Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Southern Europe

Population aged 15–64 in Southern Europe in 2025 — 97,615,203 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 27.8%.

2025 97.62M people −0.01% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 103M people2009
Period minimum 76.35M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Southern Europe, 1960–202570M80M90M100M110M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 76,354,125 people1962: 77,521,569 people1964: 78,849,469 people1966: 79,742,245 people1968: 80,698,682 people1970: 81,438,159 people1972: 82,403,476 people1974: 83,697,013 people1976: 85,495,952 people1978: 87,086,697 people1980: 89,053,853 people1982: 91,163,580 people1984: 93,219,181 people1986: 94,592,188 people1988: 95,672,785 people1990: 96,694,247 people1992: 97,213,516 people1994: 97,215,877 people1996: 97,850,648 people1998: 98,101,165 people2000: 97,969,016 people2002: 98,366,628 people2004: 99,822,360 people2006: 100,930,410 people2008: 102,334,931 people2010: 102,523,421 people2012: 101,864,200 people2014: 100,412,525 people2016: 99,268,250 people2018: 98,614,205 people2020: 98,173,849 people2022: 97,473,144 people2024: 97,625,637 people2025: 97,615,203 people
Change over the period: +21.26M (+27.85%) Average annual rate: 0.38 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Europe 97.62M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 97.62M −10,434 −0.01%
2024 97.63M +7,306 +0.01%
2023 97.62M +145,187 +0.15%
2022 97.47M −233,617 −0.24%
2021 97.71M −467,088 −0.48%
2020 98.17M −279,915 −0.28%
2019 98.45M −160,441 −0.16%
2018 98.61M −272,709 −0.28%
2017 98.89M −381,336 −0.38%
2016 99.27M −491,857 −0.49%
2015 99.76M −652,418 −0.65%
2014 100M −752,040 −0.74%
2013 101M −699,635 −0.69%
2012 102M −448,843 −0.44%
2011 102M −210,378 −0.21%
2010 103M −41,511 −0.04%
2009 103M +230,001 +0.22%
2008 102M +669,419 +0.66%
2007 102M +735,102 +0.73%
2006 101M +505,229 +0.5%
2005 100M +602,821 +0.6%
2004 99.82M +766,703 +0.77%
2003 99.06M +689,029 +0.7%
2002 98.37M +378,317 +0.39%
2001 97.99M +19,295 +0.02%
2000 97.97M −14,913 −0.02%
1999 97.98M −117,236 −0.12%
1998 98.1M +29,768 +0.03%
1997 98.07M +220,749 +0.23%
1996 97.85M +438,803 +0.45%
1995 97.41M +195,968 +0.2%
1994 97.22M −26,259 −0.03%
1993 97.24M +28,620 +0.03%
1992 97.21M +217,424 +0.22%
1991 97M +301,845 +0.31%
1990 96.69M +508,144 +0.53%
1989 96.19M +513,318 +0.54%
1988 95.67M +507,335 +0.53%
1987 95.17M +573,262 +0.61%
1986 94.59M +611,716 +0.65%
1985 93.98M +761,291 +0.82%
1984 93.22M +992,181 +1.08%
1983 92.23M +1.06M +1.17%
1982 91.16M +1.07M +1.19%
1981 90.09M +1.04M +1.17%
1980 89.05M +1.07M +1.21%
1979 87.99M +901,331 +1.03%
1978 87.09M +814,287 +0.94%
1977 86.27M +776,458 +0.91%
1976 85.5M +891,521 +1.05%
1975 84.6M +907,418 +1.08%
1974 83.7M +703,133 +0.85%
1973 82.99M +590,404 +0.72%
1972 82.4M +532,529 +0.65%
1971 81.87M +432,788 +0.53%
1970 81.44M +347,596 +0.43%
1969 81.09M +391,881 +0.49%
1968 80.7M +476,306 +0.59%
1967 80.22M +480,131 +0.6%
1966 79.74M +405,403 +0.51%
1965 79.34M +487,373 +0.62%
1964 78.85M +651,948 +0.83%
1963 78.2M +675,952 +0.87%
1962 77.52M +622,182 +0.81%
1961 76.9M +545,262 +0.71%
1960 76.35M

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.