Population of young, working-age and elderly

Historic estimates from 1950 to 2021, and projected to 2100 based on the UN medium scenario.

	Population, ages 65+ UN WPP people				Population, ages 65+, medium projection UN WPP people				Population, ages 15-64 UN WPP people				Population, ages 15-64, medium projection UN WPP people				Population, ages 0-14 UN WPP people				Population, ages 0-14, medium projection UN WPP people
Country/area	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2100	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan	221,587					18,484,292			4,362,915					84,425,097			3,191,680					27,301,203
Albania	74,869					494,564			685,796					560,127			487,175					118,663
Algeria	313,763					18,486,753			5,041,868					36,582,255			3,662,546					9,302,829
American Samoa	452					8,265			9,797					19,320			8,821					4,723
Andorra	604					19,557			4,021					22,479			1,393					4,418
Angola	133,997					17,315,905			2,601,794					98,187,321			1,816,077					34,536,179
Anguilla	186					3,643			2,796					4,647			2,040					979
Antigua and Barbuda	1,886					23,781			24,471					35,541			19,105					8,291
Argentina	702,531					12,973,492			11,022,875					20,550,409			5,292,530					4,562,437
Armenia	112,607					546,912			799,502					923,610			470,778					217,434
Aruba	2,398					23,858			22,941					41,635			17,424					9,601
Australia	667,289					12,144,401			5,334,203					24,543,367			2,175,212					6,365,214
Austria	722,482					2,454,702			4,634,884					3,994,368			1,579,070					930,269
Azerbaijan	197,119					2,788,597			1,852,505					5,819,999			1,082,353					1,400,816
Bahamas	3,886					110,330			46,157					220,289			33,461					52,593
Bahrain	3,373					469,360			64,389					2,102,253			49,512					513,031
Bangladesh	1,603,161					66,157,573			22,644,436					113,090,013			16,959,259					28,712,046
Barbados	10,971					63,457			122,326					105,764			76,630					25,079
Belarus	535,572					1,550,654			4,445,344					2,334,774			2,146,326					457,063
Belgium	950,129					3,558,253			5,859,888					6,052,166			1,807,398					1,418,362
Belize	2,480					143,915			39,653					246,643			26,952					55,906
Benin	175,296					4,749,138			1,270,461					25,990,319			804,718					8,847,279
Bermuda	2,132					13,794			22,950					17,680			12,158					3,875
Bhutan	4,309					221,968			91,471					382,260			74,212					84,844
Bolivia	189,482					3,760,857			1,682,765					11,003,272			1,217,597					2,989,617
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	998					9,285			3,790					15,095			2,235					3,406
Bosnia and Herzegovina	107,553					502,194			1,561,582					699,776			1,021,267					155,578
Botswana	17,925					811,688			224,574					2,378,593			171,206					644,990
Brazil	1,270,713					54,204,947			29,422,060					88,349,016			22,715,521					20,191,245
British Virgin Islands	643					9,463			3,549					15,122			3,205					3,209
Brunei	2,340					135,037			28,155					264,603			17,820					64,268
Bulgaria	458,020					1,135,483			4,835,869					1,931,276			1,954,171					458,801
Burkina Faso	84,550					7,071,481			2,419,388					32,804,085			1,709,214					9,978,192
Burundi	72,689					4,961,342			1,252,340					24,784,037			929,911					8,127,399
Cambodia	116,863					5,339,913			2,397,622					13,697,934			1,860,765					3,692,337
Cameroon	150,038					12,220,075			2,473,838					57,353,839			1,706,209					19,295,241
Canada	1,056,953					16,082,704			8,590,671					30,174,797			4,093,924					7,165,755
Cape Verde	6,820					150,450			96,535					218,967			81,631					46,253
Cayman Islands	461					36,033			4,271					65,779			2,290					15,643
