Total Dependency Ratio, 2008

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Country	Total dependency ratio (aged 0–14 and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)	Child dependency ratio (aged 0–14 per 100 aged 15–64)	Old-age dependency ratio (aged 65+ per 100 aged 15–64)
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	107.885	103.601	4.284
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	106.334	101.623	4.712
NigerNERWestern Africa	105.991	101.151	4.840
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	105.682	100.611	5.071
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	104.237	99.466	4.771
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	100.190	92.352	7.838
MaliMLIWestern Africa	98.630	92.927	5.704
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	97.173	91.885	5.288
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	96.549	90.490	6.059
GuineaGINWestern Africa	94.612	87.369	7.244
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	94.248	90.541	3.708
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	92.995	87.804	5.191
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	92.833	87.613	5.220
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	92.469	88.201	4.268
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	91.820	86.553	5.267
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	91.744	86.493	5.251
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	91.300	86.207	5.093
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	90.644	86.256	4.388
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	90.622	85.621	5.001
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	90.429	86.366	4.064
YemenYEMWestern Asia	90.159	84.916	5.243
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	90.071	83.885	6.186
BeninBENWestern Africa	89.818	84.015	5.804
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	89.701	83.990	5.711
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	89.584	84.478	5.105

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.971. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

  HighestUganda103.601

  LowestVatican City13.502

  Middle country: 41.364

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

  HighestVatican City65.823

  LowestQatar1.176

  Middle country: 8.610

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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.

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  WPP2024_POP_F07_1_DEPENDENCY_RATIOS_BOTH_SEXES.xlsx

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