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Iraq: Age dependency ratio

65.22percent · 2025-15.0% 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 Iraq from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202565.224
202466.655
202368.034
202269.447
202170.775
202071.984
201973.095
201874.107
201775.06
201675.941
201576.746
201477.432
201377.96
201278.408
201178.827
201079.345
200980.115
200881.031
200781.985
200682.931
200583.887
200484.801
200385.615
200286.384
200187.118
200087.815
199988.495
199889.162
199789.833
199690.549
199591.302
199492.068
199392.841
199293.685
199194.616
199095.674
198996.85
198897.993
198799.088
1986100.216
1985101.297
1984102.278
1983103.141
1982103.869
1981104.478
1980105.089
1979105.818
1978106.572
1977107.22
1976106.867
1975105.058
1974102.67
197399.848
197296.61
197194.033
197092.134
196990.6
196889.516
196788.436
196687.023
196585.146
196483.034
196380.913
196278.564
196176.677
196075.902

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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