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Dependency Ratio

WorldPopulation

The ratio of the number of people in ages not in the labor force (ages 0–15 and 65 and older) compared to the number of people in ages typically in the labor force (ages 15–64). A higher ratio indicates more people outside of typical workforce ages.

CIA

A map highlights the global dependency ratios: Dark purple shows the highest (over 75 percent) in Africa, including Niger and Mali. Light purple shows lowest (under 50 percent) in China, India, Pakistan, Brazil, and Greenland.

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Dependency Ratio

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Members

Tourist Arrivals

Mercosur

Language Families

Class

Rank

Percent

Value

Class

Rank

People

Value

Afro-Asiatic

Altaic

Amerindian and Indo-European

Austro-Asiatic

Austronesian

Basque

Caucasian

Dravidian

Eskimo-Aleut

Indo-European

Japanese

Khoisan

Korean

Niger-Congo

Nilo-Saharan

Paleo-Siberian

Papuan

Sino-Tibetan

Tai-Kadai

Uralic

2.96%39.1%86.3%
79.9%
62.1%46.5%
44.5%81.0%4.67%96.1%62.7%1.37%
2.05%38.5%74.5%4.57%4.59%
97.2%4.35%1.49%61.0%39.2%
24.0%24.7%
100%3.88%5.61%65.9%
4.98%7.29%41.8%
17.1%76.1%5.05%
31.7%8.18%7.63%16.8%49.9%39.0%
80.3%30.5%51.4%20.1%
56.6%99.8%18.8%27.4%70.9%27.4%
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