Number of Working Age People to Each Elderly Dependent (65+)

The Number of Working-Age People to Each Elderly Dependent (65+ Years of age) data provides a crucial perspective on demographic aging, quantifying the number of individuals of working age available to support each elderly person.

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  Number of Working Age People to Each Elderly Dependent (65+)
Country: 1960 1970 2000 2020 2025 2030 2050
Japan 11.2 7.4 3.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.3
Portugal 8.0 5.6 4.2 2.8 2.5 2.2 1.6
Italy 6.9 4.9 3.7 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.4
Finland 8.5 5.7 4.5 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.0
Greece 9.2 5.0 3.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 1.5
Germany 5.9 4.2 4.1 3.0 2.6 2.3 1.8
Croatia 9.1 5.9 4.2 3.0 2.7 2.4 1.8
France 5.4 4.6 4.1 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.0
Serbia 10.1 6.6 4.2 3.0 2.7 2.5 1.9
Hong Kong 20.8 10.6 6.5 3.7 2.8 2.2 1.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.8 10.8 6.3 3.3 2.8 2.4 1.5
Latvia 6.4 5.2 4.5 3.1 2.8 2.6 1.9
Bulgaria 8.9 5.6 4.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 1.9
Slovenia 8.6 5.9 5.0 3.2 2.9 2.5 1.7
Estonia 6.2 5.3 4.5 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.8
Sweden 5.6 3.9 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.2
Denmark 6.1 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.2
Czechia 6.9 4.7 5.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 1.8
Belgium 5.4 4.5 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.0
Spain 7.9 5.7 4.2 3.4 3.0 2.6 1.4
Hungary 7.3 4.8 4.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.1
Austria 5.4 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.1 2.6 1.8
Netherlands 6.8 5.8 5.0 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.2
Poland 10.6 6.5 5.6 3.7 3.1 2.9 1.7
Lithuania 8.2 5.8 4.8 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.0
Switzerland 6.4 4.8 4.4 3.5 3.2 2.7 1.8
Romania 9.5 5.9 5.0 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.0
Canada 7.7 7.2 5.4 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.3
United Kingdom 5.6 4.3 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.4
Malta 8.0 6.9 5.6 3.7 3.2 3.0 1.9
Norway 5.7 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.1
Taiwan 22.5 16.1 8.3 4.5 3.4 2.7 1.3
Korea, Rep. 17.8 16.2 10.1 4.6 3.4 2.7 1.3
Slovak Republic 9.0 6.1 6.1 4.0 3.4 3.1 1.8
North Macedonia 11.7 10.4 6.9 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.1
United States 6.8 6.0 5.5 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.5
