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India: Age dependency ratio, old

10.78percent · 2025+29.3% 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 India from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202510.78
202410.474
202310.176
20229.879
20219.69
20209.544
20199.297
20189.031
20178.782
20168.552
20158.335
20148.133
20137.988
20127.898
20117.819
20107.754
20097.703
20087.662
20077.626
20067.598
20057.569
20047.535
20037.493
20027.44
20017.39
20007.347
19997.305
19987.265
19977.226
19967.189
19957.155
19947.122
19937.091
19927.066
19917.047
19907.034
19897.028
19887.028
19877.029
19867.031
19857.033
19847.034
19837.035
19827.032
19817.025
19807.017
19797.011
19787.001
19776.986
19766.965
19756.934
19746.893
19736.837
19726.773
19716.709
19706.659
19696.62
19686.581
19676.56
19666.536
19656.484
19646.403
19636.277
19626.123
19615.984
19605.879

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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