Workers vs Retirees

The map uses World Bank age shares: workers per retiree ≈ share aged 15–64 ÷ share aged 65+. Scrub 1980, 1990, 2000… to watch ageing spread. Darker means more workers per retiree.

The scatter and country paths below use the same simple projection as the country briefing chart — hold recent fertility, life expectancy, and net migration, then age today's pyramid forward. That is planning arithmetic, not an official UN forecast.

Workers per retiree over time

Observed World Bank age structure, 1960–2025. Click a decade or play the timeline.

Workers per retiree

Darker = more working-age people per person 65+. Microstates and Gulf labour pyramids can sit at extremes.

2025

19602025

2025World 6.27 workers/retiree

2.9029.25

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Source: World Bank · 2025 · 217 countries · workers/retiree

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Outlook to ~2060

Modeled from today’s pyramids — same age pools as the country briefing, not employment counts.

Pick a country on the scatter or table to spotlight its path. Same series as the country briefing labour chart.

Fewest workers per retiree, today

🇯🇵 1.96

Japan

Fastest aging by ~2060

🇵🇱 -78%

78.4%Poland · large countries

Country median, now → ~2060

7.9 → 3.5

Half of countries fall on either side

Who’s aging fastest?

Today’s workers-per-retiree (x) against the ~2060 projection (y), both log-scaled. Bubble size is working-age population. Below the dashed line means fewer workers per retiree by 2060. Hide countries from the list, or click a region swatch to mute a whole continent.

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Countries

217/217

Compare trajectories

Workers per retiree (ages 15–64 ÷ 65+), modeled in 5-year steps from today's pyramid through ~2060. Pick up to 6 countries.

🇯🇵Japan🇮🇹Italy🇮🇱Israel🇳🇬Nigeria🇺🇸United States

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Spotlight

Same model as the country briefing chart — working-age and 65+ in millions for one country.

Country

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Workers per retiree, now

1.96

2025

Projected, ~2060

1.54

21.2%vs. today

Leaderboards

Oldest age structures today, and the largest working-age populations whose support ratio is projected to fall the most by ~2060.

Oldest societies today

Fewest working-age people (15–64) per person aged 65+.

Fastest aging by ~2060

Percent change among countries with ≥10 million working-age people. Extreme migrant-labour pyramids omitted.

Browse the full ranking (217 countries)

