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Denmark: Age dependency ratio, old

33.35percent · 2025+14.8% 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 Denmark from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202533.353
202432.892
202332.424
202232.095
202131.848
202031.402
201930.873
201830.372
201729.903
201629.468
201529.052
201428.562
201327.939
201227.151
201126.215
201025.298
200924.505
200823.879
200723.413
200623.074
200522.819
200422.601
200322.43
200222.311
200122.249
200022.222
199922.225
199822.263
199722.331
199622.435
199522.608
199422.783
199322.919
199223.036
199123.098
199023.143
198923.144
198823.066
198722.997
198622.902
198522.702
198422.553
198322.471
198222.369
198122.305
198022.255
197922.137
197821.928
197721.621
197621.286
197520.917
197420.475
197320.069
197219.721
197119.367
197019.046
196918.756
196818.429
196718.1
196617.821
196517.571
196417.327
196317.089
196216.887
196116.703
196016.495

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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