Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Melanesia

Population aged 15–64 in Melanesia in 2025 — 8,322,939 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 469.8%.

2025 8.32M people +2.03% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8.32M people2025
Period minimum 1.46M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Melanesia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,460,626 people1962: 1,527,612 people1964: 1,593,213 people1966: 1,660,047 people1968: 1,728,928 people1970: 1,804,160 people1972: 1,890,662 people1974: 1,993,015 people1976: 2,104,936 people1978: 2,228,624 people1980: 2,356,836 people1982: 2,477,174 people1984: 2,596,690 people1986: 2,720,061 people1988: 2,841,667 people1990: 2,979,335 people1992: 3,176,913 people1994: 3,404,083 people1996: 3,648,931 people1998: 3,913,146 people2000: 4,190,020 people2002: 4,478,593 people2004: 4,783,874 people2006: 5,099,832 people2008: 5,424,683 people2010: 5,763,444 people2012: 6,111,722 people2014: 6,459,875 people2016: 6,806,473 people2018: 7,156,075 people2020: 7,498,316 people2022: 7,828,737 people2024: 8,157,494 people2025: 8,322,939 people
Change over the period: +6.86M (+469.82%) Average annual rate: 2.71 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 8.32M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.32M +165,445 +2.03%
2024 8.16M +164,843 +2.06%
2023 7.99M +163,914 +2.09%
2022 7.83M +163,679 +2.14%
2021 7.67M +166,742 +2.22%
2020 7.5M +169,434 +2.31%
2019 7.33M +172,807 +2.41%
2018 7.16M +175,232 +2.51%
2017 6.98M +174,370 +2.56%
2016 6.81M +173,158 +2.61%
2015 6.63M +173,440 +2.68%
2014 6.46M +174,258 +2.77%
2013 6.29M +173,895 +2.85%
2012 6.11M +173,409 +2.92%
2011 5.94M +174,869 +3.03%
2010 5.76M +172,443 +3.08%
2009 5.59M +166,318 +3.07%
2008 5.42M +163,513 +3.11%
2007 5.26M +161,338 +3.16%
2006 5.1M +158,868 +3.22%
2005 4.94M +157,090 +3.28%
2004 4.78M +154,712 +3.34%
2003 4.63M +150,569 +3.36%
2002 4.48M +146,285 +3.38%
2001 4.33M +142,288 +3.4%
2000 4.19M +139,562 +3.45%
1999 4.05M +137,312 +3.51%
1998 3.91M +134,299 +3.55%
1997 3.78M +129,916 +3.56%
1996 3.65M +124,546 +3.53%
1995 3.52M +120,302 +3.53%
1994 3.4M +115,718 +3.52%
1993 3.29M +111,452 +3.51%
1992 3.18M +105,688 +3.44%
1991 3.07M +91,890 +3.08%
1990 2.98M +74,134 +2.55%
1989 2.91M +63,534 +2.24%
1988 2.84M +60,677 +2.18%
1987 2.78M +60,929 +2.24%
1986 2.72M +61,826 +2.33%
1985 2.66M +61,545 +2.37%
1984 2.6M +60,384 +2.38%
1983 2.54M +59,132 +2.39%
1982 2.48M +58,334 +2.41%
1981 2.42M +62,004 +2.63%
1980 2.36M +64,557 +2.82%
1979 2.29M +63,655 +2.86%
1978 2.23M +63,187 +2.92%
1977 2.17M +60,501 +2.87%
1976 2.1M +57,269 +2.8%
1975 2.05M +54,652 +2.74%
1974 1.99M +52,360 +2.7%
1973 1.94M +49,993 +2.64%
1972 1.89M +45,433 +2.46%
1971 1.85M +41,069 +2.28%
1970 1.8M +38,778 +2.2%
1969 1.77M +36,454 +2.11%
1968 1.73M +34,602 +2.04%
1967 1.69M +34,279 +2.06%
1966 1.66M +33,982 +2.09%
1965 1.63M +32,852 +2.06%
1964 1.59M +32,720 +2.1%
1963 1.56M +32,881 +2.15%
1962 1.53M +32,828 +2.2%
1961 1.49M +34,158 +2.34%
1960 1.46M

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.