Statizoid

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population) by country

Countries reporting
113
Highest
0.9%
Indonesia
Lowest
0.3%
Niger
Median
0.6%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,668

What the numbers show

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population) is currently reported for 113 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Indonesia; the lowest is 0.3% in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Turkey (up 32.9%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 39.2%).

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 0.9% 2019 up 10.1% rising
2 Turkey 0.9% 2019 up 32.9% rising
3 South Korea 0.8% 2017 down 4.2% falling
4 Australia 0.8% 2015 up 21.4% rising
5 China 0.8% 2013 down 2.5% flat
6 Ukraine 0.7% 2014 up 5.4% flat
7 Azerbaijan 0.7% 2015 up 4.6% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% 2011 up 4.7% rising
9 Thailand 0.7% 2021 down 1.4% rising
10 Mauritius 0.7% 2017 up 0.9% flat
11 Slovakia 0.7% 2016 down 3.2% rising
12 Luxembourg 0.7% 2016 up 3.3% flat
13 Russia 0.7% 2019 down 8.7% falling
14 Cyprus 0.7% 2016 down 1.3% flat
15 Brazil 0.7% 2021 up 1.0% rising
16 North Macedonia 0.7% 2020 down 2.4% flat
17 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 21.7% rising
18 Kosovo 0.7% 2017 up 8.5% rising
18 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2017 up 8.5% rising
20 Costa Rica 0.7% 2021 down 1.1% rising
21 India 0.7% 2019 up 5.8% rising
22 Hungary 0.7% 2016 down 1.0% flat
23 Belarus 0.7% 2020 down 3.7% flat
24 Austria 0.7% 2016 down 0.8% flat
25 Malta 0.7% 2016 down 4.4% flat
26 South Africa 0.7% 2020 up 4.0% rising
27 Armenia 0.7% 2020 down 3.7% flat
28 Cambodia 0.7% 2012 up 11.5% rising
29 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2019 down 0.5% flat
30 Chile 0.7% 2017 down 0.8% flat
31 Montenegro 0.7% 2013 down 12.1% falling
32 Tunisia 0.7% 2015 up 3.1% rising
33 Romania 0.7% 2018 down 5.0% flat
34 Mexico 0.7% 2020 up 3.2% rising
35 Lithuania 0.7% 2016 down 2.9% flat
36 Croatia 0.7% 2016 down 1.7% flat
37 Slovenia 0.7% 2016 down 5.4% flat
38 El Salvador 0.7% 2019 up 8.6% rising
39 Spain 0.7% 2016 down 4.0% flat
40 Moldova 0.7% 2021 down 5.0% flat
41 Germany 0.7% 2011 down 1.7% flat
42 Morocco 0.7% 2013 up 2.5% rising
43 Colombia 0.7% 2021 up 1.8% rising
44 Netherlands 0.7% 2016 down 2.8% falling
45 Iceland 0.7% 2015 down 1.8% flat
46 Serbia 0.7% 2018 down 1.1% flat
47 Czechia 0.7% 2016 down 8.3% flat
48 Uruguay 0.7% 2021 up 0.9% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7% 2019 down 2.9% flat
50 United States 0.7% 2018 down 2.4% flat
51 Bulgaria 0.7% 2016 down 4.3% flat
52 Argentina 0.7% 2021 down 1.0% flat
53 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2018 down 8.4% flat
54 Estonia 0.6% 2016 down 5.3% flat
55 Puerto Rico 0.6% 2005 up 3.3% rising
56 Belgium 0.6% 2016 down 3.2% flat
57 Portugal 0.6% 2016 down 3.7% flat
58 Paraguay 0.6% 2021 up 2.2% rising
59 Latvia 0.6% 2016 down 6.3% flat
60 United Kingdom 0.6% 2016 down 2.9% flat
61 Ireland 0.6% 2016 down 6.1% rising
62 Laos 0.6% 2018 up 8.7% rising
63 Nepal 0.6% 2014 up 15.8% rising
64 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 0.2% rising
65 Norway 0.6% 2016 down 0.8% flat
66 Greece 0.6% 2016 down 4.0% flat
67 Tajikistan 0.6% 2013 up 12.6% rising
68 Venezuela 0.6% 2006 up 7.3% rising
69 Peru 0.6% 2021 up 0.5% rising
70 Philippines 0.6% 2019 up 3.1% rising
71 Italy 0.6% 2016 down 2.4% falling
72 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 up 5.2% rising
73 Denmark 0.6% 2016 down 3.3% falling
74 Nicaragua 0.6% 2014 up 7.2% rising
75 Georgia 0.6% 2020 down 6.8% flat
76 Bolivia 0.6% 2021 up 4.2% rising
77 France 0.6% 2016 down 3.9% flat
78 Guatemala 0.6% 2019 up 10.7% rising
79 Finland 0.6% 2016 down 6.0% falling
80 Sweden 0.6% 2016 down 3.1% flat
81 Bangladesh 0.6% 2016 up 8.1% rising
82 Honduras 0.6% 2019 up 7.6% rising
83 Ecuador 0.6% 2021 down 0.5% rising
84 Poland 0.6% 2019 down 13.3% flat
85 Djibouti 0.6% 2017 down 0.5% rising
86 Zambia 0.6% 2015 down 1.5% falling
87 Panama 0.6% 2021 down 1.4% flat
88 Mongolia 0.6% 2021 down 10.7% falling
89 Jordan 0.6% 2016 up 1.4% rising
90 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 6.8% falling
91 Rwanda 0.6% 2021 up 8.9% rising
92 Mozambique 0.6% 2014 up 16.0% rising
93 Namibia 0.6% 2015 up 3.0% rising
94 Palestine 0.6% 2017 down 39.2% falling
95 Jamaica 0.6% 2002 up 0.4% flat
96 Ghana 0.6% 2016 up 2.9% rising
97 Kenya 0.6% 2019 up 4.8% rising
98 Pakistan 0.6% 2020 up 2.5% rising
99 Belize 0.5% 1999 up 4.6% rising
100 Ethiopia 0.5% 2021 up 6.2% rising
101 Togo 0.5% 2018 down 4.0% falling
102 Gambia 0.5% 2020 down 3.0% flat
103 Nigeria 0.5% 2018 down 9.1% flat
104 Malawi 0.5% 2019 up 4.5% flat
105 Madagascar 0.5% 2012 down 2.0% flat
106 Tanzania 0.5% 2020 down 0.4% flat
107 Guinea 0.5% 2018 down 1.4% flat
108 Benin 0.5% 2018 up 6.2% flat
109 Uganda 0.5% 2016 up 3.3% flat
110 Senegal 0.5% 2018 down 10.9% falling
111 Burkina Faso 0.5% 2009 down 4.5% flat
112 Mali 0.4% 2018 down 14.7% falling
113 Niger 0.3% 2018 down 38.0% falling

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Working-age population, aged 15-64, total by country. Statizoid. Retrieved 30 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-population/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-aged-15-64-total-percent-of-total-population/">Working-age population, aged 15-64, total by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Working-age population, aged 15-64, total (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
113 places, 1,668 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed