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Denmark: Age dependency ratio

57.93percent · 2025+4.7% 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 Denmark from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202557.93
202457.635
202357.399
202257.324
202157.287
202057.004
201956.6
201856.231
201755.89
201655.563
201555.327
201455.099
201354.758
201254.237
201153.518
201052.788
200952.189
200851.749
200751.482
200651.321
200551.191
200451.048
200350.84
200250.575
200150.29
200049.964
199949.619
199849.278
199748.952
199648.655
199548.425
199448.275
199348.227
199248.222
199148.242
199048.472
198948.797
198849.086
198749.524
198650.052
198550.441
198450.891
198351.531
198252.319
198153.378
198054.46
197955.271
197855.855
197756.188
197656.318
197556.215
197455.922
197355.693
197255.505
197155.247
197055.195
196955.294
196855.247
196755.055
196654.665
196554.265
196454.023
196353.972
196254.299
196154.975
196055.758

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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