France vs Timor-Leste: Age dependency ratio
France
63.3%
in 2025
Timor-Leste
62.2%
in 2025
France rank
61st
Timor-Leste rank
64th
Age dependency ratio over time
- France
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
France currently reports 63.3% against 62.2% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
France ranks 61st and Timor-Leste ranks 64th of 218 countries.
Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60.8% | 71.8% | 11.0% | Timor-Leste |
| 1970s | 59.6% | 71.7% | 12.1% | Timor-Leste |
| 1980s | 53.1% | 72.5% | 19.3% | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 52.8% | 81.7% | 28.9% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 53.8% | 82.3% | 28.5% | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 58.2% | 80.1% | 21.8% | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 62.5% | 66.5% | 4.0% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, France or Timor-Leste?
- France, at 63.3% against 62.2% in Timor-Leste as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between France and Timor-Leste?
- 1.1%, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Timor-Leste?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do France and Timor-Leste rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- France ranks 61st and Timor-Leste ranks 64th 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.