Total Dependency Ratio, 2009

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Total Dependency Ratio, 2009: 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	106.956	102.801	4.155
NigerNERWestern Africa	106.754	101.851	4.903
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	105.210	100.192	5.018
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	104.799	100.102	4.697
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	103.972	99.315	4.657
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	99.790	92.311	7.479
MaliMLIWestern Africa	99.160	93.492	5.668
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	96.800	90.702	6.098
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	95.689	90.388	5.301
GuineaGINWestern Africa	93.701	86.558	7.143
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	93.501	88.282	5.219
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	93.414	89.801	3.612
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	93.112	87.895	5.216
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	92.456	87.116	5.339
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	91.784	86.541	5.242
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	90.876	87.066	3.811
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	90.218	85.165	5.053
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	90.015	84.291	5.724
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	89.918	83.447	6.472
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	89.854	85.508	4.346
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	89.763	84.832	4.931
BeninBENWestern Africa	89.202	83.411	5.791
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	89.072	84.803	4.269
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	88.626	83.575	5.051
YemenYEMWestern Asia	88.049	82.871	5.178

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 52.361. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

  HighestUganda102.801

  LowestVatican City13.450

  Middle country: 40.777

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

  HighestVatican City70.322

  LowestQatar1.053

  Middle country: 8.651

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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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