Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Canada

Age dependency ratio in Canada in 2025 — 54.4 per 100. Ranked 103 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.9%.

2025 54.4 per 100 +1.46% vs 2024
World rank 103of 217
Period maximum 71.2 per 1001962
Period minimum 44 per 1002007

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Canada, 1960–2025405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 70.6 per 1001962: 71.2 per 1001964: 70.4 per 1001966: 68.2 per 1001968: 65.1 per 1001970: 61.5 per 1001972: 57.8 per 1001974: 54.5 per 1001976: 51.6 per 1001978: 49.3 per 1001980: 47.4 per 1001982: 46.5 per 1001984: 46.1 per 1001986: 46 per 1001988: 46.4 per 1001990: 47 per 1001992: 47.7 per 1001994: 47.9 per 1001996: 47.7 per 1001998: 47.3 per 1002000: 46.5 per 1002002: 45.6 per 1002004: 44.8 per 1002006: 44.1 per 1002008: 44 per 1002010: 44.2 per 1002012: 45.2 per 1002014: 46.8 per 1002016: 48.4 per 1002018: 49.7 per 1002020: 51.2 per 1002022: 52.6 per 1002024: 53.6 per 1002025: 54.4 per 100
Change over the period: −16.1 (−22.88%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Canada 54.4 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
North America 54.9 per 100
Northern America computed 54.9 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 54.4 +0.8 +1.46%
2024 53.6 +0.6 +1.1%
2023 53.1 +0.4 +0.77%
2022 52.6 +0.6 +1.17%
2021 52 +0.8 +1.63%
2020 51.2 +0.8 +1.56%
2019 50.4 +0.7 +1.36%
2018 49.7 +0.6 +1.29%
2017 49.1 +0.7 +1.46%
2016 48.4 +0.8 +1.69%
2015 47.6 +0.8 +1.75%
2014 46.8 +0.8 +1.7%
2013 46 +0.7 +1.65%
2012 45.2 +0.6 +1.4%
2011 44.6 +0.4 +0.85%
2010 44.2 +0.2 +0.4%
2009 44.1 +0.1 +0.2%
2008 44 +0 +0.02%
2007 44 −0.1 −0.3%
2006 44.1 −0.3 −0.69%
2005 44.4 −0.4 −0.92%
2004 44.8 −0.4 −0.89%
2003 45.2 −0.4 −0.86%
2002 45.6 −0.4 −0.94%
2001 46 −0.5 −0.98%
2000 46.5 −0.4 −0.93%
1999 46.9 −0.4 −0.78%
1998 47.3 −0.3 −0.54%
1997 47.6 −0.2 −0.37%
1996 47.7 −0.1 −0.25%
1995 47.9 −0.1 −0.12%
1994 47.9 +0 +0.1%
1993 47.9 +0.2 +0.46%
1992 47.7 +0.3 +0.72%
1991 47.3 +0.4 +0.75%
1990 47 +0.3 +0.63%
1989 46.7 +0.2 +0.49%
1988 46.4 +0.2 +0.5%
1987 46.2 +0.2 +0.35%
1986 46 −0 −0%
1985 46 −0.1 −0.17%
1984 46.1 −0.1 −0.26%
1983 46.2 −0.2 −0.45%
1982 46.5 −0.4 −0.75%
1981 46.8 −0.6 −1.24%
1980 47.4 −0.8 −1.74%
1979 48.2 −1 −2.08%
1978 49.3 −1.1 −2.26%
1977 50.4 −1.2 −2.38%
1976 51.6 −1.4 −2.57%
1975 53 −1.5 −2.79%
1974 54.5 −1.6 −2.92%
1973 56.2 −1.7 −2.88%
1972 57.8 −1.7 −2.92%
1971 59.6 −2 −3.23%
1970 61.5 −1.9 −2.99%
1969 63.4 −1.6 −2.49%
1968 65.1 −1.6 −2.43%
1967 66.7 −1.5 −2.25%
1966 68.2 −1.2 −1.79%
1965 69.5 −0.9 −1.27%
1964 70.4 −0.6 −0.81%
1963 70.9 −0.2 −0.33%
1962 71.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1961 71 +0.5 +0.68%
1960 70.6

Northern America, 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.