Data for 1983

Total Dependency Ratio, 1983

Name: Total Dependency Ratio, 1983
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
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1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Dependency Ratio, 1983 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Marshall Islands is highest, at 115.029; Vatican City is lowest, at 30.674. The middle country reads 74.346. Against 1982, 222 values changed (49 up, 173 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Dependency Ratio · Data for 1983

HighestMarshall Islands

115.029

LowestVatican City

30.674

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

222countries
3measures per country
1983the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Total Dependency Ratio, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	115.029	108.296	6.733
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	112.419	107.979	4.441
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	110.164	103.868	6.296
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	109.387	102.896	6.491
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	109.182	103.159	6.023
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	107.849	97.231	10.618
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	106.708	102.319	4.390
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	105.819	99.168	6.650
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	105.263	100.366	4.897
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	104.850	99.079	5.771
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	104.764	98.139	6.625
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	104.724	98.388	6.336
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	104.488	95.821	8.666
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	104.072	95.718	8.354
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	103.141	94.456	8.685
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	102.723	92.648	10.075
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	102.333	96.234	6.099
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	101.433	95.822	5.612
Honduras`HND`Central America	101.066	94.620	6.446
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	100.758	94.413	6.345
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	100.550	95.649	4.901
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	100.335	95.641	4.695
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	99.701	94.173	5.528
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	99.581	94.003	5.579
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	99.383	94.160	5.222
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	98.737	90.613	8.124
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	98.042	90.742	7.300
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	97.596	90.006	7.590
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	97.016	92.206	4.809
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	96.898	91.050	5.848
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	96.684	91.243	5.441
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	96.352	91.594	4.758
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	96.342	87.588	8.754
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	96.340	90.544	5.796
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	96.158	90.049	6.109
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	96.146	89.180	6.966
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	96.051	87.232	8.819
Niger`NER`Western Africa	96.025	92.132	3.893
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	95.963	89.793	6.169
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	95.821	88.842	6.979
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	95.382	89.439	5.943
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	95.105	90.377	4.728
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	95.035	90.251	4.784
Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.994	86.613	8.381
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94.791	88.496	6.295
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	94.530	88.942	5.588
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	94.272	87.859	6.412
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	93.989	85.426	8.564
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	93.934	87.592	6.342
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	93.910	84.372	9.538
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	93.878	86.755	7.124
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	93.700	87.589	6.112
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	93.116	86.398	6.718
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	92.640	87.784	4.856
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	92.208	86.776	5.432
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	92.067	87.138	4.928
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	90.634	84.722	5.912
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	90.519	83.942	6.576
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	89.622	81.039	8.583
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	89.290	83.759	5.531
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	89.288	77.040	12.247
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	88.937	83.532	5.405
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.668	80.780	7.887
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	88.454	83.585	4.868
Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.360	82.250	6.110
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	87.761	76.977	10.785
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	87.712	81.207	6.505
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	87.544	80.566	6.979
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.439	80.436	7.003
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	87.380	83.128	4.251
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	87.228	79.935	7.293
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	86.573	80.402	6.172
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.354	78.712	7.642
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	85.363	77.059	8.304
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	85.308	65.500	19.808
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	85.213	80.363	4.850
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	85.201	80.334	4.867
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85.075	79.510	5.565
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	84.475	79.478	4.998
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	84.220	80.419	3.801
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	84.112	78.159	5.953
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	84.037	70.371	13.666
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	83.950	79.208	4.742
Peru`PER`South America	83.856	76.849	7.007
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	83.478	73.691	9.787
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	83.443	75.893	7.550
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	83.133	75.237	7.896
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	83.068	69.935	13.133
Paraguay`PRY`South America	82.753	75.300	7.453
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	82.520	75.305	7.215
Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.831	75.319	6.511
Bolivia`BOL`South America	81.712	74.398	7.314
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.701	75.991	5.710
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	80.330	66.555	13.774
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	80.317	63.224	17.093
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	80.299	73.360	6.939
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.271	73.839	6.432
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	80.058	77.212	2.846
Guyana`GUY`South America	79.729	72.869	6.860
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	78.842	72.084	6.758
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	78.049	71.461	6.588
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.495	70.589	6.907
Venezuela`VEN`South America	77.177	71.357	5.820
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.021	68.874	8.147
India`IND`Southern Asia	76.831	69.797	7.035
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	76.452	64.352	12.100
Panama`PAN`Central America	76.083	69.152	6.931
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	75.817	69.238	6.578
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	75.649	69.385	6.264
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	74.922	67.496	7.426
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	74.405	69.212	5.193
Suriname`SUR`South America	74.287	67.940	6.347
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	73.230	66.134	7.095
Colombia`COL`South America	73.029	66.798	6.231
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	72.813	65.279	7.533