Australia 7.2 6.8 5.4 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.4
Ukraine 9.1 5.6 5.1 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.0
Belarus 8.6 6.3 5.0 4.3 3.6 3.2 2.1
New Zealand 6.7 6.5 5.6 4.2 3.7 3.2 2.4
Russia 10.6 6.7 5.7 4.3 3.7 3.3 2.4
Albania 9.7 11.3 8.6 4.6 3.7 3.1 2.1
Moldova 12.3 9.0 6.6 4.6 3.8 3.4 2.7
Georgia 8.6 7.3 5.3 4.3 4.0 3.6 2.9
Uruguay 7.9 5.9 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 2.6
Ireland 5.2 5.5 6.0 4.5 4.1 3.7 2.1
Iceland 7.1 6.4 5.6 4.6 4.2 3.7 2.5
Luxembourg 6.4 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.3 3.7 2.2
Thailand 18.8 17.7 11.4 5.5 4.3 3.5 1.9
Armenia 10.0 12.2 7.1 5.5 4.6 3.7 2.5
Cyprus 9.9 6.8 6.8 5.2 4.6 4.1 2.2
China 14.0 13.5 9.8 5.5 4.7 3.8 1.8
Chile 17.1 13.1 8.0 5.5 4.7 4.0 2.2
Israel 11.9 6.6 6.4 5.0 4.7 4.6 3.7
Mauritius 17.3 14.3 11.2 6.3 5.1 4.0 2.3
Singapore 22.5 14.6 12.0 6.6 5.2 4.2 2.3
Argentina 12.0 8.0 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.0 3.1
Sri Lanka 13.0 13.3 10.8 6.2 5.3 4.6 2.9
Trinidad and Tobago 17.9 14.0 14.1 6.8 5.4 4.4 2.5
Costa Rica 16.6 15.1 11.4 6.6 5.4 4.4 2.4
Bahamas, The 14.8 14.2 9.8 6.3 5.8 4.9 2.9
Brazil 21.1 16.5 12.6 7.3 6.0 5.0 2.7
Lebanon 8.9 12.6 12.3 6.9 6.1 5.4 3.7
Türkiye 12.9 11.9 11.0 7.6 6.5 5.4 2.7
Tunisia 13.6 14.9 11.7 8.1 6.7 5.6 2.9
Panama 15.9 14.7 12.7 7.9 6.8 5.8 3.3
Colombia 17.7 16.4 13.8 8.3 6.8 5.5 3.0
Kazakhstan 10.9 8.3 9.8 8.3 6.9 5.9 4.3
Peru 14.3 13.0 14.2 7.6 7.1 6.3 3.5
Vietnam 11.2 10.2 10.5 9.0 7.1 5.8 3.0
Azerbaijan 11.9 16.0 11.6 10.1 7.6 5.9 3.5
Ecuador 11.2 14.8 12.7 8.7 7.9 6.9 3.7
Morocco 18.5 19.5 14.3 9.5 7.9 6.7 3.8
Mexico 18.1 17.4 12.1 8.9 7.9 6.8 3.7
Dominican Republic 18.8 17.8 14.1 9.6 8.0 6.8 4.2
El Salvador 15.6 19.8 12.5 8.6 8.1 7.4 4.4
Suriname 10.1 12.8 13.9 9.5 8.1 6.7 4.2
Jamaica 12.9 7.1 10.0 10.1 8.5 6.9 3.3
Malaysia 18.4 16.9 16.0 10.3 8.8 7.5 3.8
Indonesia 23.6 15.2 12.8 10.2 9.0 7.7 4.2
Myanmar 16.2 13.8 12.6 10.5 9.1 7.9 4.8
Guyana 14.5 14.1 15.5 10.8 9.2 7.9 5.7
India 17.0 14.3 13.6 10.5 9.3 8.1 4.4
Algeria 16.4 15.5 14.1 10.7 9.3 8.0 3.8
Cabo Verde 12.5 8.8 11.0 11.0 9.5 8.0 3.9
Paraguay 12.7 12.6 14.3 10.5 9.7 8.4 5.1
South Africa 16.1 14.5 12.7 11.0 9.8 8.6 5.7
Bangladesh 18.9 15.2 17.1 11.1 9.9 8.8 4.7
Nepal 18.9 15.8 14.5 10.5 9.9 9.4 6.0
Brunei 14.2 21.3 24.0 13.0 10.0 7.9 3.2
Cambodia 19.9 17.0 19.4 11.7 10.1 8.7 5.4
Uzbekistan 9.6 13.2 12.7 12.2 10.3 8.5 5.9
Kyrgyzstan 8.8 12.2 11.1 12.0 10.4 8.7 6.2
Bhutan 22.8 21.9 15.3 11.7 11.0 10.0 4.2
Bolivia 10.6 13.5 10.8 11.2 11.3 10.4 6.6
Nicaragua 19.1 19.4 15.9 12.5 11.6 10.1 5.0
Mongolia 9.9 10.8 17.9 14.6 11.6 9.3 4.9
Philippines 22.1 20.2 19.4 13.7 11.7 10.1 5.9
