Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Belgium

Population aged 15–64 in Belgium in 2025 — 7,563,359 people. Ranked 82 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.5%.

2025 7.56M people +0.53% vs 2024
World rank 82of 217
Period maximum 7.56M people2025
Period minimum 5.88M people1961

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Belgium, 1960–20255.5M6M6.5M7M7.5M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,888,148 people1962: 5,890,025 people1964: 5,962,361 people1966: 6,020,656 people1968: 6,059,341 people1970: 6,083,539 people1972: 6,128,949 people1974: 6,204,436 people1976: 6,293,694 people1978: 6,364,067 people1980: 6,441,355 people1982: 6,536,403 people1984: 6,629,971 people1986: 6,653,744 people1988: 6,667,383 people1990: 6,673,167 people1992: 6,681,402 people1994: 6,702,285 people1996: 6,702,908 people1998: 6,708,631 people2000: 6,723,639 people2002: 6,774,350 people2004: 6,835,118 people2006: 6,941,221 people2008: 7,073,147 people2010: 7,184,817 people2012: 7,278,246 people2014: 7,290,315 people2016: 7,326,984 people2018: 7,341,283 people2020: 7,381,890 people2022: 7,440,659 people2024: 7,523,789 people2025: 7,563,359 people
Change over the period: +1.68M (+28.45%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 7.56M people
World 5.36B people
Europe & Central Asia 600M people
Western Europe computed 126M people
High-income countries computed 895M people
Population aged 15–64 — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7.56M +39,570 +0.53%
2024 7.52M +35,986 +0.48%
2023 7.49M +47,144 +0.63%
2022 7.44M +41,114 +0.56%
2021 7.4M +17,655 +0.24%
2020 7.38M +19,818 +0.27%
2019 7.36M +20,789 +0.28%
2018 7.34M +10,832 +0.15%
2017 7.33M +3,467 +0.05%
2016 7.33M +16,454 +0.23%
2015 7.31M +20,215 +0.28%
2014 7.29M +4,217 +0.06%
2013 7.29M +7,852 +0.11%
2012 7.28M +18,227 +0.25%
2011 7.26M +75,202 +1.05%
2010 7.18M +58,158 +0.82%
2009 7.13M +53,512 +0.76%
2008 7.07M +62,382 +0.89%
2007 7.01M +69,544 +1%
2006 6.94M +62,483 +0.91%
2005 6.88M +43,620 +0.64%
2004 6.84M +30,344 +0.45%
2003 6.8M +30,424 +0.45%
2002 6.77M +31,245 +0.46%
2001 6.74M +19,466 +0.29%
2000 6.72M +8,642 +0.13%
1999 6.71M +6,366 +0.09%
1998 6.71M +2,590 +0.04%
1997 6.71M +3,133 +0.05%
1996 6.7M −491 −0.01%
1995 6.7M +1,114 +0.02%
1994 6.7M +9,122 +0.14%
1993 6.69M +11,761 +0.18%
1992 6.68M +7,651 +0.11%
1991 6.67M +584 +0.01%
1990 6.67M −2,105 −0.03%
1989 6.68M +7,889 +0.12%
1988 6.67M +10,739 +0.16%
1987 6.66M +2,900 +0.04%
1986 6.65M +5,616 +0.08%
1985 6.65M +18,157 +0.27%
1984 6.63M +39,878 +0.61%
1983 6.59M +53,690 +0.82%
1982 6.54M +50,354 +0.78%
1981 6.49M +44,694 +0.69%
1980 6.44M +41,943 +0.66%
1979 6.4M +35,345 +0.56%
1978 6.36M +33,353 +0.53%
1977 6.33M +37,020 +0.59%
1976 6.29M +42,842 +0.69%
1975 6.25M +46,416 +0.75%
1974 6.2M +42,213 +0.69%
1973 6.16M +33,274 +0.54%
1972 6.13M +30,779 +0.5%
1971 6.1M +14,631 +0.24%
1970 6.08M +7,349 +0.12%
1969 6.08M +16,849 +0.28%
1968 6.06M +18,882 +0.31%
1967 6.04M +19,803 +0.33%
1966 6.02M +23,079 +0.38%
1965 6M +35,216 +0.59%
1964 5.96M +39,975 +0.67%
1963 5.92M +32,361 +0.55%
1962 5.89M +7,425 +0.13%
1961 5.88M −5,548 −0.09%
1960 5.89M

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.