Pakistan vs Syria: Age dependency breakdown

Pakistan

7.1%

in 2023

Syria

7.2%

in 2023

Pakistan rank

172nd

Syria rank

170th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Syria currently reports 7.2% against 7.1% in Pakistan, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Pakistan ranks 172nd and Syria ranks 170th 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).