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Countries Ranked by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.POP.DPND.OL

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 12.29, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Japan

50.66

Europe & Central Asia

Monaco

71.81

Latin America & Caribbean

Puerto Rico (US)

38.83

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta

30.28

North America

Bermuda

33.63

South Asia

Sri Lanka

18.38

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

18.87

Rank Country Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
1 Monaco 71.81
2 Japan 50.66
3 Portugal 39.14
4 Finland 38.88
5 Puerto Rico (US) 38.83
6 Italy 38.79
7 Greece 38.10
8 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 37.31
9 Isle of Man 36.97
10 Germany 36.88
11 Croatia 36.87
12 France 36.10
13 Serbia 36.01
14 Bulgaria 34.70
15 Latvia 34.58
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34.34
17 San Marino 34.30
18 Slovenia 34.28
19 Hong Kong SAR, China 33.92
20 Estonia 33.77
21 Bermuda 33.63
22 Sweden 33.32
23 Denmark 32.89
24 Czechia 32.69
25 Hungary 32.49
26 Belgium 32.40
27 Spain 32.07
28 Liechtenstein 31.88
29 Netherlands 31.79
30 Austria 31.62
31 Romania 31.07
32 Poland 30.97
33 Lithuania 30.96
34 United Kingdom 30.80
35 Switzerland 30.78
36 St. Martin (French part) 30.54
37 Channel Islands 30.46
38 Canada 30.42
39 Malta 30.28
40 Norway 28.89
41 Faroe Islands 28.47
42 Ukraine 28.24
43 Slovak Republic 28.21
44 Montenegro 27.84
45 United States 27.69
46 North Macedonia 27.67
47 Australia 27.52
48 Korea, Rep. 27.47
49 Gibraltar 27.21
50 Belarus 26.75
51 New Zealand 26.58
52 Russian Federation 26.21
53 Aruba 25.80
54 Albania 25.55
55 Moldova 25.33
56 Barbados 25.00
57 Georgia 24.60
58 Curacao 24.57
59 Uruguay 24.44
60 Cuba 24.32
61 Ireland 24.24
62 Iceland 23.49
63 Luxembourg 22.51
64 Andorra 22.10
65 Thailand 21.98
66 China 21.15
67 Cyprus 21.09
68 Israel 20.91
69 Guam 20.52
70 Chile 20.52
71 Armenia 20.43
72 Macao SAR, China 19.87
73 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 19.66
74 Mauritius 18.87
75 Argentina 18.82
76 Dominica 18.73
77 Sri Lanka 18.38
78 Singapore 18.29
79 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 18.06
80 Grenada 17.91
81 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 17.80
82 Costa Rica 17.72
83 Trinidad and Tobago 17.72
84 New Caledonia 16.99
85 Bahamas, The 16.75
86 Antigua and Barbuda 16.74
87 French Polynesia 16.28
88 Palau 16.11
89 Brazil 15.95
90 Lebanon 15.92
91 St. Kitts and Nevis 15.90
92 Greenland 15.80
93 Turks and Caicos Islands 15.48
94 Turkiye 15.06
95 Venezuela, RB 14.94
96 Kosovo 14.55
97 Tunisia 14.35
98 Northern Mariana Islands 14.29
99 Panama 14.22
100 Colombia 13.98
101 Kazakhstan 13.96
102 Peru 13.81
103 Viet Nam 13.36
104 St. Lucia 13.20
105 British Virgin Islands 12.68
106 Ecuador 12.42
107 American Samoa 12.39
108 Morocco 12.29
109 Azerbaijan 12.29
110 Mexico 12.27
111 El Salvador 12.15
112 Cayman Islands 12.03
113 Dominican Republic 12.02
114 Seychelles 11.94
115 Iran, Islamic Rep. 11.89
116 Suriname 11.89
117 Tonga 11.60
118 Jamaica 11.23
119 Tuvalu 11.04
120 Malaysia 10.98
121 Indonesia 10.70
122 Myanmar 10.68
123 Samoa 10.57
124 Guyana 10.51
125 India 10.47
126 Algeria 10.43
127 Cabo Verde 10.15
128 Paraguay 10.08
129 Nepal 9.99
130 South Africa 9.92
131 Bangladesh 9.92
132 Fiji 9.77
133 Cambodia 9.62
134 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 9.56
135 Brunei Darussalam 9.50
136 Uzbekistan 9.30
137 Kyrgyz Republic 9.17
138 Bhutan 8.95
139 Bolivia 8.74
140 Timor-Leste 8.64
141 Nicaragua 8.42
142 Philippines 8.24
143 Mongolia 8.20
144 Egypt, Arab Rep. 8.14
145 Comoros 7.66
146 Guatemala 7.63
147 Marshall Islands 7.62
148 Vanuatu 7.48
149 Libya 7.43
150 Djibouti 7.35
151 Belize 7.35
152 Haiti 7.34
153 Eritrea 7.29
154 Pakistan 7.25
155 Syrian Arab Republic 7.17
156 Lao PDR 7.16
157 Turkmenistan 7.08
158 Jordan 6.98
159 Kiribati 6.94
160 Gabon 6.87
161 Eswatini 6.83
162 Honduras 6.80
163 Sao Tome and Principe 6.69
164 Rwanda 6.69
165 West Bank and Gaza 6.60
166 Zimbabwe 6.49
167 Tajikistan 6.43
168 Botswana 6.32
169 Lesotho 6.26
170 Equatorial Guinea 6.25
171 Senegal 6.22
172 Guinea 6.21
173 Namibia 6.19
174 Ghana 6.13
175 Solomon Islands 6.13
176 Maldives 6.12
177 Congo, Dem. Rep. 6.04
178 Mauritania 5.97
179 Madagascar 5.94
180 Sudan 5.87
181 Liberia 5.78
182 Iraq 5.69
183 Benin 5.64
184 Togo 5.61
185 Ethiopia 5.60
186 Tanzania 5.60
187 Sierra Leone 5.53
188 Guinea-Bissau 5.50
189 Papua New Guinea 5.49
190 Nigeria 5.45
191 Gambia, The 5.43
192 Angola 5.40
193 Congo, Rep. 5.28
194 Mozambique 5.22
195 South Sudan 5.15
196 Niger 5.11
197 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 5.10
198 Cameroon 5.01
199 Bahrain 4.98
200 Kenya 4.93
201 Nauru 4.81
202 Burundi 4.80
203 Burkina Faso 4.77
204 Mali 4.63
205 Cote d'Ivoire 4.62
206 Malawi 4.56
207 Yemen, Rep. 4.48
208 Central African Republic 4.40
209 Afghanistan 4.39
210 Chad 4.05
211 Uganda 4.03
212 Saudi Arabia 4.03
213 Kuwait 3.95
214 Oman 3.64
215 Zambia 3.44
216 United Arab Emirates 2.15
217 Qatar 2.01

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.DPND.OL), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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