Working-Age Population by Country

Working-age population measures the share of a country's population aged 15 to 64 years, expressed as a percentage of the total population. It represents the segment of the population that is generally considered to be of working age and is a key indicator of the size of a country's potential labor force relative to children and older adults. A higher share generally indicates a larger potential workforce. The dataset covers 214 countries and territories with values from 2020 to 2025.

Countries With the Highest Working-Age Population Share in 2025

Qatar recorded the highest share of working-age population in 2025 at 83.3 percent, reflecting its large migrant workforce. The United Arab Emirates ranked second with 82.2 percent, followed by Kuwait (78.9 percent), Bahrain (77.6 percent), and the Maldives (76.0 percent). Singapore (74.1 percent), Saudi Arabia (73.3 percent), Jamaica (73.1 percent), Bhutan (73.0 percent), and Oman (73.0 percent) complete the top ten.

Working-Age Population by Country

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#	Country	2025 (%)
1	Qatar QA	83.3%
2	United Arab Emirates AE	82.2%
3	Kuwait KW	78.9%
4	Bahrain BH	77.6%
5	Maldives MV	76%
6	British Virgin Islands VG	75.8%
7	Cayman Islands KY	74.4%
8	Singapore SG	74.1%
9	Saudi Arabia SA	73.3%
10	Jamaica JM	73.1%
11	Bhutan BT	73%
12	Oman OM	73%
13	Saint Lucia LC	72.8%
14	Turks and Caicos Islands TC	72.3%
15	Brunei BN	72.1%
16	Andorra AD	71.8%
17	Seychelles SC	71.5%
18	Mauritius MU	71.3%
19	Macau MO	71.2%
20	Malaysia MY	70.7%
21	Bahamas BS	70.4%
22	Antigua and Barbuda AG	70.2%
23	Palau PW	70.2%
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	69.9%
25	Colombia CO	69.8%
26	China CN	69.7%
27	Azerbaijan AZ	69.6%
28	French Polynesia PF	69.6%
29	Thailand TH	69.6%
30	Trinidad and Tobago TT	69.6%
31	Kosovo XK	69.5%
32	South Korea KR	69.5%
33	Iran IR	69.4%
34	Dominica DM	69.2%
35	Brazil BR	69.1%
36	Cyprus CY	69%
37	Chile CL	68.9%
38	Costa Rica CR	68.9%
39	Belize BZ	68.5%
40	Grenada GD	68.4%
41	India IN	68.4%
42	Luxembourg LU	68.4%
43	Myanmar MM	68.4%
44	North Korea KP	68.4%
45	Türkiye TR	68.4%
46	Cape Verde CV	68.2%
47	Indonesia ID	68.2%
48	Libya LY	68%
49	Northern Mariana Islands MP	68%
50	Cuba CU	67.9%
51	Greenland GL	67.7%
52	Vietnam VN	67.6%
53	Ecuador EC	67.5%
54	Mexico MX	67.4%
55	South Africa ZA	67.4%
56	El Salvador SV	67.3%
57	Ukraine UA	67.3%
58	New Caledonia NC	67.1%
59	Philippines PH	67.1%
60	Peru PE	66.9%
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	66.9%
62	Syria SY	66.7%
63	Armenia AM	66.6%
64	Malta MT	66.6%
65	Fiji FJ	66.5%
66	Iceland IS	66.5%
67	Suriname SR	66.5%
68	Tunisia TN	66.5%
69	Morocco MA	66.4%
70	Argentina AR	66.3%
71	Djibouti DJ	66.2%
72	Hong Kong HK	66%
73	Nicaragua NI	66%
74	Albania AL	65.8%
75	Barbados BB	65.8%
76	Belarus BY	65.8%
77	Panama PA	65.8%
78	Sri Lanka LK	65.8%
79	Uruguay UY	65.8%
80	Aruba AW	65.7%
81	Bangladesh BD	65.7%
82	Ireland IE	65.7%
