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Iraq: Age dependency ratio, young

59.53percent · 2025-16.6% since 2015

Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--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
202559.525
202460.965
202362.326
202263.69
202165.001
202066.205
201967.353
201868.478
201769.544
201670.512
201571.364
201472.073
201372.618
201273.065
201173.462
201073.967
200974.724
200875.622
200776.553
200677.468
200578.387
200479.26
200380.026
200280.739
200181.408
200082.03
199982.621
199883.191
199783.755
199684.353
199584.977
199485.601
199386.224
199286.903
199187.643
199088.462
198989.374
198890.258
198791.126
198692.049
198592.938
198493.745
198394.456
198295.057
198195.553
198096.058
197996.691
197897.362
197797.941
197697.581
197595.846
197493.576
197390.915
197287.88
197185.499
197083.785
196982.441
196881.551
196780.685
196679.511
196577.894
196476.05
196374.191
196272.109
196170.495
196069.991

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, young. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio-young (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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