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Age dependency ratio — Denmark

Age dependency ratio in Denmark in 2025 — 57.9 per 100. Ranked 131 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.9%.

2025 57.9 per 100 +0.51% vs 2024
World rank 131of 217
Period maximum 57.9 per 1002025
Period minimum 48.2 per 1001992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Denmark, 1960–202547.55052.55557.56019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.8 per 1001962: 54.3 per 1001964: 54 per 1001966: 54.7 per 1001968: 55.2 per 1001970: 55.2 per 1001972: 55.5 per 1001974: 55.9 per 1001976: 56.3 per 1001978: 55.9 per 1001980: 54.5 per 1001982: 52.3 per 1001984: 50.9 per 1001986: 50.1 per 1001988: 49.1 per 1001990: 48.5 per 1001992: 48.2 per 1001994: 48.3 per 1001996: 48.7 per 1001998: 49.3 per 1002000: 50 per 1002002: 50.6 per 1002004: 51 per 1002006: 51.3 per 1002008: 51.7 per 1002010: 52.8 per 1002012: 54.2 per 1002014: 55.1 per 1002016: 55.6 per 1002018: 56.2 per 1002020: 57 per 1002022: 57.3 per 1002024: 57.6 per 1002025: 57.9 per 100
Change over the period: +2.2 (+3.9%) Average annual rate: 0.06 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Denmark 57.9 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 55.7 per 100
Northern Europe computed 57.8 per 100
High-income countries computed 55.6 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 57.9 +0.3 +0.51%
2024 57.6 +0.2 +0.41%
2023 57.4 +0.1 +0.13%
2022 57.3 +0 +0.06%
2021 57.3 +0.3 +0.5%
2020 57 +0.4 +0.71%
2019 56.6 +0.4 +0.66%
2018 56.2 +0.3 +0.61%
2017 55.9 +0.3 +0.59%
2016 55.6 +0.2 +0.43%
2015 55.3 +0.2 +0.41%
2014 55.1 +0.3 +0.62%
2013 54.8 +0.5 +0.96%
2012 54.2 +0.7 +1.34%
2011 53.5 +0.7 +1.38%
2010 52.8 +0.6 +1.15%
2009 52.2 +0.4 +0.85%
2008 51.7 +0.3 +0.52%
2007 51.5 +0.2 +0.31%
2006 51.3 +0.1 +0.25%
2005 51.2 +0.1 +0.28%
2004 51 +0.2 +0.41%
2003 50.8 +0.3 +0.52%
2002 50.6 +0.3 +0.57%
2001 50.3 +0.3 +0.65%
2000 50 +0.3 +0.7%
1999 49.6 +0.3 +0.69%
1998 49.3 +0.3 +0.67%
1997 49 +0.3 +0.61%
1996 48.7 +0.2 +0.48%
1995 48.4 +0.1 +0.31%
1994 48.3 +0 +0.1%
1993 48.2 +0 +0.01%
1992 48.2 −0 −0.04%
1991 48.2 −0.2 −0.48%
1990 48.5 −0.3 −0.66%
1989 48.8 −0.3 −0.59%
1988 49.1 −0.4 −0.88%
1987 49.5 −0.5 −1.06%
1986 50.1 −0.4 −0.77%
1985 50.4 −0.5 −0.89%
1984 50.9 −0.6 −1.24%
1983 51.5 −0.8 −1.51%
1982 52.3 −1.1 −1.99%
1981 53.4 −1.1 −1.99%
1980 54.5 −0.8 −1.47%
1979 55.3 −0.6 −1.05%
1978 55.9 −0.3 −0.59%
1977 56.2 −0.1 −0.23%
1976 56.3 +0.1 +0.18%
1975 56.2 +0.3 +0.52%
1974 55.9 +0.2 +0.41%
1973 55.7 +0.2 +0.34%
1972 55.5 +0.3 +0.47%
1971 55.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1970 55.2 −0.1 −0.18%
1969 55.3 +0 +0.09%
1968 55.2 +0.2 +0.35%
1967 55.1 +0.4 +0.71%
1966 54.7 +0.4 +0.74%
1965 54.3 +0.2 +0.45%
1964 54 +0.1 +0.09%
1963 54 −0.3 −0.6%
1962 54.3 −0.7 −1.23%
1961 55 −0.8 −1.41%
1960 55.8 — —

Northern Europe, 2025

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

GL Greenland 47.6 IS Iceland 50.4 IE Ireland 52.2 JE Channel Islands 52.6 NO Norway 53.9 LT Lithuania 54.4 GB United Kingdom 57.9 DK Denmark 57.9 EE Estonia 58.9 LV Latvia 59.7 IM Isle of Man 60 SE Sweden 60.3 FO Faroe Islands 60.4 FI Finland 62.7
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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.

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