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Age dependency ratio — Southern Asia

Age dependency ratio in Southern Asia in 2025 — 50.2 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.5%.

2025 50.2 per 100 −0.92% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 83.6 per 1001969
Period minimum 50.2 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Southern Asia, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 79.1 per 1001962: 81 per 1001964: 82.8 per 1001966: 83.5 per 1001968: 83.6 per 1001970: 83.5 per 1001972: 83.2 per 1001974: 82.7 per 1001976: 82 per 1001978: 81.3 per 1001980: 80.5 per 1001982: 79.9 per 1001984: 79.6 per 1001986: 79.3 per 1001988: 78.7 per 1001990: 77.9 per 1001992: 76.8 per 1001994: 75.6 per 1001996: 73.7 per 1001998: 71.6 per 1002000: 69.3 per 1002002: 67.3 per 1002004: 65.4 per 1002006: 63.3 per 1002008: 61.4 per 1002010: 59.6 per 1002012: 58 per 1002014: 56.4 per 1002016: 55 per 1002018: 53.8 per 1002020: 52.7 per 1002022: 51.5 per 1002024: 50.7 per 1002025: 50.2 per 100
Change over the period: −28.9 (−36.52%) Average annual rate: -0.7 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Asia 50.2 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 50.2 −0.5 −0.92%
2024 50.7 −0.5 −0.89%
2023 51.1 −0.4 −0.85%
2022 51.5 −0.5 −1.02%
2021 52.1 −0.6 −1.13%
2020 52.7 −0.6 −1.03%
2019 53.2 −0.5 −0.99%
2018 53.8 −0.6 −1.08%
2017 54.3 −0.7 −1.21%
2016 55 −0.7 −1.26%
2015 55.7 −0.7 −1.28%
2014 56.4 −0.8 −1.33%
2013 57.2 −0.8 −1.33%
2012 58 −0.8 −1.34%
2011 58.7 −0.8 −1.4%
2010 59.6 −0.9 −1.45%
2009 60.5 −0.9 −1.45%
2008 61.4 −1 −1.54%
2007 62.3 −1 −1.62%
2006 63.3 −1 −1.58%
2005 64.3 −1 −1.57%
2004 65.4 −1 −1.53%
2003 66.4 −0.9 −1.38%
2002 67.3 −1 −1.39%
2001 68.3 −1.1 −1.56%
2000 69.3 −1.1 −1.59%
1999 70.5 −1.1 −1.55%
1998 71.6 −1.1 −1.51%
1997 72.7 −1.1 −1.44%
1996 73.7 −1 −1.32%
1995 74.7 −0.9 −1.13%
1994 75.6 −0.7 −0.86%
1993 76.2 −0.5 −0.68%
1992 76.8 −0.5 −0.7%
1991 77.3 −0.6 −0.71%
1990 77.9 −0.5 −0.62%
1989 78.3 −0.4 −0.5%
1988 78.7 −0.3 −0.43%
1987 79.1 −0.3 −0.34%
1986 79.3 −0.2 −0.24%
1985 79.5 −0.1 −0.15%
1984 79.6 −0.1 −0.14%
1983 79.8 −0.2 −0.21%
1982 79.9 −0.3 −0.34%
1981 80.2 −0.3 −0.43%
1980 80.5 −0.4 −0.44%
1979 80.9 −0.4 −0.44%
1978 81.3 −0.4 −0.46%
1977 81.6 −0.4 −0.48%
1976 82 −0.4 −0.45%
1975 82.4 −0.3 −0.41%
1974 82.7 −0.2 −0.28%
1973 83 −0.2 −0.23%
1972 83.2 −0.1 −0.17%
1971 83.3 −0.2 −0.22%
1970 83.5 −0.1 −0.18%
1969 83.6 +0 +0.05%
1968 83.6 +0 +0.05%
1967 83.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1966 83.5 +0.2 +0.28%
1965 83.2 +0.4 +0.49%
1964 82.8 +0.8 +0.98%
1963 82 +1.1 +1.31%
1962 81 +1 +1.24%
1961 80 +0.9 +1.17%
1960 79.1 — —

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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The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.

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The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.

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