#	Region
1	Middle East & North Africa	48.98	10.12	1.99	2.09	-46.99
2	Middle East & North Africa	45.88	10.09	2.29	2.62	-43.59
3	Africa	28.51	21.87	16.38	11.94	-12.14
4	Middle East & North Africa	27.16	12.56	3.91	3.72	-23.26
5	Middle East & North Africa	24.84	6.23	1.95	2.13	-22.88
6	Africa	24.53	23.96	17.60	12.51	-6.93
7	Africa	24.50	31.30	49.10	25.57	+24.60
8	Middle East & North Africa	23.99	9.60	3.24	3.13	-20.74
9	Middle East & North Africa	22.68	22.77	20.64	13.58	-2.04
10	Africa	22.35	34.61	55.50	30.51	+33.15
11	Middle East & North Africa	22.17	19.35	13.70	9.47	-8.47
12	Africa	22.13	22.90	14.94	11.56	-7.19
13	Africa	21.94	29.23	33.10	19.67	+11.17
14	Africa	21.44	22.07	19.53	13.78	-1.91
15	Africa	20.98	26.39	23.12	14.98	+2.14
16	Africa	20.92	23.64	22.83	16.13	+1.91
17	Africa	20.10	18.86	15.11	12.36	-4.99
18	Asia	19.93	17.10	13.68	10.32	-6.25
19	Africa	19.90	21.18	19.04	13.35	-0.86
20	Africa	19.54	26.70	34.34	19.83	+14.80
21	Africa	19.42	24.60	23.66	15.59	+4.23
22	Africa	19.42	28.32	36.72	20.97	+17.30
23	Middle East & North Africa	19.31	7.63	2.52	2.63	-16.80
24	Africa	19.17	18.52	26.76	19.72	+7.59
25	Africa	18.62	16.06	16.36	11.78	-2.26
26	Africa	18.38	23.66	30.24	20.26	+11.87
27	Africa	18.31	20.66	22.01	14.16	+3.70
28	Africa	18.05	18.87	16.53	12.38	-1.52
29	Africa	17.99	19.10	18.69	13.96	+0.71
30	Africa	17.96	20.33	17.92	12.28	-0.04
31	Africa	17.93	17.80	16.54	12.15	-1.39
32	Asia	17.63	13.20	10.67	8.93	-6.97
33	Africa	17.63	21.38	23.30	15.75	+5.67
34	Africa	17.58	17.51	15.11	11.21	-2.47
35	Middle East & North Africa	17.55	12.21	9.25	7.62	-8.30
36	Africa	17.27	19.23	20.30	14.84	+3.04
37	Africa	16.75	17.36	16.97	11.46	+0.22
38	Africa	16.65	17.91	16.45	11.97	-0.20
39	Africa	16.58	18.40	18.08	13.30	+1.50
40	Africa	16.53	23.57	30.78	17.71	+14.26
41	Asia	16.29	12.99	10.72	8.53	-5.58
42	Africa	16.13	18.98	19.77	13.92	+3.64
43	Africa	16.12	22.12	22.54	15.86	+6.42
44	Africa	16.07	15.87	13.22	9.99	-2.86
45	Africa	16.05	14.29	12.65	10.11	-3.40
46	Africa	15.98	22.36	14.86	13.10	-1.12
47	Africa	15.77	23.45	19.60	14.63	+3.83
48	Africa	15.71	15.40	14.91	10.83	-0.81
49	Africa	15.70	14.69	10.94	9.00	-4.76
50	Africa	15.67	13.34	8.19	7.25	-7.48
51	Asia	15.33	6.79	1.44	1.64	-13.89
52	Middle East & North Africa	15.20	14.80	10.96	8.79	-4.24
53	Africa	14.86	13.84	12.79	9.81	-2.06
54	Europe	14.77	10.86	8.19	6.89	-6.57
55	Africa	14.65	16.38	12.92	9.94	-1.73
56	Africa	14.44	13.44	10.71	8.34	-3.73
57	Africa	14.42	15.74	11.21	9.79	-3.20
58	Americas	14.35	10.58	6.49	6.04	-7.86
59	Asia	14.00	11.91	10.55	8.62	-3.45
60	Middle East & North Africa	13.79	11.17	8.94	8.19	-4.85
61	Middle East & North Africa	13.68	5.40	1.43	0.73	-12.26
62	Africa	13.66	14.26	15.39	11.68	+1.73
63	Middle East & North Africa	13.62	13.69	12.72	9.67	-0.89
64	Asia	13.59	10.67	7.30	6.87	-6.29
65	Americas	13.44	12.44	9.89	8.84	-3.55
66	Middle East & North Africa	13.32	10.74	9.28	8.35	-4.04
