Age dependency ratio in South Asia
In 2025, South Asia had 47.0 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.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025
47.0
Change from 2024
−0.4per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Age dependency ratio in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.0 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 47.4 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 47.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 48.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 48.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 49.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 50.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 50.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 51.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 52.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 53.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 53.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 54.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 55.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 56.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 57.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 58.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 59.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 60.4 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 61.4 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 62.3 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 63.3 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 64.2 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 65.0 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 65.9 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 −0.4 from 47.4 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 53.0 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by −6.0.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for South Asia
All statistics for South Asia
Population aged 0 to 14
24.6%
2025 · World Bank
Population
1,692,252,900 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
0.88%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
7.4%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
1.98 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
16.4 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank