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
215
Highest
83.3%
Qatar
Lowest
49.1%
Central African Republic
Median
64.4%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,424
What the numbers show
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) is currently reported for 215 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 64.4%, and the mean is 64.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 20.7%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 10.8%).
Population ages 15-64: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | Macao | 71.2% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 20 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 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 | South Korea | 69.5% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 33 | Iran | 69.4% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Dominica | 69.2% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 35 | Brazil | 69.1% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 69.0% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 68.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 68.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Belize | 68.5% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 68.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 41 | India | 68.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Turkey | 68.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 68.4% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Grenada | 68.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 45 | North Korea | 68.4% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 46 | Indonesia | 68.2% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 47 | Cape Verde | 68.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 48 | Curacao | 68.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 49 | Northern Mariana Islands | 68.0% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 68.0% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 67.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Greenland | 67.7% | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 53 | Vietnam | 67.6% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 67.5% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 55 | South Africa | 67.4% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 56 | Mexico | 67.4% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 57 | Ukraine | 67.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 58 | El Salvador | 67.3% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 59 | Philippines | 67.1% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 67.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 61 | Peru | 66.9% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 63 | Syria | 66.7% | 2025 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 66.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Malta | 66.6% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 66 | Fiji | 66.5% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 67 | Iceland | 66.5% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 68 | Tunisia | 66.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 69 | Suriname | 66.5% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 70 | Morocco | 66.4% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Argentina | 66.3% | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 72 | Djibouti | 66.2% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 73 | Hong Kong | 66.0% | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 66.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 75 | Barbados | 65.8% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 76 | Belarus | 65.8% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 65.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 78 | Uruguay | 65.8% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 79 | Panama | 65.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Albania | 65.8% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 81 | Spain | 65.7% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 82 | Aruba | 65.7% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 83 | Ireland | 65.7% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 65.7% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 65.6% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 86 | Slovakia | 65.4% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 87 | Laos | 65.4% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 88 | Nepal | 65.3% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 65.2% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 90 | Russia | 65.2% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 91 | American Samoa | 65.1% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 92 | Venezuela | 65.1% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 65.1% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 94 | San Marino | 65.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 95 | Norway | 65.0% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 64.9% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 97 | Paraguay | 64.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 98 | Bolivia | 64.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 99 | Poland | 64.8% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 64.8% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 101 | Canada | 64.8% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 102 | Austria | 64.8% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 103 | Switzerland | 64.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 104 | Gibraltar | 64.6% | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 105 | United States | 64.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 106 | New Zealand | 64.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 107 | Hungary | 64.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 108 | Haiti | 64.4% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 109 | Liechtenstein | 64.4% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 110 | Romania | 64.3% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 64.3% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 112 | Australia | 64.2% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 113 | Netherlands | 64.2% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 114 | Cambodia | 64.1% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 115 | Guyana | 64.1% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Bermuda | 64.0% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 64.0% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 64.0% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 119 | Lebanon | 64.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 120 | Botswana | 64.0% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 63.8% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Czechia | 63.7% | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 123 | Moldova | 63.6% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 63.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 63.5% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 63.4% | 2025 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 127 | Belgium | 63.3% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 63.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 129 | Denmark | 63.3% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 130 | Slovenia | 63.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 131 | Algeria | 63.3% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 63.3% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 133 | Italy | 63.2% | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 134 | Egypt | 63.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 63.0% | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 136 | Estonia | 62.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 137 | Greece | 62.7% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 138 | Serbia | 62.7% | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 139 | Croatia | 62.7% | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 140 | Eswatini | 62.7% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 62.6% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 142 | Latvia | 62.6% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 143 | Isle of Man | 62.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 144 | Germany | 62.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 145 | Sweden | 62.4% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 146 | Faroe Islands | 62.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Portugal | 62.3% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 148 | Micronesia (country) | 62.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 62.1% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 150 | Lesotho | 62.0% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 61.9% | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 152 | East Timor | 61.7% | 2025 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 153 | Finland | 61.5% | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 154 | Kiribati | 61.3% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 155 | France | 61.2% | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 156 | Marshall Islands | 61.2% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 157 | Guam | 61.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 158 | Ghana | 60.8% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 159 | Kenya | 60.7% | 2025 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 60.5% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 161 | United States Virgin Islands | 60.4% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 162 | Israel | 60.1% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 163 | Tajikistan | 60.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 164 | Tuvalu | 59.9% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 165 | Nauru | 59.8% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 59.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 167 | Gabon | 59.6% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 168 | Namibia | 59.6% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 169 | Pakistan | 59.4% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Martin (French part) | 59.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.1% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 59.1% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 173 | Rwanda | 59.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 174 | South Sudan | 58.9% | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 175 | Japan | 58.8% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 176 | Comoros | 58.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 177 | Senegal | 58.6% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 58.6% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 179 | Palestine | 58.6% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.4% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 181 | Tonga | 58.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 182 | Eritrea | 58.2% | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 57.9% | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 184 | Vanuatu | 57.7% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 185 | Madagascar | 57.6% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 186 | Liberia | 57.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 187 | Malawi | 57.3% | 2025 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 188 | Gambia | 57.1% | 2025 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 189 | Zambia | 57.0% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 190 | Congo | 57.0% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 191 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 192 | Yemen | 56.4% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 193 | Nigeria | 56.4% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 194 | Sudan | 56.4% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 195 | Zimbabwe | 56.2% | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 196 | Burkina Faso | 56.1% | 2025 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 197 | Togo | 56.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 198 | Cameroon | 56.1% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 199 | Guinea | 56.0% | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 200 | Samoa | 55.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 201 | Benin | 55.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 202 | Afghanistan | 55.0% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 203 | Uganda | 54.7% | 2025 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 204 | Tanzania | 54.6% | 2025 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 205 | Mauritania | 54.4% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 206 | Burundi | 53.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 207 | Mozambique | 53.1% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 208 | Angola | 53.0% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 209 | Chad | 51.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 210 | Mali | 51.8% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 211 | Niger | 51.2% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 212 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 213 | Somalia | 50.8% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 214 | Monaco | 50.2% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 215 | Central African Republic | 49.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 69.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 69.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 69.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 68.9%
- Upper middle income 68.5%
- East Asia & Pacific 68.5%
- South Asia 68.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 68.1%
- IBRD only 68.1%
- Caribbean small states 67.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 67.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 67.7%
About this data
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.