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Australia: Age dependency ratio

55.70percent · 2025+9.1% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Australia from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202555.697
202455.212
202354.833
202254.585
202154.256
202053.606
201952.92
201852.446
201752.042
201651.603
201551.063
201450.491
201349.924
201249.329
201148.768
201048.364
200948.148
200848.125
200748.218
200648.33
200548.475
200448.65
200348.845
200249.074
200149.287
200049.46
199949.637
199849.798
199749.934
199650.049
199550.109
199450.095
199349.986
199249.812
199149.617
199049.468
198949.488
198849.676
198750.014
198650.506
198551.076
198451.653
198352.204
198252.7
198153.127
198053.523
197953.975
197854.548
197755.225
197655.969
197556.692
197457.365
197357.979
197258.439
197158.788
197059.144
196959.513
196859.996
196760.621
196661.204
196561.695
196462.143
196362.519
196262.915
196163.247
196063.222

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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