Statizoid

Nigeria vs Sierra Leone: Age dependency breakdown

Nigeria
5.5%
in 2023
Sierra Leone
5.5%
in 2023
Nigeria rank
206th
Sierra Leone rank
205th

Age dependency breakdown over time

  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
02468195019862023

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 5.5% against 5.5% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Nigeria ranks 206th and Sierra Leone ranks 205th of 236 countries.

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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

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