Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Western Europe

Population aged 15–64 in Western Europe in 2025 — 125,703,441 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26.2%.

2025 126M people −0.26% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 126M people2019
Period minimum 99.61M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Western Europe, 1960–202590M100M110M120M130M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 99,606,186 people1962: 100,594,663 people1964: 101,919,429 people1966: 103,073,522 people1968: 103,640,500 people1970: 104,871,864 people1972: 106,125,644 people1974: 107,554,622 people1976: 108,417,863 people1978: 109,785,561 people1980: 111,944,490 people1982: 114,803,307 people1984: 117,048,132 people1986: 118,060,395 people1988: 119,020,484 people1990: 120,256,688 people1992: 121,363,043 people1994: 122,144,712 people1996: 122,702,538 people1998: 123,107,237 people2000: 123,519,463 people2002: 124,276,652 people2004: 124,803,773 people2006: 125,023,123 people2008: 125,264,950 people2010: 125,503,767 people2012: 124,970,620 people2014: 125,357,118 people2016: 126,153,076 people2018: 126,249,162 people2020: 126,163,406 people2022: 126,023,488 people2024: 126,037,047 people2025: 125,703,441 people
Change over the period: +26.1M (+26.2%) Average annual rate: 0.36 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Europe 126M people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 126M −333,606 −0.26%
2024 126M −36,245 −0.03%
2023 126M +49,804 +0.04%
2022 126M −1,052 −0%
2021 126M −138,866 −0.11%
2020 126M −97,126 −0.08%
2019 126M +11,370 +0.01%
2018 126M +47,685 +0.04%
2017 126M +48,401 +0.04%
2016 126M +368,873 +0.29%
2015 126M +427,085 +0.34%
2014 125M +207,952 +0.17%
2013 125M +178,546 +0.14%
2012 125M +146,877 +0.12%
2011 125M −680,024 −0.54%
2010 126M +211,173 +0.17%
2009 125M +27,644 +0.02%
2008 125M +125,302 +0.1%
2007 125M +116,525 +0.09%
2006 125M +88,361 +0.07%
2005 125M +130,989 +0.1%
2004 125M +194,261 +0.16%
2003 125M +332,860 +0.27%
2002 124M +415,478 +0.34%
2001 124M +341,711 +0.28%
2000 124M +228,347 +0.19%
1999 123M +183,879 +0.15%
1998 123M +164,840 +0.13%
1997 123M +239,859 +0.2%
1996 123M +304,442 +0.25%
1995 122M +253,384 +0.21%
1994 122M +263,761 +0.22%
1993 122M +517,908 +0.43%
1992 121M +607,330 +0.5%
1991 121M +499,025 +0.41%
1990 120M +596,101 +0.5%
1989 120M +640,103 +0.54%
1988 119M +507,576 +0.43%
1987 119M +452,513 +0.38%
1986 118M +427,077 +0.36%
1985 118M +585,186 +0.5%
1984 117M +988,859 +0.85%
1983 116M +1.26M +1.09%
1982 115M +1.35M +1.19%
1981 113M +1.51M +1.35%
1980 112M +1.24M +1.12%
1979 111M +915,600 +0.83%
1978 110M +733,858 +0.67%
1977 109M +633,840 +0.58%
1976 108M +467,975 +0.43%
1975 108M +395,266 +0.37%
1974 108M +646,079 +0.6%
1973 107M +782,899 +0.74%
1972 106M +767,779 +0.73%
1971 105M +486,001 +0.46%
1970 105M +523,525 +0.5%
1969 104M +707,839 +0.68%
1968 104M +319,085 +0.31%
1967 103M +247,893 +0.24%
1966 103M +539,919 +0.53%
1965 103M +614,174 +0.6%
1964 102M +604,471 +0.6%
1963 101M +720,295 +0.72%
1962 101M +642,498 +0.64%
1961 99.95M +345,979 +0.35%
1960 99.61M

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.