Cameroon vs Togo: Age dependency ratio
Cameroon
78.4%
in 2025
Togo
78.3%
in 2025
Cameroon rank
18th
Togo rank
19th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Cameroon
- Togo
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 78.4% against 78.3% in Togo, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Togo ahead.
Cameroon ranks 18th and Togo ranks 19th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Togo in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.0% | 91.5% | 10.5% | Togo |
| 1970s | 89.4% | 94.7% | 5.3% | Togo |
| 1980s | 97.4% | 96.9% | 0.5% | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 97.3% | 92.0% | 5.2% | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 90.1% | 84.2% | 6.0% | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 84.0% | 1.7% | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 80.7% | 80.1% | 0.6% | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Cameroon or Togo?
- Cameroon, at 78.4% against 78.3% in Togo as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Cameroon and Togo?
- 0.1%, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Togo?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Togo rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Cameroon ranks 18th and Togo ranks 19th 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.