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Cameroon: Age dependency ratio, young

73.34percent · 2025-8.2% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202573.339
202474.319
202375.292
202276.222
202177.053
202077.806
201978.469
201878.984
201779.281
201679.516
201579.933
201480.653
201381.297
201281.597
201181.81
201082.006
200982.235
200882.51
200782.853
200683.209
200583.554
200483.97
200384.513
200285.214
200186.005
200086.746
199987.422
199888.136
199788.998
199689.911
199590.653
199491.199
199391.613
199291.881
199191.982
199091.986
198991.924
198891.731
198791.486
198691.252
198590.983
198490.671
198390.006
198288.118
198186.498
198086.362
197985.964
197885.03
197784.04
197682.916
197581.97
197481.18
197380.384
197279.581
197178.769
197077.966
196977.174
196876.401
196775.667
196674.962
196574.272
196473.51
196372.679
196271.952
196171.056
196069.932

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

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