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China vs India: Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) was 21.15, compared to India's 10.47. That makes China's value 102.0% higher than India's.

China

Rank #66 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
21.15
Year-over-year
+2.1%
10-year change
+57.6%
Peak
21.15 (2024)
Trough
10.99 (2005)

India

Rank #125 of 217 globally

India trend
Latest (2024)
10.47
Year-over-year
+2.9%
10-year change
+28.8%
Peak
10.47 (2024)
Trough
7.57 (2005)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND.OL), CC BY 4.0.