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Age dependency ratio — South Asia

Age dependency ratio in South Asia in 2025 — 47 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.3%.

2025 47 per 100 −0.89% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 83 per 1001966
Period minimum 47 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — South Asia, 1960–202540506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 78.6 per 1001962: 80.6 per 1001964: 82.5 per 1001966: 83 per 1001968: 82.9 per 1001970: 82.6 per 1001972: 82.2 per 1001974: 81.7 per 1001976: 81 per 1001978: 80.1 per 1001980: 79.3 per 1001982: 78.8 per 1001984: 78.3 per 1001986: 77.6 per 1001988: 76.7 per 1001990: 75.5 per 1001992: 74.1 per 1001994: 72.5 per 1001996: 70.8 per 1001998: 68.8 per 1002000: 66.8 per 1002002: 65 per 1002004: 63.3 per 1002006: 61.4 per 1002008: 59.5 per 1002010: 57.6 per 1002012: 55.7 per 1002014: 53.8 per 1002016: 52.1 per 1002018: 50.7 per 1002020: 49.4 per 1002022: 48.3 per 1002024: 47.4 per 1002025: 47 per 100
Change over the period: −31.7 (−40.28%) Average annual rate: -0.79 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Asia 47 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 47 −0.4 −0.89%
2024 47.4 −0.4 −0.92%
2023 47.8 −0.4 −0.92%
2022 48.3 −0.5 −1.12%
2021 48.8 −0.6 −1.28%
2020 49.4 −0.6 −1.22%
2019 50.1 −0.6 −1.2%
2018 50.7 −0.7 −1.33%
2017 51.3 −0.8 −1.51%
2016 52.1 −0.8 −1.58%
2015 53 −0.9 −1.62%
2014 53.8 −0.9 −1.67%
2013 54.8 −0.9 −1.68%
2012 55.7 −0.9 −1.65%
2011 56.6 −0.9 −1.64%
2010 57.6 −0.9 −1.62%
2009 58.5 −0.9 −1.57%
2008 59.5 −0.9 −1.56%
2007 60.4 −1 −1.58%
2006 61.4 −1 −1.54%
2005 62.3 −0.9 −1.48%
2004 63.3 −0.9 −1.42%
2003 64.2 −0.9 −1.33%
2002 65 −0.9 −1.32%
2001 65.9 −0.9 −1.39%
2000 66.8 −1 −1.45%
1999 67.8 −1 −1.44%
1998 68.8 −1 −1.4%
1997 69.8 −1 −1.36%
1996 70.8 −0.9 −1.3%
1995 71.7 −0.9 −1.17%
1994 72.5 −0.8 −1.06%
1993 73.3 −0.7 −1.01%
1992 74.1 −0.7 −0.97%
1991 74.8 −0.7 −0.9%
1990 75.5 −0.6 −0.83%
1989 76.1 −0.6 −0.76%
1988 76.7 −0.5 −0.67%
1987 77.2 −0.4 −0.54%
1986 77.6 −0.3 −0.44%
1985 78 −0.3 −0.38%
1984 78.3 −0.3 −0.37%
1983 78.5 −0.3 −0.37%
1982 78.8 −0.2 −0.31%
1981 79.1 −0.2 −0.31%
1980 79.3 −0.4 −0.44%
1979 79.7 −0.4 −0.51%
1978 80.1 −0.4 −0.53%
1977 80.5 −0.4 −0.54%
1976 81 −0.4 −0.5%
1975 81.4 −0.4 −0.45%
1974 81.7 −0.2 −0.3%
1973 82 −0.2 −0.25%
1972 82.2 −0.2 −0.22%
1971 82.4 −0.3 −0.31%
1970 82.6 −0.2 −0.28%
1969 82.8 −0 −0.04%
1968 82.9 −0.1 −0.07%
1967 82.9 −0 −0.02%
1966 83 +0.2 +0.18%
1965 82.8 +0.3 +0.41%
1964 82.5 +0.8 +0.95%
1963 81.7 +1.1 +1.34%
1962 80.6 +1 +1.28%
1961 79.6 +1 +1.21%
1960 78.6 — —

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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