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People Statistics > Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population (1978) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Kenya: 1.12   1978 Time series
# 2     Zimbabwe: 1.1   1978 Time series
# 3     Yemen: 1.09   1978 Time series
# 4     Cape Verde: 1.09   1978 Time series
# 5     Jordan: 1.08   1978 Time series
# 6     Syria: 1.07   1978 Time series
# 7     Micronesia, Federated States of: 1.06   1978 Time series
# 8     Botswana: 1.06   1978 Time series
# 9     Swaziland: 1.06   1978 Time series
# 10     Solomon Islands: 1.05   1978 Time series
# 11     Belize: 1.05   1978 Time series
# 12     Uganda: 1.04   1978 Time series
# 13     São Tomé and Príncipe: 1.04   1978 Time series
# 14     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1.04   1978 Time series
# 15     Rwanda: 1.03   1978 Time series
# 16     Zambia: 1.02   1978 Time series
# 17     Niger: 1.02   1978 Time series
# 18     Iraq: 1.02   1978 Time series
# 19     Algeria: 1.02   1978 Time series
# 20     Nicaragua: 1.01   1978 Time series
# 21     Honduras: 1.01   1978 Time series
# 22     Mexico: 1   1978 Time series
# 23     Saint Lucia: 1   1978 Time series
# 24     Burkina Faso: 0.99   1978 Time series
# 25     Malawi: 0.98   1978 Time series
# 26     Somalia: 0.98   1978 Time series
# 27     Senegal: 0.98   1978 Time series
# 28     Togo: 0.96   1978 Time series
# 29     Angola: 0.96   1978 Time series
# 30     Tanzania: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 31     Lesotho: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 32     Liberia: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 33     Burundi: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 34     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 35     Jamaica: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 36     Mali: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 37     Libya: 0.95   1978 Time series
# 38     Congo, Republic of the: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 39     Oman: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 40     Namibia: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 41     Morocco: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 42     El Salvador: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 43     Tajikistan: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 44     Tonga: 0.94   1978 Time series
# 45     Benin: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 46     Vanuatu: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 47     Suriname: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 48     Ethiopia: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 49     Madagascar: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 50     Eritrea: 0.93   1978 Time series
# 51     Iran: 0.92   1978 Time series
# 52     Guatemala: 0.92   1978 Time series
# 53     Côte d'Ivoire: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 54     Cameroon: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 55     Sudan: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 56     Chad: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 57     Djibouti: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 58     Ghana: 0.91   1978 Time series
# 59     Ecuador: 0.9   1978 Time series
# 60     Paraguay: 0.9   1978 Time series
# 61     Nigeria: 0.9   1978 Time series
# 62     Vietnam: 0.9   1978 Time series
# 63     Saudi Arabia: 0.9   1978 Time series
# 64     Guinea-Bissau: 0.89   1978 Time series
# 65     Bangladesh: 0.89   1978 Time series
# 66     Afghanistan: 0.89   1978 Time series
# 67     Uzbekistan: 0.89   1978 Time series
# 68     Dominican Republic: 0.88   1978 Time series
# 69     Philippines: 0.88   1978 Time series
# 70     Mozambique: 0.88   1978 Time series
# 71     Mauritania: 0.88   1978 Time series
# 72     Maldives: 0.87   1978 Time series
# 73     Mongolia: 0.87   1978 Time series
# 74     Turkmenistan: 0.87   1978 Time series
# 75     Pakistan: 0.86   1978 Time series
# 76     Bolivia: 0.86   1978 Time series
# 77     Tunisia: 0.86   1978 Time series
# 78     Peru: 0.86   1978 Time series
# 79     Central African Republic: 0.86   1978 Time series
# 80     Guinea: 0.85   1978 Time series
# 81     Guyana: 0.85   1978 Time series
# 82     Panama: 0.85   1978 Time series
# 83     Haiti: 0.85   1978 Time series
# 84     Papua New Guinea: 0.85   1978 Time series
# 85     Colombia: 0.84   1978 Time series
# 86     Gambia, The: 0.83   1978 Time series
# 87     Turkey: 0.83   1978 Time series
# 88     South Africa: 0.82   1978 Time series
