Age dependency ratio in Papua New Guinea
In 2025, Papua New Guinea had 58.1 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.
Papua New Guinea, 2025
58.1
Change from 2024
−0.5per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
84th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Papua New Guinea 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 | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.1 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 58.6 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 59.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 59.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 60.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 60.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 61.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 62.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 62.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 63.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 64.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 64.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 65.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 66.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 66.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 67.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 67.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 68.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 69.3 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 69.9 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 70.6 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 71.3 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 72.0 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 72.7 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 73.3 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 −0.5 from 58.6 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 64.0 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −6.0.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Papua New Guinea has the 84th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Papua New Guinea
All statistics for Papua New Guinea
Population aged 0 to 14
33.1%
2025 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
10,389,635 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
22.3 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
3.10 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
1.80%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
10,762,817 people
2025 · World Bank