83	Spain ES	65.7%
84	Dominican Republic DO	65.6%
85	Laos LA	65.4%
86	Slovakia SK	65.4%
87	Nepal NP	65.3%
88	Honduras HN	65.2%
89	Russia RU	65.2%
90	American Samoa AS	65.1%
91	Jordan JO	65.1%
92	Venezuela VE	65.1%
93	Norway NO	65%
94	San Marino SM	65%
95	North Macedonia MK	64.9%
96	Paraguay PY	64.9%
97	Austria AT	64.8%
98	Bolivia BO	64.8%
99	Canada CA	64.8%
100	Lithuania LT	64.8%
101	Poland PL	64.8%
102	Switzerland CH	64.7%
103	Gibraltar GI	64.6%
104	Hungary HU	64.5%
105	New Zealand NZ	64.5%
106	United States US	64.5%
107	Haiti HT	64.4%
108	Liechtenstein LI	64.4%
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	64.3%
110	Romania RO	64.3%
111	Australia AU	64.2%
112	Netherlands NL	64.2%
113	Cambodia KH	64.1%
114	Guyana GY	64.1%
115	Bermuda BM	64%
116	Botswana BW	64%
117	Guatemala GT	64%
118	Lebanon LB	64%
119	Turkmenistan TM	64%
120	Montenegro ME	63.8%
121	Czech Republic CZ	63.7%
122	Moldova MD	63.6%
123	Georgia GE	63.5%
124	Puerto Rico PR	63.5%
125	Bulgaria BG	63.4%
126	Algeria DZ	63.3%
127	Belgium BE	63.3%
128	Denmark DK	63.3%
129	Papua New Guinea PG	63.3%
130	Slovenia SI	63.3%
131	United Kingdom GB	63.3%
132	Egypt EG	63.2%
133	Italy IT	63.2%
134	Mongolia MN	63%
135	Estonia EE	62.9%
136	Croatia HR	62.7%
137	Eswatini SZ	62.7%
138	Greece GR	62.7%
139	Serbia RS	62.7%
140	Latvia LV	62.6%
141	Uzbekistan UZ	62.6%
142	Isle of Man IM	62.5%
143	Germany DE	62.4%
144	Sweden SE	62.4%
145	Faroe Islands FO	62.3%
146	Micronesia FM	62.3%
147	Portugal PT	62.3%
148	Kyrgyzstan KG	62.1%
149	Lesotho LS	62%
150	Kazakhstan KZ	61.9%
151	Timor-Leste TL	61.7%
152	Finland FI	61.5%
153	Kiribati KI	61.3%
154	France FR	61.2%
155	Marshall Islands MH	61.2%
156	Guam GU	61%
157	Ghana GH	60.8%
158	Kenya KE	60.7%
159	Iraq IQ	60.5%
160	US Virgin Islands VI	60.4%
161	Israel IL	60.1%
162	Tajikistan TJ	60.1%
163	Tuvalu TV	59.9%
164	Nauru NR	59.8%
165	Solomon Islands SB	59.8%
166	Gabon GA	59.6%
167	Namibia NA	59.6%
168	Pakistan PK	59.4%
169	Saint Martin MF	59.3%
170	Equatorial Guinea GQ	59.1%
171	Sierra Leone SL	59.1%
172	Rwanda RW	59%
173	South Sudan SS	58.9%
174	Japan JP	58.8%
175	Comoros KM	58.7%
176	Palestine PS	58.6%
177	Sao Tome and Principe ST	58.6%
178	Senegal SN	58.6%
179	Guinea-Bissau GW	58.4%
180	Eritrea ER	58.2%
181	Tonga TO	58.2%
182	Ethiopia ET	57.9%
183	Vanuatu VU	57.7%
184	Liberia LR	57.6%
185	Madagascar MG	57.6%
186	Malawi MW	57.3%
187	Gambia GM	57.1%
188	Congo CG	57%
189	Zambia ZM	57%
190	Ivory Coast CI	56.9%
191	Nigeria NG	56.4%
192	Sudan SD	56.4%
193	Yemen YE	56.4%
194	Zimbabwe ZW	56.2%
195	Burkina Faso BF	56.1%
196	Cameroon CM	56.1%
197	Togo TG	56.1%
198	Guinea GN	56%
199	Samoa WS	55.9%
200	Benin BJ	55.6%
201	Afghanistan AF	55%
202	Uganda UG	54.7%
203	Tanzania TZ	54.6%
204	Mauritania MR	54.4%
205	Burundi BI	53.5%
206	Mozambique MZ	53.1%
207	Angola AO	53%
208	Chad TD	51.9%
209	Mali ML	51.8%
210	Niger NE	51.2%
211	DR Congo CD	51%
212	Somalia SO	50.8%
213	Monaco MC	50.2%
214	Central African Republic CF	49.1%

