Brazil vs Mexico: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Brazil

42.09 million people

in 2023

Mexico

32.33 million people

in 2023

Brazil rank

10th

Mexico rank

13th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Brazil currently reports 42.09 million people against 32.33 million people in Mexico, a difference of 9.76 million people.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.