Human Development Report 2009
LDemographic trends
Old age dependency ratio
| HDI Rank | Country | 1990 | 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 25.2 | 22.7 | ||
| 2 | Australia | 16.8 | 20.7 | ||
| 3 | Iceland | 16.5 | 17.4 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 16.6 | 20.3 | ||
| 5 | Ireland | 18.5 | 16.7 | ||
| 6 | Netherlands | 18.6 | 22.9 | ||
| 7 | Sweden | 27.7 | 28.1 | ||
| 8 | France | 21.6 | 26.2 | ||
| 9 | Switzerland | 21.3 | 25.5 | ||
| 10 | Japan | 17.2 | 35.1 | ||
| 11 | Luxembourg | 19.4 | 20.5 | ||
| 12 | Finland | 19.9 | 25.9 | ||
| 13 | United States | 18.7 | 19.4 | ||
| 14 | Austria | 22.1 | 25.9 | ||
| 15 | Spain | 20.5 | 25.3 | ||
| 16 | Denmark | 23.2 | 25.6 | ||
| 17 | Belgium | 22.3 | 26.4 | ||
| 18 | Italy | 22.2 | 31.3 | ||
| 19 | Liechtenstein | .. | .. | ||
| 20 | New Zealand | 16.9 | 19.4 | ||
| 21 | United Kingdom | 24.1 | 25.1 | ||
| 22 | Germany | 21.7 | 30.9 | ||
| 23 | Singapore | 7.7 | 13.8 | ||
| 24 | Hong Kong, China (SAR) | 12.1 | 17.0 | ||
| 25 | Greece | 20.4 | 27.2 | ||
| 26 | Korea (Republic of) | 7.2 | 15.2 | ||
| 27 | Israel | 15.2 | 16.4 | ||
| 28 | Andorra | .. | .. | ||
| 29 | Slovenia | 16.3 | 23.5 | ||
| 30 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 31 | Kuwait | 1.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 32 | Cyprus | 17.3 | 19.0 | ||
| 33 | Qatar | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 34 | Portugal | 20.3 | 26.7 | ||
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 1.8 | 1.3 | ||
| 36 | Czech Republic | 19.0 | 21.6 | ||
| 37 | Barbados | 15.1 | 14.4 | ||
| 38 | Malta | 15.8 | 21.2 | ||
| 39 | Bahrain | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 40 | Estonia | 17.5 | 25.2 | ||
| 41 | Poland | 15.5 | 18.8 | ||
| 42 | Slovakia | 16.0 | 16.9 | ||
| 43 | Hungary | 20.1 | 23.8 | ||
| 44 | Chile | 9.6 | 13.5 | ||
| 45 | Croatia | 16.6 | 25.6 | ||
| 46 | Lithuania | 16.4 | 23.7 | ||
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | .. | .. | ||
| 48 | Latvia | 17.7 | 25.4 | ||
| 49 | Argentina | 15.3 | 16.6 | ||
| 50 | Uruguay | 18.7 | 21.8 | ||
| 51 | Cuba | 12.7 | 17.5 | ||
| 52 | Bahamas | 7.0 | 10.3 | ||
| 53 | Mexico | 7.6 | 10.0 | ||
| 54 | Costa Rica | 8.4 | 9.5 | ||
| 55 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 4.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 56 | Oman | 3.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 57 | Seychelles | .. | .. | ||
| 58 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 60 | Panama | 8.4 | 10.4 | ||
| 61 | Bulgaria | 19.7 | 25.5 | ||
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | .. | .. | ||
| 63 | Romania | 15.8 | 21.3 | ||
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.2 | 9.5 | ||
| 65 | Montenegro | 12.7 | 18.8 | ||
| 66 | Malaysia | 6.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 67 | Serbia | 14.3 | 21.1 | ||
| 68 | Belarus | 16.1 | 18.6 | ||
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 13.4 | 10.1 | ||
| 70 | Albania | 8.6 | 14.4 | ||
| 71 | Russian Federation | 15.1 | 17.9 | ||
| 72 | Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) | 11.2 | 16.9 | ||
| 73 | Dominica | .. | .. | ||
| 74 | Grenada | 14.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 75 | Brazil | 7.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.8 | 19.6 | ||
| 77 | Colombia | 7.2 | 8.6 | ||
| 78 | Peru | 6.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 79 | Turkey | 6.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 80 | Ecuador | 7.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 81 | Mauritius | 7.1 | 10.7 | ||
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 9.3 | 10.0 | ||
| 83 | Lebanon | 8.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 84 | Armenia | 8.8 | 16.1 | ||
| 85 | Ukraine | 18.3 | 22.1 | ||
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 6.9 | 9.5 | ||
| 87 | Thailand | 7.1 | 10.9 | ||
| 88 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 89 | Georgia | 14.1 | 20.7 | ||
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 6.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.0 | 10.0 | ||
| 92 | China | 8.3 | 11.4 | ||
| 93 | Belize | 7.4 | 6.7 | ||
| 94 | Samoa | 7.1 | 8.6 | ||
| 95 | Maldives | 5.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 96 | Jordan | 6.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 97 | Suriname | 7.6 | 9.9 | ||
| 98 | Tunisia | 8.0 | 9.6 | ||
| 99 | Tonga | 8.0 | 10.3 | ||
| 100 | Jamaica | 12.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 101 | Paraguay | 7.4 | 8.4 | ||
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 8.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 103 | Gabon | 10.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 104 | Algeria | 6.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 105 | Philippines | 5.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 106 | El Salvador | 8.6 | 12.0 | ||
