Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) by country

Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Countries reporting
217
Highest
83.3%
Qatar
Lowest
49.1%
Central African Republic
Median
64.5%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,490

What the numbers show

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 83.3% in Qatar; the lowest is 49.1% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 64.5%, and the mean is 64.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 20.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 10.8%).

Population ages 15-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 83.3% 2025 down 2.0% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 82.2% 2025 up 0.7% rising
3 Kuwait 78.9% 2025 up 4.0% rising
4 Bahrain 77.6% 2025 up 0.9% rising
5 Maldives 76.0% 2025 up 4.4% rising
6 British Virgin Islands 75.8% 2025 up 2.8% rising
7 Cayman Islands 74.4% 2025 down 2.3% rising
8 Singapore 74.1% 2025 down 5.4% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 73.3% 2025 up 0.9% rising
10 Jamaica 73.1% 2025 up 4.2% rising
11 Bhutan 73.0% 2025 up 8.3% rising
12 Oman 73.0% 2025 down 2.9% rising
13 Saint Lucia 72.8% 2025 up 2.3% rising
14 Turks and Caicos Islands 72.3% 2025 down 0.8% rising
15 Brunei Darussalam 72.1% 2025 down 0.2% rising
16 Andorra 71.8% 2025 up 0.1% rising
17 Seychelles 71.5% 2025 down 0.1% rising
18 Mauritius 71.3% 2025 down 1.3% rising
19 Macau, China 71.2% 2025 down 9.1% rising
20 Sint Maarten 70.7% 2025 down 2.7% rising
21 Malaysia 70.7% 2025 up 3.2% rising
22 Bahamas 70.4% 2025 up 2.7% rising
23 Palau 70.2% 2025 down 2.6% rising
24 Antigua and Barbuda 70.2% 2025 down 0.8% rising
25 Saint Kitts and Nevis 69.9% 2025 down 2.5% rising
26 Colombia 69.8% 2025 up 2.1% rising
27 China 69.7% 2025 down 2.7% rising
28 Azerbaijan 69.6% 2025 down 1.6% rising
29 French Polynesia 69.6% 2025 up 1.5% rising
30 Trinidad and Tobago 69.6% 2025 down 3.9% rising
31 Thailand 69.6% 2025 down 2.8% rising
32 Kosovo 69.5% 2025 up 4.5% rising
32 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 69.5% 2025 up 4.5% rising
34 Republic of Korea 69.5% 2025 down 5.2% rising
35 Iran, Islamic Republic of 69.4% 2025 down 1.4% rising
36 Dominica 69.2% 2025 up 0.7% rising
37 Brazil 69.1% 2025 down 0.7% rising
38 Cyprus 69.0% 2025 down 3.5% rising
39 Costa Rica 68.9% 2025 up 0.3% rising
40 Chile 68.9% 2025 up 0.1% rising
41 Belize 68.5% 2025 up 6.9% rising
42 Luxembourg 68.4% 2025 down 1.2% flat
43 India 68.4% 2025 up 4.3% rising
44 Türkiye 68.4% 2025 down 0.2% rising
45 Myanmar 68.4% 2025 up 0.8% rising
46 Grenada 68.4% 2025 up 1.2% rising
47 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 68.4% 2025 down 1.3% rising
48 Indonesia 68.2% 2025 up 1.9% rising
49 Cape Verde 68.2% 2025 up 3.1% rising
50 Curaçao 68.1% 2025 up 1.2% rising
51 Northern Mariana Islands 68.0% 2025 down 3.2% rising
52 Libya 68.0% 2025 up 5.4% rising
53 Cuba 67.9% 2025 down 1.7% rising
54 Greenland 67.7% 2025 down 4.8% rising
55 Viet Nam 67.6% 2025 down 2.7% rising
56 Ecuador 67.5% 2025 up 5.0% rising
57 South Africa 67.4% 2025 up 1.6% rising
58 Mexico 67.4% 2025 up 3.1% rising
59 Ukraine 67.3% 2025 down 3.5% rising
60 El Salvador 67.3% 2025 up 4.7% rising
61 Philippines 67.1% 2025 up 7.1% rising
62 New Caledonia 67.1% 2025 up 0.2% rising
63 Peru 66.9% 2025 up 4.1% rising
