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Workforce Size

NUMBER OF PERSONS

The "Workforce Size" is an indicator used to assess a nation's economic capacity. This metric represents the number of individuals within a defined age range of 15 to 64 years, that are economically active. Future projections are based on low-fertility assumptions, with the projected annual change in the working-age population used to estimate future trends.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C. and World Economics Research, London


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    Workforce Size (Number of People)
Country Projected Change
(2025-2050)		 1960
(Millions)		 1980
(Millions)		 2000
(Millions)		 2020
(Millions)		 2025
(Millions)		 2030
(Millions)		 2050
(Millions)
China -27.7% 709.60 707.48 696.88 511.70
India 8.6% 316.29 370.74 463.43 487.25 503.24
United States -0.4% 62.26 97.21 131.22 147.93 150.75 151.64 150.15
Indonesia 3.7% 86.88 125.67 132.47 137.97 137.43
Brazil -11.2% 66.15 91.63 96.28 96.66 85.55
Nigeria 67.8% 61.69 71.65 82.45 120.22
Russia -15.7% 68.28 70.97 69.94 59.83
Bangladesh 19.2% 60.26 70.08 74.78 83.55
Pakistan 53.3% 58.73 65.44 73.02 100.29
Japan -28.8% 52.46 59.64 57.62 57.77 55.83 41.13
Mexico 5.1% 52.27 57.55 60.17 60.46
Vietnam -3.1% 52.58 52.04 53.89 50.41
Philippines 13.5% 41.21 45.93 49.31 52.15
Germany -19.0% 35.53 40.99 40.85 38.59 33.10
Ethiopia 79.1% 18.24 43.73 39.84 45.59 71.38
Thailand -25.1% 35.63 37.04 35.85 27.73
Congo, Dem. Rep 118.7% 34.20 34.98 41.46 76.50
United Kingdom -0.7% 26.57 31.51 31.97 32.73 31.74
Türkiye -8.4% 21.67 27.46 30.85 31.45 28.27
Egypt 36.6% 26.22 30.69 33.97 41.92
Tanzania 98.1% 24.75 28.85 33.82 57.17
France -8.8% 22.50 26.65 27.95 27.78 25.48
Korea, Rep. -37.4% 18.32 24.45 24.32 23.07 15.22
Italy -30.7% 20.23 22.37 22.61 21.45 15.67
Myanmar 0.9% 22.14 22.52 23.13 22.72
Colombia -1.1% 20.63 21.96 22.55 21.72
Spain -28.4% 14.59 19.72 20.78 20.12 14.87
Uganda 89.9% 16.78 19.99 23.50 37.97
Canada 2.7% 10.69 14.35 18.37 19.40 19.62 19.92
Kenya 52.2% 17.84 17.39 19.60 26.46
South Africa 17.1% 16.69 16.93 17.74 19.83
Peru 8.8% 11.38 17.27 16.61 17.46 18.07
Poland -27.9% 14.62 16.00 16.49 16.01 11.88
Malaysia 12.1% 15.36 16.12 17.21 18.08
Ukraine -29.4% 15.73 14.05 13.82 9.92
Uzbekistan 37.0% 14.03 14.93 19.23
Australia 9.2% 6.12 8.64 12.43 13.62 14.03 14.88
Argentina -1.9% 11.52 12.96 13.53 12.72
Mozambique 101.9% 10.80 12.69 15.03 25.61
Angola 109.4% 10.18 12.54 14.86 26.26
Madagascar 72.8% 12.32 12.51 14.28 21.61
Cote d'Ivoire 78.7% 9.20 12.20 14.15 21.80
Algeria 20.5% 11.10 11.95 13.00 14.41
Ghana 47.2% 7.22 12.28 11.88 13.28 17.50
Morocco 5.9% 7.35 11.52 10.58 11.07 11.20
Taiwan -38.1% 6.57 9.38 11.13 10.50 9.86 6.50
Cameroon 84.3% 9.56 9.98 11.58 18.40
Niger 120.0% 7.41 9.89 11.95 21.76
Cambodia 20.9% 5.44 8.42 9.56 10.16 11.57
Netherlands -7.7% 7.59 8.73 9.49 9.41 8.76
Kazakhstan 22.3% 8.73 9.16 9.69 11.21
United Arab Emirates 26.7% 7.36 9.09 9.71 11.52
Sudan 78.6% 9.37 8.96 10.33 16.01
Chile -12.3% 8.56 8.63 8.75 7.56
Afghanistan 96.4% 6.99 8.47 9.96 16.63
Nepal 18.7% 7.52 7.87 8.30 9.34
Malawi 83.0% 5.75 7.70 9.06 14.09
Sri Lanka -3.0% 7.64 7.65 7.80 7.42
Guatemala 36.0% 6.83 7.65 8.49 10.40
Ecuador 8.8% 7.38 7.64 8.08 8.31
Romania -27.1% 9.82 8.31 7.54 7.35 5.50
Zambia 86.3% 5.41 6.93 8.17 12.92
Mali 105.3% 5.44 6.93 8.26 14.24
Bolivia 27.9% 5.26 6.23 6.74 7.97
Yemen, Rep. 86.1% 4.94 5.75 6.66 10.70