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 108 | Fiji | 5.3 | 7.7 | ||
| 109 | Turkmenistan | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 110 | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 6.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 111 | Indonesia | 6.3 | 9.0 | ||
| 112 | Honduras | 6.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 113 | Bolivia | 6.8 | 8.0 | ||
| 114 | Guyana | 7.8 | 9.5 | ||
| 115 | Mongolia | 7.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 116 | Viet Nam | 8.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 117 | Moldova | 13.0 | 15.4 | ||
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 7.3 | 6.6 | ||
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 121 | Cape Verde | 9.0 | 6.8 | ||
| 122 | Guatemala | 6.6 | 8.2 | ||
| 123 | Egypt | 6.9 | 7.3 | ||
| 124 | Nicaragua | 6.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 125 | Botswana | 5.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 126 | Vanuatu | 6.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 127 | Tajikistan | 7.2 | 6.0 | ||
| 128 | Namibia | 6.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 129 | South Africa | 5.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 130 | Morocco | 6.8 | 8.1 | ||
| 131 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 132 | Bhutan | 6.1 | 7.5 | ||
| 133 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 134 | India | 6.6 | 7.7 | ||
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 136 | Congo | 7.2 | 6.8 | ||
| 137 | Cambodia | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 138 | Myanmar | 8.4 | 8.1 | ||
| 139 | Comoros | 5.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 140 | Yemen | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 141 | Pakistan | 7.0 | 6.9 | ||
| 142 | Swaziland | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 143 | Angola | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 144 | Nepal | 5.9 | 6.8 | ||
| 145 | Madagascar | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 146 | Bangladesh | 5.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 147 | Kenya | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 149 | Haiti | 7.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 150 | Sudan | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| 151 | Tanzania (United Republic of) | 5.2 | 6.0 | ||
| 152 | Ghana | 5.7 | 6.3 | ||
| 153 | Cameroon | 7.0 | 6.4 | ||
| 154 | Mauritania | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 155 | Djibouti | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 156 | Lesotho | 8.5 | 8.4 | ||
| 157 | Uganda | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 158 | Nigeria | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 159 | Togo | 6.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 160 | Malawi | 5.3 | 6.1 | ||
| 161 | Benin | 7.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 3.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 163 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.2 | 7.0 | ||
| 164 | Zambia | 5.4 | 6.0 | ||
| 165 | Eritrea | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 166 | Senegal | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 167 | Rwanda | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 168 | Gambia | 5.0 | 5.2 | ||
| 169 | Liberia | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 170 | Guinea | 6.2 | 6.1 | ||
| 171 | Ethiopia | 5.5 | 6.0 | ||
| 172 | Mozambique | 6.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 174 | Burundi | 6.0 | 4.7 | ||
| 175 | Chad | 6.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 176 | Congo (Democratic Republic of the) | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 5.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 178 | Mali | 5.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 179 | Central African Republic | 7.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 5.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 181 | Afghanistan | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 182 | Niger | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
Other UN member states | |||||
| Iraq | 6.6 | 5.8 | |||
| Kiribati | .. | .. | |||
| Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) | 6.8 | 14.2 | |||
| Marshall Islands | .. | .. | |||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 6.8 | 6.1 | |||
| Monaco | .. | .. | |||
| Nauru | .. | .. | |||
| Palau | .. | .. | |||
| San Marino | .. | .. | |||
| Somalia | 5.6 | 5.2 | |||
| Tuvalu | .. | .. | |||
| Zimbabwe | 5.8 | 7.3 | |||
Sources :
UN (2009e). "World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision". New York: Department of Social and Economic Affairs.
Symbols :
| .. | Data not available |
| (.) | Greater (or less) than zero but small enough to be rounded off to zero at the displayed number of decimal points |
| < | Less than |
| - | Not applicable |
| T | Total |
