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Total Dependency Ratio, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1950 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Grenada is highest, at 112.477; Guam is lowest, at 38.905. The middle country reads 77.846.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1950

HighestGrenada

112.477

LowestGuam

38.905

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Dependency Ratio, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Dependency Ratio, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
GrenadaGRDCaribbean112.477101.60610.871
PalauPLWMicronesia108.63991.20717.432
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean108.52990.50918.020
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia105.71493.56512.149
MontserratMSRCaribbean105.58389.24716.336
DominicaDMACaribbean104.58188.93315.648
SamoaWSMPolynesia104.19799.0895.108
NigerNERWestern Africa104.027102.1631.864
KenyaKENEastern Africa103.47792.69910.778
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean103.25287.75615.495
NauruNRUMicronesia101.83684.24217.595
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia101.72793.9157.812
FijiFJIMelanesia101.69789.21312.484
PalestinePSEWestern Asia101.05791.4629.595
ParaguayPRYSouth America100.09092.6197.471
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa99.24986.59712.652
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean97.86491.2876.577
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia96.09690.3845.712
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia95.99887.1418.857
TongaTONPolynesia95.77686.7898.987
American SamoaASMPolynesia94.67990.1554.524
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa94.23790.3963.841
MalawiMWIEastern Africa94.10688.1535.953
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean93.88788.6155.272
JordanJORWestern Asia93.86884.1119.757

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Grenada112.477
  2. Palau108.639
  3. British Virgin Islands108.529
  4. Marshall Islands105.714
  5. Montserrat105.583

Lowest

  1. Guam38.905
  2. Luxembourg42.605
  3. Monaco43.058
  4. Gibraltar44.393
  5. Macau45.495

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 77.846. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestNiger102.163

    LowestMonaco20.740

    Middle country: 70.886

  • Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)

    HighestMonaco22.318

    LowestGuam1.598

    Middle country: 7.734

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Total Dependency Ratio, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1950

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06Questions

Total Dependency Ratio, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest dependency ratio in Total Dependency Ratio, 1950?

Grenada, at 112.477, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Dependency Ratio, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Total Dependency Ratio, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Dependency Ratio, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Dependency Ratio, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Total Dependency Ratio, 2023.

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