Central African Republic	72,038					2,110,987			838,161					12,517,111			527,861					4,150,572
Chad	108,590					6,980,700			1,449,136					46,101,953			967,729					16,463,375
Chile	219,520					5,458,347			3,863,654					6,460,650			2,544,409					1,319,143
China	27,433,876					286,008,962			327,341,086					293,476,755			189,268,864					49,631,917
Colombia	376,204					16,457,983			6,244,830					24,685,788			5,145,929					5,726,910
Comoros	6,161					315,541			94,254					1,218,453			61,535					376,798
Congo	28,082					2,652,578			470,157					12,869,460			337,029					4,501,976
Cook Islands	433					2,358			7,505					4,575			6,776					989
Costa Rica	30,958					1,486,719			487,029					1,856,937			408,751					389,649
Cote d'Ivoire	60,573					10,575,362			1,474,171					68,622,176			1,200,438					24,842,459
Croatia	255,224					759,966			2,529,342					1,125,029			1,080,416					248,364
Cuba	257,551					2,111,514			3,500,019					2,815,784			2,166,938					610,404
Curacao	5,087					42,312			58,463					65,583			38,230					12,079
Cyprus	29,385					433,048			294,762					676,340			169,736					159,270
Czechia	739,443					2,535,759			6,015,211					4,592,686			2,162,045					1,082,682
Democratic Republic of Congo	463,142					46,749,755			6,480,168					283,560,952			5,350,952					100,390,881
Denmark	385,449					1,820,781			2,760,596					3,226,201			1,122,343					800,672
Djibouti	1,240					352,607			32,101					1,162,824			29,008					325,709
Dominica	3,848					14,205			24,548					28,434			21,822					6,441
Dominican Republic	64,716					3,237,766			1,227,464					6,728,166			1,087,715					1,686,786
East Timor	13,016					459,533			220,188					1,212,501			181,564					300,385
Ecuador	182,616					6,228,022			1,905,099					10,346,959			1,429,004					2,453,727
Egypt	623,659					44,461,068			12,325,578					123,505,116			8,198,906					33,863,878
El Salvador	85,754					1,654,403			1,156,070					2,767,034			941,687					639,510
Equatorial Guinea	12,583					691,178			134,909					3,313,930			79,077					997,861
Eritrea	26,352					1,593,279			426,587					5,249,563			361,940					1,599,115
Estonia	116,402					287,930			705,535					437,979			280,103					96,450
Eswatini	7,291					248,519			147,144					862,799			117,234					229,423
Ethiopia	531,838					63,789,351			9,397,411					233,056,064			7,741,161					70,358,295
Falkland Islands	181					745			1,156					1,222			877					289
Faroe Islands	2,398					19,406			18,920					34,613			10,371					8,968
Fiji	19,164					188,779			153,454					549,097			136,905					141,366
Finland	266,064					1,551,472			2,549,457					2,485,759			1,192,884					551,699
France	4,767,899					20,909,597			27,599,982					37,703,641			9,515,026					9,586,174
French Guiana	1,864					163,237			14,129					466,683			7,424					144,534
French Polynesia	1,920					76,223			34,361					89,377			28,080					18,904
Gabon	34,137					1,065,895			301,860					4,430,849			136,848					1,405,068
Gambia	7,664					1,028,315			164,991					3,646,502			134,090					1,027,649
Georgia	308,923					882,775			2,205,681					1,680,599			982,842					400,786
Germany	6,272,641					21,968,645			46,763,185					39,096,459			16,811,569					9,689,106
Ghana	234,417					11,352,844			2,764,685					43,158,868			2,081,537					13,027,606
Gibraltar	1,556					15,771			15,011					26,116			5,113					6,772
Greece	516,331					2,213,241			4,917,085					3,313,428			2,217,432					712,341
Greenland	451					9,544			13,048					22,100			9,732					5,588
Grenada	3,959					26,293			36,372					38,718			36,948					8,472
