Cameroon vs Nigeria: Total dependency ratio

Cameroon

80.3%

in 2023

Nigeria

80.2%

in 2023

Cameroon rank

22nd

Nigeria rank

23rd

Total dependency ratio over time

Cameroon currently reports 80.3% against 80.2% in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0%.

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

Cameroon ranks 22nd and Nigeria ranks 23rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Total 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 children (under 15) and people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).