Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — India

Age dependency ratio in India in 2025 — 46.1 per 100. Ranked 42 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41%.

2025 46.1 per 100 −0.91% vs 2024
World rank 42of 217
Period maximum 82.6 per 1001966
Period minimum 46.1 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — India, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.2 per 1001962: 80.4 per 1001964: 82.3 per 1001966: 82.6 per 1001968: 82.3 per 1001970: 81.9 per 1001972: 81.3 per 1001974: 80.7 per 1001976: 79.7 per 1001978: 78.7 per 1001980: 77.8 per 1001982: 77.1 per 1001984: 76.5 per 1001986: 76 per 1001988: 75.2 per 1001990: 74.2 per 1001992: 73 per 1001994: 71.8 per 1001996: 70.2 per 1001998: 68.4 per 1002000: 66.6 per 1002002: 64.7 per 1002004: 62.9 per 1002006: 60.9 per 1002008: 58.9 per 1002010: 56.9 per 1002012: 55.1 per 1002014: 53.2 per 1002016: 51.6 per 1002018: 50 per 1002020: 48.7 per 1002022: 47.5 per 1002024: 46.6 per 1002025: 46.1 per 100
Change over the period: −32.1 (−41%) Average annual rate: -0.81 %

Comparison, 2025

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

India 46.1 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 — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 46.1 −0.4 −0.91%
2024 46.6 −0.4 −0.96%
2023 47 −0.5 −0.95%
2022 47.5 −0.6 −1.2%
2021 48 −0.7 −1.41%
2020 48.7 −0.7 −1.32%
2019 49.4 −0.7 −1.3%
2018 50 −0.7 −1.45%
2017 50.8 −0.8 −1.57%
2016 51.6 −0.8 −1.57%
2015 52.4 −0.8 −1.59%
2014 53.2 −0.9 −1.65%
2013 54.1 −0.9 −1.67%
2012 55.1 −0.9 −1.66%
2011 56 −1 −1.68%
2010 56.9 −1 −1.68%
2009 57.9 −1 −1.65%
2008 58.9 −1 −1.65%
2007 59.9 −1 −1.68%
2006 60.9 −1 −1.62%
2005 61.9 −1 −1.55%
2004 62.9 −1 −1.49%
2003 63.8 −0.9 −1.39%
2002 64.7 −0.9 −1.38%
2001 65.6 −0.9 −1.39%
2000 66.6 −0.9 −1.39%
1999 67.5 −0.9 −1.37%
1998 68.4 −0.9 −1.3%
1997 69.3 −0.9 −1.23%
1996 70.2 −0.8 −1.16%
1995 71 −0.7 −1.02%
1994 71.8 −0.7 −0.9%
1993 72.4 −0.6 −0.85%
1992 73 −0.6 −0.81%
1991 73.6 −0.6 −0.77%
1990 74.2 −0.5 −0.72%
1989 74.7 −0.5 −0.65%
1988 75.2 −0.4 −0.55%
1987 75.6 −0.3 −0.44%
1986 76 −0.3 −0.37%
1985 76.3 −0.3 −0.36%
1984 76.5 −0.3 −0.38%
1983 76.8 −0.3 −0.41%
1982 77.1 −0.3 −0.38%
1981 77.4 −0.3 −0.41%
1980 77.8 −0.4 −0.57%
1979 78.2 −0.5 −0.64%
1978 78.7 −0.5 −0.65%
1977 79.2 −0.5 −0.65%
1976 79.7 −0.5 −0.6%
1975 80.2 −0.5 −0.56%
1974 80.7 −0.3 −0.41%
1973 81 −0.3 −0.38%
1972 81.3 −0.3 −0.33%
1971 81.6 −0.3 −0.38%
1970 81.9 −0.3 −0.4%
1969 82.2 −0.1 −0.16%
1968 82.3 −0.2 −0.19%
1967 82.5 −0.1 −0.15%
1966 82.6 +0.1 +0.09%
1965 82.6 +0.3 +0.32%
1964 82.3 +0.8 +0.94%
1963 81.5 +1.2 +1.44%
1962 80.4 +1.1 +1.41%
1961 79.2 +1.1 +1.34%
1960 78.2

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.