Age dependency ratio in North America
In 2025, North America had 54.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1974.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2025
54.9
Change from 2024
+0.6per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Age dependency ratio in North America 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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 54.4 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 53.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 53.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 52.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 52.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 52.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 51.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 51.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 50.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 50.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 49.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 49.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 48.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 47.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 47.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 47.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 47.4 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 47.4 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 47.7 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 48.5 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 48.9 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 49.3 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 +0.6 from 54.4 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 50.1 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +4.8.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for North America
All statistics for North America
Population aged 0 to 14
16.9%
2025 · World Bank
Population
383,501,065 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.57%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
18.6%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.59 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
10.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank