Bulgaria vs France: Age dependency breakdown

Bulgaria

34.3%

in 2023

France

35.3%

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

18th

France rank

16th

Age dependency breakdown over time

France currently reports 35.3% against 34.3% in Bulgaria, a difference of 1.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 18th and France ranks 16th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).