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Canada: Age dependency ratio, old

31.29percent · 2025+32.4% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people 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 Canada from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.286
202430.419
202329.628
202228.912
202128.099
202027.194
201926.37
201825.649
201724.986
201624.318
201523.629
201422.93
201322.232
201221.526
201120.868
201020.352
200919.956
200819.611
200719.303
200619.039
200518.841
200418.707
200318.595
200218.503
200118.436
200018.366
199918.286
199818.182
199718.035
199617.862
199517.683
199417.502
199317.308
199217.08
199116.812
199016.518
198916.227
198815.95
198715.638
198615.288
198514.941
198414.63
198314.39
198214.203
198114.02
198013.824
197913.61
197813.392
197713.196
197613.029
197512.903
197412.836
197312.798
197212.754
197112.743
197012.796
196912.834
196812.844
196712.882
196612.938
196512.983
196413.012
196313.041
196213.059
196113.04
196012.991

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

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