Most of the countries with the highest shares are located in the Gulf region and have large migrant workforces. Among the 214 countries with 2025 data, 23 record a working-age share of 70 percent or more. At the other end of the ranking, the Central African Republic records the lowest share at 49.1 percent, followed by Monaco (50.2 percent) and Somalia (50.8 percent), where children make up nearly half of the population.

Among the world's major economies, China (69.7 percent) and South Korea (69.5 percent) record the highest working-age shares, followed by Brazil (69.1 percent), India (68.4 percent), and the United States (64.5 percent). Japan records the lowest share among major economies at 58.8 percent, reflecting its very old population, while Italy (63.2 percent), Germany (62.4 percent), and France (61.2 percent) also record shares below the world average.

Working-Age Population Around the World

In the Middle East, the highest shares in the dataset are recorded, driven by migrant workforces: Qatar (83.3 percent), the United Arab Emirates (82.2 percent), Kuwait (78.9 percent), and Bahrain (77.6 percent) all exceed 77 percent, while Yemen (56.4 percent) and Palestine (58.6 percent) record the lowest shares in the region.

In Asia, Singapore (74.1 percent), Malaysia (70.7 percent), Macau (71.2 percent), and Thailand (69.6 percent) record the highest shares, with China (69.7 percent) close behind. Japan (58.8 percent) and Afghanistan (55.0 percent) record the lowest in the region for very different reasons: Japan's population is very old, while Afghanistan's is very young. Australia (64.2 percent) and New Zealand (64.5 percent) record shares near the world average.

In Europe, Türkiye (68.4 percent) and Ukraine (67.3 percent) record the highest shares, while France is among the countries with the lowest working-age shares in Europe. Germany (62.4 percent), Greece (62.7 percent), and Serbia (62.7 percent) also record shares below 63 percent. In the Americas, Jamaica (73.1 percent), Colombia (69.8 percent), and Brazil (69.1 percent) record the highest shares, while the United States (64.5 percent) and Canada (64.8 percent) are near the world average and Puerto Rico (63.5 percent) records the lowest.

In Africa, working-age shares are the lowest in the world because of very young populations. The Central African Republic (49.1 percent), Somalia (50.8 percent), the DR Congo (51.0 percent), and Niger (51.2 percent) all record shares below 52 percent, while Mauritius (71.3 percent) and South Africa (67.4 percent) record the highest shares in the region.

Largest Changes in Working-Age Population Share, 2020–2025

Syria recorded the largest increase in its working-age population share between 2020 and 2025, rising from 60.9 percent to 66.7 percent, an increase of 5.8 percentage points. South Sudan recorded the second largest increase (54.9 to 58.9 percent, plus 4.0 points), followed by Kuwait (75.4 to 78.9 percent, plus 3.5 points) and Timor-Leste (58.5 to 61.7 percent, plus 3.2 points).

Hong Kong recorded the largest decline, falling from 69.9 percent to 66.0 percent, a decrease of 3.9 percentage points, followed by Saint Martin (62.5 to 59.3 percent, minus 3.2 points) and Macau (74.3 to 71.2 percent, minus 3.1 points). South Korea recorded the largest decline among major economies, from 72.1 percent in 2020 to 69.5 percent in 2025, minus 2.6 points, as its population continues to age rapidly.

