Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Lower-middle-income countries

Population aged 15–64 in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 2,132,113,198 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 333.6%.

2025 2.13B people +1.59% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.13B people2025
Period minimum 492M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–202501B2B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 491,732,034 people1962: 510,588,981 people1964: 530,926,017 people1966: 554,514,658 people1968: 580,385,224 people1970: 608,193,138 people1972: 637,327,261 people1974: 669,928,818 people1976: 705,327,680 people1978: 742,778,428 people1980: 783,327,184 people1982: 827,330,184 people1984: 871,152,269 people1986: 916,944,260 people1988: 965,331,895 people1990: 1,017,475,693 people1992: 1,070,842,113 people1994: 1,124,867,448 people1996: 1,183,891,178 people1998: 1,247,871,823 people2000: 1,315,100,651 people2002: 1,381,485,126 people2004: 1,447,695,528 people2006: 1,515,817,396 people2008: 1,584,554,048 people2010: 1,652,878,101 people2012: 1,720,697,032 people2014: 1,787,076,927 people2016: 1,851,353,575 people2018: 1,914,750,627 people2020: 1,977,093,464 people2022: 2,037,212,683 people2024: 2,098,813,058 people2025: 2,132,113,198 people
Change over the period: +1.64B (+333.59%) Average annual rate: 2.28 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Lower-middle-income countries 2.13B people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.13B +33.3M +1.59%
2024 2.1B +32.32M +1.56%
2023 2.07B +29.28M +1.44%
2022 2.04B +28.83M +1.44%
2021 2.01B +31.29M +1.58%
2020 1.98B +31.44M +1.62%
2019 1.95B +30.9M +1.61%
2018 1.91B +31.32M +1.66%
2017 1.88B +32.07M +1.73%
2016 1.85B +32.16M +1.77%
2015 1.82B +32.11M +1.8%
2014 1.79B +33.22M +1.89%
2013 1.75B +33.16M +1.93%
2012 1.72B +33.63M +1.99%
2011 1.69B +34.19M +2.07%
2010 1.65B +34.34M +2.12%
2009 1.62B +33.98M +2.14%
2008 1.58B +34.07M +2.2%
2007 1.55B +34.67M +2.29%
2006 1.52B +34.24M +2.31%
2005 1.48B +33.88M +2.34%
2004 1.45B +33.78M +2.39%
2003 1.41B +32.43M +2.35%
2002 1.38B +32.54M +2.41%
2001 1.35B +33.84M +2.57%
2000 1.32B +33.8M +2.64%
1999 1.28B +33.43M +2.68%
1998 1.25B +32.72M +2.69%
1997 1.22B +31.26M +2.64%
1996 1.18B +30.1M +2.61%
1995 1.15B +28.93M +2.57%
1994 1.12B +27.34M +2.49%
1993 1.1B +26.68M +2.49%
1992 1.07B +26.58M +2.55%
1991 1.04B +26.78M +2.63%
1990 1.02B +27.14M +2.74%
1989 990M +25M +2.59%
1988 965M +24.5M +2.6%
1987 941M +23.89M +2.61%
1986 917M +23.25M +2.6%
1985 894M +22.54M +2.59%
1984 871M +22.01M +2.59%
1983 849M +21.81M +2.64%
1982 827M +22.06M +2.74%
1981 805M +21.95M +2.8%
1980 783M +20.95M +2.75%
1979 762M +19.6M +2.64%
1978 743M +18.93M +2.62%
1977 724M +18.52M +2.63%
1976 705M +17.89M +2.6%
1975 687M +17.51M +2.61%
1974 670M +16.65M +2.55%
1973 653M +15.95M +2.5%
1972 637M +14.79M +2.38%
1971 623M +14.35M +2.36%
1970 608M +14.35M +2.42%
1969 594M +13.46M +2.32%
1968 580M +13.18M +2.32%
1967 567M +12.69M +2.29%
1966 555M +11.96M +2.2%
1965 543M +11.63M +2.19%
1964 531M +10.66M +2.05%
1963 520M +9.68M +1.9%
1962 511M +9.55M +1.91%
1961 501M +9.3M +1.89%
1960 492M

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.