Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Eastern Africa

Population aged 15–64 in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 290,373,817 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 567.7%.

2025 290M people +3.15% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 290M people2025
Period minimum 43.49M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Eastern Africa, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43,487,088 people1962: 45,650,467 people1964: 47,974,102 people1966: 50,463,386 people1968: 53,126,991 people1970: 55,990,698 people1972: 58,859,536 people1974: 62,015,871 people1976: 65,490,215 people1978: 69,050,217 people1980: 72,857,036 people1982: 77,173,517 people1984: 82,021,479 people1986: 87,330,999 people1988: 92,869,231 people1990: 98,450,405 people1992: 104,414,550 people1994: 110,285,519 people1996: 116,876,396 people1998: 124,072,855 people2000: 131,612,512 people2002: 139,699,253 people2004: 148,519,712 people2006: 157,842,902 people2008: 168,058,237 people2010: 179,128,053 people2012: 191,089,413 people2014: 203,732,152 people2016: 216,965,371 people2018: 231,352,773 people2020: 247,482,553 people2022: 264,037,821 people2024: 281,493,866 people2025: 290,373,817 people
Change over the period: +247M (+567.72%) Average annual rate: 2.96 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Africa 290M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 290M +8.88M +3.15%
2024 281M +8.85M +3.24%
2023 273M +8.61M +3.26%
2022 264M +8.29M +3.24%
2021 256M +8.27M +3.34%
2020 247M +8.2M +3.43%
2019 239M +7.93M +3.43%
2018 231M +7.42M +3.31%
2017 224M +6.97M +3.21%
2016 217M +6.8M +3.23%
2015 210M +6.44M +3.16%
2014 204M +6.31M +3.2%
2013 197M +6.33M +3.31%
2012 191M +6.06M +3.27%
2011 185M +5.9M +3.3%
2010 179M +5.68M +3.27%
2009 173M +5.39M +3.21%
2008 168M +5.23M +3.21%
2007 163M +4.98M +3.16%
2006 158M +4.74M +3.1%
2005 153M +4.58M +3.09%
2004 149M +4.5M +3.12%
2003 144M +4.32M +3.09%
2002 140M +4.12M +3.04%
2001 136M +3.96M +3.01%
2000 132M +3.83M +3%
1999 128M +3.71M +2.99%
1998 124M +3.61M +3%
1997 120M +3.59M +3.07%
1996 117M +3.53M +3.12%
1995 113M +3.06M +2.77%
1994 110M +2.87M +2.67%
1993 107M +3M +2.88%
1992 104M +2.97M +2.93%
1991 101M +2.99M +3.04%
1990 98.45M +2.86M +2.99%
1989 95.59M +2.72M +2.93%
1988 92.87M +2.75M +3.05%
1987 90.12M +2.79M +3.19%
1986 87.33M +2.71M +3.2%
1985 84.62M +2.6M +3.17%
1984 82.02M +2.48M +3.11%
1983 79.55M +2.37M +3.07%
1982 77.17M +2.27M +3.03%
1981 74.9M +2.05M +2.81%
1980 72.86M +1.87M +2.64%
1979 70.99M +1.94M +2.8%
1978 69.05M +1.83M +2.73%
1977 67.22M +1.73M +2.64%
1976 65.49M +1.76M +2.76%
1975 63.73M +1.72M +2.77%
1974 62.02M +1.66M +2.76%
1973 60.35M +1.49M +2.54%
1972 58.86M +1.41M +2.46%
1971 57.45M +1.45M +2.6%
1970 55.99M +1.44M +2.64%
1969 54.55M +1.42M +2.67%
1968 53.13M +1.37M +2.65%
1967 51.76M +1.29M +2.56%
1966 50.46M +1.24M +2.52%
1965 49.22M +1.25M +2.6%
1964 47.97M +1.2M +2.57%
1963 46.77M +1.12M +2.46%
1962 45.65M +1.11M +2.49%
1961 44.54M +1.05M +2.42%
1960 43.49M

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.