• In 2005, India had the highest dependency ratio; however, between 2005 and 2025, India’s ratio is expected to experience the largest decline.
• Although the United States and Indonesia had similar dependency ratios in 2005, it is expected that by 2025, the U.S. dependency ratio will have risen to become the highest and Indonesia the lowest.

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NOTE: The dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents (persons ages 14 and under and persons ages 65 and over) to the working-age population (persons ages 15 to 64).

SOURCE: United Nations.