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People > Age distribution > Child dependency ratio: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage of dependant children out of total population aged 15 and older. A dependant child is a child aged 0-14.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Niger 105.52% 2025
2 Mali 92.23% 2025
3 Chad 86% 2025
4 Uganda 85.6% 2025
5 Somalia 85.26% 2025
6 Zambia 85.21% 2025
7 East Timor 82.99% 2025
8 Burundi 82.97% 2025
9 Gambia 82.25% 2025
10 Angola 81.49% 2025
11 Nigeria 80.12% 2025
12 Tanzania 78.12% 2025
13 Mozambique 77.85% 2025
14 Malawi 77.17% 2025
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 76.6% 2025
16 Burkina Faso 75.73% 2025
17 Senegal 72.2% 2025
18 Cameroon 69.57% 2025
19 Madagascar 68.86% 2025
20 Eritrea 67.74% 2025
21 Guinea 67.65% 2025
22 South Sudan 67.42% 2025
23 Guinea-Bissau 67.35% 2025
24 Benin 66.95% 2025
25 Liberia 66.95% 2025
26 Togo 66.56% 2025
27 Kenya 65.3% 2025
28 Rwanda 65.16% 2025
29 Comoros 64.93% 2025
30 Sudan 62.52% 2025
31 Mauritania 62.41% 2025
32 Sierra Leone 62.17% 2025
33 Equatorial Guinea 61.77% 2025
34 Sao Tome and Principe 61.59% 2025
35 Central African Republic 61.21% 2025
36 Ethiopia 60.89% 2025
37 Guatemala 60.82% 2025
38 Gabon 60.74% 2025
39 Tajikistan 60.08% 2025
40 Afghanistan 59.02% 2025
41 Iraq 58.72% 2025
42 Zimbabwe 58.61% 2025
43 Solomon Islands 58.58% 2025
44 Palestine 58.32% 2025
45 Swaziland 58.27% 2025
46 Ghana 56.26% 2025
47 Yemen 55.89% 2025
48 Samoa 55.46% 2025
49 Lesotho 54.48% 2025
50 Papua New Guinea 53.67% 2025
51 Mayotte 53.46% 2025
52 Tonga 52.37% 2025
53 Kyrgyzstan 50.46% 2025
54 Vanuatu 50.31% 2025
55 Djibouti 49.59% 2025
56 Bolivia 49.53% 2025
57 Namibia 49.07% 2025
58 Laos 48.57% 2025
59 Jordan 48.47% 2025
60 Honduras 47.92% 2025
61 Haiti 47.9% 2025
62 Philippines 47.38% 2025
63 Botswana 47.19% 2025
64 Cambodia 45.74% 2025
65 Paraguay 45.67% 2025
66 French Guiana 45.47% 2025
67 Kiribati 45.35% 2025
68 Pakistan 44.68% 2025
69 Syria 44.35% 2025
70 Egypt 43.73% 2025
71 Belize 43.38% 2025
72 Algeria 42.41% 2025
73 Nicaragua 42.41% 2025
74 Israel 42.08% 2025
75 Morocco 41.58% 2025
76 El Salvador 40.75% 2025
77 South Africa 40.46% 2025
78 Fiji 40.08% 2025
79 Dominican Republic 40.02% 2025
80 Mongolia 39.87% 2025
81 Ecuador 39.87% 2025
82 Nepal 39.13% 2025
83 Federated States of Micronesia 38.95% 2025
84 Kazakhstan 38.92% 2025
85 Guyana 38.41% 2025
86 Grenada 37.83% 2025
87 Turkmenistan 37.74% 2025
88 Maldives 37.61% 2025
89 Uzbekistan 37.59% 2025
90 Venezuela 37.4% 2025
91 India 37.29% 2025
92 Peru 37.14% 2025
93 Panama 37.14% 2025
94 Jamaica 36.33% 2025
95 Libya 35.9% 2025
96 Bangladesh 35.73% 2025
