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Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

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.

World Bank code: SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Qatar led Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) at 83.25.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 64.69.

What this measures: 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.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
217 countries
Median
64.69
Mean
64.03
25th percentile
60.26
75th percentile
67.43
Range
48.85 – 83.25

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 64.95ASAustralia: 64.43AUBrunei Darussalam: 72.31BNCambodia: 64.04KHChina: 69.33CNFiji: 66.42FJFrench Polynesia: 69.57PFGuam: 61.41GUHong Kong SAR, China: 66.83HKIndonesia: 68.11IDJapan: 58.78JPKiribati: 61.07KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 68.65KPKorea, Rep.: 70.16KRLao PDR: 65.14LAMacao SAR, China: 71.82MOMalaysia: 70.48MYMarshall Islands: 60.88MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 62.20FMMongolia: 62.67MNMyanmar: 68.40MMNauru: 59.37NRNew Caledonia: 67.27NCNew Zealand: 64.69NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 68.25MPPalau: 70.41PWPapua New Guinea: 63.06PGPhilippines: 66.64PHSamoa: 55.65WSSingapore: 74.66SGSolomon Islands: 59.39SBThailand: 69.89THTimor-Leste: 61.06TLTonga: 57.88TOTuvalu: 60.39TVVanuatu: 57.39VUViet Nam: 67.73VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 66.24ALAndorra: 72.17ADArmenia: 67.06AMAustria: 65.17ATAzerbaijan: 69.63AZBelarus: 66.04BYBelgium: 63.45BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 64.73BABulgaria: 63.50BGChannel Islands: 65.77JGCroatia: 62.89HRCyprus: 69.31CYCzechia: 63.76CZDenmark: 63.44DKEstonia: 63.07EEFaroe Islands: 62.30FOFinland: 61.47FIFrance: 61.35FRGeorgia: 63.56GEGermany: 62.89DEGibraltar: 64.74GIGreece: 62.84GRGreenland: 68.39GLHungary: 64.61HUIceland: 66.59ISIreland: 65.55IEIsle of Man: 62.62IMItaly: 63.48ITKazakhstan: 61.97KZKosovo: 69.22XKKyrgyz Republic: 61.98KGLatvia: 62.85LVLiechtenstein: 65.01LILithuania: 65.13LTLuxembourg: 68.75LUMoldova: 64.00MDMonaco: 50.36MCMontenegro: 64.04MENetherlands: 64.48NLNorth Macedonia: 65.15MKNorway: 65.03NOPoland: 65.05PLPortugal: 62.67PTRomania: 64.30RORussian Federation: 65.54RUSan Marino: 65.33SMSerbia: 63.00RSSlovak Republic: 65.70SKSlovenia: 63.51SISpain: 65.93ESSweden: 62.27SESwitzerland: 65.03CHTajikistan: 59.89TJTurkiye: 68.27TRTurkmenistan: 63.96TMUkraine: 67.15UAUnited Kingdom: 63.32GBUzbekistan: 63.03UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 70.42AGArgentina: 65.98ARAruba: 66.10AWBahamas, The: 70.31BSBarbados: 66.21BBBelize: 68.40BZBolivia: 64.57BOBrazil: 69.29BRBritish Virgin Islands: 75.88VGCayman Islands: 74.81KYChile: 68.90CLColombia: 69.95COCosta Rica: 68.98CRCuba: 68.14CUCuracao: 68.29CWDominica: 69.17DMDominican Republic: 65.54DOEcuador: 67.20ECEl Salvador: 67.05SVGrenada: 68.32GDGuatemala: 63.57GTGuyana: 64.10GYHaiti: 64.11HTHonduras: 64.96HNJamaica: 73.09JMMexico: 67.24MXNicaragua: 65.71NIPanama: 65.75PAParaguay: 64.87PYPeru: 66.80PEPuerto Rico (US): 63.65PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 70.92SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 70.58KNSt. Lucia: 72.85LCSt. Martin (French part): 60.26MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 66.82VCSuriname: 66.46SRTrinidad and Tobago: 69.86TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 72.68TCUruguay: 65.66UYVenezuela, RB: 64.79VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 60.81VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 54.71AFAlgeria: 63.09DZBahrain: 77.43BHDjibouti: 65.98DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 62.89EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 69.32IRIraq: 60.00IQIsrael: 60.04ILJordan: 64.81JOKuwait: 78.68KWLebanon: 63.67LBLibya: 67.57LYMalta: 66.76MTMorocco: 66.23MAOman: 72.64OMPakistan: 59.03PKQatar: 83.25QASaudi Arabia: 73.23SASyrian Arab Republic: 66.09SYTunisia: 66.43TNUnited Arab Emirates: 82.12AEWest Bank and Gaza: 58.12PSYemen, Rep.: 56.35YENorth AmericaBermuda: 64.65BMCanada: 65.09CAUnited States: 64.75USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 65.51BDBhutan: 72.60BTIndia: 68.23INMaldives: 75.77MVNepal: 65.07NPSri Lanka: 65.87LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 52.80AOBenin: 55.33BJBotswana: 63.83BWBurkina Faso: 55.55BFBurundi: 52.77BICabo Verde: 67.59CVCameroon: 55.76CMCentral African Republic: 48.85CFChad: 51.83TDComoros: 58.41KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 50.89CDCongo, Rep.: 56.57CGCote d'Ivoire: 56.52CIEquatorial Guinea: 59.03GQEritrea: 57.66EREswatini: 62.39SZEthiopia: 57.71ETGabon: 59.43GAGambia, The: 56.67GMGhana: 60.47GHGuinea: 55.64GNGuinea-Bissau: 58.02GWKenya: 60.20KELesotho: 61.62LSLiberia: 57.17LRMadagascar: 57.34MGMalawi: 56.71MWMali: 51.47MLMauritania: 54.06MRMauritius: 71.66MUMozambique: 52.77MZNamibia: 59.35NANiger: 50.80NENigeria: 55.94NGRwanda: 58.71RWSao Tome and Principe: 58.27STSenegal: 58.20SNSeychelles: 71.51SCSierra Leone: 58.67SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 50.82SOSouth Africa: 67.43ZASouth Sudan: 58.09SSSudan: 56.23SDTanzania: 54.42TZTogo: 57.26TGUganda: 54.27UGZambia: 56.60ZMZimbabwe: 55.52ZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1 Qatar Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.25
2 United Arab Emirates Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 82.12
3 Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 78.68
4 Bahrain Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 77.43
5 British Virgin Islands Latin America & Caribbean 75.88
6 Maldives South Asia 75.77
7 Cayman Islands Latin America & Caribbean 74.81
8 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 74.66
9 Saudi Arabia Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 73.23
10 Jamaica Latin America & Caribbean 73.09

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 66.61
Upper middle income 54 66.13
Lower middle income 50 61.46
Low income 25 55.93
Not classified 2 61.25

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 65.17
Europe & Central Asia 58 64.46
Latin America & Caribbean 42 67.60
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 66.89
North America 3 64.83
South Asia 6 68.84
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 57.48

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
1 Central African Republic 48.85
2 Monaco 50.36
3 Niger 50.80
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.82
5 Congo, Dem. Rep. 50.89
6 Mali 51.47
7 Chad 51.83
8 Mozambique 52.77
9 Burundi 52.77
10 Angola 52.80
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.