67	Europe	13.31	8.54	6.65	6.01	-6.66
68	Africa	13.17	13.97	13.69	10.12	+0.52
69	Asia	13.17	11.80	9.82	7.70	-3.35
70	Americas	13.10	8.50	5.08	5.16	-8.03
71	Middle East & North Africa	13.09	7.44	5.90	5.67	-7.19
72	Americas	12.90	11.56	6.84	6.59	-6.06
73	Asia	12.54	3.15	0.00	0.00	-12.54
74	Middle East & North Africa	11.98	9.04	7.12	6.32	-4.87
75	Asia	11.79	13.04	10.87	9.79	-0.92
76	Asia	11.73	8.81	6.21	6.49	-5.52
77	Asia	11.60	7.54	5.69	5.28	-5.92
78	Americas	11.58	8.20	5.08	4.97	-6.50
79	Americas	11.29	10.21	7.84	7.22	-3.45
80	Asia	11.02	7.88	3.55	4.11	-7.47
81	Europe	10.41	7.99	6.50	5.93	-3.91
82	Europe	10.32	7.93	6.55	5.18	-3.77
83	Asia	10.08	9.45	10.08	8.57	+0.00
84	Asia	10.06	8.68	6.42	5.86	-3.64
85	Asia	10.03	8.07	6.65	6.39	-3.38
86	Asia	9.97	5.37	3.10	3.35	-6.87
87	Asia	9.86	7.86	5.26	5.50	-4.60
88	Asia	9.85	7.88	5.24	5.19	-4.62
89	Africa	9.79	9.64	6.98	6.84	-2.81
90	Americas	9.66	7.61	5.28	4.95	-4.38
91	Africa	9.53	6.64	3.39	3.88	-6.14
92	Middle East & North Africa	9.30	6.33	4.58	4.09	-4.72
93	Asia	9.28	7.07	4.92	5.07	-4.35
94	Asia	9.21	7.71	11.64	7.95	+2.44
95	Americas	9.18	7.12	6.63	6.19	-2.55
96	Asia	9.09	7.13	6.22	6.22	-2.87
97	Asia	9.04	6.10	5.13	5.11	-3.91
98	Asia	8.80	6.29	3.57	3.97	-5.23
99	Asia	8.53	4.88	5.54	-0.18	-2.99
100	Americas	8.52	5.30	3.01	3.72	-5.52
101	Asia	8.50	6.13	9.66	6.56	+1.16
102	Africa	8.17	5.58	3.78	3.93	-4.39
103	Americas	8.11	5.72	5.18	5.05	-2.93
104	Americas	8.10	6.81	4.76	5.16	-3.34
105	Middle East & North Africa	8.09	5.25	2.75	3.00	-5.33
106	Americas	8.01	6.18	4.87	4.75	-3.14
107	Americas	7.91	5.69	4.17	4.36	-3.74
108	Americas	7.85	5.76	3.72	3.96	-4.14
109	Middle East & North Africa	7.85	5.60	4.27	4.18	-3.58
110	Americas	7.82	3.77	2.52	2.76	-5.31
111	Asia	7.63	3.28	1.31	1.02	-6.32
112	Europe	7.59	4.86	3.10	3.59	-4.49
113	Americas	7.50	3.86	2.16	2.73	-5.34
114	Americas	7.31	4.55	3.10	3.68	-4.21
115	Asia	7.13	4.88	3.45	3.61	-3.67
116	Americas	7.07	5.42	3.78	3.89	-3.29
117	Europe	6.87	5.66	5.26	4.50	-1.61
118	Americas	6.84	4.69	3.26	3.59	-3.58
119	Americas	6.82	4.84	3.75	3.75	-3.06
120	Middle East & North Africa	6.69	4.52	3.23	3.44	-3.46
121	Europe	6.61	3.50	1.80	2.24	-4.82
122	Americas	6.49	5.21	5.21	5.24	-1.28
123	Europe	6.47	4.27	2.69	3.13	-3.78
124	Asia	6.30	1.50	-0.40	-0.57	-6.71
125	Americas	6.19	3.47	2.42	2.76	-3.77
126	Middle East & North Africa	6.13	4.58	4.49	4.38	-1.63
127	Americas	6.02	4.24	2.97	3.32	-3.05
128	Americas	5.97	4.31	3.38	3.87	-2.58
129	Asia	5.93	3.86	3.75	3.94	-2.18
130	Europe	5.88	4.04	3.44	3.82	-2.44
131	Asia	5.82	2.87	1.74	2.04	-4.09
132	Americas	5.82	4.17	3.21	3.77	-2.60
133	Asia	5.70	3.85	3.24	3.33	-2.46
134	Americas	5.69	3.41	2.71	3.04	-2.98
135	Americas	5.46	3.97	3.43	3.79	-2.03
136	Americas	5.41	4.58	2.85	3.32	-2.57
137	Americas	5.41	3.66	2.28	2.73	-3.12
138	Americas	5.38	4.06	2.92	3.31	-2.47
139	Asia	5.38	3.50	3.48	3.72	-1.90
140	Asia	5.28	4.04	3.41	3.52	-1.87
141	Americas	5.25	4.55	3.18	3.62	-2.07
