Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Northern Europe

Population aged 15–64 in Northern Europe in 2025 — 69,528,651 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.6%.

2025 69.53M people +0.38% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 69.53M people2025
Period minimum 52.83M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Northern Europe, 1960–202550M55M60M65M70M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 52,830,490 people1962: 53,779,779 people1964: 54,492,419 people1966: 54,879,630 people1968: 55,120,005 people1970: 55,328,414 people1972: 55,674,265 people1974: 56,010,226 people1976: 56,452,291 people1978: 57,037,387 people1980: 57,730,900 people1982: 58,467,768 people1984: 59,253,969 people1986: 59,686,377 people1988: 59,938,113 people1990: 60,083,611 people1992: 60,183,592 people1994: 60,313,786 people1996: 60,663,574 people1998: 61,115,127 people2000: 61,829,108 people2002: 62,585,483 people2004: 63,262,731 people2006: 64,313,717 people2008: 65,329,431 people2010: 65,820,621 people2012: 65,909,150 people2014: 66,035,661 people2016: 66,472,462 people2018: 66,766,284 people2020: 67,049,635 people2022: 67,919,335 people2024: 69,266,548 people2025: 69,528,651 people
Change over the period: +16.7M (+31.61%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Europe 69.53M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 69.53M +262,103 +0.38%
2024 69.27M +606,746 +0.88%
2023 68.66M +740,467 +1.09%
2022 67.92M +620,039 +0.92%
2021 67.3M +249,661 +0.37%
2020 67.05M +83,560 +0.12%
2019 66.97M +199,791 +0.3%
2018 66.77M +142,802 +0.21%
2017 66.62M +151,020 +0.23%
2016 66.47M +253,727 +0.38%
2015 66.22M +183,074 +0.28%
2014 66.04M +126,630 +0.19%
2013 65.91M −119 −0%
2012 65.91M −12,256 −0.02%
2011 65.92M +100,785 +0.15%
2010 65.82M +200,315 +0.31%
2009 65.62M +290,875 +0.45%
2008 65.33M +451,272 +0.7%
2007 64.88M +564,442 +0.88%
2006 64.31M +562,439 +0.88%
2005 63.75M +488,547 +0.77%
2004 63.26M +356,424 +0.57%
2003 62.91M +320,824 +0.51%
2002 62.59M +369,190 +0.59%
2001 62.22M +387,185 +0.63%
2000 61.83M +387,291 +0.63%
1999 61.44M +326,690 +0.53%
1998 61.12M +250,047 +0.41%
1997 60.87M +201,506 +0.33%
1996 60.66M +184,398 +0.3%
1995 60.48M +165,390 +0.27%
1994 60.31M +103,097 +0.17%
1993 60.21M +27,097 +0.05%
1992 60.18M +21,262 +0.04%
1991 60.16M +78,719 +0.13%
1990 60.08M +121,922 +0.2%
1989 59.96M +23,576 +0.04%
1988 59.94M +51,978 +0.09%
1987 59.89M +199,758 +0.33%
1986 59.69M +185,326 +0.31%
1985 59.5M +247,082 +0.42%
1984 59.25M +376,772 +0.64%
1983 58.88M +409,429 +0.7%
1982 58.47M +377,008 +0.65%
1981 58.09M +359,860 +0.62%
1980 57.73M +355,139 +0.62%
1979 57.38M +338,374 +0.59%
1978 57.04M +304,962 +0.54%
1977 56.73M +280,134 +0.5%
1976 56.45M +245,820 +0.44%
1975 56.21M +196,245 +0.35%
1974 56.01M +170,563 +0.31%
1973 55.84M +165,398 +0.3%
1972 55.67M +173,330 +0.31%
1971 55.5M +172,521 +0.31%
1970 55.33M +122,527 +0.22%
1969 55.21M +85,882 +0.16%
1968 55.12M +101,873 +0.19%
1967 55.02M +138,502 +0.25%
1966 54.88M +164,596 +0.3%
1965 54.72M +222,615 +0.41%
1964 54.49M +285,754 +0.53%
1963 54.21M +426,886 +0.79%
1962 53.78M +530,544 +1%
1961 53.25M +418,745 +0.79%
1960 52.83M

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.