Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Bangladesh

Age dependency ratio in Bangladesh in 2025 — 52.2 per 100. Ranked 85 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.2%.

2025 52.2 per 100 −0.76% vs 2024
World rank 85of 217
Period maximum 93.4 per 1001981
Period minimum 52.2 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Bangladesh, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 81.9 per 1001962: 83.2 per 1001964: 85.4 per 1001966: 87.4 per 1001968: 89 per 1001970: 90.3 per 1001972: 91.1 per 1001974: 92.2 per 1001976: 92.5 per 1001978: 92.7 per 1001980: 93.2 per 1001982: 93.4 per 1001984: 92.7 per 1001986: 91.4 per 1001988: 88.9 per 1001990: 85.9 per 1001992: 82.7 per 1001994: 79.2 per 1001996: 75.4 per 1001998: 71.9 per 1002000: 68.9 per 1002002: 67.1 per 1002004: 65.9 per 1002006: 64.5 per 1002008: 63.3 per 1002010: 62 per 1002012: 60 per 1002014: 57.6 per 1002016: 55.4 per 1002018: 54.3 per 1002020: 54.1 per 1002022: 53.6 per 1002024: 52.6 per 1002025: 52.2 per 100
Change over the period: −29.6 (−36.18%) Average annual rate: -0.69 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 52.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
South Asia 47 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 52.2 −0.4 −0.76%
2024 52.6 −0.5 −0.85%
2023 53.1 −0.5 −0.98%
2022 53.6 −0.3 −0.63%
2021 54 −0.1 −0.2%
2020 54.1 −0.1 −0.2%
2019 54.2 −0.2 −0.28%
2018 54.3 −0.3 −0.58%
2017 54.6 −0.7 −1.32%
2016 55.4 −1.1 −1.92%
2015 56.5 −1.2 −2.05%
2014 57.6 −1.2 −2.07%
2013 58.9 −1.2 −1.97%
2012 60 −1.1 −1.73%
2011 61.1 −0.9 −1.41%
2010 62 −0.7 −1.17%
2009 62.7 −0.6 −1%
2008 63.3 −0.6 −0.9%
2007 63.9 −0.6 −0.95%
2006 64.5 −0.7 −1.02%
2005 65.2 −0.7 −1.04%
2004 65.9 −0.6 −0.96%
2003 66.5 −0.6 −0.94%
2002 67.1 −0.7 −1.01%
2001 67.8 −1 −1.52%
2000 68.9 −1.4 −2.05%
1999 70.3 −1.5 −2.15%
1998 71.9 −1.7 −2.29%
1997 73.5 −1.9 −2.45%
1996 75.4 −1.9 −2.48%
1995 77.3 −1.9 −2.35%
1994 79.2 −1.8 −2.21%
1993 81 −1.7 −2.05%
1992 82.7 −1.7 −1.97%
1991 84.3 −1.6 −1.86%
1990 85.9 −1.5 −1.7%
1989 87.4 −1.4 −1.63%
1988 88.9 −1.4 −1.54%
1987 90.2 −1.1 −1.23%
1986 91.4 −0.8 −0.84%
1985 92.1 −0.6 −0.6%
1984 92.7 −0.4 −0.45%
1983 93.1 −0.3 −0.28%
1982 93.4 −0 −0.02%
1981 93.4 +0.2 +0.23%
1980 93.2 +0.3 +0.29%
1979 92.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1978 92.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1977 92.6 +0.1 +0.08%
1976 92.5 +0.1 +0.07%
1975 92.5 +0.3 +0.33%
1974 92.2 +0.5 +0.49%
1973 91.7 +0.6 +0.66%
1972 91.1 +0.5 +0.59%
1971 90.6 +0.2 +0.25%
1970 90.3 +0.5 +0.59%
1969 89.8 +0.8 +0.88%
1968 89 +0.8 +0.87%
1967 88.3 +0.9 +0.97%
1966 87.4 +0.9 +1.03%
1965 86.5 +1.1 +1.28%
1964 85.4 +1.2 +1.48%
1963 84.2 +1 +1.2%
1962 83.2 +0.7 +0.89%
1961 82.4 +0.6 +0.72%
1960 81.9

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.