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Iran, Islamic Republic of: Age dependency ratio

44.10percent · 2025+4.9% 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202544.098
202444.258
202344.414
202244.614
202144.834
202044.935
201944.779
201844.338
201743.671
201642.893
201542.041
201441.209
201340.611
201240.268
201140.089
201040.063
200940.259
200840.758
200741.637
200642.969
200544.792
200447.077
200349.829
200252.837
200156.342
200060.649
199965.322
199870.278
199775.378
199680.131
199584.247
199487.691
199388.79
199288.662
199189.315
199089.887
198989.915
198889.281
198788.512
198687.837
198587.064
198486.076
198385.075
198284.222
198185.332
198086.687
197986.14
197885.855
197785.939
197686.254
197586.972
197488.152
197389.454
197290.706
197191.735
197092.522
196993.092
196893.472
196793.795
196694.163
196594.679
196495.221
196395.034
196294.048
196192.739
196091.011

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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