Cameroon vs Kenya: Age dependency breakdown

Cameroon

5.0%

in 2023

Kenya

4.9%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

216th

Kenya rank

218th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Cameroon currently reports 5.0% against 4.9% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Cameroon ranks 216th and Kenya ranks 218th 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).