Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Northern Africa

Population aged 15–64 in Northern Africa in 2025 — 172,703,530 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 411.7%.

2025 173M people +1.86% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 173M people2025
Period minimum 33.75M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Northern Africa, 1960–2025050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33,751,125 people1962: 35,138,331 people1964: 36,690,056 people1966: 38,417,054 people1968: 40,471,682 people1970: 42,754,044 people1972: 45,130,329 people1974: 47,786,545 people1976: 50,755,458 people1978: 54,002,957 people1980: 57,708,933 people1982: 61,721,306 people1984: 65,760,284 people1986: 69,872,522 people1988: 74,028,171 people1990: 78,498,817 people1992: 83,065,263 people1994: 87,766,722 people1996: 92,741,104 people1998: 98,038,726 people2000: 103,747,351 people2002: 109,522,539 people2004: 115,284,125 people2006: 120,990,684 people2008: 126,461,275 people2010: 131,707,115 people2012: 136,268,416 people2014: 141,581,278 people2016: 146,877,416 people2018: 152,724,630 people2020: 158,238,689 people2022: 163,998,826 people2024: 169,553,948 people2025: 172,703,530 people
Change over the period: +139M (+411.7%) Average annual rate: 2.54 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 173M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 173M +3.15M +1.86%
2024 170M +2.74M +1.64%
2023 167M +2.81M +1.72%
2022 164M +2.94M +1.83%
2021 161M +2.82M +1.78%
2020 158M +2.73M +1.76%
2019 156M +2.78M +1.82%
2018 153M +2.95M +1.97%
2017 150M +2.9M +1.98%
2016 147M +2.66M +1.85%
2015 144M +2.63M +1.86%
2014 142M +2.69M +1.94%
2013 139M +2.62M +1.92%
2012 136M +2.33M +1.74%
2011 134M +2.24M +1.7%
2010 132M +2.53M +1.96%
2009 129M +2.71M +2.14%
2008 126M +2.73M +2.2%
2007 124M +2.74M +2.27%
2006 121M +2.82M +2.38%
2005 118M +2.89M +2.51%
2004 115M +2.89M +2.57%
2003 112M +2.88M +2.63%
2002 110M +2.89M +2.71%
2001 107M +2.88M +2.78%
2000 104M +2.87M +2.84%
1999 101M +2.84M +2.9%
1998 98.04M +2.74M +2.88%
1997 95.3M +2.56M +2.76%
1996 92.74M +2.49M +2.76%
1995 90.25M +2.48M +2.83%
1994 87.77M +2.39M +2.8%
1993 85.38M +2.31M +2.78%
1992 83.07M +2.22M +2.75%
1991 80.85M +2.35M +2.99%
1990 78.5M +2.34M +3.07%
1989 76.16M +2.13M +2.88%
1988 74.03M +2.1M +2.92%
1987 71.93M +2.05M +2.94%
1986 69.87M +2.05M +3.03%
1985 67.82M +2.06M +3.13%
1984 65.76M +2.02M +3.18%
1983 63.74M +2.02M +3.26%
1982 61.72M +2.01M +3.37%
1981 59.71M +2M +3.47%
1980 57.71M +1.91M +3.42%
1979 55.8M +1.8M +3.33%
1978 54M +1.7M +3.24%
1977 52.31M +1.55M +3.06%
1976 50.76M +1.51M +3.08%
1975 49.24M +1.45M +3.04%
1974 47.79M +1.37M +2.94%
1973 46.42M +1.29M +2.86%
1972 45.13M +1.2M +2.74%
1971 43.93M +1.17M +2.75%
1970 42.75M +1.16M +2.79%
1969 41.6M +1.12M +2.78%
1968 40.47M +1.06M +2.7%
1967 39.41M +990,767 +2.58%
1966 38.42M +896,194 +2.39%
1965 37.52M +830,804 +2.26%
1964 36.69M +795,692 +2.22%
1963 35.89M +756,033 +2.15%
1962 35.14M +721,114 +2.1%
1961 34.42M +666,092 +1.97%
1960 33.75M

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.