Benin 78.7% 4.41 5.69 6.57 10.16
Burundi 87.7% 3.87 5.66 6.79 10.62
Chad 104.9% 4.36 5.53 6.43 11.32
Burkina Faso 73.7% 8.05 5.44 6.38 9.45
Zimbabwe 64.3% 4.66 5.38 6.25 8.85
Senegal 69.9% 4.62 5.17 5.94 8.78
Sweden -2.0% 4.01 4.98 5.13 5.23 5.02
Belgium -10.9% 3.96 4.78 4.97 4.93 4.43
Azerbaijan -2.7% 4.77 4.92 5.05 4.79
Czechia -21.3% 4.72 5.11 4.91 4.81 3.87
Portugal -22.9% 4.67 4.65 4.77 4.57 3.68
Rwanda 64.7% 3.89 4.76 5.40 7.83
Switzerland -12.3% 3.78 4.54 4.67 4.60 4.09
Belarus -27.9% 4.38 4.78 4.61 4.46 3.32
Dominican Republic 7.9% 4.42 4.61 4.80 4.97
Hungary -20.9% 3.76 4.39 4.54 4.44 3.59
Haiti 25.7% 4.16 4.50 4.86 5.66
Austria -19.4% 3.66 4.29 4.37 4.20 3.53
Israel 34.3% 2.15 3.78 4.19 4.54 5.62
Papua New Guinea 40.6% 2.54 4.09 4.51 5.76
Greece -28.0% 3.92 3.45 3.96 3.84 2.85
Guinea 72.8% 3.09 3.59 4.11 6.20
Honduras 34.4% 3.65 3.59 3.93 4.82
Laos 25.0% 2.84 3.55 3.83 4.44
Togo 67.0% 3.16 3.44 3.90 5.74
Hong Kong -43.4% 3.69 3.40 3.14 1.92
Tunisia -3.7% 3.45 3.40 3.52 3.27
Paraguay 20.7% 1.88 3.26 3.13 3.33 3.78
Nicaragua 21.5% 2.83 3.09 3.34 3.75
Sierra Leone 59.2% 2.61 3.01 3.41 4.79
Denmark -7.5% 2.70 2.78 2.91 2.88 2.69
Oman 39.6% 2.30 2.88 3.25 4.02
Norway -8.2% 2.24 2.63 2.81 2.83 2.58
Jordan 37.1% 2.34 2.80 3.09 3.83
El Salvador 1.1% 2.74 2.79 2.89 2.82
Bulgaria -30.9% 2.91 2.79 2.65 1.92
Serbia -27.1% 2.69 2.74 2.60 1.99
New Zealand -0.9% 1.75 2.56 2.72 2.76 2.70
Tajikistan 49.5% 2.45 2.70 3.01 4.03
Ireland -4.3% 1.58 2.27 2.68 2.79 2.56
Kyrgyzstan 33.3% 2.39 2.61 2.85 3.48
Finland -13.0% 2.33 2.48 2.55 2.52 2.22
Slovak Republic -24.8% 2.14 2.52 2.54 2.46 1.91
Kuwait 18.0% 2.16 2.23 2.37 2.64
Singapore -14.9% 1.52 2.07 2.18 2.15 1.86
Qatar 24.0% 2.11 2.17 2.31 2.69
Costa Rica -10.6% 2.14 2.07 2.10 1.85
Panama 13.4% 1.82 1.84 1.95 2.09
Libya 13.4% 1.66 1.82 1.96 2.06
Uruguay -12.4% 0.99 1.57 1.63 1.65 1.43
Croatia -27.5% 1.53 1.56 1.49 1.13
Congo, Rep. 77.1% 1.33 1.54 1.78 2.72
Lebanon 14.3% 1.45 1.51 1.61 1.73
Georgia -9.3% 1.44 1.42 1.42 1.29
Lithuania -29.5% 1.45 1.32 1.37 1.28 0.96
Mongolia 25.7% 1.28 1.33 1.46 1.68
Bosnia and Herzegovina -37.0% 0.75 1.25 1.15 0.79
Jamaica -23.5% 1.19 1.24 1.22 0.95
Liberia 68.7% 1.06 1.22 1.41 2.07
Albania -28.4% 1.19 1.22 1.15 0.87
Moldova -27.3% 1.24 1.16 1.11 0.84
Mauritania 94.5% 0.93 1.10 1.30 2.15
Armenia -25.6% 1.06 1.09 1.03 0.81
Slovenia -22.3% 0.86 0.97 0.96 0.94 0.75
Bahrain 21.1% 0.28 0.82 0.91 0.98 1.11
Botswana 38.7% 0.79 0.86 0.94 1.19
Latvia -27.3% 0.94 0.86 0.82 0.78 0.60
Namibia 54.9% 0.72 0.82 0.92 1.27
Guinea-Bissau 64.9% 0.30 0.74 0.85 1.22
Lesotho 34.1% 0.62 0.67 0.74 0.90
North Macedonia -27.3% 0.77 0.66 0.64 0.48
Estonia -24.0% 0.57 0.63 0.65 0.63 0.49
Gambia 70.8% 0.81 0.64 0.74 1.09
Gabon 61.3% 0.52 0.59 0.66 0.95
Trinidad and Tobago -20.3% 0.58 0.56 0.55 0.45
Mauritius -27.4% 0.54 0.54 0.51 0.39
Cyprus -6.4% 0.28 0.41 0.47 0.48 0.44
Bhutan 0.7% 0.30 0.36 0.38 0.36
Luxembourg -1.1% 0.18 0.29 0.32 0.33 0.32
Malta -15.4% 0.26 0.30 0.30 0.25
Comoros 55.1% 0.19 0.27 0.30 0.41
Guyana 11.9% 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.28
Eswatini 24.6% 0.30 0.22 0.24 0.28
Cabo Verde 2.3% 0.20 0.22 0.23 0.22
Brunei -3.5% 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.21
Iceland -2.2% 0.15 0.20 0.21 0.22 0.21
Suriname 7.7% 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.22
Bahamas, The -7.9% 0.21 0.18 0.18 0.17
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