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Iran, Islamic Republic of: Age dependency ratio, old

12.37percent · 2025+44.9% 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202512.365
202411.885
202311.432
202211.033
202110.725
202010.478
201910.158
20189.752
20179.34
20168.932
20158.532
20148.149
20137.845
20127.616
20117.408
20107.226
20097.073
20086.944
20076.839
20066.785
20056.787
20046.806
20036.83
20026.78
20016.723
20006.744
19996.77
19986.791
19976.806
19966.789
19956.739
19946.673
19936.511
19926.327
19916.225
19906.143
19896.042
19885.908
19875.779
19865.679
19855.612
19845.57
19835.565
19825.599
19815.741
19805.896
19795.955
19786.028
19776.11
19766.184
19756.263
19746.351
19736.432
19726.507
19716.577
19706.65
19696.726
19686.804
19676.889
19666.991
19657.123
19647.279
19637.434
19627.586
19617.742
19607.888

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

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