Which has higher age dependency ratio, Chad or Democratic Republic of Congo?

Democratic Republic of Congo, at 96.2% against 92.6% in Chad as of 2025.

What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?

3.6%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

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.

Chad vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) (World Population)

Chad

92.6%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

96.2%

in 2025

Chad rank

7th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) (World Population) over time

Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 96.2% against 92.6% in Chad, a difference of 3.6%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Chad ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 6 and Democratic Republic of Congo in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chad	Democratic Republic of Congo	Difference	Ahead
1960s	84.7%	84.6%	0.1%	Chad
1970s	92.3%	88.7%	3.6%	Chad
1980s	101.9%	88.9%	13.0%	Chad
1990s	103.9%	91.0%	13.0%	Chad
2000s	105.5%	95.7%	9.8%	Chad
2010s	102.5%	96.3%	6.1%	Chad
2020s	96.3%	96.6%	0.3%	Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher age dependency ratio, Chad or Democratic Republic of Congo?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 96.2% against 92.6% in Chad as of 2025.
What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?: 3.6%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Chad and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for age dependency ratio?: Chad ranks 7th and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th 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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Indicator: Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Unit: % of working-age population
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 15 October 2026

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.