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Cameroon: Age dependency ratio

78.36percent · 2025-8.0% 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 Cameroon from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202578.364
202479.33
202380.295
202281.23
202182.089
202082.884
201983.581
201884.123
201784.453
201684.729
201585.203
201486.004
201386.74
201287.115
201187.392
201087.65
200987.943
200888.288
200788.707
200689.142
200589.566
200490.065
200390.69
200291.473
200192.349
200093.174
199993.934
199894.733
199795.684
199696.688
199597.516
199498.145
199398.638
199298.981
199199.152
199099.223
198999.225
198899.09
198798.9
198698.724
198598.507
198498.238
198397.596
198295.667
198194.03
198093.966
197993.617
197892.69
197791.698
197690.556
197589.596
197488.795
197387.982
197287.156
197186.316
197085.481
196984.654
196883.841
196783.063
196682.308
196581.562
196480.735
196379.832
196279.031
196178.059
196076.855

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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