Korea Rep.'s Working Age Population (Size)

NUMBER OF PEOPLE AGED 15-64 YEARS

Korea Rep.'s working-age population is estimated to be million in 2025.

The "Working-age population" is an indicator used to assess a nation's economic capacity. This metric represents the proportion of individuals within a defined age range of 15 to 64 years, considered economically active and available to work. Future projections are based on low-fertility rate estimates.

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


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India 8.6% 244.67 386.67 635.14 943.09 1,001.70 1,053.19 1,087.75
China -27.7% 364.73 585.06 868.88 989.72 986.75 971.98 713.69
United States -0.4% 107.99 152.91 187.61 222.45 224.04 225.36 223.15
Indonesia 3.7% 51.03 83.09 138.69 185.66 194.89 202.99 202.19
Pakistan 53.3% 25.72 43.95 82.46 136.58 151.59 169.14 232.31
Brazil -11.2% 38.57 70.37 113.05 145.32 147.12 147.70 130.72
Nigeria 67.8% 25.02 38.52 67.27 115.97 133.99 154.18 224.81
Bangladesh 19.2% 28.50 45.56 79.67 107.94 115.40 123.14 137.57
Russia -15.7% 76.16 94.44 102.20 97.86 93.86 92.50 79.13
Mexico 5.1% 18.52 34.49 59.83 84.36 88.92 92.97 93.42
Ethiopia 79.1% 11.74 17.52 33.46 67.16 78.47 89.79 140.58
Philippines 13.5% 13.77 25.49 46.04 72.40 78.41 84.17 89.02
Egypt 36.6% 14.53 24.09 43.14 67.59 74.77 82.79 102.14
Japan -28.8% 62.10 79.89 86.60 74.34 72.34 69.92 51.51
Vietnam -3.1% 17.60 28.54 48.24 66.74 68.73 71.17 66.58
Türkiye -8.4% 15.25 25.22 41.85 58.77 59.98 61.14 54.96
Congo, Dem. Rep 118.7% 8.26 14.13 25.95 48.82 57.51 68.16 125.77
Germany -19.0% 48.96 51.64 55.53 53.85 52.47 49.58 42.51
Thailand -25.1% 14.21 26.49 43.79 50.82 49.82 48.22 37.30
United Kingdom -0.7% 34.13 36.04 38.49 42.72 44.05 45.09 43.72
South Africa 17.1% 8.96 16.32 28.46 40.51 43.63 45.72 51.11
France -8.8% 28.78 34.36 38.70 40.74 40.81 40.57 37.22
Tanzania 98.1% 5.22 9.58 18.04 32.69 38.53 45.17 76.35
Myanmar 0.9% 12.30 18.82 28.62 36.23 37.52 38.54 37.86
Italy -30.7% 32.42 36.40 38.66 38.22 37.41 35.49 25.92
Colombia -1.1% 7.86 14.70 24.61 35.38 37.29 38.30 36.89
Korea, Rep. -37.4% 14.51 23.70 33.64 37.37 35.89 34.04 22.46
Kenya 52.2% 3.70 7.43 15.84 30.25 34.93 39.38 53.16
Spain -28.4% 19.58 23.60 28.15 31.58 31.48 30.49 22.54