Working-Age Population by Country

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#	Country	2020 (%)	2021 (%)	2022 (%)	2023 (%)	2024 (%)	2025 (%)
1	Qatar	83.4%	83.2%	83.4%	83.3%	83.3%	83.3%
2	United Arab Emirates	81.9%	81.9%	81.9%	82%	82.1%	82.2%
3	Kuwait	75.4%	76.5%	78%	78.4%	78.7%	78.9%
4	Bahrain	76.8%	77.2%	77.4%	77.4%	77.4%	77.6%
5	Maldives	74.9%	75.3%	75.5%	75.6%	75.8%	76%
6	British Virgin Islands	74.7%	74.9%	75.3%	75.7%	75.9%	75.8%
7	Cayman Islands	76.1%	75.9%	75.5%	75.2%	74.8%	74.4%
8	Singapore	76.2%	75.6%	75.3%	75.1%	74.7%	74.1%
9	Saudi Arabia	72%	72.2%	72.7%	73.1%	73.2%	73.3%
10	Jamaica	72.3%	72.6%	72.9%	73%	73.1%	73.1%
11	Bhutan	70.6%	71.2%	71.7%	72.2%	72.6%	73%
12	Oman	71.8%	70.7%	71.1%	72.1%	72.6%	73%
13	Saint Lucia	72.6%	72.7%	72.8%	72.8%	72.8%	72.8%
14	Turks and Caicos Islands	73.2%	73.1%	73%	72.9%	72.7%	72.3%
15	Brunei	72.8%	72.7%	72.6%	72.5%	72.3%	72.1%
16	Andorra	72.4%	72.4%	72.4%	72.3%	72.2%	71.8%
17	Seychelles	71.8%	71.7%	71.5%	71.5%	71.5%	71.5%
18	Mauritius	72.2%	72.2%	72.1%	71.9%	71.7%	71.3%
19	Macau	74.3%	73.6%	73%	72.4%	71.8%	71.2%
20	Malaysia	69.3%	69.6%	70%	70.3%	70.5%	70.7%
21	Bahamas	69.5%	69.8%	70%	70.2%	70.3%	70.4%
22	Antigua and Barbuda	71%	70.9%	70.7%	70.5%	70.4%	70.2%
23	Palau	71.2%	71%	70.8%	70.6%	70.4%	70.2%
24	Saint Kitts and Nevis	71.5%	71.3%	71.2%	71%	70.6%	69.9%
25	Colombia	69.9%	70%	70%	70%	69.9%	69.8%
26	China	69.4%	69.2%	69.1%	69.1%	69.3%	69.7%
27	Azerbaijan	69.7%	69.7%	69.7%	69.6%	69.6%	69.6%
28	French Polynesia	69.5%	69.5%	69.5%	69.5%	69.6%	69.6%
29	Thailand	70.9%	70.7%	70.5%	70.2%	69.9%	69.6%
30	Trinidad and Tobago	70.8%	70.5%	70.3%	70.1%	69.9%	69.6%
31	Kosovo	68.7%	69%	69%	69.1%	69.2%	69.5%
32	South Korea	72.1%	71.5%	71.1%	70.7%	70.2%	69.5%
33	Iran	69%	69%	69.1%	69.2%	69.3%	69.4%
34	Dominica	69%	69.1%	69.1%	69.1%	69.2%	69.2%
35	Brazil	69.6%	69.6%	69.5%	69.4%	69.3%	69.1%
36	Cyprus	70.4%	70.2%	69.9%	69.6%	69.3%	69%
37	Chile	69%	68.9%	68.9%	68.9%	68.9%	68.9%
38	Costa Rica	68.8%	68.8%	68.9%	69%	69%	68.9%
39	Belize	66.6%	67.1%	67.7%	68.2%	68.4%	68.5%
40	Grenada	68.1%	68.2%	68.3%	68.3%	68.3%	68.4%
41	India	67.2%	67.5%	67.8%	68%	68.2%	68.4%
42	Luxembourg	69.4%	69.3%	69.3%	69.1%	68.7%	68.4%
43	Myanmar	68.3%	68.4%	68.4%	68.4%	68.4%	68.4%