# 89     Egypt: 0.82   1978 Time series
# 90     Nepal: 0.82   1978 Time series
# 91     Samoa: 0.82   1978 Time series
# 92     Equatorial Guinea: 0.81   1978 Time series
# 93     Burma: 0.81   1978 Time series
# 94     Venezuela: 0.81   1978 Time series
# 95     Indonesia: 0.8   1978 Time series
# 96     Bhutan: 0.8   1978 Time series
# 97     Laos: 0.8   1978 Time series
# 98     Lebanon: 0.79   1978 Time series
# 99     Thailand: 0.79   1978 Time series
# 100     Gabon: 0.79   1978 Time series
# 101     Malaysia: 0.78   1978 Time series
# 102     French Polynesia: 0.78   1978 Time series
# 103     Sierra Leone: 0.78   1978 Time series
# 104     Kyrgyzstan: 0.78   1978 Time series
# 105     Costa Rica: 0.78   1978 Time series
# 106     Bahamas, The: 0.77   1978 Time series
# 107     Kuwait: 0.77   1978 Time series
# 108     Cambodia: 0.77   1978 Time series
# 109     East Timor: 0.76   1978 Time series
# 110     Brazil: 0.75   1978 Time series
# 111     Virgin Islands: 0.75   1978 Time series
# 112     India: 0.75   1978 Time series
# 113     Azerbaijan: 0.73   1978 Time series
# 114     Brunei: 0.73   1978 Time series
# 115     China: 0.73   1978 Time series
# 116     Albania: 0.73   1978 Time series
# 117     Ireland: 0.72   1978 Time series
# 118     New Caledonia: 0.72   1978 Time series
# 119     Fiji: 0.72   1978 Time series
# 120     Cuba: 0.72   1978 Time series
# 121     Israel: 0.71   1978 Time series
# 122     Trinidad and Tobago: 0.69   1978 Time series
# 123     Barbados: 0.68   1978 Time series
# 124     Sri Lanka: 0.68   1978 Time series
# 125     Mauritius: 0.68   1978 Time series
# 126     Korea, North: 0.67   1978 Time series
# 127     Chile: 0.67   1978 Time series
# 128     Bahrain: 0.66   1978 Time series
# 129     Puerto Rico: 0.65   1978 Time series
# 130     Kazakhstan: 0.64   1978 Time series
# 131     Korea, South: 0.64   1978 Time series
# 132     Guam: 0.62   1978 Time series
# 133     Argentina: 0.61   1978 Time series
# 134     Iceland: 0.61   1978 Time series
# 135     Netherlands Antilles: 0.6   1978 Time series
# 136     Spain: 0.6   1978 Time series
# 137     Armenia: 0.6   1978 Time series
# 138     Uruguay: 0.6   1978 Time series
# 139     New Zealand: 0.6   1978 Time series
# 140     Norway: 0.59   1978 Time series
# 141     Portugal: 0.59   1978 Time series
# 142     Austria: 0.59   1978 Time series
# 143     France: 0.58   1978 Time series
# 144     United Kingdom: 0.58   1978 Time series
# 145     Macedonia, Republic of: 0.57   1978 Time series
# 146     Slovakia: 0.57   1978 Time series
# 147     Czech Republic: 0.57   1978 Time series
# 148     Romania: 0.57   1978 Time series
# 149     Greece: 0.57   1978 Time series
# 150     Sweden: 0.56   1978 Time series
# 151     Italy: 0.56   1978 Time series
# 152     Denmark: 0.56   1978 Time series
# 153     Australia: 0.55   1978 Time series
# 154     Georgia: 0.55   1978 Time series
# 155     Lithuania: 0.55   1978 Time series
# 156     Slovenia: 0.54   1978 Time series
# 157     Germany: 0.54   1978 Time series
# 158     Belgium: 0.54   1978 Time series
# 159     Netherlands: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 160     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 161     Qatar: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 162     Hungary: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 163     Moldova: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 164     Cyprus: 0.53   1978 Time series
# 165     Switzerland: 0.52   1978 Time series
# 166     Serbia and Montenegro: 0.52   1978 Time series
# 167     Estonia: 0.52   1978 Time series
# 168     United States: 0.52   1978 Time series
# 169     Belarus: 0.52   1978 Time series
# 170     Singapore: 0.51   1978 Time series
# 171     Latvia: 0.51   1978 Time series
# 172     Bulgaria: 0.51   1978 Time series
# 173     Poland: 0.51   1978 Time series
# 174     Ukraine: 0.5   1978 Time series
# 175     Hong Kong: 0.5   1978 Time series
# 176     Luxembourg: 0.5   1978 Time series
# 177     Malta: 0.5   1978 Time series
# 178     Croatia: 0.49   1978 Time series
# 179     Canada: 0.49   1978 Time series
# 180     Japan: 0.48   1978 Time series
# 181     Finland: 0.48   1978 Time series
# 182     Macau: 0.48   1978 Time series
# 183     Russia: 0.47   1978 Time series
# 184     United Arab Emirates: 0.42   1978 Time series
Weighted average: 0.8  


DEFINITION: Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. For example, 0.7 means there are 7 dependents for every 10 working-age people.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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