Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Iran

Age dependency ratio in Iran in 2025 — 44.1 per 100. Ranked 34 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 51.5%.

2025 44.1 per 100 −0.36% vs 2024
World rank 34of 217
Period maximum 95.2 per 1001964
Period minimum 40.1 per 1002010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Iran, 1960–202540608010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 91 per 1001962: 94 per 1001964: 95.2 per 1001966: 94.2 per 1001968: 93.5 per 1001970: 92.5 per 1001972: 90.7 per 1001974: 88.2 per 1001976: 86.3 per 1001978: 85.9 per 1001980: 86.7 per 1001982: 84.2 per 1001984: 86.1 per 1001986: 87.8 per 1001988: 89.3 per 1001990: 89.9 per 1001992: 88.7 per 1001994: 87.7 per 1001996: 80.1 per 1001998: 70.3 per 1002000: 60.6 per 1002002: 52.8 per 1002004: 47.1 per 1002006: 43 per 1002008: 40.8 per 1002010: 40.1 per 1002012: 40.3 per 1002014: 41.2 per 1002016: 42.9 per 1002018: 44.3 per 1002020: 44.9 per 1002022: 44.6 per 1002024: 44.3 per 1002025: 44.1 per 100
Change over the period: −46.9 (−51.55%) Average annual rate: -1.11 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Iran 44.1 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Southern Asia computed 50.2 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 44.1 −0.2 −0.36%
2024 44.3 −0.2 −0.35%
2023 44.4 −0.2 −0.45%
2022 44.6 −0.2 −0.49%
2021 44.8 −0.1 −0.22%
2020 44.9 +0.2 +0.35%
2019 44.8 +0.4 +0.99%
2018 44.3 +0.7 +1.53%
2017 43.7 +0.8 +1.81%
2016 42.9 +0.9 +2.03%
2015 42 +0.8 +2.02%
2014 41.2 +0.6 +1.47%
2013 40.6 +0.3 +0.85%
2012 40.3 +0.2 +0.45%
2011 40.1 +0 +0.06%
2010 40.1 −0.2 −0.49%
2009 40.3 −0.5 −1.23%
2008 40.8 −0.9 −2.11%
2007 41.6 −1.3 −3.1%
2006 43 −1.8 −4.07%
2005 44.8 −2.3 −4.85%
2004 47.1 −2.8 −5.52%
2003 49.8 −3 −5.69%
2002 52.8 −3.5 −6.22%
2001 56.3 −4.3 −7.1%
2000 60.6 −4.7 −7.15%
1999 65.3 −5 −7.05%
1998 70.3 −5.1 −6.77%
1997 75.4 −4.8 −5.93%
1996 80.1 −4.1 −4.89%
1995 84.2 −3.4 −3.93%
1994 87.7 −1.1 −1.24%
1993 88.8 +0.1 +0.15%
1992 88.7 −0.7 −0.73%
1991 89.3 −0.6 −0.64%
1990 89.9 −0 −0.03%
1989 89.9 +0.6 +0.71%
1988 89.3 +0.8 +0.87%
1987 88.5 +0.7 +0.77%
1986 87.8 +0.8 +0.89%
1985 87.1 +1 +1.15%
1984 86.1 +1 +1.18%
1983 85.1 +0.9 +1.01%
1982 84.2 −1.1 −1.3%
1981 85.3 −1.4 −1.56%
1980 86.7 +0.5 +0.64%
1979 86.1 +0.3 +0.33%
1978 85.9 −0.1 −0.1%
1977 85.9 −0.3 −0.36%
1976 86.3 −0.7 −0.83%
1975 87 −1.2 −1.34%
1974 88.2 −1.3 −1.45%
1973 89.5 −1.3 −1.38%
1972 90.7 −1 −1.12%
1971 91.7 −0.8 −0.85%
1970 92.5 −0.6 −0.61%
1969 93.1 −0.4 −0.41%
1968 93.5 −0.3 −0.35%
1967 93.8 −0.4 −0.39%
1966 94.2 −0.5 −0.54%
1965 94.7 −0.5 −0.57%
1964 95.2 +0.2 +0.2%
1963 95 +1 +1.05%
1962 94 +1.3 +1.41%
1961 92.7 +1.7 +1.9%
1960 91

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.