44	North Korea	69.8%	69.7%	69.4%	69%	68.7%	68.4%
45	Türkiye	68.3%	68.1%	68.1%	68.2%	68.3%	68.4%
46	Cape Verde	65.6%	65.9%	66.5%	67%	67.6%	68.2%
47	Indonesia	67.6%	67.7%	67.9%	68%	68.1%	68.2%
48	Libya	65.9%	66.3%	66.7%	67.2%	67.6%	68%
49	Northern Mariana Islands	70.3%	69.8%	69.3%	68.7%	68.2%	68%
50	Cuba	68.5%	68.5%	68.4%	68.3%	68.1%	67.9%
51	Greenland	70.3%	70%	69.6%	69.1%	68.4%	67.7%
52	Vietnam	68%	67.9%	67.8%	67.8%	67.7%	67.6%
53	Ecuador	66%	66.4%	66.6%	66.9%	67.2%	67.5%
54	Mexico	66.5%	66.8%	66.9%	67.1%	67.2%	67.4%
55	South Africa	66.9%	67.2%	67.3%	67.4%	67.4%	67.4%
56	El Salvador	66%	66.2%	66.5%	66.8%	67%	67.3%
57	Ukraine	67.6%	67.5%	67.3%	67.1%	67.1%	67.3%
58	New Caledonia	67.4%	67.5%	67.4%	67.4%	67.3%	67.1%
59	Philippines	64.6%	65.1%	65.6%	66.1%	66.6%	67.1%
60	Peru	65.8%	66.1%	66.4%	66.6%	66.8%	66.9%
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67%	67%	66.9%	66.8%	66.8%	66.9%
62	Syria	60.9%	62%	63.4%	65%	66.1%	66.7%
63	Armenia	67.5%	67.4%	67.2%	67.2%	67.1%	66.6%
64	Malta	68.2%	68%	67.5%	67%	66.8%	66.6%
65	Fiji	65.7%	65.9%	66.1%	66.3%	66.4%	66.5%
66	Iceland	66.7%	66.5%	66.5%	66.6%	66.6%	66.5%
67	Suriname	66.2%	66.3%	66.4%	66.4%	66.5%	66.5%
68	Tunisia	66.6%	66.5%	66.4%	66.4%	66.4%	66.5%
69	Morocco	66%	66.1%	66.1%	66.1%	66.2%	66.4%
70	Argentina	64.5%	64.8%	65.2%	65.6%	66%	66.3%
71	Djibouti	64.5%	65%	65.3%	65.7%	66%	66.2%
72	Hong Kong	69.9%	69.2%	68.4%	67.7%	66.8%	66%
73	Nicaragua	64.4%	64.8%	65.1%	65.4%	65.7%	66%
74	Albania	67.7%	67.4%	67%	66.7%	66.2%	65.8%
75	Barbados	67.2%	66.8%	66.6%	66.4%	66.2%	65.8%
76	Belarus	67.2%	66.9%	66.5%	66.3%	66%	65.8%
77	Panama	65.3%	65.4%	65.6%	65.7%	65.8%	65.8%
78	Sri Lanka	65.9%	65.9%	65.9%	65.9%	65.9%	65.8%
79	Uruguay	64.9%	65.1%	65.3%	65.5%	65.7%	65.8%
80	Aruba	67.2%	67%	66.8%	66.4%	66.1%	65.7%
81	Bangladesh	64.9%	65%	65.1%	65.3%	65.5%	65.7%
82	Ireland	65.3%	65.3%	65.4%	65.4%	65.6%	65.7%
83	Spain	66.2%	66.3%	66.2%	66.1%	65.9%	65.7%
84	Dominican Republic	65.5%	65.5%	65.5%	65.5%	65.5%	65.6%
85	Laos	64.2%	64.4%	64.7%	64.9%	65.1%	65.4%
86	Slovakia	67.4%	66.9%	66.5%	66%	65.7%	65.4%
87	Nepal	63.8%	64.5%	64.9%	64.9%	65.1%	65.3%
88	Honduras	63.8%	64.2%	64.4%	64.7%	65%	65.2%
89	Russia	66.9%	66.5%	66.2%	65.9%	65.5%	65.2%
