Age dependency ratio in China
In 2025, China had 43.5 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.
China, 2025
43.5
Change from 2024
−0.7per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Median of G20 countries, 2025
50.7 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
191st of 217
Age dependency ratio in China over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.5 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 44.2 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 44.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 44.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 44.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 44.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 43.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 42.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 41.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 40.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 39.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 38.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 38.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 37.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 37.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 37.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 37.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 37.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 37.7 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 38.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 39.2 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 40.7 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 42.1 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 43.5 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 45.0 per 100 working-age people | 60.1 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 from 44.2 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.6 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +3.9.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, China has the 191st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
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15.4%
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Population estimates and projections
1,422,584,933 people
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Median age estimates and projections
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.00 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
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