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	72.509	67.481	5.029
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	72.021	63.436	8.585
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	71.979	67.075	4.904
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.969	65.974	5.995
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.860	60.514	11.346
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	71.810	63.098	8.712
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	71.499	64.425	7.074
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.180	55.892	15.288
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	70.543	63.698	6.845
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	70.483	66.200	4.283
Brazil`BRA`South America	70.381	64.164	6.217
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	68.523	47.814	20.709
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.404	50.379	18.025
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	68.182	60.174	8.009
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.181	61.419	6.762
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	66.811	58.354	8.457
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.587	61.095	4.492
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	65.422	57.228	8.194
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.132	59.486	5.646
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.908	53.784	11.124
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64.064	30.707	33.357
Argentina`ARG`South America	63.529	50.535	12.994
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	63.472	61.380	2.092
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	63.020	49.594	13.426
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	62.954	55.765	7.189
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	61.272	53.756	7.516
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	60.653	52.752	7.901
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	60.518	51.460	9.058
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	60.475	46.809	13.667
Uruguay`URY`South America	59.904	42.566	17.338
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	59.892	53.971	5.921
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	59.718	52.324	7.394
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	59.142	41.937	17.206
Chile`CHL`South America	58.687	50.702	7.985
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	57.946	50.787	7.159
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.840	42.086	15.755
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	57.481	50.596	6.884
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	57.085	52.474	4.611
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	56.830	32.756	24.074
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	56.820	38.481	18.339
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.520	50.126	6.394
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	56.501	53.172	3.329
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	56.094	38.013	18.082
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.043	43.915	12.129
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	55.801	41.014	14.787
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.756	49.828	5.929
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.736	40.304	15.432
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	55.581	36.577	19.004
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.506	39.846	15.661
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	55.233	35.389	19.844
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	55.118	48.199	6.919
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	54.840	45.372	9.469
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	54.773	28.713	26.061
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	54.055	46.326	7.728
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.002	41.070	12.932
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	53.553	50.050	3.503
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	53.348	30.389	22.959
France`FRA`Western Europe	53.325	33.338	19.987
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	53.309	19.739	33.570
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.114	43.672	9.442
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	52.888	38.227	14.660
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	52.820	38.076	14.744
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	52.616	36.219	16.397
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.569	41.329	11.240
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	52.364	40.939	11.425
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	52.349	47.032	5.317
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.273	33.426	18.847
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52.204	37.067	15.137
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	52.161	41.800	10.361
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	51.593	48.249	3.344
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51.531	29.060	22.471
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	51.322	37.920	13.402
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.161	33.328	17.833
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	50.504	34.368	16.136
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	50.488	30.817	19.671
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50.278	28.689	21.589
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	50.271	35.771	14.501
United States`USA`Northern America	49.923	32.743	17.180
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.692	32.949	16.743
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	49.628	40.191	9.437
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.551	28.964	20.587
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	49.380	31.292	18.088
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	49.371	33.837	15.535
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	49.016	31.974	17.042
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	48.631	33.778	14.853
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48.116	30.641	17.474
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	47.934	33.496	14.438
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	47.845	39.236	8.609
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	47.624	27.076	20.549
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	46.987	32.553	14.433
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	46.928	28.782	18.146
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.878	36.034	10.844
Canada`CAN`Northern America	46.249	31.859	14.390
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.121	30.560	15.561
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	45.967	24.620	21.347
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	45.051	34.889	10.162
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	45.041	25.804	19.237
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	44.858	28.511	16.347
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	44.735	31.840	12.894
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.259	42.610	1.649
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	43.292	31.054	12.239
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	43.228	29.412	13.817
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	41.399	36.269	5.130
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	41.180	39.620	1.560
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	40.452	30.417	10.034
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.938	33.100	6.838
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	30.674	15.957	14.716

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

Marshall Islands115.029
Kenya112.419
Yemen110.164
Zambia109.387
Eswatini109.182

Lowest

Vatican City30.674
Singapore39.938
Andorra40.452
Qatar41.180
Greenland41.399

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.346. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestMarshall Islands108.296
LowestVatican City15.957
Middle country: 66.677
Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
HighestMonaco33.570
LowestQatar1.560
Middle country: 7.354

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
49 · 173rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nauru60.951 → 65.422+4.471
Cameroon95.667 → 97.596+1.929
Gambia94.682 → 96.342+1.660
United Arab Emirates42.786 → 44.259+1.473
Yemen108.752 → 110.164+1.412

Fell most

Saint Martin61.586 → 53.553−8.033
Northern Mariana Islands58.113 → 51.593−6.520
Turks and Caicos Islands76.521 → 72.021−4.500
Sint Maarten56.077 → 52.349−3.728
Dominica83.984 → 80.330−3.654

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

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UN DESA Population Division (1983). Total Dependency Ratio, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/dependency-ratio/1983

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