90	American Samoa	64%	64.4%	64.8%	64.9%	64.9%	65.1%
91	Jordan	63.3%	63.6%	64%	64.5%	64.8%	65.1%
92	Venezuela	63.9%	64%	64.2%	64.5%	64.8%	65.1%
93	Norway	65.1%	64.9%	64.9%	65%	65%	65%
94	San Marino	66.7%	66.4%	65.9%	65.6%	65.3%	65%
95	North Macedonia	66.4%	66.1%	65.8%	65.4%	65.2%	64.9%
96	Paraguay	64.7%	64.8%	64.8%	64.8%	64.9%	64.9%
97	Austria	66.4%	66.2%	65.9%	65.5%	65.2%	64.8%
98	Bolivia	63.3%	63.7%	64%	64.3%	64.6%	64.8%
99	Canada	66.1%	65.8%	65.5%	65.3%	65.1%	64.8%
100	Lithuania	65%	64.9%	65.1%	65.3%	65.1%	64.8%
101	Poland	66.4%	66%	65.7%	65.3%	65.1%	64.8%
102	Switzerland	66.2%	66%	65.7%	65.4%	65%	64.7%
103	Gibraltar	64.5%	64.6%	64.6%	64.7%	64.7%	64.6%
104	Hungary	65.4%	65%	64.8%	64.7%	64.6%	64.5%
105	New Zealand	65.4%	65.1%	64.9%	64.8%	64.7%	64.5%
106	United States	65.5%	65.4%	65.2%	65%	64.7%	64.5%
107	Haiti	63%	63.2%	63.5%	63.8%	64.1%	64.4%
108	Liechtenstein	66.8%	66.4%	66%	65.5%	65%	64.4%
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66.2%	65.8%	65.5%	65.1%	64.7%	64.3%
110	Romania	64.9%	64.6%	64.5%	64.4%	64.3%	64.3%
111	Australia	65.1%	64.8%	64.7%	64.6%	64.4%	64.2%
112	Netherlands	65%	64.9%	64.7%	64.7%	64.5%	64.2%
113	Cambodia	63.5%	63.6%	63.8%	63.9%	64%	64.1%
114	Guyana	64.5%	64.5%	64.4%	64.2%	64.1%	64.1%
115	Bermuda	66.7%	66.2%	65.7%	65.2%	64.6%	64%
116	Botswana	63.2%	63.5%	63.7%	63.7%	63.8%	64%
117	Guatemala	61.7%	62.2%	62.7%	63.1%	63.6%	64%
118	Lebanon	62.9%	63.1%	63.3%	63.5%	63.7%	64%
119	Turkmenistan	65%	64.6%	64.3%	64.1%	64%	64%
120	Montenegro	64.9%	64.6%	64.4%	64.2%	64%	63.8%
121	Czech Republic	63.7%	63.4%	63.5%	63.8%	63.8%	63.7%
122	Moldova	65.7%	65.2%	64.7%	64.4%	64%	63.6%
123	Georgia	64.1%	63.8%	63.7%	63.6%	63.6%	63.5%
124	Puerto Rico	64.2%	64%	63.8%	63.8%	63.7%	63.5%
125	Bulgaria	63.9%	63.8%	63.8%	63.6%	63.5%	63.4%
126	Algeria	63.3%	63.1%	63%	63%	63.1%	63.3%
127	Belgium	64%	63.9%	63.7%	63.6%	63.4%	63.3%
128	Denmark	63.7%	63.6%	63.6%	63.5%	63.4%	63.3%
129	Papua New Guinea	62.2%	62.4%	62.6%	62.8%	63.1%	63.3%
130	Slovenia	64.7%	64.4%	64%	63.7%	63.5%	63.3%
131	United Kingdom	63.4%	63.4%	63.4%	63.4%	63.3%	63.3%
132	Egypt	61.8%	62.1%	62.3%	62.6%	62.9%	63.2%
133	Italy	63.8%	63.7%	63.7%	63.6%	63.5%	63.2%
134	Mongolia	62.9%	62.6%	62.5%	62.5%	62.7%	63%
135	Estonia	63.4%	63.2%	63.1%	63.1%	63.1%	62.9%
