Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Cameroon

Age dependency ratio in Cameroon in 2025 — 78.4 per 100. Ranked 200 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2%.

2025 78.4 per 100 −1.22% vs 2024
World rank 200of 217
Period maximum 99.2 per 1001989
Period minimum 76.9 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Cameroon, 1960–202570809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76.9 per 1001962: 79 per 1001964: 80.7 per 1001966: 82.3 per 1001968: 83.8 per 1001970: 85.5 per 1001972: 87.2 per 1001974: 88.8 per 1001976: 90.6 per 1001978: 92.7 per 1001980: 94 per 1001982: 95.7 per 1001984: 98.2 per 1001986: 98.7 per 1001988: 99.1 per 1001990: 99.2 per 1001992: 99 per 1001994: 98.1 per 1001996: 96.7 per 1001998: 94.7 per 1002000: 93.2 per 1002002: 91.5 per 1002004: 90.1 per 1002006: 89.1 per 1002008: 88.3 per 1002010: 87.6 per 1002012: 87.1 per 1002014: 86 per 1002016: 84.7 per 1002018: 84.1 per 1002020: 82.9 per 1002022: 81.2 per 1002024: 79.3 per 1002025: 78.4 per 100
Change over the period: +1.5 (+1.96%) Average annual rate: 0.03 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 78.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Middle Africa computed 91.1 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 78.4 −1 −1.22%
2024 79.3 −1 −1.2%
2023 80.3 −0.9 −1.15%
2022 81.2 −0.9 −1.05%
2021 82.1 −0.8 −0.96%
2020 82.9 −0.7 −0.83%
2019 83.6 −0.5 −0.64%
2018 84.1 −0.3 −0.39%
2017 84.5 −0.3 −0.33%
2016 84.7 −0.5 −0.56%
2015 85.2 −0.8 −0.93%
2014 86 −0.7 −0.85%
2013 86.7 −0.4 −0.43%
2012 87.1 −0.3 −0.32%
2011 87.4 −0.3 −0.29%
2010 87.6 −0.3 −0.33%
2009 87.9 −0.3 −0.39%
2008 88.3 −0.4 −0.47%
2007 88.7 −0.4 −0.49%
2006 89.1 −0.4 −0.47%
2005 89.6 −0.5 −0.55%
2004 90.1 −0.6 −0.69%
2003 90.7 −0.8 −0.86%
2002 91.5 −0.9 −0.95%
2001 92.3 −0.8 −0.89%
2000 93.2 −0.8 −0.81%
1999 93.9 −0.8 −0.84%
1998 94.7 −1 −0.99%
1997 95.7 −1 −1.04%
1996 96.7 −0.8 −0.85%
1995 97.5 −0.6 −0.64%
1994 98.1 −0.5 −0.5%
1993 98.6 −0.3 −0.35%
1992 99 −0.2 −0.17%
1991 99.2 −0.1 −0.07%
1990 99.2 −0 −0%
1989 99.2 +0.1 +0.14%
1988 99.1 +0.2 +0.19%
1987 98.9 +0.2 +0.18%
1986 98.7 +0.2 +0.22%
1985 98.5 +0.3 +0.27%
1984 98.2 +0.6 +0.66%
1983 97.6 +1.9 +2.02%
1982 95.7 +1.6 +1.74%
1981 94 +0.1 +0.07%
1980 94 +0.3 +0.37%
1979 93.6 +0.9 +1%
1978 92.7 +1 +1.08%
1977 91.7 +1.1 +1.26%
1976 90.6 +1 +1.07%
1975 89.6 +0.8 +0.9%
1974 88.8 +0.8 +0.92%
1973 88 +0.8 +0.95%
1972 87.2 +0.8 +0.97%
1971 86.3 +0.8 +0.98%
1970 85.5 +0.8 +0.98%
1969 84.7 +0.8 +0.97%
1968 83.8 +0.8 +0.94%
1967 83.1 +0.8 +0.92%
1966 82.3 +0.7 +0.91%
1965 81.6 +0.8 +1.02%
1964 80.7 +0.9 +1.13%
1963 79.8 +0.8 +1.01%
1962 79 +1 +1.24%
1961 78.1 +1.2 +1.57%
1960 76.9

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.