Bangladesh vs Nepal: Old-age dependency ratio

Bangladesh

9.7%

in 2023

Nepal

9.8%

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

147th

Nepal rank

146th

Old-age dependency ratio over time

Nepal currently reports 9.8% against 9.7% in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.1%.

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

Bangladesh ranks 147th and Nepal ranks 146th 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).