Guadeloupe	11,874					79,457			117,610					130,118			86,038					32,921
Guam	703					56,172			43,765					116,894			16,328					31,364
Guatemala	71,030					6,732,138			1,668,174					15,319,564			1,357,964					3,844,388
Guernsey	5,383					17,379			29,477					28,420			10,107					6,587
Guinea	160,686					4,497,675			1,706,690					20,960,349			1,145,802					6,548,114
Guinea-Bissau	18,786					719,589			316,076					3,027,503			208,770					918,035
Guyana	16,196					213,303			228,455					533,958			173,386					140,489
Haiti	118,030					2,780,841			1,825,654					9,724,423			1,322,004					2,644,859
Honduras	61,587					4,280,755			832,978					10,086,260			664,357					2,647,735
Hong Kong	49,199					1,176,119			1,336,352					703,498			592,787					107,254
Hungary	729,210					2,210,418			6,280,833					4,227,026			2,327,816					1,005,503
Iceland	10,743					128,458			88,251					190,776			43,685					42,686
India	10,739,080					446,598,759			204,190,652					847,945,883			131,348,889					207,360,330
Indonesia	1,202,239					76,066,157			39,254,483					175,230,535			28,342,278					43,994,710
Iran	859,530					27,864,052			9,573,615					42,216,008			6,077,400					9,679,152
Iraq	157,197					19,420,337			3,327,034					62,924,689			2,169,122					18,285,016
Ireland	319,215					1,747,754			1,759,800					2,856,115			833,603					670,270
Isle of Man	7,627					20,462			36,590					30,205			10,896					6,839
Israel	51,120					4,661,242			824,512					11,593,573			413,607					3,425,736
Italy	3,753,620					13,097,192			30,277,316					18,206,251			12,360,642					3,917,907
Jamaica	53,954					387,726			848,503					563,097			504,754					114,341
Japan	4,234,245					27,951,457			51,760,755					39,284,025			30,448,263					8,798,017
Jersey	7,061					29,802			38,605					56,141			11,466					13,350
Jordan	22,091					5,411,220			226,338					12,542,097			190,378					3,333,393
Kazakhstan	438,711					7,460,751			3,983,425					20,325,009			2,364,920					5,863,923
Kenya	305,513					16,965,238			2,835,308					67,538,921			2,628,293					19,676,966
Kiribati	2,699					34,829			21,026					144,485			14,145					43,328
Kosovo	42,627					416,131			423,538					556,872			312,284					117,861
Kuwait	4,432					963,166			92,018					6,896,829			57,522					1,736,265
Kyrgyzstan	138,306					2,562,526			1,076,897					7,191,506			535,904					1,973,907
Laos	35,972					2,334,439			967,763					5,552,549			680,820					1,366,563
Latvia	194,093					331,817			1,245,151					490,457			479,452					100,848
Lebanon	97,655					2,099,483			785,795					4,058,251			465,890					1,020,730
Lesotho	36,798					553,599			290,867					2,120,028			251,884					585,367
Liberia	27,211					1,704,234			507,248					8,373,094			384,451					2,587,755
Libya	58,943					2,728,521			629,082					5,639,009			443,441					1,402,752
Liechtenstein	1,089					13,629			8,675					23,839			4,022					5,711
Lithuania	181,446					470,009			1,548,148					612,838			702,710					121,505
Luxembourg	28,830					242,555			207,968					406,728			59,780					96,091
Macao	6,120					154,322			135,167					145,863			55,382					26,106
Madagascar	128,624					11,383,807			2,291,763					55,652,228			1,535,687					18,302,081
Malawi	90,488					9,678,339			1,519,937					37,732,146			1,339,875					11,718,569
Malaysia	300,505					13,080,901			3,311,448					24,869,252			2,486,286					5,872,099
Maldives	2,339					147,572			41,020					258,637			31,101					65,305
Mali	131,153					8,945,519			2,700,897					52,670,745			1,864,865					17,737,373
Malta	21,461					139,080			169,871					178,953			103,352					36,381
Marshall Islands	774					4,268			6,331					15,600			5,914					3,957
