Congo vs Mozambique: Age dependency breakdown

Congo
5.2%
in 2023
Mozambique
5.3%
in 2023
Congo rank
212th
Mozambique rank
211th

Age dependency breakdown over time

  • Congo
  • Mozambique
0246195019862023

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 5.3% against 5.2% in Congo, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Congo ranks 212th and Mozambique ranks 211th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 6 and Mozambique in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo Mozambique Difference Ahead
1950s 6.3% 5.6% 0.7% Congo
1960s 6.8% 5.5% 1.3% Congo
1970s 6.8% 5.7% 1.1% Congo
1980s 6.5% 6.1% 0.4% Congo
1990s 6.2% 5.5% 0.6% Congo
2000s 5.4% 5.2% 0.2% Congo
2010s 4.8% 5.3% 0.5% Mozambique
2020s 5.1% 5.3% 0.3% Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher age dependency breakdown, Congo or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 5.3% against 5.2% in Congo as of 2023.
What is the difference in age dependency breakdown between Congo and Mozambique?
0.1%, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Mozambique?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Congo and Mozambique rank globally for age dependency breakdown?
Congo ranks 212th and Mozambique ranks 211th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Age dependency breakdown. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Congo vs Mozambique: Age dependency breakdown. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/age-dependency-breakdown/congo-rep/mozambique/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/age-dependency-breakdown/congo-rep/mozambique/">Congo vs Mozambique: Age dependency breakdown</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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