Argentina -1.9% 12.95 17.31 23.14 29.15 30.42 31.77 29.85
Algeria 20.5% 5.87 9.36 19.13 27.86 30.01 32.63 36.18
Sudan 78.6% 4.23 8.65 14.25 26.00 29.14 33.59 52.05
Uganda 89.9% 3.94 6.52 11.36 23.44 28.09 33.02 53.35
Ukraine -29.4% 28.28 33.32 34.06 30.21 26.25 25.82 18.54
Canada 2.7% 10.49 16.64 21.09 25.25 25.99 26.29 26.68
Morocco 5.9% 6.08 10.31 17.52 24.16 25.50 26.69 26.99
Malaysia 12.1% 4.12 7.46 14.23 23.49 25.42 27.14 28.51
Saudi Arabia 30.8% 1.30 3.25 9.62 22.31 25.34 27.54 33.16
Poland -27.9% 17.99 23.35 26.14 25.36 24.71 24.00 17.81
Afghanistan 96.4% 4.99 6.77 9.60 20.86 24.12 28.38 47.37
Yemen, Rep. 86.1% 3.10 4.64 9.46 20.27 23.57 27.30 43.87
Uzbekistan 37.0% 4.47 8.59 14.53 21.82 23.21 24.71 31.81
Peru 8.8% 5.33 9.25 16.22 21.60 23.14 24.32 25.17
Ghana 47.2% 3.60 6.11 10.72 18.91 21.31 23.81 31.38
Angola 109.4% 2.91 4.31 8.37 17.48 20.69 24.52 43.32
Nepal 18.7% 5.70 8.65 13.56 18.49 19.35 20.41 22.96
Mozambique 101.9% 3.76 5.86 9.47 16.01 18.92 22.41 38.19
Madagascar 72.8% 2.63 4.47 8.55 16.35 18.86 21.52 32.57
Cote d'Ivoire 78.7% 2.00 4.15 9.12 16.00 18.61 21.59 33.25
Australia 9.2% 6.30 9.59 12.80 16.76 17.32 17.84 18.92
Cameroon 84.3% 2.92 4.39 7.72 14.33 16.75 19.44 30.87
Taiwan -38.1% 5.82 11.50 15.81 16.92 15.82 14.86 9.78
Sri Lanka -3.0% 5.30 8.78 12.89 14.88 15.29 15.59 14.82
Niger 120.0% 1.75 3.14 5.80 11.73 14.28 17.25 31.42
Chile -12.3% 4.65 7.13 10.08 13.36 13.68 13.87 11.99
Burkina Faso 73.7% 2.75 3.60 6.02 11.47 13.52 15.84 23.48
Mali 105.3% 3.08 3.96 5.80 10.90 13.06 15.56 26.82
Kazakhstan 22.3% 5.42 9.07 10.18 12.30 12.89 13.64 15.78
Malawi 83.0% 1.96 3.23 5.72 10.58 12.73 14.99 23.29
Zambia 86.3% 1.61 2.75 4.97 10.46 12.50 14.72 23.28
Ecuador 8.8% 2.36 4.41 7.60 11.59 12.35 13.06 13.43
Romania -27.1% 11.91 13.87 14.97 12.58 12.16 11.86 8.86
Guatemala 36.0% 2.08 3.57 6.13 10.70 11.96 13.28 16.27
Netherlands -7.7% 7.01 9.37 10.88 11.47 11.78 11.68 10.87
Cambodia 20.9% 2.92 2.82 6.81 10.62 11.45 12.15 13.84
Senegal 69.9% 1.77 2.98 5.27 9.43 11.10 12.75 18.85
Chad 104.9% 1.68 2.24 4.12 8.61 10.91 12.68 22.35
Zimbabwe 64.3% 1.88 3.37 6.51 8.42 9.52 11.05 15.64
United Arab Emirates 26.7% 0.08 0.73 2.72 7.73 9.33 9.96 11.82
Rwanda 64.7% 1.44 2.72 4.22 7.50 8.59 9.75 14.15
Guinea 72.8% 1.99 2.70 4.31 7.28 8.45 9.70 14.61
