Age dependency ratio in Pakistan
In 2025, Pakistan had 68.4 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Pakistan, 2025
68.4
Change from 2024
−1.0per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
47th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Pakistan 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 | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.4 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 69.4 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 70.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 70.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 71.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 72.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 72.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 73.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 73.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 73.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 74.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 74.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 74.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 74.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 75.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 75.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 76.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 77.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 78.6 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 80.1 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 81.5 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 83.0 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 84.4 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 85.5 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 86.6 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 −1.0 from 69.4 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 74.2 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −5.8.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Pakistan has the 47th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
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