Age dependency ratio in North Korea
In 2025, North Korea had 46.3 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2008.
North Korea, 2025
46.3
Change from 2024
+0.6per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
172nd of 217
Age dependency ratio in North Korea 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 Korea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.3 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 45.7 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 44.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 44.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 43.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 43.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 42.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 43.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 43.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 44.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 44.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 44.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 44.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 45.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 45.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 45.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 46.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 46.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 46.9 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 47.1 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 47.3 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 47.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 47.3 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 47.2 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 47.1 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 45.7 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 44.4 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +1.9.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, North Korea has the 172nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
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