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.9% 2025 up 0.2% rising
65 Syrian Arab Republic 66.7% 2025 up 20.7% rising
66 Armenia 66.6% 2025 down 3.5% rising
67 Malta 66.6% 2025 down 1.3% rising
68 Fiji 66.5% 2025 up 2.1% rising
69 Iceland 66.5% 2025 up 0.6% rising
70 Tunisia 66.5% 2025 down 2.7% rising
71 Suriname 66.5% 2025 up 2.0% rising
72 Morocco 66.4% 2025 up 0.3% rising
73 Argentina 66.3% 2025 up 3.5% flat
74 Djibouti 66.2% 2025 up 7.1% rising
75 Hong Kong, China 66.0% 2025 down 9.7% rising
76 Nicaragua 66.0% 2025 up 4.5% rising
77 Barbados 65.8% 2025 down 3.0% rising
78 Belarus 65.8% 2025 down 5.3% rising
79 Sri Lanka 65.8% 2025 down 0.7% rising
80 Uruguay 65.8% 2025 up 2.5% flat
81 Panama 65.8% 2025 up 1.4% rising
82 Albania 65.8% 2025 down 3.9% rising
83 Spain 65.7% 2025 down 1.1% rising
84 Aruba 65.7% 2025 down 5.2% rising
85 Ireland 65.7% 2025 up 0.2% rising
86 Bangladesh 65.7% 2025 up 2.8% rising
87 Dominican Republic 65.6% 2025 up 0.8% rising
88 Slovakia 65.4% 2025 down 7.3% rising
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.4% 2025 up 4.3% rising
90 Nepal 65.3% 2025 up 6.3% rising
91 Honduras 65.2% 2025 up 5.7% rising
92 Russian Federation 65.2% 2025 down 6.4% rising
93 American Samoa 65.1% 2025 up 3.3% rising
94 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 65.1% 2025 down 0.3% rising
95 Jordan 65.1% 2025 up 5.1% rising
96 San Marino 65.0% 2025 down 2.4% flat
97 Norway 65.0% 2025 down 1.1% rising
98 North Macedonia 64.9% 2025 down 5.3% rising
99 Paraguay 64.9% 2025 up 1.0% rising
100 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 64.8% 2025 up 4.9% rising
101 Poland 64.8% 2025 down 6.8% rising
102 Lithuania 64.8% 2025 down 2.6% flat
103 Canada 64.8% 2025 down 4.4% rising
104 Austria 64.8% 2025 down 3.7% rising
105 Switzerland 64.7% 2025 down 3.8% flat
106 Gibraltar 64.6% 2025 up 0.1% flat
107 United States of America 64.5% 2025 down 3.0% rising
108 New Zealand 64.5% 2025 down 1.6% rising
109 Hungary 64.5% 2025 down 4.4% flat
110 Haiti 64.4% 2025 up 4.6% rising
111 Liechtenstein 64.4% 2025 down 6.2% rising
112 Romania 64.3% 2025 down 4.2% flat
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.3% 2025 down 6.1% rising
114 Australia 64.2% 2025 down 3.0% rising
115 Netherlands 64.2% 2025 down 2.1% rising
116 Cambodia 64.1% 2025 up 1.0% rising
117 Guyana 64.1% 2025 down 0.5% rising
118 Bermuda 64.0% 2025 down 6.6% rising
119 Guatemala 64.0% 2025 up 7.7% rising
120 Turkmenistan 64.0% 2025 down 4.1% rising
121 Lebanon 64.0% 2025 down 5.1% rising
122 Botswana 64.0% 2025 up 3.0% rising
123 Montenegro 63.8% 2025 down 4.7% rising
124 Czechia 63.7% 2025 down 4.3% flat
125 Republic of Moldova 63.6% 2025 down 9.2% rising
126 Georgia 63.5% 2025 down 4.4% flat
127 Puerto Rico 63.5% 2025 down 3.0% rising
128 Bulgaria 63.4% 2025 down 3.8% flat
129 Belgium 63.3% 2025 down 2.3% flat
130 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 63.3% 2025 down 1.6% flat
131 Denmark 63.3% 2025 down 1.6% flat
132 Slovenia 63.3% 2025 down 5.7% flat
133 Algeria 63.3% 2025 down 3.8% rising
134 Papua New Guinea 63.3% 2025 up 3.8% rising
135 Italy 63.2% 2025 down 1.6% flat
136 Egypt 63.2% 2025 up 2.3% rising
137 Mongolia 63.0% 2025 down 5.4% rising
138 Estonia 62.9% 2025 down 3.3% flat
139 Greece 62.7% 2025 down 2.6% flat
140 Serbia 62.7% 2025 down 6.1% flat
141 Croatia 62.7% 2025 down 5.2% flat
