Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Low-income countries

Population aged 15–64 in low-income countries in 2025 — 440,613,340 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 478.6%.

2025 441M people +3.13% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 441M people2025
Period minimum 76.15M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Low-income countries, 1960–20250200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76,151,579 people1962: 79,681,690 people1964: 83,272,835 people1966: 86,977,016 people1968: 90,834,189 people1970: 95,088,515 people1972: 99,427,784 people1974: 104,285,640 people1976: 109,462,801 people1978: 115,047,404 people1980: 120,759,676 people1982: 126,029,677 people1984: 133,121,147 people1986: 140,382,537 people1988: 147,984,266 people1990: 155,750,154 people1992: 164,468,663 people1994: 174,273,243 people1996: 184,303,079 people1998: 194,272,512 people2000: 205,415,532 people2002: 217,638,555 people2004: 231,235,614 people2006: 246,092,219 people2008: 262,185,508 people2010: 278,865,118 people2012: 296,249,686 people2014: 312,429,378 people2016: 331,042,795 people2018: 353,060,301 people2020: 377,012,105 people2022: 401,084,268 people2024: 427,221,477 people2025: 440,613,340 people
Change over the period: +364M (+478.6%) Average annual rate: 2.74 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 441M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 441M +13.39M +3.13%
2024 427M +13.23M +3.2%
2023 414M +12.91M +3.22%
2022 401M +12.11M +3.11%
2021 389M +11.96M +3.17%
2020 377M +12.05M +3.3%
2019 365M +11.91M +3.37%
2018 353M +11.34M +3.32%
2017 342M +10.68M +3.23%
2016 331M +9.85M +3.07%
2015 321M +8.77M +2.81%
2014 312M +8.12M +2.67%
2013 304M +8.06M +2.72%
2012 296M +8.62M +3%
2011 288M +8.77M +3.14%
2010 279M +8.5M +3.14%
2009 270M +8.18M +3.12%
2008 262M +8.04M +3.16%
2007 254M +8.05M +3.27%
2006 246M +7.71M +3.23%
2005 238M +7.15M +3.09%
2004 231M +6.83M +3.04%
2003 224M +6.77M +3.11%
2002 218M +6.45M +3.06%
2001 211M +5.77M +2.81%
2000 205M +5.52M +2.76%
1999 200M +5.62M +2.89%
1998 194M +5.2M +2.75%
1997 189M +4.77M +2.59%
1996 184M +4.92M +2.74%
1995 179M +5.11M +2.93%
1994 174M +4.91M +2.9%
1993 169M +4.89M +2.98%
1992 164M +4.71M +2.95%
1991 160M +4M +2.57%
1990 156M +3.83M +2.52%
1989 152M +3.93M +2.66%
1988 148M +3.85M +2.67%
1987 144M +3.76M +2.68%
1986 140M +3.63M +2.66%
1985 137M +3.63M +2.73%
1984 133M +3.58M +2.76%
1983 130M +3.51M +2.79%
1982 126M +2.98M +2.42%
1981 123M +2.29M +1.89%
1980 121M +2.55M +2.15%
1979 118M +3.17M +2.75%
1978 115M +2.99M +2.67%
1977 112M +2.6M +2.37%
1976 109M +2.61M +2.44%
1975 107M +2.57M +2.46%
1974 104M +2.52M +2.48%
1973 102M +2.34M +2.35%
1972 99.43M +2.16M +2.22%
1971 97.26M +2.18M +2.29%
1970 95.09M +2.17M +2.33%
1969 92.92M +2.09M +2.3%
1968 90.83M +1.98M +2.23%
1967 88.85M +1.87M +2.15%
1966 86.98M +1.84M +2.17%
1965 85.13M +1.86M +2.23%
1964 83.27M +1.81M +2.22%
1963 81.47M +1.78M +2.24%
1962 79.68M +1.79M +2.3%
1961 77.89M +1.74M +2.28%
1960 76.15M

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.