142	Americas	5.24	3.83	2.98	3.54	-2.27
143	Asia	5.21	3.33	1.78	2.29	-3.44
144	Africa	5.05	3.58	2.57	3.06	-2.49
145	Americas	4.89	3.15	3.38	3.76	-1.51
146	Middle East & North Africa	4.74	4.33	4.16	3.65	-0.57
147	Americas	4.72	3.31	2.14	2.63	-2.58
148	Asia	4.72	2.50	1.06	1.65	-3.66
149	Asia	4.67	2.65	1.86	2.41	-2.82
150	Asia	4.66	3.80	4.48	3.95	-0.18
151	Europe	4.62	3.43	2.07	2.36	-2.55
152	Europe	4.61	2.91	1.51	1.75	-3.10
153	Asia	4.34	2.89	2.32	2.87	-2.02
154	Europe	4.34	2.42	1.99	2.36	-2.35
155	Europe	4.33	3.00	2.18	2.54	-2.15
156	Europe	4.16	3.48	2.65	2.92	-1.51
157	Europe	4.05	3.13	2.64	2.95	-1.41
158	Americas	4.04	3.44	2.70	3.17	-1.34
159	Americas	3.99	2.18	2.01	2.36	-1.98
160	Europe	3.97	3.64	3.36	3.57	-0.62
161	Americas	3.94	3.06	2.76	3.20	-1.17
162	Americas	3.85	2.94	2.97	3.23	-0.89
163	Europe	3.77	2.85	1.32	1.65	-2.45
164	Europe	3.73	2.35	1.12	1.57	-2.62
165	Americas	3.70	2.63	2.92	3.25	-0.78
166	Asia	3.66	2.95	2.54	2.82	-1.12
167	Europe	3.66	3.22	2.40	2.85	-1.26
168	Europe	3.62	3.29	3.18	3.28	-0.44
169	Europe	3.60	2.94	2.24	2.77	-1.36
170	Asia	3.55	3.00	2.45	2.75	-1.10
171	Europe	3.55	5.09	4.88	5.52	+1.33
172	Americas	3.51	3.22	2.99	3.27	-0.52
173	Europe	3.51	2.64	2.13	2.57	-1.37
174	Europe	3.51	3.11	3.16	3.25	-0.35
175	Europe	3.49	2.04	0.65	0.84	-2.84
176	Europe	3.44	2.36	1.32	1.62	-2.12
177	Asia	3.42	1.82	1.24	1.72	-2.18
178	Europe	3.41	2.72	2.39	2.69	-1.02
179	Middle East & North Africa	3.24	3.01	1.91	2.31	-1.33
180	Europe	3.21	2.85	2.71	2.99	-0.50
181	Europe	3.21	2.30	2.19	2.52	-1.02
182	Americas	3.20	2.84	2.50	2.90	-0.70
183	Europe	3.19	2.51	2.20	2.61	-1.00
184	Europe	3.17	2.26	1.85	2.15	-1.32
185	Europe	3.13	2.06	0.93	1.48	-2.20
186	Europe	3.12	2.18	0.67	1.12	-2.45
187	Europe	3.08	2.55	2.56	2.89	-0.52
188	Europe	3.07	2.14	1.79	2.13	-1.28
189	Europe	3.05	2.48	2.00	2.38	-1.05
190	Europe	3.04	1.93	1.56	1.94	-1.47
191	Europe	3.02	2.42	2.24	2.55	-0.79
192	Americas	3.02	-0.37	-284.78	-288.66	-287.80
193	Europe	3.01	2.05	1.99	2.28	-1.02
194	Europe	3.01	1.85	0.63	0.96	-2.38
195	Europe	3.00	2.49	2.44	2.76	-0.56
196	Europe	2.98	2.59	2.23	2.53	-0.75
197	Europe	2.89	1.95	0.66	1.10	-2.23
198	Europe	2.85	2.11	1.84	2.07	-1.01
199	Europe	2.85	2.44	2.32	2.53	-0.53
200	Americas	2.83	1.83	1.69	1.98	-1.14
201	Europe	2.82	2.28	1.65	2.12	-1.17
202	Europe	2.81	2.06	1.84	2.14	-0.97
203	Europe	2.81	1.60	1.61	1.93	-1.20
204	Asia	2.79	1.66	1.09	1.46	-1.70
205	Europe	2.72	2.37	2.23	2.50	-0.49
206	Europe	2.72	2.28	2.34	2.58	-0.38
207	Europe	2.66	2.11	2.01	2.33	-0.65
208	Europe	2.65	2.00	2.22	2.48	-0.43
209	Europe	2.63	1.81	1.38	1.71	-1.25
210	Americas	2.61	1.85	2.15	2.22	-0.46
211	Europe	2.57	1.93	1.81	2.17	-0.76
212	Europe	2.54	2.36	2.13	2.52	-0.41
213	Europe	2.52	1.65	1.54	1.88	-0.98
214	Americas	2.51	2.02	1.84	2.42	-0.67
215	Europe	2.50	1.89	1.86	2.14	-0.64
216	Asia	1.96	1.58	1.54	1.90	-0.42
217	Europe	1.39	1.47	2.25	2.25	+0.86

