Comoros vs South Asia: Age dependency ratio
Comoros
70.4%
in 2025
South Asia
47.0%
in 2025
Comoros rank
40th
South Asia rank
41st
Age dependency ratio over time
- Comoros
- South Asia
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 70.4% against 47.0% in South Asia, a difference of 23.4%.
That makes Comoros's figure about 1.5 times South Asia's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Comoros has been ahead every year.
Comoros ranks 40th and South Asia ranks 41st of 218 countries.
Comoros has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | South Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90.6% | 81.7% | 8.8% | Comoros |
| 1970s | 102.6% | 81.4% | 21.3% | Comoros |
| 1980s | 104.5% | 78.0% | 26.5% | Comoros |
| 1990s | 106.9% | 71.9% | 35.0% | Comoros |
| 2000s | 96.9% | 62.7% | 34.2% | Comoros |
| 2010s | 79.3% | 53.6% | 25.8% | Comoros |
| 2020s | 72.5% | 48.1% | 24.4% | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Comoros or South Asia?
- Comoros, at 70.4% against 47.0% in South Asia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Comoros and South Asia?
- 23.4%, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and South Asia?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Comoros and South Asia rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Comoros ranks 40th and South Asia ranks 41st 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.