Cameroon vs Guinea: Age dependency ratio
Cameroon
78.4%
in 2025
Guinea
78.6%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
18th
Guinea rank
17th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 78.6% against 78.4% in Cameroon, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea ranks 17th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 4 and Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 79.1% | 1.9% | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 82.7% | 6.7% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 97.4% | 88.9% | 8.5% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 92.1% | 5.1% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 96.1% | 5.9% | Guinea |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 88.6% | 2.9% | Guinea |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 81.3% | 0.6% | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cameroon or Guinea?
- Guinea, at 78.6% against 78.4% in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cameroon and Guinea?
- 0.2%, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Guinea ranks 17th of 217 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.