Cameroon vs Post-demographic dividend: Age dependency ratio
Cameroon
78.4%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
57.1%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
18th
Post-demographic dividend rank
20th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cameroon
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 78.4% against 57.1% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 21.3%.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.4 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 20th of 218 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 59.0% | 22.0% | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 55.9% | 33.5% | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 97.4% | 50.0% | 47.4% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 48.7% | 48.6% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 48.4% | 41.7% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 51.9% | 33.8% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 56.0% | 24.7% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cameroon or Post-demographic dividend?
- Cameroon, at 78.4% against 57.1% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cameroon and Post-demographic dividend?
- 21.3%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Post-demographic dividend?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 20th of 218 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.