Population by labor force status by country
Population below working age (under 15 years old).
Countries reporting
183
Highest
354.19 million people
India
Lowest
13,851 people
United States Virgin Islands
Median
2.38 million people
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Population by labor force status is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 354.19 million people in India; the lowest is 13,851 people in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.38 million people, and the mean is 10.95 million people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,571.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 43.5%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 37.2%).
Population by labor force status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 354.19 million people | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 2 | China | 218.18 million people | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 96.25 million people | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 92.50 million people | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 69.28 million people | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 59.38 million people | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 52.54 million people | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51.85 million people | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 48.57 million people | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 41.26 million people | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 37.35 million people | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 31.79 million people | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 13 | Philippines | 31.69 million people | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 29.87 million people | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 24.52 million people | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 16 | Vietnam | 23.22 million people | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 22.15 million people | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 20.86 million people | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 20.35 million people | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 20.20 million people | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 18.66 million people | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 18.43 million people | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 17.22 million people | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 24 | Yemen | 17.14 million people | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 16.94 million people | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 16.66 million people | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 27 | Mozambique | 15.74 million people | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 14.20 million people | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 13.83 million people | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.23 million people | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 13.21 million people | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 12.91 million people | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 12.75 million people | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 12.42 million people | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 12.29 million people | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 11.80 million people | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Germany | 11.67 million people | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 11.59 million people | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 11.54 million people | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 40 | France | 10.81 million people | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 41 | Colombia | 10.68 million people | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 10.32 million people | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 9.91 million people | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 9.68 million people | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 45 | Chad | 9.65 million people | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 9.64 million people | 2025 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 47 | Somalia | 9.15 million people | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 8.98 million people | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 49 | Malawi | 8.91 million people | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 8.31 million people | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 8.16 million people | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 8.16 million people | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 7.67 million people | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 7.29 million people | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 55 | Senegal | 7.15 million people | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 56 | Venezuela | 7.11 million people | 2025 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 57 | Italy | 6.89 million people | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 6.83 million people | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 6.71 million people | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 60 | Burundi | 6.33 million people | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 61 | Guinea | 6.12 million people | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 62 | Benin | 6.11 million people | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 6.07 million people | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 64 | Spain | 6.04 million people | 2025 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 65 | Canada | 6.01 million people | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Guatemala | 5.80 million people | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 5.52 million people | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | Rwanda | 5.39 million people | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 69 | South Korea | 5.27 million people | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 70 | Cambodia | 5.26 million people | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 5.04 million people | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 72 | North Korea | 5.03 million people | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 4.77 million people | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 4.58 million people | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 4.37 million people | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 3.87 million people | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 3.70 million people | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 3.67 million people | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 3.57 million people | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 3.48 million people | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 3.47 million people | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 3.33 million people | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 3.32 million people | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 84 | Chile | 3.29 million people | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 3.02 million people | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 86 | Romania | 2.94 million people | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 87 | Tunisia | 2.91 million people | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Netherlands | 2.74 million people | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 2.68 million people | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 2.59 million people | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 91 | Israel | 2.59 million people | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 2.38 million people | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 93 | Laos | 2.35 million people | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.33 million people | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 2.25 million people | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 2.24 million people | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 2.20 million people | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 98 | Palestine | 2.05 million people | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 2.00 million people | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 1.99 million people | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 1.98 million people | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Belgium | 1.85 million people | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 1.81 million people | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 104 | Sweden | 1.78 million people | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 1.64 million people | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 1.60 million people | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 1.55 million people | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 1.54 million people | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Belarus | 1.43 million people | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 1.38 million people | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 111 | Eritrea | 1.36 million people | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Oman | 1.34 million people | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 1.33 million people | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 1.32 million people | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 1.29 million people | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 1.28 million people | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 1.13 million people | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 1.12 million people | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Gambia | 1.12 million people | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 1.11 million people | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 966,876 people | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 123 | Serbia | 953,717 people | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 943,431 people | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 125 | Gabon | 939,825 people | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 126 | New Zealand | 938,910 people | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 127 | Denmark | 934,109 people | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 128 | Kuwait | 903,340 people | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 129 | Norway | 895,413 people | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 862,131 people | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 131 | Slovakia | 852,442 people | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 818,769 people | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 133 | Lesotho | 805,944 people | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 134 | Finland | 805,830 people | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 779,914 people | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 762,634 people | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 718,895 people | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 138 | Singapore | 686,240 people | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 139 | Uruguay | 605,761 people | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 585,267 people | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 141 | Armenia | 560,582 people | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 142 | Croatia | 527,292 people | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 143 | Jamaica | 518,758 people | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 144 | East Timor | 469,743 people | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 145 | Qatar | 467,391 people | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 146 | Albania | 460,242 people | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 414,486 people | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 148 | Lithuania | 410,519 people | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403,457 people | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 363,635 people | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 341,051 people | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 325,503 people | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 306,599 people | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 306,590 people | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 302,710 people | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 299,815 people | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 157 | Latvia | 281,505 people | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 264,337 people | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 250,349 people | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 160 | Guyana | 241,876 people | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 220,429 people | 2025 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 162 | Estonia | 205,049 people | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 184,371 people | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 162,213 people | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 165 | Suriname | 162,122 people | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 130,224 people | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 127,236 people | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 168 | Montenegro | 113,134 people | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 111,102 people | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 100,831 people | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 172 | Macao | 98,981 people | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei | 96,185 people | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89,987 people | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 83,471 people | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 70,726 people | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 69,768 people | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 62,283 people | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 52,123 people | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 181 | Barbados | 48,227 people | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 182 | Guam | 43,718 people | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 183 | Tonga | 36,227 people | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 31,066 people | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20,856 people | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 13,851 people | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
About this data
Population below working age (under 15 years old).