97 Colombia 35.55% 2025
98 Guam 35.43% 2025
99 Sri Lanka 35.1% 2025
100 Virgin Islands 35.08% 2025
101 Cape Verde 35.01% 2025
102 Mexico 34.41% 2025
103 Indonesia 34.29% 2025
104 Argentina 34.16% 2025
105 Suriname 33.97% 2025
106 Malaysia 33.97% 2025
107 Bhutan 33.97% 2025
108 Western Sahara 33.58% 2025
109 Iran 32.79% 2025
110 Kuwait 32.7% 2025
111 Antigua and Barbuda 32.23% 2025
112 Tunisia 32.16% 2025
113 Saudi Arabia 31.93% 2025
114 French Polynesia 31.87% 2025
115 Turkey 31.76% 2025
116 Uruguay 31.33% 2025
117 Seychelles 31.23% 2025
118 Iceland 31.22% 2025
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 31.19% 2025
120 New Caledonia 31.08% 2025
121 Ireland 30.97% 2025
122 Australia 30.63% 2025
123 The Bahamas 30.55% 2025
124 New Zealand 30.55% 2025
125 Guadeloupe 30.47% 2025
126 Burma 30.45% 2025
127 United States 30.42% 2025
128 Azerbaijan 30.36% 2025
129 Oman 30.13% 2025
130 Sweden 30.03% 2025
131 Norway 29.87% 2025
132 Saint Lucia 29.47% 2025
133 France 29.22% 2025
134 North Korea 29.13% 2025
135 Brazil 28.54% 2025
136 Brunei 28.45% 2025
137 Georgia 28.37% 2025
138 Albania 28.36% 2025
139 Costa Rica 28.31% 2025
140 Chile 28.26% 2025
141 Finland 28.08% 2025
142 United Kingdom 28.03% 2025
143 Belgium 27.91% 2025
144 Vietnam 27.71% 2025
145 Trinidad and Tobago 27.52% 2025
146 Denmark 27.48% 2025
147 Lebanon 27.15% 2025
148 Canada 27.07% 2025
149 Barbados 26.96% 2025
150 Latvia 26.87% 2025
151 Armenia 26.62% 2025
152 Luxembourg 26.33% 2025
153 Lithuania 26.17% 2025
154 Puerto Rico 25.91% 2025
155 Russia 25.88% 2025
156 Estonia 25.87% 2025
157 Netherlands 25.65% 2025
158 Martinique 25.48% 2025
159 Montenegro 25.26% 2025
160 China 25.07% 2025
161 Czech Republic 24.92% 2025
162 Poland 24.76% 2025
163 Moldova 24.7% 2025
164 Belarus 24.35% 2025
165 Ukraine 24.22% 2025
166 Switzerland 24.09% 2025
167 Bahrain 23.79% 2025
168 Mauritius 23.76% 2025
169 Austria 23.5% 2025
170 Cyprus 23.47% 2025
171 Slovakia 23.31% 2025
172 Hungary 23.21% 2025
173 Aruba 23.04% 2025
174 Bulgaria 22.83% 2025
175 Croatia 22.74% 2025
176 Slovenia 22.73% 2025
177 Republic of Macedonia 22.55% 2025
178 Romania 22.43% 2025
179 Greece 22.12% 2025
180 Spain 21.98% 2025
181 Italy 21.9% 2025
182 Channel Islands 21.59% 2025
183 Japan 21.46% 2025
184 Serbia 21.44% 2025
185 Macau 21.42% 2025
186 Singapore 21.4% 2025
187 Malta 21.34% 2025
188 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.26% 2025
189 Germany 21.2% 2025
190 Thailand 20.82% 2025
191 Hong Kong 20.72% 2025
192 South Korea 20.7% 2025
193 Cuba 19.74% 2025
194 Portugal 19.21% 2025
195 United Arab Emirates 17.54% 2025
196 Qatar 15.31% 2025

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