Age dependency ratio in North Macedonia
In 2025, North Macedonia had 54.0 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1981.
North Macedonia, 2025
54.0
Change from 2024
+0.5per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
120th of 217
Age dependency ratio in North Macedonia 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 Macedonia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.0 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 53.5 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 52.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 51.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 50.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 49.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 48.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 47.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 46.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 45.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 45.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 45.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 44.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 44.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 44.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 45.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 45.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 45.8 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 46.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 46.8 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 47.5 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 48.0 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 48.5 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 49.0 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 +0.5 from 53.5 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 45.9 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +8.1.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, North Macedonia has the 120th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for North Macedonia
All statistics for North Macedonia
Old-age dependency ratio
28.7 per 100 working-age people
2025 · Eurostat
Population aged 0 to 14
16.5%
2025 · World Bank
Population on 1 January
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
1,822,612 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
8.7 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
11.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat