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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) - Dynamics - Population - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Niger	102.85
2	Uganda	101.16
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	93.17
4	Malawi	91.94
5	Zambia	91.15
6	Afghanistan	89.95
7	Chad	89.24
8	Burkina Faso	89.10
9	Timor-Leste	87.11
10	West Bank and Gaza	87.05
11	Angola	86.67
12	Somalia	85.58
13	Tanzania	85.47
14	Mozambique	83.60
15	Mali	82.79
16	Ethiopia	82.77
17	Yemen	82.77
18	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	81.50
19	Senegal	81.37
20	Benin	80.67
21	Madagascar	80.66
22	Guinea	79.75
23	Liberia	79.55
24	Guinea-Bissau	79.12
25	Guatemala	79.11
26	Sub-Saharan Africa	78.89
27	Sierra Leone	78.81
28	Nigeria	78.74
29	Kenya	78.34
30	Gambia	77.65
31	Rwanda	76.34
32	Iraq	74.72
33	Sao Tome and Principe	74.52
34	Cameroon	74.24
35	Eritrea	74.10
36	Central African Republic	74.09
37	Equatorial Guinea	73.86
38	Ivory Coast	73.83
39	Republic of the Congo	73.26
40	Samoa	72.54
41	Zimbabwe	72.20
42	Least developed countries: UN classification	71.82
43	Togo	71.53
44	Swaziland	70.41
45	Lesotho	69.83
46	Papua New Guinea	69.68
47	Sudan	69.50
48	Mayotte	69.34
49	Mauritania	69.05
50	Solomon Islands	68.63
51	Vanuatu	67.42
52	Ghana	67.10
53	Burundi	66.94
54	Low income	66.36
55	Tonga	66.05
56	Honduras	65.77
57	Laos	65.69
58	Comoros	65.02
59	Tajikistan	63.86
60	Pakistan	63.48
61	Namibia	63.31
62	Nepal	63.25
63	Micronesia	63.24
64	Cape Verde	62.90
65	Bolivia	62.68
66	Gabon	62.37
67	Haiti	62.34
68	Djibouti	60.88
69	Nicaragua	59.81
70	Belize	59.63
71	Syria	57.50
72	Jordan	57.28
73	Paraguay	56.85
74	Philippines	55.66
75	El Salvador	55.10
76	Cambodia	54.62
77	Botswana	53.86
78	South Asia	51.96
79	Egypt	51.54
80	Saudi Arabia	51.20
81	Dominican Republic	51.11
82	Ecuador	50.63
83	Bangladesh	49.96
84	India	49.96
85	Fiji	49.95
86	Oman	49.25
87	Middle East & North Africa	49.12
88	Bhutan	48.91
89	Peru	48.35
90	Jamaica	48.08
91	South Africa	47.42
92	Guyana	47.17
93	Venezuela	46.74
94	Panama	46.12
95	Uzbekistan	46.04
96	Turkmenistan	45.90
97	Libya	45.88
98	Kyrgyzstan	45.84
99	Malaysia	45.77
100	Colombia	45.40
101	Suriname	45.24
102	Low & middle income	45.13
103	Mexico	44.89
104	Israel	44.75
105	Latin America & Caribbean	44.13
106	Morocco	43.70
107	Grenada	43.55
108	Maldives	43.50
109	Guam	43.46
110	Lower middle income	42.47
111	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	41.41
112	Middle income	41.24
113	Algeria	41.03
114	Indonesia	40.96
115	Turkey	40.68
116	St. Lucia	40.28
117	Burma	40.14
118	Argentina	39.61
119	Vietnam	39.49
120	Brunei Darussalam	39.40
121	Brazil	39.31
122	Costa Rica	39.22
123	New Caledonia	38.88
124	French Polynesia	38.73
125	Lebanon	38.63
126	Bahamas	38.58
127	Mongolia	38.18
128	Bahrain	37.64
129	Upper middle income	36.50
130	Albania	36.44
131	Uruguay	36.41
132	Azerbaijan	35.89
133	High income: nonOECD	35.80
134	Sri Lanka	35.43
135	Iran	34.59
136	Kazakhstan	34.33
137	Tunisia	34.09
138	Chile	34.07
139	Mauritius	33.22
140	East Asia & Pacific	32.75
141	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	32.59
142	Kuwait	31.44
143	Puerto Rico	31.33
144	Netherlands Antilles	31.12
145	Thailand	31.10
146	Iceland	31.04
147	New Zealand	30.97
148	United States	30.54
149	Armenia	30.25
150	Ireland	30.08
151	Montenegro	28.93
152	Norway	28.92
153	Trinidad and Tobago	28.72
154	China	28.70
155	Australia	28.46
156	France	28.31
157	Denmark	28.01
158	Aruba	27.90
159	Europe & Central Asia	27.59
160	Netherlands	26.65
161	United Kingdom	26.52
162	Luxembourg	26.46
163	Cyprus	26.43
164	Serbia	26.39
165	High income	26.37
166	Macedonia	26.34
167	Cuba	25.77
168	High income: OECD	25.64
169	Belgium	25.57
170	Sweden	25.50
171	Finland	25.25
172	Georgia	24.97
173	Barbados	24.32
174	Canada	24.08
175	South Korea	24.04
176	North Korea	24.04
177	United Arab Emirates	23.98
178	Moldova	23.98
179	Singapore	23.28
180	Euro area	23.22
181	Portugal	22.88
182	Switzerland	22.87
183	Malta	22.84
184	Channel Islands	22.81
185	Croatia	22.67
186	Austria	22.42
187	Lithuania	22.23
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.19
189	Estonia	21.99
190	Romania	21.81
191	Hungary	21.69
192	Slovakia	21.61
193	Italy	21.57
194	Spain	21.54
195	Poland	21.28
196	Greece	21.05
197	Belarus	20.80
198	Germany	20.65
199	Japan	20.63
200	Russia	20.44
201	Latvia	19.95
202	Czech Republic	19.87
203	Ukraine	19.87
204	Slovenia	19.77
205	Qatar	19.59
206	Bulgaria	19.36
207	Macau	16.97
208	Hong Kong	16.78

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