Number of children, working-age adults, and older people by country

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
203.62 million people
China
Lowest
191 people
Tokelau
Median
435,706 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 203.62 million people in China; the lowest is 191 people in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 435,706 people, and the mean is 3.52 million people.

Over the past decade 228 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (up 146.1%), and the largest decrease in Vatican (down 20.8%).

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 203.62 million people 2023 up 57.8% volatile
2 India 99.51 million people 2023 up 48.2% volatile
3 United States 59.81 million people 2023 up 36.6% rising
4 Japan 36.65 million people 2023 up 13.1% volatile
5 Russia 24.14 million people 2023 up 29.6% rising
6 Brazil 22.44 million people 2023 up 53.5% volatile
7 Indonesia 19.82 million people 2023 up 28.9% volatile
8 Germany 19.25 million people 2023 up 14.2% rising
9 France 14.42 million people 2023 up 25.1% rising
10 Italy 14.39 million people 2023 up 11.3% rising
11 United Kingdom 13.20 million people 2023 up 18.4% rising
12 Bangladesh 10.84 million people 2023 up 49.6% volatile
13 Thailand 10.54 million people 2023 up 58.9% volatile
14 Pakistan 10.39 million people 2023 up 29.8% volatile
15 Mexico 10.36 million people 2023 up 37.0% volatile
16 Spain 9.88 million people 2023 up 18.2% rising
17 South Korea 9.48 million people 2023 up 56.6% volatile
18 Turkey 8.73 million people 2023 up 53.7% volatile
19 Vietnam 8.64 million people 2023 up 54.9% volatile
20 Canada 7.59 million people 2023 up 41.5% volatile
21 Poland 7.58 million people 2023 up 37.3% rising
22 Iran 7.17 million people 2023 up 59.9% volatile
23 Ukraine 6.99 million people 2023 up 3.7% rising
24 Nigeria 6.90 million people 2023 up 27.1% volatile
25 Philippines 6.05 million people 2023 up 68.8% volatile
26 Egypt 5.69 million people 2023 up 46.2% volatile
27 Argentina 5.55 million people 2023 up 21.1% volatile
28 Colombia 4.90 million people 2023 up 62.4% volatile
29 Australia 4.59 million people 2023 up 37.7% volatile
30 Taiwan 4.27 million people 2023 up 59.5% volatile
31 South Africa 4.11 million people 2023 up 42.3% volatile
32 Ethiopia 4.08 million people 2023 up 44.5% volatile
33 Myanmar 3.84 million people 2023 up 41.5% rising
34 Romania 3.78 million people 2023 up 14.4% rising
35 Netherlands 3.64 million people 2023 up 27.3% rising
36 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.25 million people 2023 up 36.3% volatile
37 North Korea 3.18 million people 2023 up 18.8% volatile
38 Peru 3.04 million people 2023 up 30.6% volatile
39 Morocco 2.95 million people 2023 up 58.9% volatile
40 Algeria 2.94 million people 2023 up 53.3% volatile
41 Sri Lanka 2.70 million people 2023 up 52.2% volatile
42 Chile 2.69 million people 2023 up 42.4% volatile
43 Venezuela 2.64 million people 2023 up 42.6% volatile
44 Malaysia 2.62 million people 2023 up 61.0% volatile
45 Portugal 2.51 million people 2023 up 22.5% rising
46 Greece 2.40 million people 2023 up 8.1% rising
47 Belgium 2.36 million people 2023 up 19.3% rising
48 Czechia 2.22 million people 2023 up 23.7% rising
