👥 Largest Working-Age Population Shares
People aged 15 to 64 as a share of the total population.
MaldivesSingaporeBhutanOmanBruneiSeychellesMauritiusMacauBahamasPalauColombiaChinaFrench PolynesiaThailandIranBrazilCosta RicaChileNorth KoreaCape VerdeLibyaGreenlandVietnamEcuadorSouth AfricaMexicoUkraineNew CaledoniaPeruFijiIcelandSurinameArgentinaMoroccoDjiboutiIrelandLaosRussiaNorwayParaguayBoliviaCanadaUnited StatesNew ZealandAustraliaBermudaGuatemalaEgyptMongoliaEstoniaEswatiniPortugalKyrgyzstanTimor-LesteFranceGuamKenyaIsraelNauruGabonNamibiaPakistanJapanComorosTongaVanuatuLiberiaMalawiYemenSamoaAfghanistanAngolaMaliNiger
1
🇶🇦Qatar
83.3%
2
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
82.2%
3
🇰🇼Kuwait
78.9%
4
🇧🇭Bahrain
77.6%
5
🇲🇻Maldives
76.0%
6
🇻🇬British Virgin Islands
75.8%
7
🇰🇾Cayman Islands
74.4%
8
🇸🇬Singapore
74.1%
9
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
73.3%
10
🇯🇲Jamaica
73.1%
11
🇧🇹Bhutan
73.0%
12
🇴🇲Oman
73.0%
13
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
72.8%
14
🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands
72.3%
15
🇧🇳Brunei
72.1%
16
🇦🇩Andorra
71.8%
17
🇸🇨Seychelles
71.5%
18
🇲🇺Mauritius
71.3%
19
🇲🇴Macau
71.2%
20
🇸🇽Sint Maarten
70.7%
21
🇲🇾Malaysia
70.7%
22
🇧🇸Bahamas
70.4%
23
🇵🇼Palau
70.2%
24
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
70.2%
25
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
69.9%
26
🇨🇴Colombia
69.8%
27
🇨🇳China
69.7%
28
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
69.6%
29
🇵🇫French Polynesia
69.6%
30
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
69.6%
31
🇹🇭Thailand
69.6%
32
🇰🇷South Korea
69.5%
33
🇮🇷Iran
69.4%
34
🇩🇲Dominica
69.2%
35
🇧🇷Brazil
69.1%
36
🇨🇾Cyprus
69.0%
37
🇨🇷Costa Rica
68.9%
38
🇨🇱Chile
68.9%
39
🇧🇿Belize
68.5%
40
🇱🇺Luxembourg
68.4%
41
🇮🇳India
68.4%
42
🇹🇷Türkiye
68.4%
43
🇲🇲Myanmar
68.4%
44
🇬🇩Grenada
68.4%
45
🇰🇵North Korea
68.4%
46
🇮🇩Indonesia
68.2%
47
🇨🇻Cape Verde
68.2%
48
🇨🇼Curaçao
68.1%
49
🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands
68.0%
50
🇱🇾Libya
68.0%
Highlights
As of 2025, Qatar ranks first with 83.3%, followed by United Arab Emirates (82.2%) and Kuwait (78.9%).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 83.3% (Qatar) to 49.1% (Central African Republic), with a median of 64.4%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Asia and 3 from the Americas.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population ages 15-64 (% of total population), 2025. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 15, 2026