Official age-structure rankings (World Bank)

Share aged 65+ and the age dependency ratio (young + old per 100 working-age) — observed series, not the modeled projection above.

Highest share aged 65+

#	Country	Region	% 65+	Year
1	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	36.0%	2025
2	🇯🇵Japan	Asia	30.0%	2025
3	🇵🇷Puerto Rico (US)	Americas	25.3%	2025
4	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	25.1%	2025
5	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	24.9%	2025
6	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	24.4%	2025
7	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	24.2%	2025
8	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	23.7%	2025
9	🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China	Asia	23.7%	2025
10	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	23.6%	2025
11	🇮🇲Isle of Man	Europe	23.6%	2025
12	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	23.1%	2025
13	🇻🇮Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Americas	23.1%	2025
14	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	23.1%	2025
15	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	22.9%	2025
16	🇧🇲Bermuda	Americas	22.6%	2025
17	🇫🇷France	Europe	22.5%	2025
18	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	22.2%	2025
19	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	22.2%	2025
20	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	22.2%	2025
21	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	21.8%	2025
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	21.6%	2025
23	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	21.4%	2025
24	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	21.2%	2025
25	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	21.2%	2025
26	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	21.1%	2025
27	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	21.1%	2025
28	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	21.0%	2025
29	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	20.9%	2025
30	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	20.9%	2025
31	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	20.8%	2025
32	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	20.7%	2025
33	🇲🇹Malta	Middle East & North Africa	20.5%	2025
34	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	20.4%	2025
35	🇯🇬Channel Islands	Europe	20.4%	2025
36	🇰🇷Korea, Rep.	Asia	20.3%	2025
37	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	20.3%	2025
38	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	20.1%	2025
39	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	19.7%	2025
40	🇲🇫St. Martin (French part)	Americas	19.7%	2025
41	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	19.1%	2025
42	🇸🇰Slovak Republic	Europe	19.0%	2025
43	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	19.0%	2025
44	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	18.5%	2025
45	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18.4%	2025
46	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	18.3%	2025
47	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	18.3%	2025
48	🇦🇺Australia	Asia	18.1%	2025
49	🇬🇮Gibraltar	Europe	17.8%	2025
50	🇷🇺Russian Federation	Europe	17.8%	2025
51	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	Europe	17.8%	2025
52	🇦🇼Aruba	Americas	17.8%	2025
53	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	17.6%	2025
54	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia	17.6%	2025
55	🇨🇼Curacao	Americas	17.3%	2025
56	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	17.1%	2025
57	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	17.0%	2025
58	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	16.9%	2025
59	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	16.6%	2025
60	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	16.3%	2025
61	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16.2%	2025
62	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia	16.0%	2025
63	🇬🇪Georgia	Europe	16.0%	2025
64	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	16.0%	2025
65	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	15.8%	2025
66	🇲🇴Macao SAR, China	Asia	15.1%	2025
67	🇨🇾Cyprus	Europe	14.9%	2025
68	🇨🇳China	Asia	14.9%	2025
69	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14.6%	2025
70	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Americas	14.5%	2025
71	🇦🇲Armenia	Europe	14.4%	2025
72	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia	14.2%	2025
73	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	14.1%	2025
74	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	13.2%	2025
75	🇬🇺Guam	Asia	13.1%	2025
76	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	12.9%	2025
77	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12.8%	2025
78	🇰🇵Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	Asia	12.7%	2025
79	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East & North Africa	12.7%	2025
80	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12.6%	2025
81	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	12.6%	2025
82	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia	12.5%	2025
83	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	12.3%	2025
84	🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	12.3%	2025
85	🇧🇸Bahamas, The	Americas	12.1%	2025
86	🇵🇫French Polynesia	Asia	11.9%	2025
87	🇵🇼Palau	Asia	11.8%	2025
88	🇳🇨New Caledonia	Asia	11.8%	2025
89	🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis	Americas	11.7%	2025
90	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	Americas	11.7%	2025
91	🇬🇱Greenland	Europe	11.5%	2025
92	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11.5%	2025
93	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	Asia	10.8%	2025
94	🇹🇷Turkiye	Europe	10.6%	2025
95	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	10.5%	2025
96	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	10.4%	2025
97	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	10.2%	2025
98	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	Americas	10.1%	2025
99	🇻🇪Venezuela, RB	Americas	10.0%	2025
100	🇱🇨St. Lucia	Americas	10.0%	2025
101	🇹🇳Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	9.9%	2025
102	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	9.7%	2025
103	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	Americas	9.5%	2025
104	🇻🇳Viet Nam	Asia	9.5%	2025
105	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	9.5%	2025
106	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Europe	9.2%	2025
107	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Europe	9.0%	2025
108	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	8.7%	2025
109	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	8.6%	2025
110	🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	8.6%	2025
111	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8.6%	2025
112	🇦🇸American Samoa	Asia	8.5%	2025
113	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	8.5%	2025