49 Sweden 2.16 million people 2023 up 17.1% rising
50 Uzbekistan 2.03 million people 2023 up 46.2% rising
51 Tanzania 2.03 million people 2023 up 42.5% volatile
52 Hungary 2.02 million people 2023 up 17.7% rising
53 Nepal 1.89 million people 2023 up 32.2% volatile
54 Austria 1.84 million people 2023 up 19.2% rising
55 Cuba 1.78 million people 2023 up 16.1% volatile
56 Switzerland 1.74 million people 2023 up 22.7% rising
57 Kazakhstan 1.69 million people 2023 up 48.8% rising
58 Kenya 1.61 million people 2023 up 58.8% volatile
59 Sudan 1.61 million people 2023 up 62.6% volatile
60 Hong Kong 1.60 million people 2023 up 54.9% volatile
61 Belarus 1.56 million people 2023 up 18.7% rising
62 Iraq 1.53 million people 2023 up 44.6% volatile
63 Serbia 1.51 million people 2023 up 15.8% rising
64 Bulgaria 1.48 million people 2023 up 5.5% rising
65 Ecuador 1.45 million people 2023 up 46.9% volatile
66 Finland 1.32 million people 2023 up 27.3% rising
67 Ghana 1.23 million people 2023 up 33.8% volatile
68 Denmark 1.22 million people 2023 up 20.9% rising
69 Israel 1.15 million people 2023 up 40.0% volatile
70 Tunisia 1.12 million people 2023 up 49.8% volatile
71 Syria 1.11 million people 2023 up 36.0% volatile
72 Uganda 1.05 million people 2023 up 55.6% volatile
73 Madagascar 1.04 million people 2023 up 61.7% volatile
74 Cambodia 1.04 million people 2023 up 60.8% volatile
75 Angola 1.03 million people 2023 up 45.3% volatile
76 Norway 1.02 million people 2023 up 27.6% rising
77 Slovakia 995,672 people 2023 up 38.6% rising
78 Yemen 987,729 people 2023 up 22.5% volatile
79 Afghanistan 985,584 people 2023 up 32.6% volatile
80 Saudi Arabia 937,639 people 2023 up 43.7% volatile
81 Mozambique 930,568 people 2023 up 36.8% rising
82 Croatia 888,224 people 2023 up 13.4% rising
83 New Zealand 868,185 people 2023 up 38.5% rising
84 Guatemala 858,102 people 2023 up 38.4% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 857,676 people 2023 up 55.3% volatile
86 Azerbaijan 826,482 people 2023 up 53.0% rising
88 Cote d'Ivoire 800,143 people 2023 up 32.4% volatile
89 Cameroon 787,243 people 2023 up 26.2% rising
90 Puerto Rico 783,335 people 2023 up 28.8% volatile
91 Singapore 756,988 people 2023 up 72.4% volatile
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 688,576 people 2023 up 16.9% volatile
93 Bolivia 679,323 people 2023 up 14.5% rising
94 Niger 672,581 people 2023 up 49.6% volatile
95 Senegal 649,053 people 2023 up 32.3% volatile
96 Burkina Faso 603,441 people 2023 up 27.7% rising
97 Costa Rica 597,663 people 2023 up 55.6% volatile
98 Zimbabwe 591,139 people 2023 up 36.4% rising
99 Georgia 582,909 people 2023 up 10.5% rising
100 Mali 571,728 people 2023 up 20.8% rising
101 Lebanon 567,090 people 2023 up 57.1% volatile
102 Lithuania 566,385 people 2023 up 4.3% rising
103 Malawi 546,872 people 2023 up 3.8% volatile
104 Haiti 537,434 people 2023 up 31.0% rising
105 Rwanda 533,294 people 2023 up 69.5% volatile
106 Uruguay 533,083 people 2023 up 10.5% rising
107 El Salvador 504,728 people 2023 up 18.5% volatile
108 Guinea 495,679 people 2023 up 24.5% rising
109 Jordan 494,416 people 2023 up 75.7% volatile
110 Moldova 478,650 people 2023 up 32.4% rising
111 Somalia 470,809 people 2023 up 55.7% rising
