Canada vs Gibraltar: Age dependency ratio
Canada
54.4%
in 2025
Gibraltar
54.9%
in 2025
Canada rank
115th
Gibraltar rank
112th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Canada
- Gibraltar
How they compare
Gibraltar currently reports 54.9% against 54.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 115th and Gibraltar ranks 112th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Gibraltar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Gibraltar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.7% | 51.8% | 16.9% | Canada |
| 1970s | 54.2% | 53.7% | 0.5% | Canada |
| 1980s | 46.4% | 52.4% | 6.0% | Gibraltar |
| 1990s | 47.5% | 50.8% | 3.3% | Gibraltar |
| 2000s | 44.9% | 51.8% | 6.9% | Gibraltar |
| 2010s | 47.2% | 54.1% | 6.9% | Gibraltar |
| 2020s | 52.8% | 54.7% | 1.9% | Gibraltar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Canada or Gibraltar?
- Gibraltar, at 54.9% against 54.4% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Canada and Gibraltar?
- 0.5%, with Gibraltar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Gibraltar?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Gibraltar rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Canada ranks 115th and Gibraltar ranks 112th 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.