Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Australia and New Zealand

Population aged 15–64 in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 21,171,145 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 175.5%.

2025 21.17M people +1.09% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 21.17M people2025
Period minimum 7.68M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–20255M10M15M20M25M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7,683,928 people1962: 8,045,796 people1964: 8,407,050 people1966: 8,808,258 people1968: 9,134,312 people1970: 9,533,489 people1972: 10,059,944 people1974: 10,557,795 people1976: 10,910,403 people1978: 11,235,337 people1980: 11,533,215 people1982: 11,958,386 people1984: 12,362,345 people1986: 12,764,250 people1988: 13,204,243 people1990: 13,604,777 people1992: 13,984,777 people1994: 14,232,259 people1996: 14,588,456 people1998: 14,918,870 people2000: 15,257,756 people2002: 15,675,838 people2004: 16,118,871 people2006: 16,570,402 people2008: 17,173,877 people2010: 17,727,972 people2012: 18,119,192 people2014: 18,556,097 people2016: 19,051,819 people2018: 19,591,427 people2020: 20,013,398 people2022: 20,130,063 people2024: 20,942,639 people2025: 21,171,145 people
Change over the period: +13.49M (+175.53%) Average annual rate: 1.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 21.17M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 21.17M +228,506 +1.09%
2024 20.94M +353,156 +1.72%
2023 20.59M +459,420 +2.28%
2022 20.13M +169,180 +0.85%
2021 19.96M −52,515 −0.26%
2020 20.01M +188,850 +0.95%
2019 19.82M +233,121 +1.19%
2018 19.59M +255,127 +1.32%
2017 19.34M +284,481 +1.49%
2016 19.05M +264,035 +1.41%
2015 18.79M +231,687 +1.25%
2014 18.56M +220,586 +1.2%
2013 18.34M +216,319 +1.19%
2012 18.12M +211,434 +1.18%
2011 17.91M +179,786 +1.01%
2010 17.73M +233,504 +1.33%
2009 17.49M +320,591 +1.87%
2008 17.17M +314,314 +1.86%
2007 16.86M +289,161 +1.75%
2006 16.57M +234,333 +1.43%
2005 16.34M +217,198 +1.35%
2004 16.12M +208,792 +1.31%
2003 15.91M +234,241 +1.49%
2002 15.68M +219,809 +1.42%
2001 15.46M +198,273 +1.3%
2000 15.26M +175,593 +1.16%
1999 15.08M +163,293 +1.09%
1998 14.92M +155,956 +1.06%
1997 14.76M +174,458 +1.2%
1996 14.59M +190,378 +1.32%
1995 14.4M +165,819 +1.17%
1994 14.23M +133,898 +0.95%
1993 14.1M +113,584 +0.81%
1992 13.98M +137,903 +1%
1991 13.85M +242,097 +1.78%
1990 13.6M +186,514 +1.39%
1989 13.42M +214,020 +1.62%
1988 13.2M +214,919 +1.65%
1987 12.99M +225,074 +1.76%
1986 12.76M +200,677 +1.6%
1985 12.56M +201,228 +1.63%
1984 12.36M +191,286 +1.57%
1983 12.17M +212,673 +1.78%
1982 11.96M +230,695 +1.97%
1981 11.73M +194,476 +1.69%
1980 11.53M +157,818 +1.39%
1979 11.38M +140,060 +1.25%
1978 11.24M +160,891 +1.45%
1977 11.07M +164,043 +1.5%
1976 10.91M +158,713 +1.48%
1975 10.75M +193,895 +1.84%
1974 10.56M +300,913 +2.93%
1973 10.26M +196,938 +1.96%
1972 10.06M +206,793 +2.1%
1971 9.85M +319,662 +3.35%
1970 9.53M +199,118 +2.13%
1969 9.33M +200,059 +2.19%
1968 9.13M +176,265 +1.97%
1967 8.96M +149,789 +1.7%
1966 8.81M +216,429 +2.52%
1965 8.59M +184,779 +2.2%
1964 8.41M +184,632 +2.25%
1963 8.22M +176,622 +2.2%
1962 8.05M +210,226 +2.68%
1961 7.84M +151,642 +1.97%
1960 7.68M

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.