Bangladesh's Working Age Population

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE AGED 15-64 YEARS

Bangladesh's working-age population is estimated to be 65.5% of the total population in 2024.

The "Working-age population as a percentage of the total population" is a demographic 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.

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


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Qatar Falling 52.4 68.7 75.3 83.4 83.3 82.9 79.2
United Arab Emirates Falling 59.9 71.4 77.9 81.9 82.1 81.7 79.8
Kuwait Falling 60.3 59.3 69.1 75.4 78.7 79.1 75.7
Bahrain Falling 54.6 62.5 68.0 76.8 77.4 77.6 74.4
Singapore Falling 52.9 68.9 75.0 76.2 74.7 71.1 64.1
Saudi Arabia Falling 53.4 53.7 59.5 72.0 73.2 73.6 71.7
Jamaica Falling 54.6 52.8 60.7 72.3 73.1 72.8 68.1
Bhutan Falling 55.3 54.7 57.6 70.6 72.6 74.6 69.4
Oman Growing 55.1 49.9 60.9 71.8 72.6 74.0 73.5
Brunei Falling 52.2 58.8 66.9 72.8 72.3 71.7 65.1
Mauritius Falling 52.0 62.1 68.3 72.2 71.7 69.1 62.5
Malaysia Falling 51.7 57.4 62.0 69.3 70.5 71.5 67.0
Bahamas, The Falling 55.2 60.5 65.5 69.5 70.3 69.7 64.4
Korea, Rep. Falling 55.6 62.1 71.9 72.1 70.2 66.5 52.5
Colombia Falling 50.4 56.3 63.0 69.9 69.9 68.7 64.9
Thailand Falling 52.9 58.0 69.5 70.9 69.9 67.7 58.9
Trinidad and Tobago Falling 53.9 61.2 69.1 70.8 69.9 68.3 62.6
Azerbaijan Falling 55.0 61.2 64.1 69.7 69.6 69.7 65.4
Brazil Falling 53.3 58.1 65.0 69.6 69.3 68.4 62.8
China Falling 55.7 59.5 68.4 69.4 69.3 69.5 59.1
Cyprus Falling 57.7 64.9 67.8 70.4 69.3 67.8 61.1
Costa Rica Falling 50.5 58.6 63.3 68.8 69.0 68.5 62.1
Chile Falling 57.0 61.9 65.0 69.0 68.9 68.6 61.9
Luxembourg Falling 68.2 67.7 67.0 69.4 68.7 66.6 60.6
Myanmar Falling 56.6 56.7 63.2 68.3 68.4 68.4 67.3
Türkiye Falling 53.8 55.5 64.0 68.3 68.3 68.7 62.9
India Falling 56.1 56.3 60.0 67.2 68.2 69.1 67.5
Indonesia Falling 57.8 55.8 64.2 67.6 68.1 68.6 65.7
Vietnam Falling 54.1 54.4 62.5 68.0 67.7 68.3 63.0
Cabo Verde Growing 52.2 47.2 53.4 65.6 67.6 70.6 67.9
Libya Falling 52.1 49.9 64.4 65.9 67.6 69.5 64.5
South Africa Falling 54.5 55.3 60.3 66.9 67.4 67.1 67.2
Ecuador Falling 51.5 53.9 59.9 66.0 67.2 68.5 65.7
Mexico Falling 50.4 51.2 60.7 66.5 67.2 67.9 65.6
Armenia Falling 56.8 64.2 64.6 67.5 67.1 65.1 61.4
Ukraine Falling 66.0 66.7 68.7 67.6 67.1 67.3 60.7
El Salvador Growing 51.2 53.1 58.2 66.0 67.0 68.4 68.2
Hong Kong Falling 56.7 68.2 71.9 69.9 66.8 62.3 48.1
Malta Falling 57.0 66.8 68.0 68.2 66.8 65.7 59.8
Peru Falling 52.3 53.3 61.0 65.8 66.8 67.2 64.7
Iceland Falling 57.1 62.6 65.1 66.7 66.6 65.6 62.4
Philippines Growing 49.4 53.1 57.8 64.6 66.6 69.3 69.2
Suriname Falling 50.5 54.7 62.6 66.2 66.5 66.2 65.1
Tunisia Falling 52.9 54.4 64.3 66.6 66.4 67.4 62.7
Albania Falling 53.3 58.6 63.1 67.7 66.2 64.3 61.4
Morocco Falling 52.3 53.0 61.6 66.0 66.2 66.8 64.7
Argentina Falling 63.5 61.8 62.2 64.5 66.0 68.2 64.6
Belarus Falling 61.9 66.5 67.9 67.2 66.0 66.0 59.8
Spain Falling 64.4 62.9 68.6 66.2 65.9 64.0 52.4
Sri Lanka Falling 54.8 59.1 66.8 65.9 65.9 65.6 62.4
Panama Falling 52.5 55.4 62.7 65.3 65.8 66.0 63.1
Nicaragua Growing 49.8 50.1 56.2 64.4 65.7 67.2 67.0
Slovak Republic Falling 61.7 63.4 69.0 67.4 65.7 64.3 56.8
Uruguay Falling 64.2 62.4 62.6 64.9 65.7 66.5 62.8
Ireland Falling 57.9 58.9 67.0 65.3 65.6 65.8 58.2
