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Potential Support Ratio By Major Area, 1999 And 2050

 

Major Area

Potential support ratio*

1999 2050
World 9 4
More developed regions

Less developed regions		 5

12		 2

4


Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America & the Caribbean

Northern America

Oceania


17

11

5

12

5

7


8

4

2

4

3

3

*Average number of persons aged 15-64 for each person aged 65 or older.

 

Table 13: Published in: Population Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999.

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