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China vs Japan: Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

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

In , China's Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) was 44.24, compared to Japan's 70.12. That makes China's value 36.9% lower than Japan's.

China

Rank #186 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
44.24
Year-over-year
-1.1%
10-year change
+13.8%
Peak
44.73 (2023)
Trough
37.24 (2010)

Japan

Rank #44 of 217 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2024)
70.12
Year-over-year
+0.0%
10-year change
+8.8%
Peak
70.26 (2021)
Trough
51.59 (2005)

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