136	Croatia	63.9%	63.5%	63.2%	63%	62.9%	62.7%
137	Eswatini	61.4%	61.8%	62%	62.2%	62.4%	62.7%
138	Greece	63.4%	63.1%	62.9%	62.9%	62.8%	62.7%
139	Serbia	64.2%	63.8%	63.6%	63.3%	63%	62.7%
140	Latvia	63.3%	63.1%	63.1%	63%	62.9%	62.6%
141	Uzbekistan	65%	64.4%	63.9%	63.4%	63%	62.6%
142	Isle of Man	63%	63%	62.9%	62.8%	62.6%	62.5%
143	Germany	64.4%	64%	63.6%	63.3%	62.9%	62.4%
144	Sweden	62.2%	62.2%	62.2%	62.2%	62.3%	62.4%
145	Faroe Islands	61.6%	61.5%	61.8%	62.1%	62.3%	62.3%
146	Micronesia	62.2%	62.2%	62.2%	62.1%	62.2%	62.3%
147	Portugal	63.8%	63.6%	63.3%	63%	62.7%	62.3%
148	Kyrgyzstan	62%	61.9%	61.9%	61.9%	62%	62.1%
149	Lesotho	60.4%	60.6%	60.9%	61.2%	61.6%	62%
150	Kazakhstan	63.1%	62.7%	62.4%	62.2%	62%	61.9%
151	Timor-Leste	58.5%	59.1%	59.8%	60.4%	61.1%	61.7%
152	Finland	61.8%	61.7%	61.6%	61.5%	61.5%	61.5%
153	Kiribati	60.9%	60.9%	60.9%	61%	61.1%	61.3%
154	France	61.8%	61.7%	61.6%	61.5%	61.3%	61.2%
155	Marshall Islands	61.7%	61.7%	61.3%	60.9%	60.9%	61.2%
156	Guam	63.4%	62.9%	62.4%	61.9%	61.4%	61%
157	Ghana	59.3%	59.6%	59.9%	60.2%	60.5%	60.8%
158	Kenya	57.9%	58.5%	59.1%	59.6%	60.2%	60.7%
159	Iraq	58.1%	58.6%	59%	59.5%	60%	60.5%
160	US Virgin Islands	62.3%	62.1%	61.7%	61.2%	60.8%	60.4%
161	Israel	59.9%	59.9%	59.9%	60%	60%	60.1%
162	Tajikistan	60.3%	60.1%	59.9%	59.8%	59.9%	60.1%
163	Tuvalu	62.6%	62.6%	62.1%	61.1%	60.4%	59.9%
164	Nauru	59.9%	59.5%	59.2%	59.1%	59.4%	59.8%
165	Solomon Islands	57.9%	58.3%	58.6%	59%	59.4%	59.8%
166	Gabon	59.2%	59.2%	59.2%	59.3%	59.4%	59.6%
167	Namibia	59.3%	59.1%	59%	59.1%	59.3%	59.6%
168	Pakistan	58.1%	58.4%	58.6%	58.8%	59%	59.4%
169	Saint Martin	62.5%	63%	62.7%	61.7%	60.3%	59.3%
170	Equatorial Guinea	58.6%	58.6%	58.8%	58.9%	59%	59.1%
171	Sierra Leone	57%	57.4%	57.8%	58.3%	58.7%	59.1%
172	Rwanda	57.4%	57.8%	58.1%	58.4%	58.7%	59%
173	South Sudan	54.9%	55.6%	56.3%	57.2%	58.1%	58.9%
174	Japan	58.9%	58.7%	58.7%	58.8%	58.8%	58.8%
175	Comoros	57.3%	57.5%	57.8%	58.1%	58.4%	58.7%
176	Palestine	57.1%	57.3%	57.6%	57.8%	58.1%	58.6%
177	Sao Tome and Principe	56.2%	56.8%	57.4%	57.9%	58.3%	58.6%
178	Senegal	56.1%	56.7%	57.3%	57.8%	58.2%	58.6%
179	Guinea-Bissau	56.4%	56.8%	57.2%	57.6%	58%	58.4%
180	Eritrea	55.5%	56.1%	56.7%	57.2%	57.7%	58.2%
