Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Middle East & North Africa

Population aged 15–64 in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 522,340,114 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 509.5%.

2025 522M people +2.28% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 522M people2025
Period minimum 85.7M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–20250200M400M600M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 85,697,810 people1962: 89,516,100 people1964: 93,583,062 people1966: 98,075,751 people1968: 103,247,054 people1970: 109,060,642 people1972: 115,244,409 people1974: 122,183,880 people1976: 129,837,668 people1978: 138,332,500 people1980: 147,878,088 people1982: 158,598,233 people1984: 169,028,924 people1986: 180,079,650 people1988: 191,772,011 people1990: 204,946,224 people1992: 218,273,907 people1994: 231,580,369 people1996: 246,776,107 people1998: 263,838,224 people2000: 282,360,732 people2002: 301,544,476 people2004: 321,878,960 people2006: 343,819,852 people2008: 366,074,039 people2010: 385,332,812 people2012: 403,965,381 people2014: 420,518,173 people2016: 436,567,668 people2018: 450,681,669 people2020: 468,001,142 people2022: 487,229,049 people2024: 510,719,945 people2025: 522,340,114 people
Change over the period: +437M (+509.51%) Average annual rate: 2.82 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 522M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 522M +11.62M +2.28%
2024 511M +11.78M +2.36%
2023 499M +11.71M +2.4%
2022 487M +11.18M +2.35%
2021 476M +8.04M +1.72%
2020 468M +9.33M +2.03%
2019 459M +7.99M +1.77%
2018 451M +6.96M +1.57%
2017 444M +7.16M +1.64%
2016 437M +7.86M +1.83%
2015 429M +8.19M +1.95%
2014 421M +7.86M +1.9%
2013 413M +8.69M +2.15%
2012 404M +9.12M +2.31%
2011 395M +9.51M +2.47%
2010 385M +8.88M +2.36%
2009 376M +10.38M +2.84%
2008 366M +10.91M +3.07%
2007 355M +11.35M +3.3%
2006 344M +11.15M +3.35%
2005 333M +10.79M +3.35%
2004 322M +10.53M +3.38%
2003 311M +9.81M +3.25%
2002 302M +9.51M +3.26%
2001 292M +9.68M +3.43%
2000 282M +9.39M +3.44%
1999 273M +9.14M +3.46%
1998 264M +8.78M +3.44%
1997 255M +8.28M +3.36%
1996 247M +7.82M +3.27%
1995 239M +7.38M +3.18%
1994 232M +6.8M +3.02%
1993 225M +6.51M +2.98%
1992 218M +6.74M +3.18%
1991 212M +6.59M +3.22%
1990 205M +7.13M +3.6%
1989 198M +6.04M +3.15%
1988 192M +5.88M +3.16%
1987 186M +5.81M +3.23%
1986 180M +5.64M +3.24%
1985 174M +5.41M +3.2%
1984 169M +5.26M +3.21%
1983 164M +5.17M +3.26%
1982 159M +5.34M +3.49%
1981 153M +5.38M +3.64%
1980 148M +4.95M +3.46%
1979 143M +4.6M +3.32%
1978 138M +4.38M +3.27%
1977 134M +4.12M +3.17%
1976 130M +3.9M +3.1%
1975 126M +3.75M +3.07%
1974 122M +3.56M +3%
1973 119M +3.38M +2.94%
1972 115M +3.15M +2.81%
1971 112M +3.04M +2.79%
1970 109M +2.98M +2.81%
1969 106M +2.84M +2.75%
1968 103M +2.65M +2.64%
1967 101M +2.52M +2.57%
1966 98.08M +2.31M +2.41%
1965 95.76M +2.18M +2.33%
1964 93.58M +2.08M +2.27%
1963 91.51M +1.99M +2.23%
1962 89.52M +1.95M +2.23%
1961 87.56M +1.87M +2.18%
1960 85.7M

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.