Sudan - Age dependency ratio

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

The latest value for Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) in Sudan was 76.91 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 100.38 in 1978 and 76.91 in 2020.

Definition: 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 the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 93.16
1961 93.87
1962 94.37
1963 94.71
1964 94.93
1965 95.06
1966 95.80
1967 96.33
1968 96.70
1969 96.98
1970 97.19
1971 97.94
1972 98.50
1973 98.89
1974 99.17
1975 99.37
1976 99.91
1977 100.24
1978 100.38
1979 100.32
1980 100.07
1981 100.15
1982 99.94
1983 99.49
1984 98.84
1985 98.02
1986 97.51
1987 96.77
1988 95.86
1989 94.89
1990 93.95
1991 93.00
1992 92.13
1993 91.29
1994 90.40
1995 89.39
1996 89.39
1997 89.18
1998 88.82
1999 88.47
2000 88.19
2001 88.08
2002 87.99
2003 87.89
2004 87.65
2005 87.24
2006 87.28
2007 87.15
2008 86.88
2009 86.52
2010 86.08
2011 85.39
2012 84.57
2013 83.65
2014 82.67
2015 81.65
2016 80.76
2017 79.82
2018 78.86
2019 77.88
2020 76.91

Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) in Sudan was 6.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5.67 in 1990.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 6.25
1961 6.24
1962 6.20
1963 6.15
1964 6.09
1965 6.03
1966 6.02
1967 6.00
1968 5.97
1969 5.94
1970 5.91
1971 5.92
1972 5.93
1973 5.93
1974 5.92
1975 5.91
1976 5.92
1977 5.91
1978 5.90
1979 5.88
1980 5.86
1981 5.86
1982 5.84
1983 5.82
1984 5.79
1985 5.76
1986 5.76
1987 5.74
1988 5.72
1989 5.70
1990 5.67
1991 5.67
1992 5.67
1993 5.68
1994 5.69
1995 5.71
1996 5.73
1997 5.75
1998 5.76
1999 5.76
2000 5.76
2001 5.79
2002 5.81
2003 5.83
2004 5.84
2005 5.84
2006 5.90
2007 5.95
2008 6.00
2009 6.04
2010 6.08
2011 6.12
2012 6.16
2013 6.19
2014 6.22
2015 6.26
2016 6.31
2017 6.36
2018 6.41
2019 6.45
2020 6.50

Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)

The value for Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) in Sudan was 70.41 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.48 in 1978 and a minimum value of 70.41 in 2020.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 86.91
1961 87.63
1962 88.17
1963 88.56
1964 88.84
1965 89.03
1966 89.78
1967 90.33
1968 90.73
1969 91.04
1970 91.29
1971 92.02
1972 92.56
1973 92.96
1974 93.25
1975 93.46
1976 93.99
1977 94.33
1978 94.48
1979 94.44
1980 94.21
1981 94.29
1982 94.10
1983 93.67
1984 93.05
1985 92.26
1986 91.75
1987 91.02
1988 90.14
1989 89.20
1990 88.28
1991 87.33
1992 86.46
1993 85.62
1994 84.71
1995 83.68
1996 83.66
1997 83.43
1998 83.06
1999 82.71
2000 82.43
2001 82.29
2002 82.18
2003 82.06
2004 81.81
2005 81.39
2006 81.38
2007 81.20
2008 80.88
2009 80.48
2010 80.01
2011 79.27
2012 78.41
2013 77.46
2014 76.44
2015 75.39
2016 74.45
2017 73.47
2018 72.45
2019 71.43
2020 70.41

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population