Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — European Union

Population aged 15–64 in the European Union in 2025 — 285,788,232 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 23.8%.

2025 286M people −0.15% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 296M people2009
Period minimum 231M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — European Union, 1960–2025220M240M260M280M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 230,756,078 people1962: 233,823,068 people1964: 237,783,451 people1966: 241,083,225 people1968: 243,835,035 people1970: 246,728,789 people1972: 249,806,436 people1974: 253,160,303 people1976: 256,242,074 people1978: 259,346,419 people1980: 263,467,110 people1982: 269,123,232 people1984: 274,491,075 people1986: 277,257,876 people1988: 279,586,883 people1990: 282,036,453 people1992: 284,295,150 people1994: 285,997,462 people1996: 287,480,639 people1998: 288,559,565 people2000: 289,332,909 people2002: 290,335,593 people2004: 292,629,765 people2006: 294,256,464 people2008: 295,811,963 people2010: 295,803,904 people2012: 293,775,511 people2014: 291,714,897 people2016: 290,404,488 people2018: 288,927,236 people2020: 287,355,959 people2022: 285,881,960 people2024: 286,231,204 people2025: 285,788,232 people
Change over the period: +55.03M (+23.85%) Average annual rate: 0.33 %

Comparison, 2025

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

European Union 286M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 286M −442,972 −0.15%
2024 286M −31,050 −0.01%
2023 286M +380,294 +0.13%
2022 286M −142,886 −0.05%
2021 286M −1.33M −0.46%
2020 287M −1.04M −0.36%
2019 288M −535,305 −0.19%
2018 289M −661,241 −0.23%
2017 290M −816,011 −0.28%
2016 290M −611,879 −0.21%
2015 291M −698,530 −0.24%
2014 292M −1.03M −0.35%
2013 293M −1.03M −0.35%
2012 294M −731,907 −0.25%
2011 295M −1.3M −0.44%
2010 296M −171,942 −0.06%
2009 296M +163,883 +0.06%
2008 296M +696,704 +0.24%
2007 295M +858,795 +0.29%
2006 294M +735,414 +0.25%
2005 294M +891,285 +0.3%
2004 293M +1.13M +0.39%
2003 291M +1.16M +0.4%
2002 290M +677,804 +0.23%
2001 290M +324,880 +0.11%
2000 289M +273,039 +0.09%
1999 289M +500,305 +0.17%
1998 289M +501,250 +0.17%
1997 288M +577,676 +0.2%
1996 287M +803,131 +0.28%
1995 287M +680,046 +0.24%
1994 286M +646,161 +0.23%
1993 285M +1.06M +0.37%
1992 284M +1.13M +0.4%
1991 283M +1.13M +0.4%
1990 282M +1.22M +0.43%
1989 281M +1.23M +0.44%
1988 280M +1.15M +0.41%
1987 278M +1.18M +0.42%
1986 277M +1.2M +0.43%
1985 276M +1.57M +0.57%
1984 274M +2.44M +0.9%
1983 272M +2.93M +1.09%
1982 269M +2.88M +1.08%
1981 266M +2.78M +1.06%
1980 263M +2.29M +0.87%
1979 261M +1.84M +0.71%
1978 259M +1.6M +0.62%
1977 258M +1.51M +0.59%
1976 256M +1.55M +0.61%
1975 255M +1.53M +0.61%
1974 253M +1.62M +0.65%
1973 252M +1.73M +0.69%
1972 250M +1.73M +0.7%
1971 248M +1.35M +0.55%
1970 247M +1.34M +0.55%
1969 245M +1.56M +0.64%
1968 244M +1.35M +0.56%
1967 242M +1.4M +0.58%
1966 241M +1.57M +0.66%
1965 240M +1.73M +0.73%
1964 238M +1.94M +0.82%
1963 236M +2.02M +0.86%
1962 234M +1.79M +0.77%
1961 232M +1.28M +0.55%
1960 231M

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.