112 Albania 458,170 people 2023 up 33.4% volatile
113 Honduras 456,935 people 2023 up 59.6% volatile
114 Slovenia 451,394 people 2023 up 28.1% rising
115 Paraguay 435,728 people 2023 up 36.9% volatile
116 Benin 435,706 people 2023 up 33.3% rising
117 Panama 403,400 people 2023 up 55.0% volatile
118 Latvia 401,358 people 2023 up 5.4% rising
119 Chad 400,711 people 2023 up 39.3% rising
120 Zambia 393,488 people 2023 up 45.1% rising
121 Armenia 388,798 people 2023 up 24.3% rising
122 Kyrgyzstan 383,884 people 2023 up 43.0% rising
123 Tajikistan 379,219 people 2023 up 55.6% rising
124 Nicaragua 367,038 people 2023 up 36.0% volatile
125 Libya 356,335 people 2023 up 28.7% volatile
126 Papua New Guinea 347,843 people 2023 up 50.7% volatile
127 Laos 347,583 people 2023 up 30.5% volatile
128 Burundi 343,641 people 2023 up 47.7% rising
129 South Sudan 334,422 people 2023 up 16.7% volatile
130 North Macedonia 320,531 people 2023 up 27.8% rising
131 Turkmenistan 314,616 people 2023 up 48.5% rising
132 Togo 296,437 people 2023 up 27.3% volatile
133 Estonia 285,676 people 2023 up 19.2% rising
134 Sierra Leone 271,295 people 2023 up 25.2% rising
135 Jamaica 223,237 people 2023 up 27.8% rising
136 Palestine 205,672 people 2023 up 54.8% volatile
137 Cyprus 192,487 people 2023 up 35.4% volatile
138 United Arab Emirates 180,448 people 2023 up 55.3% volatile
139 Congo 180,205 people 2023 up 38.7% rising
140 Liberia 180,041 people 2023 up 25.2% volatile
141 Trinidad and Tobago 178,146 people 2023 up 75.6% volatile
142 Mongolia 166,884 people 2023 up 54.3% rising
143 Mauritius 164,707 people 2023 up 59.0% volatile
144 Mauritania 161,458 people 2023 up 15.3% volatile
145 Eritrea 144,058 people 2023 up 22.5% volatile
146 Kuwait 142,869 people 2023 up 96.6% volatile
147 Oman 134,294 people 2023 up 35.9% volatile
148 Reunion 130,063 people 2023 up 60.7% volatile
149 Montenegro 110,585 people 2023 up 27.6% rising
150 Central African Republic 107,955 people 2023 up 22.7% rising
151 Namibia 105,777 people 2023 up 34.2% rising
153 Gabon 100,399 people 2023 up 28.6% rising
155 Botswana 98,420 people 2023 up 33.9% volatile
156 Macao 96,191 people 2023 up 106.3% volatile
157 Lesotho 88,432 people 2023 up 8.3% rising
160 Gambia 80,339 people 2023 up 44.0% volatile
161 East Timor 73,843 people 2023 up 27.1% volatile
162 Guinea-Bissau 67,668 people 2023 up 42.9% rising
163 Equatorial Guinea 66,931 people 2023 up 52.7% volatile
164 Iceland 59,435 people 2023 up 40.5% rising
165 Fiji 58,622 people 2023 up 29.6% volatile
166 Bahrain 57,081 people 2023 up 85.0% volatile
167 Djibouti 54,604 people 2023 up 41.0% volatile
168 Guyana 53,508 people 2023 up 41.8% rising
169 Eswatini 51,021 people 2023 up 39.8% volatile
170 Bhutan 50,074 people 2023 up 27.6% volatile
171 Suriname 47,906 people 2023 up 40.7% volatile
172 Qatar 46,835 people 2023 up 112.4% volatile
173 Bahamas 45,844 people 2023 up 23.0% volatile
174 Barbados 45,437 people 2023 up 32.3% rising
175 Comoros 38,041 people 2023 up 31.2% volatile
176 Western Sahara 36,732 people 2023 up 92.1% volatile
177 Cape Verde 34,367 people 2023 up 35.3% rising
178 New Caledonia 32,144 people 2023 up 40.4% volatile
179 Curacao 30,189 people 2023 up 40.9% volatile
