Colombia vs Palau: Age dependency ratio
Colombia
43.3%
in 2025
Palau
42.4%
in 2025
Colombia rank
193rd
Palau rank
196th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Colombia
- Palau
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 43.3% against 42.4% in Palau, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Palau ahead.
Colombia ranks 193rd and Palau ranks 196th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 5 and Palau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99.2% | 115.8% | 16.6% | Palau |
| 1970s | 87.7% | 95.3% | 7.6% | Palau |
| 1980s | 71.5% | 69.3% | 2.3% | Colombia |
| 1990s | 63.0% | 50.2% | 12.8% | Colombia |
| 2000s | 55.0% | 40.7% | 14.4% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 46.6% | 38.2% | 8.3% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 43.0% | 41.4% | 1.6% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Colombia or Palau?
- Colombia, at 43.3% against 42.4% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Colombia and Palau?
- 0.9%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Palau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Palau rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Colombia ranks 193rd and Palau ranks 196th 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.