Egypt 14.9 13.8 14.7 13.2 12.0 10.8 6.5
Guatemala 23.2 19.1 14.0 13.6 12.9 12.0 6.9
Libya 12.0 20.7 17.5 14.2 13.1 10.5 3.9
Comoros 15.4 11.2 11.7 12.8 13.2 13.4 9.4
Turkmenistan 11.1 12.9 14.6 17.1 13.3 10.6 5.9
Haiti 17.1 13.1 15.6 14.2 13.4 12.5 7.8
Laos 20.8 15.5 15.9 15.1 13.6 11.9 6.7
Pakistan 23.3 16.4 15.3 14.5 13.6 12.9 9.7
Jordan 11.9 19.2 21.2 16.2 13.7 11.0 5.2
Honduras 15.4 15.5 18.3 16.0 14.4 12.8 6.4
Eswatini 17.3 16.5 22.6 15.9 14.4 13.8 8.8
Gabon 7.8 7.9 11.0 14.8 14.4 13.7 8.5
Rwanda 15.4 20.3 24.0 16.5 14.7 14.3 10.1
Tajikistan 13.0 14.2 15.0 18.5 14.8 12.1 7.9
Botswana 11.8 17.0 17.4 16.3 15.7 14.4 8.6
Namibia 12.1 12.0 17.6 16.6 15.7 14.1 9.1
Zimbabwe 14.6 13.9 15.9 15.1 15.8 18.3 11.4
Lesotho 11.3 14.4 12.3 15.9 16.0 16.4 11.1
Ghana 17.6 19.1 17.4 17.1 16.1 14.0 8.4
Senegal 18.8 18.6 16.4 15.9 16.1 15.6 10.4
Guinea 12.7 13.0 12.9 15.8 16.1 16.0 13.5
Congo, Dem. Rep 17.9 18.5 17.4 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.3
Madagascar 15.5 14.8 18.5 17.9 16.6 15.6 11.4
Sudan 17.5 20.6 17.6 18.6 16.7 15.2 11.5
Mauritania 24.3 16.9 17.1 16.2 16.8 16.5 12.8
Liberia 19.4 18.2 17.3 17.2 17.3 16.9 12.6
Ethiopia 19.5 18.2 19.0 18.4 17.6 16.0 11.7
Benin 9.1 11.7 16.3 17.9 17.6 16.8 12.6
Papua New Guinea 49.8 41.5 22.9 20.0 17.6 15.0 8.7
Togo 14.8 17.4 19.6 18.5 17.6 16.6 11.4
Gambia 21.0 12.9 16.6 20.0 17.9 15.8 11.9
Tanzania 21.9 17.1 18.9 17.8 18.0 18.4 13.2
Sierra Leone 15.2 13.0 14.9 18.2 18.0 17.1 11.7
Guinea-Bissau 14.6 10.6 14.4 18.7 18.1 17.7 11.1
Angola 17.6 22.6 19.3 19.2 18.3 17.5 14.5
Nigeria 16.7 16.5 17.5 18.2 18.4 18.4 13.8
Congo, Rep. 15.2 15.3 17.4 20.1 18.6 16.8 10.9
Bahrain 20.6 29.3 30.2 23.4 19.3 15.6 8.5
Mozambique 18.2 16.7 19.3 18.5 19.4 21.1 16.9
Niger 44.6 26.9 22.4 19.6 19.5 19.4 17.2
Cameroon 14.5 13.2 15.6 19.7 19.9 19.4 12.7
Kenya 15.0 22.4 23.2 20.8 20.1 18.4 11.1
Burkina Faso 21.8 14.6 17.2 20.8 20.9 20.5 13.4
Burundi 16.4 16.1 20.6 20.8 21.0 21.9 13.1
Cote d'Ivoire 22.6 20.5 21.2 22.2 21.4 20.3 12.6
Mali 21.1 14.7 15.6 20.2 21.9 23.3 16.7
Malawi 17.8 16.5 15.3 20.0 22.1 22.0 12.8
Yemen, Rep. 15.2 15.8 17.5 22.0 22.2 20.8 12.0
Central African Republic 12.6 13.5 22.5 22.2 22.4 21.8 28.6
Afghanistan 19.6 20.4 21.1 22.5 22.7 21.9 15.4
Saudi Arabia 16.3 24.5 26.7 28.5 24.0 19.9 8.5
Chad 13.8 13.1 17.1 24.4 24.5 23.3 17.8
Uganda 24.9 16.3 18.3 25.6 24.5 22.9 14.6
Kuwait 26.7 43.7 44.8 18.9 24.8 21.2 11.1
Oman 16.3 17.2 24.0 27.6 27.2 25.1 11.0
Zambia 17.9 15.0 21.0 30.3 28.5 25.3 12.7
United Arab Emirates 25.5 59.6 61.1 52.3 45.9 36.1 37.1
Qatar 15.5 53.2 60.5 66.8 49.0 46.6 26.0




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