Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Pakistan

Age dependency ratio in Pakistan in 2025 — 68.4 per 100. Ranked 171 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 12%.

2025 68.4 per 100 −1.48% vs 2024
World rank 171of 217
Period maximum 92.1 per 1001994
Period minimum 68.4 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Pakistan, 1960–20256070809010019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 77.7 per 1001962: 78.7 per 1001964: 81 per 1001966: 83.9 per 1001968: 86.2 per 1001970: 87.8 per 1001972: 88.7 per 1001974: 89.2 per 1001976: 89.1 per 1001978: 88.7 per 1001980: 87.2 per 1001982: 86.2 per 1001984: 87.4 per 1001986: 88.6 per 1001988: 89.5 per 1001990: 90.4 per 1001992: 91.3 per 1001994: 92.1 per 1001996: 91.5 per 1001998: 89.9 per 1002000: 87.8 per 1002002: 85.5 per 1002004: 83 per 1002006: 80.1 per 1002008: 77.3 per 1002010: 75.5 per 1002012: 74.7 per 1002014: 74.4 per 1002016: 73.9 per 1002018: 73.1 per 1002020: 72.1 per 1002022: 70.7 per 1002024: 69.4 per 1002025: 68.4 per 100
Change over the period: −9.3 (−12.02%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Pakistan 68.4 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 — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 68.4 −1 −1.48%
2024 69.4 −0.8 −1.1%
2023 70.2 −0.5 −0.77%
2022 70.7 −0.6 −0.89%
2021 71.3 −0.7 −1%
2020 72.1 −0.6 −0.78%
2019 72.6 −0.5 −0.64%
2018 73.1 −0.5 −0.64%
2017 73.6 −0.3 −0.46%
2016 73.9 −0.2 −0.33%
2015 74.2 −0.3 −0.35%
2014 74.4 −0.2 −0.26%
2013 74.6 −0.1 −0.16%
2012 74.7 −0.3 −0.36%
2011 75 −0.5 −0.7%
2010 75.5 −0.8 −1.03%
2009 76.3 −1 −1.27%
2008 77.3 −1.3 −1.67%
2007 78.6 −1.5 −1.85%
2006 80.1 −1.4 −1.72%
2005 81.5 −1.5 −1.81%
2004 83 −1.4 −1.7%
2003 84.4 −1.1 −1.29%
2002 85.5 −1 −1.19%
2001 86.6 −1.2 −1.42%
2000 87.8 −1.1 −1.26%
1999 88.9 −0.9 −1.03%
1998 89.9 −0.9 −0.98%
1997 90.8 −0.7 −0.8%
1996 91.5 −0.5 −0.55%
1995 92 −0.1 −0.12%
1994 92.1 +0.2 +0.2%
1993 91.9 +0.6 +0.67%
1992 91.3 +0.7 +0.79%
1991 90.6 +0.3 +0.28%
1990 90.4 +0.3 +0.35%
1989 90 +0.5 +0.58%
1988 89.5 +0.5 +0.51%
1987 89.1 +0.4 +0.49%
1986 88.6 +0.5 +0.55%
1985 88.1 +0.8 +0.88%
1984 87.4 +0.8 +0.93%
1983 86.6 +0.3 +0.4%
1982 86.2 −0.1 −0.15%
1981 86.4 −0.9 −1.01%
1980 87.2 −1.1 −1.19%
1979 88.3 −0.4 −0.5%
1978 88.7 −0.2 −0.23%
1977 88.9 −0.2 −0.2%
1976 89.1 −0.1 −0.1%
1975 89.2 +0 +0.04%
1974 89.2 +0.2 +0.18%
1973 89 +0.3 +0.33%
1972 88.7 +0.4 +0.48%
1971 88.3 +0.6 +0.63%
1970 87.8 +0.7 +0.79%
1969 87.1 +0.9 +1.01%
1968 86.2 +1.1 +1.25%
1967 85.1 +1.2 +1.47%
1966 83.9 +1.4 +1.66%
1965 82.5 +1.5 +1.86%
1964 81 +1.4 +1.74%
1963 79.6 +1 +1.22%
1962 78.7 +0.6 +0.79%
1961 78.1 +0.4 +0.47%
1960 77.7

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.