114	🇲🇦Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	8.5%	2025
115	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8.3%	2025
116	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	8.2%	2025
117	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	8.2%	2025
118	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia	8.0%	2025
119	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia	7.5%	2025
120	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia	7.5%	2025
121	🇮🇳India	Asia	7.4%	2025
122	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	Asia	7.2%	2025
123	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	7.2%	2025
124	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia	7.0%	2025
125	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	7.0%	2025
126	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	6.9%	2025
127	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia	6.9%	2025
128	🇩🇿Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	6.8%	2025
129	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	6.7%	2025
130	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia	6.7%	2025
131	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia	6.6%	2025
132	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia	6.6%	2025
133	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia	6.6%	2025
134	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia	6.4%	2025
135	🇫🇲Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Asia	6.2%	2025
136	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Europe	6.1%	2025
137	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia	6.1%	2025
138	🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic	Europe	6.0%	2025
139	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5.7%	2025
140	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia	5.7%	2025
141	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5.7%	2025
142	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia	5.4%	2025
143	🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	5.3%	2025
144	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia	5.2%	2025
145	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	5.2%	2025
146	🇱🇾Libya	Middle East & North Africa	5.2%	2025
147	🇩🇯Djibouti	Middle East & North Africa	5.0%	2025
148	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5.0%	2025
149	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia	5.0%	2025
150	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia	4.9%	2025
151	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	4.8%	2025
152	🇱🇦Lao PDR	Asia	4.8%	2025
153	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Europe	4.8%	2025
154	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4.8%	2025
155	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	4.8%	2025
156	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4.5%	2025
157	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4.5%	2025
158	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia	4.4%	2025
159	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia	4.4%	2025
160	🇵🇰Pakistan	Middle East & North Africa	4.4%	2025
161	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	4.3%	2025
162	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	4.3%	2025
163	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4.1%	2025
164	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4.1%	2025
165	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Europe	4.1%	2025
166	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	4.0%	2025
167	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East & North Africa	4.0%	2025
168	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	3.9%	2025
169	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	3.9%	2025
170	🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza	Middle East & North Africa	3.9%	2025
171	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	3.8%	2025
172	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	3.8%	2025
173	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3.8%	2025
174	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia	3.7%	2025
175	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	3.6%	2025
176	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia	3.6%	2025
177	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3.6%	2025
178	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3.5%	2025
179	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	3.5%	2025
180	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3.5%	2025
181	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	3.4%	2025
182	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	3.4%	2025
183	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3.3%	2025
184	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	3.3%	2025
185	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3.3%	2025
186	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	3.2%	2025
187	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3.2%	2025
188	🇬🇲Gambia, The	Africa	3.2%	2025
189	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East & North Africa	3.2%	2025
190	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3.2%	2025
191	🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.	Africa	3.1%	2025
192	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3.1%	2025
193	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	3.1%	2025
194	🇨🇬Congo, Rep.	Africa	3.1%	2025
195	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East & North Africa	3.1%	2025
196	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	3.0%	2025
197	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	3.0%	2025
198	🇳🇷Naoero	Asia	3.0%	2025
199	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	2.9%	2025
200	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2.8%	2025
201	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	2.7%	2025
202	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East & North Africa	2.7%	2025
203	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2.7%	2025
204	🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	2.7%	2025
205	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2.6%	2025
206	🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Africa	2.6%	2025
207	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2.6%	2025
208	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	2.5%	2025
209	🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	2.5%	2025
210	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Middle East & North Africa	2.4%	2025
211	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2.4%	2025
212	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	2.2%	2025
213	🇨🇫Central African Republic	Africa	2.2%	2025
214	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	2.1%	2025
215	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	2.0%	2025
216	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	1.8%	2025
217	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East & North Africa	1.7%	2025

