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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 a percentage of the working-age population. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted by national agencies, and Macro International.

Rank	Country	Value
Age dependency ratio (dependents to working-age population) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)
1	Niger	106.95
2	Uganda	106.45
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	98.43
4	Malawi	98.04
5	Zambia	97.09
6	Chad	94.82
7	Burkina Faso	93.01
8	Angola	91.38
9	Tanzania	91.36
10	Somalia	90.80
11	Mozambique	89.76
12	Ethiopia	88.71
13	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	88.01
14	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	87.31
15	Mali	87.14
16	Benin	86.68
17	Madagascar	86.35
18	Senegal	85.85
19	Guinea	85.70
20	Guinea-Bissau	85.51
21	Sub-Saharan Africa	85.34
22	Liberia	85.26
23	Nigeria	84.47
24	Kenya	83.20
25	Gambia	82.80
26	Sierra Leone	82.19
27	Sao Tome and Principe	81.98
28	Central African Republic	81.11
29	Rwanda	80.90
30	Ivory Coast	80.69
31	Cameroon	80.66
32	Republic of the Congo	80.14
33	Africa	80.11
34	Zimbabwe	79.44
35	Equatorial Guinea	79.19
36	Eritrea	78.44
37	Lesotho	78.29
38	Togo	77.72
39	Swaziland	76.24
40	Sudan	75.77
41	Mauritania	73.65
42	Ghana	73.32
43	Burundi	71.75
44	Comoros	70.26
45	Cape Verde	70.25
46	Gabon	69.74
47	Namibia	69.39
48	Djibouti	66.14
49	Botswana	59.80
50	Egypt	58.71
51	South Africa	54.15
52	North Africa	53.92
53	Libya	52.17
54	Morocco	51.79
55	Algeria	47.84
56	Tunisia	43.73
57	Mauritius	43.31

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