<page_title> Dependency ratio </page_title> <section_title> Total dependency ratio by region - history and projections </section_title> <table> <cell> World <col_header> Region </col_header> </cell> <cell> 64.8 <col_header> 1950 </col_header> </cell> </table>
The total dependency ratio for the world in 1950 was 64.8%.