Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — World

Population aged 15–64 in the world in 2025 — 5,355,513,094 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 207.6%.

2025 5.36B people +1.1% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 5.36B people2025
Period minimum 1.74B people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — World, 1960–202502B4B6B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,741,330,173 people1962: 1,790,168,068 people1964: 1,852,904,788 people1966: 1,926,315,759 people1968: 2,008,632,449 people1970: 2,097,486,936 people1972: 2,191,773,612 people1974: 2,286,032,825 people1976: 2,376,554,422 people1978: 2,484,880,221 people1980: 2,604,834,883 people1982: 2,726,632,821 people1984: 2,853,473,361 people1986: 2,980,479,398 people1988: 3,105,700,401 people1990: 3,226,616,160 people1992: 3,345,077,152 people1994: 3,464,060,980 people1996: 3,591,637,444 people1998: 3,728,810,319 people2000: 3,868,030,547 people2002: 4,009,924,280 people2004: 4,153,349,213 people2006: 4,297,259,123 people2008: 4,431,964,271 people2010: 4,559,780,759 people2012: 4,680,292,337 people2014: 4,791,270,366 people2016: 4,897,561,364 people2018: 4,995,669,629 people2020: 5,092,287,380 people2022: 5,185,775,008 people2024: 5,297,482,794 people2025: 5,355,513,094 people
Change over the period: +3.61B (+207.55%) Average annual rate: 1.74 %

Comparison, 2025

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

World 5.36B people
World 5.36B people
Population aged 15–64 — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.36B +58.03M +1.1%
2024 5.3B +58.65M +1.12%
2023 5.24B +53.06M +1.02%
2022 5.19B +48.64M +0.95%
2021 5.14B +44.85M +0.88%
2020 5.09B +48.04M +0.95%
2019 5.04B +48.58M +0.97%
2018 5B +48.1M +0.97%
2017 4.95B +50.01M +1.02%
2016 4.9B +52.88M +1.09%
2015 4.84B +53.41M +1.11%
2014 4.79B +54.44M +1.15%
2013 4.74B +56.54M +1.21%
2012 4.68B +59.48M +1.29%
2011 4.62B +61.03M +1.34%
2010 4.56B +62.84M +1.4%
2009 4.5B +64.97M +1.47%
2008 4.43B +66.87M +1.53%
2007 4.37B +67.84M +1.58%
2006 4.3B +71.05M +1.68%
2005 4.23B +72.86M +1.75%
2004 4.15B +72.18M +1.77%
2003 4.08B +71.24M +1.78%
2002 4.01B +71.28M +1.81%
2001 3.94B +70.62M +1.83%
2000 3.87B +69.77M +1.84%
1999 3.8B +69.45M +1.86%
1998 3.73B +69.45M +1.9%
1997 3.66B +67.72M +1.89%
1996 3.59B +65.07M +1.85%
1995 3.53B +62.51M +1.8%
1994 3.46B +60M +1.76%
1993 3.4B +58.98M +1.76%
1992 3.35B +59.43M +1.81%
1991 3.29B +59.03M +1.83%
1990 3.23B +59.73M +1.89%
1989 3.17B +61.18M +1.97%
1988 3.11B +62.33M +2.05%
1987 3.04B +62.89M +2.11%
1986 2.98B +63.49M +2.18%
1985 2.92B +63.52M +2.23%
1984 2.85B +63.99M +2.29%
1983 2.79B +62.85M +2.31%
1982 2.73B +61.12M +2.29%
1981 2.67B +60.68M +2.33%
1980 2.6B +59.47M +2.34%
1979 2.55B +60.49M +2.43%
1978 2.48B +58.41M +2.41%
1977 2.43B +49.92M +2.1%
1976 2.38B +45.31M +1.94%
1975 2.33B +45.21M +1.98%
1974 2.29B +46.1M +2.06%
1973 2.24B +48.16M +2.2%
1972 2.19B +47.07M +2.19%
1971 2.14B +47.21M +2.25%
1970 2.1B +45.7M +2.23%
1969 2.05B +43.15M +2.15%
1968 2.01B +41.85M +2.13%
1967 1.97B +40.47M +2.1%
1966 1.93B +38.09M +2.02%
1965 1.89B +35.33M +1.91%
1964 1.85B +32.01M +1.76%
1963 1.82B +30.72M +1.72%
1962 1.79B +27.81M +1.58%
1961 1.76B +21.02M +1.21%
1960 1.74B

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.