Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — OECD

Population aged 15–64 in the OECD in 2025 — 904,834,830 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 81.4%.

2025 905M people +0.16% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 905M people2025
Period minimum 499M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — OECD, 1960–2025400M600M800M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 498,779,972 people1962: 511,941,283 people1964: 526,978,347 people1966: 540,522,195 people1968: 553,944,363 people1970: 568,094,346 people1972: 584,426,253 people1974: 600,566,707 people1976: 616,779,505 people1978: 632,972,654 people1980: 649,986,781 people1982: 667,546,985 people1984: 684,844,108 people1986: 699,945,524 people1988: 713,989,707 people1990: 728,162,702 people1992: 743,305,708 people1994: 757,102,637 people1996: 771,210,239 people1998: 785,102,218 people2000: 798,292,894 people2002: 811,553,202 people2004: 824,919,441 people2006: 837,756,677 people2008: 850,369,562 people2010: 861,668,656 people2012: 868,245,150 people2014: 873,602,497 people2016: 880,527,495 people2018: 887,169,539 people2020: 891,834,902 people2022: 894,772,290 people2024: 903,394,987 people2025: 904,834,830 people
Change over the period: +406M (+81.41%) Average annual rate: 0.92 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OECD 905M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 905M +1.44M +0.16%
2024 903M +4.04M +0.45%
2023 899M +4.58M +0.51%
2022 895M +3.04M +0.34%
2021 892M −102,738 −0.01%
2020 892M +1.4M +0.16%
2019 890M +3.26M +0.37%
2018 887M +3.42M +0.39%
2017 884M +3.23M +0.37%
2016 881M +3.62M +0.41%
2015 877M +3.31M +0.38%
2014 874M +2.87M +0.33%
2013 871M +2.49M +0.29%
2012 868M +3.04M +0.35%
2011 865M +3.54M +0.41%
2010 862M +5.53M +0.65%
2009 856M +5.77M +0.68%
2008 850M +6.46M +0.77%
2007 844M +6.15M +0.73%
2006 838M +6.45M +0.78%
2005 831M +6.39M +0.77%
2004 825M +6.63M +0.81%
2003 818M +6.74M +0.83%
2002 812M +6.68M +0.83%
2001 805M +6.58M +0.82%
2000 798M +6.43M +0.81%
1999 792M +6.76M +0.86%
1998 785M +6.87M +0.88%
1997 778M +7.03M +0.91%
1996 771M +7.16M +0.94%
1995 764M +6.95M +0.92%
1994 757M +6.7M +0.89%
1993 750M +7.1M +0.96%
1992 743M +7.47M +1.01%
1991 736M +7.68M +1.05%
1990 728M +7.23M +1%
1989 721M +6.94M +0.97%
1988 714M +6.84M +0.97%
1987 707M +7.21M +1.03%
1986 700M +7.41M +1.07%
1985 693M +7.69M +1.12%
1984 685M +8.38M +1.24%
1983 676M +8.92M +1.34%
1982 668M +8.74M +1.33%
1981 659M +8.82M +1.36%
1980 650M +8.63M +1.34%
1979 641M +8.39M +1.33%
1978 633M +8.12M +1.3%
1977 625M +8.07M +1.31%
1976 617M +8.07M +1.33%
1975 609M +8.14M +1.36%
1974 601M +8.12M +1.37%
1973 592M +8.02M +1.37%
1972 584M +7.87M +1.36%
1971 577M +8.46M +1.49%
1970 568M +7.1M +1.27%
1969 561M +7.05M +1.27%
1968 554M +6.7M +1.22%
1967 547M +6.72M +1.24%
1966 541M +6.71M +1.26%
1965 534M +6.83M +1.3%
1964 527M +7.36M +1.42%
1963 520M +7.68M +1.5%
1962 512M +7.37M +1.46%
1961 505M +5.79M +1.16%
1960 499M

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.