Benin 78.7% 1.38 1.98 3.71 7.10 8.23 9.51 14.72
Tunisia -3.7% 2.26 3.59 6.28 7.98 8.21 8.51 7.91
Bolivia 27.9% 2.01 3.16 4.88 7.48 8.16 8.83 10.43
Burundi 87.7% 1.43 2.25 3.19 6.39 7.69 9.24 14.45
Haiti 25.7% 2.16 3.07 4.65 7.08 7.67 8.27 9.64
Dominican Republic 7.9% 1.60 3.08 5.18 7.21 7.56 7.88 8.16
Jordan 37.1% 0.42 1.07 3.08 6.87 7.49 8.29 10.27
Belgium -10.9% 5.86 6.42 6.72 7.38 7.45 7.39 6.63
Azerbaijan -2.7% 2.19 3.85 5.24 7.10 7.24 7.44 7.04
Honduras 34.4% 1.03 1.85 3.55 6.46 7.18 7.87 9.64
Papua New Guinea 40.6% 1.11 1.73 3.18 6.10 6.81 7.51 9.58
Czechia -21.3% 6.20 6.48 7.14 6.72 6.76 6.62 5.32
Sweden -2.0% 4.93 5.33 5.71 6.44 6.65 6.78 6.51
Portugal -22.9% 5.58 6.14 6.94 6.62 6.49 6.22 5.00
Tajikistan 49.5% 1.17 2.12 3.40 5.88 6.48 7.24 9.69
Greece -28.0% 5.54 6.16 7.24 6.79 6.24 6.05 4.49
Hungary -20.9% 6.55 6.92 6.96 6.37 6.21 6.08 4.91
Belarus -27.9% 5.08 6.39 6.78 6.29 5.92 5.73 4.27
Austria -19.4% 4.63 4.85 5.41 5.93 5.90 5.67 4.76
Switzerland -12.3% 3.50 4.20 4.83 5.72 5.80 5.71 5.09
Israel 34.3% 1.13 2.17 3.79 5.27 5.72 6.21 7.69
Togo 67.0% 0.88 1.49 2.81 4.87 5.60 6.36 9.35
Sierra Leone 59.2% 1.31 1.76 2.33 4.51 5.21 5.90 8.29
Laos 25.0% 1.18 1.73 2.90 4.71 5.15 5.55 6.43
Libya 13.4% 0.78 1.71 3.41 4.64 5.07 5.48 5.75
Hong Kong -43.4% 1.75 3.38 4.82 5.24 4.88 4.51 2.76
Turkmenistan 26.5% 0.90 1.54 2.69 4.52 4.87 5.32 6.17
Nicaragua 21.5% 0.89 1.63 2.82 4.23 4.62 5.00 5.62
Paraguay 20.7% 0.94 1.65 2.91 4.27 4.55 4.84 5.49
Kyrgyzstan 33.3% 1.22 2.13 2.99 4.13 4.53 4.94 6.04
Singapore -14.9% 0.86 1.68 3.02 4.28 4.35 4.29 3.70
El Salvador 1.1% 1.43 2.41 3.46 4.11 4.28 4.44 4.33
Bulgaria -30.9% 5.23 5.85 5.42 4.43 4.25 4.05 2.94
Serbia -27.1% 4.44 5.38 5.20 4.43 4.19 3.99 3.06
Oman 39.6% 0.29 0.50 1.39 3.25 4.01 4.52 5.60
Kuwait 18.0% 0.19 0.89 1.35 3.32 3.96 4.21 4.68
Denmark -7.5% 2.94 3.32 3.56 3.71 3.80 3.76 3.51
Lebanon 14.3% 0.93 1.66 2.73 3.59 3.74 3.99 4.28
Congo, Rep. 77.1% 0.57 0.93 1.71 3.19 3.70 4.29 6.55
Norway -8.2% 2.26 2.58 2.91 3.50 3.65 3.68 3.35
Slovak Republic -24.8% 2.54 3.16 3.71 3.68 3.58 3.47 2.69
Costa Rica -10.6% 0.67 1.40 2.49 3.46 3.55 3.60 3.18
Ireland -4.3% 1.64 2.01 2.55 3.26 3.49 3.63 3.34
Finland -13.0% 2.76 3.24 3.46 3.42 3.46 3.42 3.01
New Zealand -0.9% 1.39 1.98 2.53 3.31 3.39 3.43 3.36