Highest age dependency ratio

#	Country	Region	Dependency	Year
1	🇨🇫Central African Republic	Africa	103.6	2025
2	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	99.1	2025
3	🇸🇴Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Africa	96.7	2025
4	🇨🇩Congo, Dem. Rep.	Africa	96.2	2025
5	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	95.5	2025
6	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	92.9	2025
7	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	92.6	2025
8	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	88.7	2025
9	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	88.3	2025
10	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	87.0	2025
11	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	83.9	2025
12	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	83.1	2025
13	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	82.9	2025
14	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Middle East & North Africa	81.8	2025
15	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	79.9	2025
16	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia	79.0	2025
17	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	78.6	2025
18	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	78.4	2025
19	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	78.3	2025
20	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	78.1	2025
21	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	78.1	2025
22	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	77.3	2025
23	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	77.3	2025
24	🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	77.2	2025
25	🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	75.8	2025
26	🇨🇬Congo, Rep.	Africa	75.5	2025
27	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	75.3	2025
28	🇬🇲Gambia, The	Africa	75.2	2025
29	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	74.6	2025
30	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	73.7	2025
31	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	73.6	2025
32	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia	73.4	2025
33	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	72.6	2025
34	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	72.0	2025
35	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia	71.7	2025
36	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	71.1	2025
37	🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza	Middle East & North Africa	70.8	2025
38	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	70.6	2025
39	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	70.6	2025
40	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	70.4	2025
41	🇯🇵Japan	Asia	70.2	2025
42	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	69.7	2025
43	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	69.6	2025
44	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	69.3	2025
45	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	69.1	2025
46	🇲🇫St. Martin (French part)	Americas	68.7	2025
47	🇵🇰Pakistan	Middle East & North Africa	68.4	2025
48	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	67.9	2025
49	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	67.7	2025
50	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia	67.3	2025
51	🇳🇷Naoero	Asia	67.1	2025
52	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia	66.8	2025
53	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Europe	66.5	2025
54	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East & North Africa	66.3	2025
55	🇻🇮Virgin Islands (U.S.)	Americas	65.5	2025
56	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East & North Africa	65.2	2025
57	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	64.7	2025
58	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	64.5	2025
59	🇬🇺Guam	Asia	63.8	2025
60	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia	63.3	2025
61	🇫🇷France	Europe	63.3	2025
62	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia	63.2	2025
63	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	62.7	2025
64	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia	62.2	2025
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Europe	61.7	2025
66	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	61.2	2025
67	🇰🇬Kyrgyz Republic	Europe	61.0	2025
68	🇫🇲Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Asia	60.5	2025
69	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	60.4	2025
70	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	Europe	60.4	2025
71	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	60.3	2025
72	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	60.2	2025
73	🇮🇲Isle of Man	Europe	60.0	2025
74	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	59.7	2025
75	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Europe	59.6	2025
76	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	59.6	2025
77	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	59.5	2025
78	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	59.5	2025
79	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	59.4	2025
80	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	58.9	2025
81	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia	58.7	2025
82	🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	58.3	2025
83	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	58.1	2025
84	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia	58.1	2025
85	🇩🇿Algeria	Middle East & North Africa	58.1	2025
86	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	58.0	2025
87	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	57.9	2025
88	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	57.9	2025
89	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	57.9	2025
90	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	57.8	2025
91	🇵🇷Puerto Rico (US)	Americas	57.5	2025
92	🇬🇪Georgia	Europe	57.4	2025
93	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	57.2	2025
94	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	56.9	2025
95	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	56.7	2025
96	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	56.3	2025
97	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East & North Africa	56.3	2025
98	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Europe	56.3	2025
99	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	56.2	2025
100	🇧🇲Bermuda	Americas	56.2	2025
101	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	56.0	2025
102	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia	55.9	2025
103	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	55.8	2025
104	🇦🇺Australia	Asia	55.7	2025
105	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	55.5	2025
106	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	55.5	2025
107	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	55.3	2025
108	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	55.2	2025
109	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	55.1	2025
110	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia	55.0	2025
111	🇺🇸United States	Americas	55.0	2025
112	🇬🇮Gibraltar	Europe	54.9	2025
113	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	54.6	2025
114	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	54.4	2025
115	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	54.4	2025
116	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	54.4	2025
117	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	54.4	2025
118	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	54.3	2025
119	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	54.1	2025
120	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	54.0	2025
121	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	53.9	2025
122	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	53.8	2025
123	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East & North Africa	53.7	2025
124	🇻🇪Venezuela, RB	Americas	53.7	2025
125	🇦🇸American Samoa	Asia	53.6	2025
126	🇷🇺Russian Federation	Europe	53.4	2025
127	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	53.4	2025
128	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia	53.1	2025
129	🇱🇦Lao PDR	Asia	53.0	2025
130	🇸🇰Slovak Republic	Europe	52.9	2025
131	🇯🇬Channel Islands	Europe	52.6	2025
132	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	52.4	2025
133	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia	52.2	2025
134	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	52.2	2025
135	🇦🇼Aruba	Americas	52.2	2025
136	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	52.1	2025
137	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	52.0	2025
138	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	51.9	2025
139	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	51.9	2025
140	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia	51.9	2025
141	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	51.9	2025
142	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	51.9	2025
143	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	51.5	2025
144	🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China	Asia	51.5	2025
145	🇩🇯Djibouti	Middle East & North Africa	51.0	2025
146	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	50.7	2025
147	🇲🇦Morocco	Middle East & North Africa	50.7	2025
148	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	50.4	2025
149	🇹🇳Tunisia	Middle East & North Africa	50.4	2025
150	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	50.4	2025
151	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia	50.3	2025
152	🇲🇹Malta	Middle East & North Africa	50.2	2025
153	🇦🇲Armenia	Europe	50.2	2025
154	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East & North Africa	49.9	2025
155	🇻🇨St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	49.5	2025
156	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	49.4	2025
157	🇳🇨New Caledonia	Asia	49.0	2025
158	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia	48.9	2025
159	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	48.6	2025
160	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	48.5	2025
161	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	48.4	2025
162	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	48.4	2025
163	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	48.1	2025
164	🇻🇳Viet Nam	Asia	47.8	2025
165	🇬🇱Greenland	Europe	47.6	2025
166	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	47.2	2025
167	🇱🇾Libya	Middle East & North Africa	47.1	2025
168	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	Asia	47.1	2025
169	🇨🇼Curacao	Americas	46.9	2025
170	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	46.7	2025
171	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia	46.6	2025
172	🇰🇵Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	Asia	46.3	2025
173	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	46.3	2025
174	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia	46.2	2025
175	🇹🇷Turkiye	Europe	46.2	2025
176	🇮🇳India	Asia	46.1	2025
177	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	46.1	2025
178	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	46.0	2025
179	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	45.2	2025
180	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	45.1	2025
181	🇨🇾Cyprus	Europe	45.0	2025
182	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	44.6	2025
183	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	44.5	2025
184	🇮🇷Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East & North Africa	44.1	2025
185	🇰🇷Korea, Rep.	Asia	44.0	2025
186	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	43.9	2025
187	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia	43.7	2025
188	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	43.7	2025
189	🇵🇫French Polynesia	Asia	43.7	2025
190	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Europe	43.6	2025
191	🇨🇳China	Asia	43.5	2025
192	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	43.3	2025
193	🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis	Americas	43.0	2025
194	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	42.5	2025
195	🇵🇼Palau	Asia	42.4	2025
196	🇧🇸Bahamas, The	Americas	42.1	2025
197	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia	41.5	2025
198	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	Americas	41.4	2025
199	🇲🇴Macao SAR, China	Asia	40.5	2025
200	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	40.2	2025
201	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	39.9	2025
202	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	39.2	2025
203	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	Asia	38.6	2025
204	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	Americas	38.2	2025
205	🇱🇨St. Lucia	Americas	37.4	2025
206	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East & North Africa	37.0	2025
207	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia	37.0	2025
208	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	36.7	2025
209	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East & North Africa	36.4	2025
210	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia	35.0	2025
211	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	Americas	34.4	2025
212	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	Americas	31.9	2025
213	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia	31.6	2025
214	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East & North Africa	28.9	2025
215	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East & North Africa	26.8	2025
216	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East & North Africa	21.6	2025
217	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East & North Africa	20.0	2025