Martinique	13,721					68,267			126,295					111,940			92,066					28,087
Mauritania	9,518					2,619,824			358,221					10,834,985			289,984					3,660,656
Mauritius	17,279					226,748			283,171					291,934			225,111					59,134
Mayotte	1,360					228,526			11,054					849,092			8,135					297,359
Mexico	827,860					41,116,311			14,579,375					71,512,665			12,180,677					17,244,157
Micronesia (country)	1,313					25,339			17,590					80,943			13,225					21,848
Moldova	123,234					420,329			1,593,994					871,307			811,087					194,452
Monaco	3,073					12,603			13,761					26,735			2,855					7,727
Mongolia	30,879					1,298,659			494,215					3,317,389			256,597					898,956
Montenegro	31,574					116,572			228,164					169,585			142,775					38,612
Montserrat	1,032					888			6,309					1,563			5,623					343
Morocco	255,651					11,423,835			5,083,853					21,192,596			3,595,947					5,209,446
Mozambique	186,023					13,107,640			3,282,385					69,033,038			2,441,811					22,203,504
Myanmar	569,858					11,702,030			10,725,949					30,344,133			6,441,299					7,601,114
Namibia	21,180					1,047,380			292,810					3,749,986			200,608					1,099,028
Nauru	303					2,518			1,697					13,884			1,424					4,282
Nepal	230,150					9,161,252			4,746,555					18,270,724			3,419,901					4,377,864
Netherlands	782,748					5,625,550			6,367,766					9,534,276			2,963,209					2,317,570
New Caledonia	3,188					100,866			37,733					187,893			22,886					47,652
New Zealand	173,379					1,796,969			1,182,790					3,218,476			555,049					788,079
Nicaragua	36,148					2,480,444			700,797					4,897,861			594,500					1,221,844
Niger	23,742					11,682,696			1,273,265					60,049,149			1,300,808					19,086,644
Nigeria	1,116,815					58,562,416			20,611,039					321,350,636			15,555,163					96,829,992
Niue	214					479			2,537					1,522			1,768					405
North Korea	304,152					5,965,885			5,873,945					10,989,392			4,938,633					2,528,788
North Macedonia	81,475					323,459			716,036					445,398			451,119					91,615
Northern Mariana Islands	217					12,219			3,963					23,769			2,950					5,589
Norway	312,293					1,779,120			2,161,295					2,929,008			791,562					692,001
Oman	13,969					1,912,660			250,379					8,087,955			192,647					2,076,426
Pakistan	647,930					84,780,665			19,850,504					327,884,358			15,350,690					98,298,962
Palau	630					2,690			3,593					6,790			3,270					1,662
Palestine	45,087					2,820,326			469,830					6,809,586			429,715					1,838,436
Panama	30,196					1,817,562			465,619					3,236,993			365,037					823,077
Papua New Guinea	16,922					2,905,127			879,043					12,203,034			647,476					3,530,363
Paraguay	56,166					2,305,114			751,836					5,330,629			696,344					1,401,265
Peru	263,141					12,010,884			4,190,244					20,826,500			3,224,028					5,143,745
Philippines	729,945					29,828,413			9,344,092					68,206,336			8,775,493					16,117,945
Poland	1,298,446					7,454,841			16,254,801					9,792,770			7,226,884					1,984,601
Portugal	591,239					2,687,656			5,336,577					4,821,364			2,490,829					1,208,007
Puerto Rico	79,973					494,602			1,173,209					401,595			975,877					72,302
Qatar	853					729,707			13,022					5,200,803			10,429					1,339,746
Reunion	9,566					276,051			139,197					453,164			100,468					116,484
Romania	1,184,603					3,516,267			10,577,139					5,863,894			4,635,526					1,372,231
Russia	5,279,960					33,422,546			66,801,762					74,722,316			31,310,152					17,986,158
Rwanda	59,589					5,926,708			1,173,012					20,718,867			924,499					6,124,906
