Somalia vs South Sudan: Age dependency breakdown

Somalia

5.1%

in 2023

South Sudan

5.1%

in 2023

Somalia rank

215th

South Sudan rank

214th

Age dependency breakdown over time

South Sudan currently reports 5.1% against 5.1% in Somalia, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Somalia ranks 215th and South Sudan ranks 214th 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).