Afghanistan vs Central African Republic: Old-age dependency ratio

Afghanistan

4.4%

in 2023

Central African Republic

4.3%

in 2023

Afghanistan rank

227th

Central African Republic rank

228th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Afghanistan currently reports 4.4% against 4.3% in Central African Republic, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 227th and Central African Republic ranks 228th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Old-age dependency ratio
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).