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Japan: Age dependency ratio, old

51.04percent · 2025+14.2% 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 Japan from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202551.039
202450.662
202350.285
202250.057
202149.744
202049.13
201948.519
201847.91
201747.089
201646.034
201544.698
201443.133
201341.322
201239.352
201137.51
201036.357
200935.689
200834.655
200733.385
200632.1
200530.746
200429.49
200328.517
200227.627
200126.62
200025.583
199924.608
199823.698
199722.791
199621.883
199521.032
199420.25
199319.505
199218.784
199118.071
199017.415
198916.838
198816.353
198715.946
198615.575
198515.227
198414.807
198314.438
198214.155
198113.799
198013.436
197913.094
197812.718
197712.332
197611.957
197511.609
197411.301
197310.998
197210.677
197110.353
197010.136
19699.98
19689.801
19679.619
19669.405
19659.229
19649.106
19639.037
19629.013
19618.993
19608.914

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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