180 French Polynesia 30,142 people 2023 up 60.6% volatile
181 Brunei 29,883 people 2023 up 93.7% volatile
182 Solomon Islands 29,012 people 2023 up 41.1% volatile
183 Maldives 22,858 people 2023 up 36.8% volatile
184 French Guiana 20,764 people 2023 up 88.7% volatile
185 Guam 20,142 people 2023 up 58.2% volatile
186 Belize 19,911 people 2023 up 45.8% volatile
187 Jersey 19,308 people 2023 up 23.5% rising
188 Isle of Man 19,076 people 2023 up 18.3% rising
189 United States Virgin Islands 19,057 people 2023 up 16.3% volatile
190 Aruba 17,673 people 2023 up 61.0% volatile
191 Saint Lucia 16,673 people 2023 up 23.9% volatile
192 Grenada 13,879 people 2023 up 24.1% rising
193 Monaco 13,790 people 2023 up 24.8% rising
194 Guernsey 13,618 people 2023 up 20.8% rising
195 Bermuda 13,523 people 2023 up 41.5% volatile
196 Vanuatu 13,516 people 2023 up 50.2% volatile
197 Andorra 12,458 people 2023 up 30.6% volatile
198 Samoa 12,365 people 2023 up 27.7% rising
199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,717 people 2023 up 18.6% rising
200 Seychelles 10,659 people 2023 up 48.4% rising
201 Antigua and Barbuda 10,484 people 2023 up 55.8% rising
202 Faroe Islands 9,701 people 2023 up 24.9% rising
203 Sao Tome and Principe 8,935 people 2023 up 29.9% rising
204 Dominica 8,482 people 2023 up 19.8% rising
207 San Marino 7,320 people 2023 up 21.1% volatile
208 Tonga 6,912 people 2023 up 7.8% rising
209 Gibraltar 6,717 people 2023 up 24.1% rising
210 Micronesia (country) 6,462 people 2023 up 68.1% rising
211 Cayman Islands 6,245 people 2023 up 84.2% volatile
212 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 5,758 people 2023 up 146.1% volatile
213 Greenland 5,669 people 2023 up 35.2% volatile
214 Kiribati 5,463 people 2023 up 32.7% rising
215 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,041 people 2023 up 97.8% volatile
216 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,008 people 2023 up 43.5% rising
217 Saint Martin (French part) 4,735 people 2023 up 99.9% volatile
218 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 4,210 people 2023 up 71.9% volatile
219 Northern Mariana Islands 3,950 people 2023 up 91.8% volatile
220 British Virgin Islands 3,596 people 2023 up 72.9% volatile
221 American Samoa 3,594 people 2023 up 42.2% volatile
222 Palau 1,932 people 2023 up 56.6% rising
223 Saint Barthelemy 1,921 people 2023 up 110.6% volatile
224 Cook Islands 1,836 people 2023 up 12.6% rising
225 Anguilla 1,763 people 2023 up 61.0% rising
226 Marshall Islands 1,709 people 2023 up 41.0% rising
227 Wallis and Futuna 1,603 people 2023 up 33.9% volatile
228 Saint Helena 1,400 people 2023 up 30.6% rising
229 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,132 people 2023 up 19.8% rising
230 Montserrat 852 people 2023 up 27.5% falling
231 Tuvalu 625 people 2023 up 4.5% rising
232 Falkland Islands 413 people 2023 up 8.4% rising
233 Nauru 324 people 2023 up 121.9% flat
234 Niue 297 people 2023 up 33.2% flat
235 Vatican 225 people 2023 down 20.8% volatile
236 Tokelau 191 people 2023 up 24.0% rising

About this data

Indicator
Number 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

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.