181	Tonga	57.9%	57.9%	57.9%	57.8%	57.9%	58.2%
182	Ethiopia	56.5%	56.8%	57.2%	57.5%	57.7%	57.9%
183	Vanuatu	56.9%	56.9%	57%	57.2%	57.4%	57.7%
184	Liberia	55.4%	55.8%	56.3%	56.7%	57.2%	57.6%
185	Madagascar	56.5%	56.7%	56.9%	57.1%	57.3%	57.6%
186	Malawi	54.2%	54.8%	55.5%	56.1%	56.7%	57.3%
187	Gambia	55.2%	55.6%	55.9%	56.3%	56.7%	57.1%
188	Congo	55.5%	55.7%	55.9%	56.2%	56.6%	57%
189	Zambia	54.9%	55.3%	55.7%	56.1%	56.6%	57%
190	Ivory Coast	55.3%	55.5%	55.8%	56.2%	56.5%	56.9%
191	Nigeria	54.2%	54.6%	55%	55.5%	55.9%	56.4%
192	Sudan	55.6%	55.8%	56%	56.1%	56.2%	56.4%
193	Yemen	56.1%	56.1%	56.2%	56.3%	56.3%	56.4%
194	Zimbabwe	54.2%	54.5%	54.8%	55.1%	55.5%	56.2%
195	Burkina Faso	53.4%	53.9%	54.4%	55%	55.5%	56.1%
196	Cameroon	54.7%	54.9%	55.2%	55.5%	55.8%	56.1%
197	Togo	55.7%	55.3%	55.1%	55.3%	55.7%	56.1%
198	Guinea	54.4%	54.7%	55%	55.3%	55.6%	56%
199	Samoa	56.1%	55.9%	55.7%	55.6%	55.7%	55.9%
200	Benin	54.3%	54.6%	54.8%	55.1%	55.3%	55.6%
201	Afghanistan	53.4%	53.7%	54.1%	54.4%	54.7%	55%
202	Uganda	52.7%	53.2%	53.6%	53.9%	54.3%	54.7%
203	Tanzania	53.6%	53.8%	54%	54.2%	54.4%	54.6%
204	Mauritania	52.9%	53.2%	53.4%	53.7%	54.1%	54.4%
205	Burundi	50.6%	51%	51.5%	52.1%	52.8%	53.5%
206	Mozambique	52%	52.1%	52.3%	52.5%	52.8%	53.1%
207	Angola	52.3%	52.3%	52.5%	52.6%	52.8%	53%
208	Chad	50%	50.3%	50.5%	51.2%	51.8%	51.9%
209	Mali	50.2%	50.5%	50.8%	51.1%	51.5%	51.8%
210	Niger	49.5%	49.8%	50.1%	50.5%	50.8%	51.2%
211	DR Congo	50.9%	50.8%	50.8%	50.8%	50.9%	51%
212	Somalia	50.4%	50.5%	50.6%	50.8%	50.8%	50.8%
213	Monaco	50.7%	49.9%	50%	50.5%	50.4%	50.2%
214	Central African Republic	48.9%	48.8%	48.6%	48.7%	48.8%	49.1%

Methodology

The statistics are based on the World Bank World Development Indicators dataset, indicator SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS (Population ages 15-64, percent of total population). The main comparison uses 2025 data where available, covering 214 of the 214 countries and territories in our dataset. For countries without a 2025 observation, the latest available year is noted where relevant, but earlier years are not substituted for missing 2025 values in the ranking. Values are expressed as a percentage of total population. Missing observations are treated as missing, not as zero.