142 Eswatini 62.7% 2025 up 4.7% rising
143 Uzbekistan 62.6% 2025 down 6.5% rising
144 Latvia 62.6% 2025 down 4.2% flat
145 Isle of Man 62.5% 2025 down 1.8% rising
146 Germany 62.4% 2025 down 5.1% flat
147 Sweden 62.4% 2025 down 0.9% flat
148 Faroe Islands 62.3% 2025 up 0.5% flat
149 Portugal 62.3% 2025 down 4.3% rising
150 Micronesia, Federated States of 62.3% 2025 up 0.4% rising
151 Kyrgyzstan 62.1% 2025 down 1.7% rising
152 Lesotho 62.0% 2025 up 4.3% rising
153 Kazakhstan 61.9% 2025 down 5.7% rising
154 Timor-Leste 61.7% 2025 up 10.9% flat
155 Finland 61.5% 2025 down 3.1% flat
156 Kiribati 61.3% 2025 up 0.2% rising
157 France 61.2% 2025 down 2.7% flat
158 Marshall Islands 61.2% 2025 up 2.5% rising
159 Guam 61.0% 2025 down 6.7% rising
160 Ghana 60.8% 2025 up 4.7% rising
161 Kenya 60.7% 2025 up 9.3% rising
162 Iraq 60.5% 2025 up 7.0% rising
163 United States Virgin Islands 60.4% 2025 down 4.4% rising
164 Israel 60.1% 2025 down 1.0% flat
165 Tajikistan 60.1% 2025 down 1.1% rising
166 Tuvalu 59.9% 2025 down 4.3% rising
167 Naoero 59.8% 2025 down 0.7% flat
168 Solomon Islands 59.8% 2025 up 5.7% rising
169 Gabon 59.6% 2025 up 0.4% flat
170 Namibia 59.6% 2025 down 0.7% rising
171 Pakistan 59.4% 2025 up 3.4% rising
172 Saint Martin (French part) 59.3% 2025 down 10.8% rising
173 Equatorial Guinea 59.1% 2025 up 1.3% rising
174 Sierra Leone 59.1% 2025 up 7.4% flat
175 Rwanda 59.0% 2025 up 5.5% rising
176 South Sudan 58.9% 2025 up 8.4% flat
177 Japan 58.8% 2025 down 2.4% falling
178 Comoros 58.7% 2025 up 4.9% rising
179 Senegal 58.6% 2025 up 8.3% rising
180 Sao Tome and Principe 58.6% 2025 up 7.5% rising
181 Palestine, State of 58.6% 2025 up 3.3% rising
182 Guinea-Bissau 58.4% 2025 up 6.4% flat
183 Tonga 58.2% 2025 up 1.7% rising
184 Eritrea 58.2% 2025 up 7.8% flat
185 Ethiopia 57.9% 2025 up 6.8% flat
186 Vanuatu 57.7% 2025 down 0.1% rising
187 Madagascar 57.6% 2025 up 4.3% rising
188 Liberia 57.6% 2025 up 5.8% flat
189 Malawi 57.3% 2025 up 11.2% flat
190 Gambia 57.1% 2025 up 6.1% flat
191 Zambia 57.0% 2025 up 7.4% rising
192 Congo 57.0% 2025 up 2.8% rising
193 Côte d'Ivoire 56.9% 2025 up 3.0% rising
194 Yemen 56.4% 2025 up 1.8% flat
195 Nigeria 56.4% 2025 up 7.0% flat
196 Sudan 56.4% 2025 up 4.9% rising
197 Zimbabwe 56.2% 2025 up 6.0% rising
198 Burkina Faso 56.1% 2025 up 8.1% falling
199 Togo 56.1% 2025 up 3.0% rising
200 Cameroon 56.1% 2025 up 3.8% flat
201 Guinea 56.0% 2025 up 5.2% flat
202 Samoa 55.9% 2025 down 2.1% rising
203 Benin 55.6% 2025 up 3.8% flat
204 Afghanistan 55.0% 2025 up 7.1% falling
205 Uganda 54.7% 2025 up 9.3% flat
206 Tanzania, United Republic of 54.6% 2025 up 4.0% flat
207 Mauritania 54.4% 2025 up 4.1% flat
208 Burundi 53.5% 2025 up 5.4% flat
209 Mozambique 53.1% 2025 up 3.0% flat
210 Angola 53.0% 2025 up 1.9% flat
211 Chad 51.9% 2025 up 5.1% falling
212 Mali 51.8% 2025 up 5.0% falling
213 Niger 51.2% 2025 up 5.8% flat
214 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 51.0% 2025 up 0.2% falling
215 Somalia 50.8% 2025 up 1.7% falling
216 Monaco 50.2% 2025 down 6.3% falling
217 Central African Republic 49.1% 2025 up 0.2% falling

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Indicator
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,490 data points, 1960–2025
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Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.