Liberia 68.7% 0.64 1.02 1.58 2.85 3.30 3.79 5.57
Panama 13.4% 0.59 1.08 1.89 2.80 3.01 3.19 3.41
Mauritania 94.5% 0.46 0.75 1.38 2.43 2.89 3.39 5.62
Central African Republic 128.7% 0.94 1.31 2.00 2.46 2.71 3.28 6.19
Qatar 24.0% 0.02 0.19 0.49 2.34 2.60 2.76 3.22
Georgia -9.3% 2.59 3.39 2.82 2.43 2.42 2.42 2.19
Croatia -27.5% 2.76 3.13 2.91 2.53 2.41 2.29 1.75
Uruguay -12.4% 1.63 1.84 2.04 2.20 2.23 2.24 1.95
Mongolia 25.7% 0.55 0.88 1.51 2.07 2.22 2.43 2.79
Jamaica -23.5% 0.90 1.13 1.58 2.05 2.07 2.04 1.59
Bosnia and Herzegovina -37.0% 1.92 2.73 2.88 2.18 2.02 1.87 1.27
Armenia -25.6% 1.06 2.00 2.02 1.95 1.97 1.86 1.46
Moldova -27.3% 1.86 2.66 2.81 2.02 1.91 1.82 1.38
Namibia 54.9% 0.32 0.48 1.01 1.62 1.84 2.07 2.85
Lithuania -29.5% 1.80 2.24 2.32 1.82 1.83 1.72 1.29
Albania -28.4% 0.88 1.60 2.00 1.94 1.82 1.72 1.30
Botswana 38.7% 0.26 0.48 0.98 1.50 1.64 1.79 2.27
Gambia 70.8% 0.22 0.37 0.73 1.39 1.61 1.86 2.75
Gabon 61.3% 0.31 0.40 0.69 1.37 1.55 1.75 2.49
Lesotho 34.1% 0.37 0.76 1.12 1.35 1.47 1.61 1.97
Slovenia -22.3% 1.05 1.25 1.39 1.36 1.34 1.30 1.04
Guinea-Bissau 64.9% 0.34 0.42 0.64 1.14 1.31 1.51 2.17
Bahrain 21.1% 0.09 0.22 0.46 1.14 1.27 1.37 1.54
North Macedonia -27.3% 0.82 1.24 1.37 1.24 1.18 1.13 0.86
Latvia -27.3% 1.43 1.67 1.59 1.20 1.16 1.11 0.84
Trinidad and Tobago -20.3% 0.46 0.69 0.91 1.05 1.05 1.03 0.84
Cyprus -6.4% 0.34 0.44 0.64 0.92 0.95 0.96 0.89
Mauritius -27.4% 0.35 0.59 0.83 0.93 0.90 0.86 0.66
Estonia -24.0% 0.81 0.97 0.94 0.84 0.85 0.82 0.64
Eswatini 24.6% 0.17 0.29 0.56 0.73 0.79 0.85 0.98
Bhutan 0.7% 0.12 0.24 0.34 0.54 0.58 0.61 0.59
Guyana 11.9% 0.28 0.42 0.46 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.60
Comoros 55.1% 0.11 0.16 0.26 0.46 0.52 0.58 0.80
Luxembourg -1.1% 0.21 0.25 0.29 0.44 0.47 0.48 0.46
Suriname 7.7% 0.13 0.21 0.30 0.41 0.43 0.44 0.46
Malta -15.4% 0.19 0.23 0.27 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.31
Cabo Verde 2.3% 0.11 0.15 0.24 0.34 0.36 0.38 0.37
Brunei -3.5% 0.05 0.11 0.22 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.32
Bahamas, The -7.9% 0.06 0.14 0.21 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.26
Iceland -2.2% 0.10 0.14 0.18 0.24 0.26 0.27 0.26


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