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.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C. and World Economics Research, London



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  Number of Working Age People to Each Elderly Dependent (65+)
Country: 1960 1970 2000 2020 2025 2030 2050
Japan 11 7 4 2 2 2 1
Portugal 8 6 4 3 3 2 2
Italy 7 5 4 3 3 2 1
Finland 9 6 4 3 3 2 2
Greece 9 5 4 3 3 2 1
Germany 6 4 4 3 3 2 2
Croatia 9 6 4 3 3 2 2
France 5 5 4 3 3 2 2
Serbia 10 7 4 3 3 3 2
Hong Kong 21 11 6 4 3 2 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 11 6 3 3 2 2
Latvia 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
Bulgaria 9 6 4 3 3 3 2
Slovenia 9 6 5 3 3 3 2
Estonia 6 5 4 3 3 3 2
Sweden 6 4 4 3 3 3 2
Denmark 6 4 5 3 3 3 2
Czechia 7 5 5 3 3 3 2
Belgium 5 5 4 3 3 3 2
Spain 8 6 4 3 3 3 1
Hungary 7 5 5 3 3 3 2
Austria 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Netherlands 7 6 5 3 3 3 2
Poland 11 6 6 4 3 3 2
Lithuania 8 6 5 3 3 3 2
Switzerland 6 5 4 4 3 3 2
Romania 9 6 5 3 3 3 2
Canada 8 7 5 4 3 3 2
United Kingdom 6 4 4 3 3 3 2
Malta 8 7 6 4 3 3 2
Norway 6 4 4 4 3 3 2
Taiwan 23 16 8 5 3 3 1
Korea, Rep. 18 16 10 5 3 3 1
Slovak Republic 9 6 6 4 3 3 2
North Macedonia 12 10 7 4 4 3 2
United States 7 6 5 4 4 3 3
Australia 7 7 5 4 4 3 2
Ukraine 9 6 5 4 4 3 2
Belarus 9 6 5 4 4 3 2
New Zealand 7 6 6 4 4 3 2
Russia 11 7 6 4 4 3 2
Albania 10 11 9 5 4 3 2
Moldova 12 9 7 5 4 3 3
Georgia 9 7 5 4 4 4 3
Uruguay 8 6 5 4 4 4 3
Ireland 5 5 6 4 4 4 2
Iceland 7 6 6 5 4 4 3
Luxembourg 6 5 5 5 4 4 2
Thailand 19 18 11 6 4 3 2
Armenia 10 12 7 5 5 4 2
Cyprus 10 7 7 5 5 4 2
China 14 14 10 5 5 4 2
Chile 17 13 8 5 5 4 2
Israel 12 7 6 5 5 5 4
Mauritius 17 14 11 6 5 4 2
Singapore 22 15 12 7 5 4 2
Argentina 12 8 6 5 5 5 3
Sri Lanka 13 13 11 6 5 5 3
Trinidad and Tobago 18 14 14 7 5 4 3
Costa Rica 17 15 11 7 5 4 2
Bahamas, The 15 14 10 6 6 5 3
Brazil 21 17 13 7 6 5 3
Lebanon 9 13 12 7 6 5 4
Türkiye 13 12 11 8 6 5 3
Tunisia 14 15 12 8 7 6 3
Panama 16 15 13 8 7 6 3
Colombia 18 16 14 8 7 6 3
Kazakhstan 11 8 10 8 7 6 4
Peru 14 13 14 8 7 6 4
Vietnam 11 10 10 9 7 6 3
Azerbaijan 12 16 12 10 8 6 3
Ecuador 11 15 13 9 8 7 4
Morocco 19 20 14 9 8 7 4
Mexico 18 17 12 9 8 7 4
Dominican Republic 19 18 14 10 8 7 4
El Salvador 16 20 12 9 8 7 4
Suriname 10 13 14 9 8 7 4
Jamaica 13 7 10 10 9 7 3
