Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Iraq

Age dependency ratio in Iraq in 2025 — 65.2 per 100. Ranked 162 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 14.1%.

2025 65.2 per 100 −2.15% vs 2024
World rank 162of 217
Period maximum 107.2 per 1001977
Period minimum 65.2 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Iraq, 1960–2025608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 75.9 per 1001962: 78.6 per 1001964: 83 per 1001966: 87 per 1001968: 89.5 per 1001970: 92.1 per 1001972: 96.6 per 1001974: 102.7 per 1001976: 106.9 per 1001978: 106.6 per 1001980: 105.1 per 1001982: 103.9 per 1001984: 102.3 per 1001986: 100.2 per 1001988: 98 per 1001990: 95.7 per 1001992: 93.7 per 1001994: 92.1 per 1001996: 90.5 per 1001998: 89.2 per 1002000: 87.8 per 1002002: 86.4 per 1002004: 84.8 per 1002006: 82.9 per 1002008: 81 per 1002010: 79.3 per 1002012: 78.4 per 1002014: 77.4 per 1002016: 75.9 per 1002018: 74.1 per 1002020: 72 per 1002022: 69.4 per 1002024: 66.7 per 1002025: 65.2 per 100
Change over the period: −10.7 (−14.07%) Average annual rate: -0.23 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Iraq 65.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Western Asia computed 52.2 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 45.8 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 65.2 −1.4 −2.15%
2024 66.7 −1.4 −2.03%
2023 68 −1.4 −2.04%
2022 69.4 −1.3 −1.88%
2021 70.8 −1.2 −1.68%
2020 72 −1.1 −1.52%
2019 73.1 −1 −1.36%
2018 74.1 −1 −1.27%
2017 75.1 −0.9 −1.16%
2016 75.9 −0.8 −1.05%
2015 76.7 −0.7 −0.89%
2014 77.4 −0.5 −0.68%
2013 78 −0.4 −0.57%
2012 78.4 −0.4 −0.53%
2011 78.8 −0.5 −0.65%
2010 79.3 −0.8 −0.96%
2009 80.1 −0.9 −1.13%
2008 81 −1 −1.16%
2007 82 −0.9 −1.14%
2006 82.9 −1 −1.14%
2005 83.9 −0.9 −1.08%
2004 84.8 −0.8 −0.95%
2003 85.6 −0.8 −0.89%
2002 86.4 −0.7 −0.84%
2001 87.1 −0.7 −0.79%
2000 87.8 −0.7 −0.77%
1999 88.5 −0.7 −0.75%
1998 89.2 −0.7 −0.75%
1997 89.8 −0.7 −0.79%
1996 90.5 −0.8 −0.82%
1995 91.3 −0.8 −0.83%
1994 92.1 −0.8 −0.83%
1993 92.8 −0.8 −0.9%
1992 93.7 −0.9 −0.98%
1991 94.6 −1.1 −1.11%
1990 95.7 −1.2 −1.21%
1989 96.9 −1.1 −1.17%
1988 98 −1.1 −1.1%
1987 99.1 −1.1 −1.12%
1986 100.2 −1.1 −1.07%
1985 101.3 −1 −0.96%
1984 102.3 −0.9 −0.84%
1983 103.1 −0.7 −0.7%
1982 103.9 −0.6 −0.58%
1981 104.5 −0.6 −0.58%
1980 105.1 −0.7 −0.69%
1979 105.8 −0.8 −0.71%
1978 106.6 −0.6 −0.6%
1977 107.2 +0.4 +0.33%
1976 106.9 +1.8 +1.72%
1975 105.1 +2.4 +2.33%
1974 102.7 +2.8 +2.83%
1973 99.8 +3.2 +3.35%
1972 96.6 +2.6 +2.74%
1971 94 +1.9 +2.06%
1970 92.1 +1.5 +1.69%
1969 90.6 +1.1 +1.21%
1968 89.5 +1.1 +1.22%
1967 88.4 +1.4 +1.62%
1966 87 +1.9 +2.2%
1965 85.1 +2.1 +2.54%
1964 83 +2.1 +2.62%
1963 80.9 +2.3 +2.99%
1962 78.6 +1.9 +2.46%
1961 76.7 +0.8 +1.02%
1960 75.9

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.