65.1
|
66.9
|
68.3
|
69.3
|
69.6
|
69.1
|
United Kingdom
|
65.1
|
66.1
|
66.9
|
66.3
|
65.5
|
64.2
|
62.5
|
United States of America
|
65.9
|
66.5
|
66.6
|
65.5
|
64.1
|
62.5
|
61.5
|
Source: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision http://esa.un.org/unpp, 17 June 2004