Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Western Asia

Population aged 15–64 in Western Asia in 2025 — 209,145,049 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 495.6%.

2025 209M people +2.46% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 209M people2025
Period minimum 35.11M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Western Asia, 1960–20250100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 35,112,533 people1962: 36,727,671 people1964: 38,483,473 people1966: 40,379,137 people1968: 42,524,024 people1970: 44,931,017 people1972: 47,588,028 people1974: 50,420,861 people1976: 53,495,038 people1978: 57,078,842 people1980: 60,732,476 people1982: 64,446,024 people1984: 68,672,310 people1986: 73,043,116 people1988: 77,643,465 people1990: 83,058,105 people1992: 88,141,047 people1994: 93,703,585 people1996: 99,092,512 people1998: 104,868,838 people2000: 111,163,696 people2002: 117,882,651 people2004: 124,860,383 people2006: 132,754,071 people2008: 141,792,888 people2010: 149,718,819 people2012: 158,563,475 people2014: 166,345,996 people2016: 174,561,902 people2018: 179,441,074 people2020: 185,997,396 people2022: 193,385,687 people2024: 204,122,002 people2025: 209,145,049 people
Change over the period: +174M (+495.64%) Average annual rate: 2.78 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 209M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 209M +5.02M +2.46%
2024 204M +5.24M +2.64%
2023 199M +5.49M +2.84%
2022 193M +5.34M +2.84%
2021 188M +2.05M +1.1%
2020 186M +3.65M +2%
2019 182M +2.91M +1.62%
2018 179M +2.14M +1.2%
2017 177M +2.74M +1.57%
2016 175M +3.95M +2.32%
2015 171M +4.26M +2.56%
2014 166M +3.58M +2.2%
2013 163M +4.2M +2.65%
2012 159M +4.38M +2.84%
2011 154M +4.47M +2.99%
2010 150M +3.39M +2.32%
2009 146M +4.54M +3.2%
2008 142M +4.77M +3.48%
2007 137M +4.27M +3.21%
2006 133M +4.16M +3.23%
2005 129M +3.74M +2.99%
2004 125M +3.53M +2.91%
2003 121M +3.44M +2.92%
2002 118M +3.4M +2.97%
2001 114M +3.32M +2.98%
2000 111M +3.24M +3%
1999 108M +3.05M +2.91%
1998 105M +2.93M +2.87%
1997 102M +2.85M +2.87%
1996 99.09M +2.75M +2.85%
1995 96.35M +2.64M +2.82%
1994 93.7M +2.78M +3.06%
1993 90.92M +2.78M +3.15%
1992 88.14M +2.74M +3.21%
1991 85.4M +2.34M +2.82%
1990 83.06M +3.04M +3.79%
1989 80.02M +2.38M +3.06%
1988 77.64M +2.3M +3.05%
1987 75.35M +2.3M +3.15%
1986 73.04M +2.22M +3.13%
1985 70.82M +2.15M +3.13%
1984 68.67M +2.14M +3.22%
1983 66.53M +2.08M +3.23%
1982 64.45M +1.9M +3.04%
1981 62.54M +1.81M +2.98%
1980 60.73M +1.82M +3.09%
1979 58.91M +1.83M +3.21%
1978 57.08M +1.84M +3.33%
1977 55.24M +1.75M +3.26%
1976 53.5M +1.59M +3.07%
1975 51.9M +1.48M +2.93%
1974 50.42M +1.43M +2.92%
1973 48.99M +1.4M +2.94%
1972 47.59M +1.35M +2.92%
1971 46.24M +1.31M +2.91%
1970 44.93M +1.23M +2.83%
1969 43.7M +1.17M +2.76%
1968 42.52M +1.09M +2.63%
1967 41.43M +1.05M +2.61%
1966 40.38M +967,581 +2.46%
1965 39.41M +928,083 +2.41%
1964 38.48M +902,534 +2.4%
1963 37.58M +853,268 +2.32%
1962 36.73M +820,509 +2.29%
1961 35.91M +794,629 +2.26%
1960 35.11M

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.