Malaysia 18 17 16 10 9 8 4
Indonesia 24 15 13 10 9 8 4
Myanmar 16 14 13 11 9 8 5
Guyana 15 14 16 11 9 8 6
India 17 14 14 10 9 8 4
Algeria 16 15 14 11 9 8 4
Cabo Verde 12 9 11 11 10 8 4
Paraguay 13 13 14 11 10 8 5
South Africa 16 15 13 11 10 9 6
Bangladesh 19 15 17 11 10 9 5
Nepal 19 16 14 10 10 9 6
Brunei 14 21 24 13 10 8 3
Cambodia 20 17 19 12 10 9 5
Uzbekistan 10 13 13 12 10 9 6
Kyrgyzstan 9 12 11 12 10 9 6
Bhutan 23 22 15 12 11 10 4
Bolivia 11 13 11 11 11 10 7
Nicaragua 19 19 16 12 12 10 5
Mongolia 10 11 18 15 12 9 5
Philippines 22 20 19 14 12 10 6
Egypt 15 14 15 13 12 11 6
Guatemala 23 19 14 14 13 12 7
Libya 12 21 17 14 13 11 4
Comoros 15 11 12 13 13 13 9
Turkmenistan 11 13 15 17 13 11 6
Haiti 17 13 16 14 13 13 8
Laos 21 16 16 15 14 12 7
Pakistan 23 16 15 14 14 13 10
Jordan 12 19 21 16 14 11 5
Honduras 15 15 18 16 14 13 6
Eswatini 17 16 23 16 14 14 9
Gabon 8 8 11 15 14 14 8
Rwanda 15 20 24 17 15 14 10
Tajikistan 13 14 15 19 15 12 8
Botswana 12 17 17 16 16 14 9
Namibia 12 12 18 17 16 14 9
Zimbabwe 15 14 16 15 16 18 11
Lesotho 11 14 12 16 16 16 11
Ghana 18 19 17 17 16 14 8
Senegal 19 19 16 16 16 16 10
Guinea 13 13 13 16 16 16 14
Congo, Dem. Rep 18 19 17 16 17 16 16
Madagascar 16 15 19 18 17 16 11
Sudan 17 21 18 19 17 15 12
Mauritania 24 17 17 16 17 17 13
Liberia 19 18 17 17 17 17 13
Ethiopia 19 18 19 18 18 16 12
Benin 9 12 16 18 18 17 13
Papua New Guinea 50 41 23 20 18 15 9
Togo 15 17 20 19 18 17 11
Gambia 21 13 17 20 18 16 12
Tanzania 22 17 19 18 18 18 13
Sierra Leone 15 13 15 18 18 17 12
Guinea-Bissau 15 11 14 19 18 18 11
Angola 18 23 19 19 18 17 15
Nigeria 17 17 18 18 18 18 14
Congo, Rep. 15 15 17 20 19 17 11
Bahrain 21 29 30 23 19 16 9
Mozambique 18 17 19 19 19 21 17
Niger 45 27 22 20 20 19 17
Cameroon 14 13 16 20 20 19 13
Kenya 15 22 23 21 20 18 11
Burkina Faso 22 15 17 21 21 21 13
Burundi 16 16 21 21 21 22 13
Cote d'Ivoire 23 20 21 22 21 20 13
Mali 21 15 16 20 22 23 17
Malawi 18 17 15 20 22 22 13
Yemen, Rep. 15 16 18 22 22 21 12
Central African Republic 13 14 23 22 22 22 29
Afghanistan 20 20 21 23 23 22 15
Saudi Arabia 16 24 27 29 24 20 8
Chad 14 13 17 24 25 23 18
Uganda 25 16 18 26 25 23 15
Kuwait 27 44 45 19 25 21 11
Oman 16 17 24 28 27 25 11
Zambia 18 15 21 30 29 25 13
United Arab Emirates 25 60 61 52 46 36 37
Qatar 15 53 61 67 49 47 26




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