What this page measures

Population Ages 15–64 (% of total)% of population: Share of the population of working age (15–64). Used to anchor the current age structure for projections. Source: World Bank Open Data.
Population Ages 65+ (% of total)% of population: Share of the population aged 65 and over. Used to anchor the current age structure for projections. Source: World Bank Open Data.
Age Dependency Ratio% of working-age population: People under 15 and over 64 per 100 people of working age. A high ratio can mean many children or many pensioners — opposite fiscal situations — so read it alongside the age-structure shares. Source: World Bank Open Data.
Total Fertility Ratebirths per woman: Average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime given current age-specific fertility rates. Pre-1960 values blend the Human Fertility Database (where available), UN World Population Prospects (1950-1959) and Gapminder's historic estimate for earlier gaps; from 1960 onward this is World Bank WDI. Source: World Bank Open Data.
Life Expectancy at Birthyears: Number of years a newborn would live if mortality patterns at birth stayed constant. Pre-1960 values from Our World in Data long-run reconstructions (Riley, Zijdeman, HMD, UN); from 1960 World Bank WDI. Source: World Bank Open Data.

Workers vs retirees here means ages 15–64 versus 65+, not employment or pension enrolment.
Projections hold recent fertility, life expectancy, and net migration constant; they are illustrative, not official UN or national forecasts.
People of working age in ~2040 are mostly already born, so near-term ratios are driven by today’s pyramid more than by this year’s births.

Definitions for every indicator are listed in the glossary, and collection methods in the methodology.

Sources & citation

World Bank Open Data — World Development Indicators and population statistics. Licence: CC BY-4.0.

birthrate.io, "Workers vs retirees". https://www.birthrate.io/workers-retirees (accessed 27 September 2026). Underlying data: World Bank Open Data.

Please cite the original statistical agency for the underlying figures. Charts and tables on this page may be reused with attribution.

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