Saint Barthelemy	148					3,979			1,293					4,365			583					797
Saint Helena	453					876			2,532					1,434			2,264					337
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2,535					9,301			25,955					17,054			18,764					3,864
Saint Lucia	3,094					35,764			47,008					59,316			42,903					12,949
Saint Martin (French part)	134					5,506			1,685					11,605			1,185					2,906
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	287					808			2,679					1,034			1,541					186
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4,692					18,057			30,348					37,319			26,627					8,818
Samoa	2,215					63,219			43,241					243,371			42,842					76,897
San Marino	1,319					10,412			8,377					16,778			3,274					3,707
Sao Tome and Principe	2,383					96,444			38,167					333,590			20,345					103,819
Saudi Arabia	56,435					11,794,280			930,387					46,833,343			716,457					12,278,961
Senegal	86,219					8,270,896			1,379,106					29,328,825			1,090,050					9,410,955
Serbia	368,675					1,276,579			3,978,371					1,962,096			1,662,077					444,738
Seychelles	4,188					31,706			22,177					66,952			11,940					17,167
Sierra Leone	60,362					2,467,183			1,151,944					10,454,026			787,319					3,012,490
Singapore	23,865					1,613,688			577,557					2,047,592			411,892					425,213
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	178					14,058			820					23,053			474					5,093
Slovakia	230,007					1,176,029			2,234,813					1,821,447			1,000,909					417,349
Slovenia	108,988					522,641			935,559					895,187			401,811					205,227
Solomon Islands	4,917					330,548			55,434					1,168,286			48,297					350,115
Somalia	57,577					7,247,233			1,242,949					44,625,919			912,614					15,490,128
South Africa	530,044					17,547,970			7,278,632					59,732,758			5,229,727					16,877,047
South Korea	541,805					9,398,534			10,749,058					10,086,718			8,466,243					1,884,685
South Sudan	86,266					3,046,193			1,342,870					16,019,573			1,064,146					4,774,740
Spain	2,035,009					11,876,538			18,605,450					17,264,447			7,436,093					3,846,431
Sri Lanka	590,488					6,896,052			4,180,456					11,498,737			3,040,092					2,783,300
Sudan	187,500					21,050,094			3,197,904					86,815,138			2,804,507					29,011,960
Suriname	7,520					191,342			106,136					410,879			81,919					105,555
Sweden	714,578					3,634,605			4,666,829					6,230,010			1,635,110					1,477,223
Switzerland	445,533					2,903,615			3,139,701					4,978,864			1,107,397					1,218,645
Syria	262,985					10,841,107			1,905,960					25,890,276			1,443,124					6,926,172
Taiwan	162,932					4,065,769			4,221,799					4,843,221			3,211,805					982,377
Tajikistan	66,094					4,071,286			929,164					12,618,739			533,036					3,505,783
Tanzania	167,918					34,281,960			3,979,308					167,200,372			3,477,921					61,291,467
Thailand	653,806					15,808,198			11,164,384					24,204,095			8,609,507					5,196,640
Togo	60,117					3,106,145			755,817					17,141,193			583,669					6,053,138
Tokelau	76					1,172			865					2,512			671					694
Tonga	2,290					25,163			25,373					72,090			22,017					20,577
Trinidad and Tobago	25,597					293,021			363,418					494,869			259,760					109,221
Tunisia	159,606					3,538,280			1,990,760					5,742,985			1,458,627					1,344,524
Turkey	791,627					24,387,386			11,696,980					33,470,784			8,531,915					7,166,749
Turkmenistan	70,876					2,287,835			761,143					6,112,694			437,145					1,542,670
Turks and Caicos Islands	292					13,304			2,628					20,609			2,139					4,611
Tuvalu	240					2,064			3,003					7,903			1,541					2,322
Uganda	164,047					24,264,846			3,209,937					75,041,851			2,376,889					21,432,680
