Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Middle Africa

Population aged 15–64 in Middle Africa in 2025 — 115,094,716 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 547.6%.

2025 115M people +3.38% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 115M people2025
Period minimum 17.77M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Middle Africa, 1960–2025050M100M150M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17,773,385 people1962: 18,453,907 people1964: 19,166,778 people1966: 19,934,825 people1968: 20,784,425 people1970: 21,682,116 people1972: 22,664,875 people1974: 23,804,300 people1976: 24,968,796 people1978: 26,277,601 people1980: 27,909,203 people1982: 29,572,861 people1984: 31,458,120 people1986: 33,399,213 people1988: 35,485,677 people1990: 37,699,324 people1992: 40,192,153 people1994: 43,209,580 people1996: 45,795,748 people1998: 47,797,521 people2000: 51,027,318 people2002: 54,349,066 people2004: 57,957,380 people2006: 61,869,322 people2008: 65,865,478 people2010: 70,182,707 people2012: 75,007,352 people2014: 80,080,920 people2016: 85,580,210 people2018: 91,551,194 people2020: 97,395,312 people2022: 103,793,962 people2024: 111,326,592 people2025: 115,094,716 people
Change over the period: +97.32M (+547.57%) Average annual rate: 2.92 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 115M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 115M +3.77M +3.38%
2024 111M +3.9M +3.63%
2023 107M +3.64M +3.5%
2022 104M +3.24M +3.22%
2021 101M +3.16M +3.25%
2020 97.4M +3M +3.17%
2019 94.4M +2.85M +3.11%
2018 91.55M +2.91M +3.28%
2017 88.65M +3.07M +3.58%
2016 85.58M +2.9M +3.51%
2015 82.68M +2.6M +3.25%
2014 80.08M +2.57M +3.32%
2013 77.51M +2.5M +3.33%
2012 75.01M +2.43M +3.34%
2011 72.58M +2.4M +3.42%
2010 70.18M +2.23M +3.28%
2009 67.96M +2.09M +3.17%
2008 65.87M +2.03M +3.18%
2007 63.84M +1.97M +3.18%
2006 61.87M +1.96M +3.27%
2005 59.91M +1.95M +3.37%
2004 57.96M +1.87M +3.33%
2003 56.09M +1.74M +3.2%
2002 54.35M +1.66M +3.15%
2001 52.69M +1.66M +3.25%
2000 51.03M +1.63M +3.29%
1999 49.4M +1.6M +3.35%
1998 47.8M +1.26M +2.71%
1997 46.54M +742,330 +1.62%
1996 45.8M +880,466 +1.96%
1995 44.92M +1.71M +3.95%
1994 43.21M +1.74M +4.2%
1993 41.47M +1.27M +3.17%
1992 40.19M +1.28M +3.3%
1991 38.91M +1.21M +3.21%
1990 37.7M +1.13M +3.1%
1989 36.56M +1.08M +3.04%
1988 35.49M +1.06M +3.07%
1987 34.43M +1.03M +3.08%
1986 33.4M +998,082 +3.08%
1985 32.4M +943,011 +3%
1984 31.46M +927,127 +3.04%
1983 30.53M +958,132 +3.24%
1982 29.57M +904,753 +3.16%
1981 28.67M +758,905 +2.72%
1980 27.91M +764,323 +2.82%
1979 27.14M +867,279 +3.3%
1978 26.28M +735,621 +2.88%
1977 25.54M +573,184 +2.3%
1976 24.97M +574,824 +2.36%
1975 24.39M +589,672 +2.48%
1974 23.8M +580,815 +2.5%
1973 23.22M +558,610 +2.46%
1972 22.66M +510,226 +2.3%
1971 22.15M +472,533 +2.18%
1970 21.68M +455,723 +2.15%
1969 21.23M +441,968 +2.13%
1968 20.78M +433,635 +2.13%
1967 20.35M +415,965 +2.09%
1966 19.93M +395,801 +2.03%
1965 19.54M +372,246 +1.94%
1964 19.17M +355,254 +1.89%
1963 18.81M +357,617 +1.94%
1962 18.45M +344,962 +1.9%
1961 18.11M +335,560 +1.89%
1960 17.77M

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.