Ukraine	2,824,019					6,214,870			24,386,025					7,561,811			10,100,562					1,291,105
United Arab Emirates	2,501					2,958,153			40,217					18,322,321			31,813					4,826,343
United Kingdom	5,425,245					23,111,000			33,440,133					41,103,454			11,255,327					9,922,248
United States	12,293,187					118,956,127			99,818,923					240,944,751			42,086,576					60,634,912
United States Virgin Islands	1,972					18,257			14,279					34,728			10,853					8,839
Uruguay	183,824					822,565			1,430,601					1,158,348			619,973					245,960
Uzbekistan	366,015					14,409,779			3,934,138					46,298,787			1,939,733					13,615,029
Vanuatu	2,911					149,139			26,842					546,299			21,804					179,795
Vatican	31					415			521					804			337					138
Venezuela	125,756					7,918,926			2,868,030					16,260,184			2,495,049					4,077,571
Vietnam	1,033,883					28,560,091			15,830,823					50,777,462			8,235,855					12,125,024
Wallis and Futuna	152					2,480			4,216					3,664			4,189					717
Western Sahara	367					197,402			7,220					505,931			5,394					127,589
Yemen	183,700					18,033,184			2,523,602					70,894,092			1,909,470					21,100,905
Zambia	64,241					9,172,044			1,217,738					41,427,658			1,039,327					13,868,508
Zimbabwe	88,981					5,660,913			1,499,927					23,963,278			1,201,994					7,536,893
Other
Africa (UN)	7,551,740					561,993,291			125,504,899					2,462,214,976			94,719,159					788,856,644
Americas (UN)	18,768,257					327,419,762			201,771,722					609,284,837			115,245,478					148,671,958
Asia (UN)	55,764,932					1,323,205,418			804,404,081					2,622,499,712			507,903,436					654,824,924
Europe (UN)	43,316,913					186,748,222			359,462,881					326,512,988			146,082,795					77,187,673
High-income countries	53,388,637					368,792,238			444,387,314					706,054,361			194,926,816					173,019,109
Land-locked developing countries (LLDC)	4,003,071					237,342,988			58,700,941					911,136,893			41,691,824					279,643,866
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)	5,415,274					192,356,814			93,323,489					338,124,505			69,041,551					80,861,646
Least developed countries	6,592,776					475,661,526			109,856,991					1,946,371,568			82,310,153					627,597,356
Less developed regions	64,559,298					2,053,597,872			972,852,885					5,399,056,344			642,267,148					1,520,232,728
Less developed regions, excluding China	36,907,187					1,762,192,726			639,818,489					5,099,887,008			449,138,308					1,469,485,064
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	57,966,527					1,577,936,331			862,995,886					3,452,684,736			559,957,004					892,635,352
Low-income countries	3,620,645					311,939,898			61,060,615					1,391,273,582			47,735,671					448,406,550
Lower-middle-income countries	25,350,912					1,051,307,626			412,465,561					2,856,492,324			272,906,775					807,107,500
More developed regions	61,744,804					363,704,006			526,188,867					664,719,195			225,465,251					160,949,294
Northern America (UN)	13,352,986					135,062,950			108,448,239					271,160,335			46,203,930					67,810,315
Oceania (UN)	902,259					17,935,193			7,898,152					43,263,051			3,781,536					11,640,813
Small island developing states (SIDS)	856,820					18,229,833			13,117,612					47,165,339			9,428,373					12,589,835
Upper-middle-income countries	43,802,218					677,044,081			578,103,317					1,093,022,098			349,549,924					248,402,485
World	126,304,100					2,417,301,901			1,499,041,754					6,063,775,544			867,732,396					1,681,182,000

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