Bangladesh Growing 55.0 51.8 59.2 64.9 65.5 66.2 67.0
Dominican Republic Growing 48.8 53.8 60.4 65.5 65.5 66.0 65.5
Russia Falling 63.5 68.1 69.7 66.9 65.5 65.2 60.5
Austria Falling 65.7 64.2 67.5 66.4 65.2 62.4 56.9
North Macedonia Falling 57.3 64.3 66.8 66.4 65.2 64.3 59.3
Canada Falling 58.6 67.8 68.3 66.1 65.1 63.1 60.9
Laos Growing 55.5 52.7 53.4 64.2 65.1 66.5 68.7
Lithuania Falling 65.0 65.4 66.2 65.0 65.1 63.6 60.0
Nepal Growing 56.3 55.6 55.2 63.8 65.1 66.9 69.4
Poland Falling 60.8 65.6 68.3 66.4 65.1 64.5 56.7
Honduras Growing 49.8 49.5 54.0 63.8 65.0 66.2 67.6
Norway Falling 63.0 63.1 64.8 65.1 65.0 64.2 59.3
Switzerland Falling 65.7 66.4 67.3 66.2 65.0 62.6 56.7
Paraguay Growing 49.8 54.1 57.0 64.7 64.9 65.3 66.2
Jordan Growing 49.8 47.8 57.3 63.3 64.8 66.6 65.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Falling 58.4 65.8 69.2 66.2 64.7 61.9 54.3
New Zealand Falling 58.5 63.1 65.5 65.4 64.7 63.5 60.8
United States Falling 59.9 66.5 66.7 65.5 64.7 63.4 61.0
Bolivia Growing 54.3 54.8 56.7 63.3 64.6 65.8 67.3
Hungary Falling 65.6 64.7 68.3 65.4 64.6 64.3 58.8
Netherlands Falling 61.0 66.2 67.8 65.0 64.5 62.3 59.9
Australia Falling 61.3 65.1 66.9 65.1 64.4 63.3 60.4
Romania Falling 65.0 62.6 67.9 64.9 64.3 64.6 57.8
Guyana Growing 49.8 53.7 59.6 64.5 64.1 64.4 66.6
Haiti Growing 56.1 54.7 56.0 63.0 64.1 65.9 68.2
Cambodia Growing 53.6 54.3 54.6 63.5 64.0 64.6 65.7
Moldova Falling 60.5 65.8 66.4 65.7 64.0 63.9 61.6
Turkmenistan Growing 54.7 54.5 58.7 65.0 64.0 65.4 66.3
Botswana Growing 50.6 50.9 58.3 63.2 63.8 64.6 68.8
Czechia Falling 65.0 63.1 69.8 63.7 63.8 63.5 56.4
Lebanon Falling 51.8 56.5 63.0 62.9 63.7 65.3 63.6
Georgia Falling 63.8 65.6 65.2 64.1 63.6 63.9 62.4
Guatemala Growing 51.1 51.8 52.4 61.7 63.6 66.2 68.8
Bulgaria Falling 66.5 66.0 67.7 63.9 63.5 62.7 56.8
Italy Falling 65.5 64.5 67.5 63.8 63.5 61.2 52.3
Slovenia Falling 65.2 65.8 70.1 64.7 63.5 62.1 54.7
Belgium Falling 64.3 65.3 65.6 64.0 63.4 62.5 58.3
Denmark Falling 64.2 64.7 66.7 63.7 63.4 61.8 59.9
United Kingdom Falling 65.0 64.0 65.2 63.4 63.3 63.2 60.3
Algeria Falling 51.3 50.3 61.9 63.3 63.1 65.1 62.8
Estonia Falling 66.2 65.9 67.4 63.4 63.1 62.8 57.1
Papua New Guinea Growing 55.5 55.1 57.5 62.2 63.1 64.3 66.6
Serbia Falling 66.2 68.9 67.5 64.2 63.0 61.8 57.8
Uzbekistan Growing 54.5 55.0 58.6 65.0 63.0 61.4 63.0
Croatia Falling 65.7 67.4 67.2 63.9 62.9 61.6 56.5
Egypt Growing 54.0 54.8 59.0 61.8 62.9 65.1 65.6
Germany Falling 67.2 65.9 67.9 64.4 62.9 59.9 56.6
Latvia Falling 67.2 66.6 67.3 63.3 62.9 62.3 58.2
Greece Falling 66.1 63.8 67.2 63.4 62.8 62.2 53.2
Mongolia Growing 56.3 51.5 61.4 62.9 62.7 65.7 64.1
Portugal Falling 62.8 62.9 67.5 63.8 62.7 60.3 53.5
Eswatini Growing 50.2 48.3 54.0 61.4 62.4 64.3 68.0
Sweden Falling 65.8 64.1 64.3 62.2 62.3 62.5 59.9
Kazakhstan Falling 57.5 59.8 65.7 63.1 62.0 62.0 61.5
Kyrgyzstan Growing 55.1 57.1 59.5 62.0 62.0 63.3 65.0
Lesotho Growing 50.4 54.1 55.9 60.4 61.6 64.5 68.4
Finland Falling 62.3 67.7 66.9 61.8 61.5 61.2 58.6
France Falling 62.0 63.7 65.1 61.8 61.3 60.5 56.9
Ghana Growing 51.7 51.2 54.6 59.3 60.5 62.3 64.3
Kenya Growing 48.1 46.4 51.7 57.9 60.2 62.4 66.1
Israel Growing 59.7 58.3 62.0 59.9 60.0 61.0 60.8
Tajikistan Growing 55.5 53.1 54.1 60.3 59.9 61.7 64.6
Gabon Growing 60.8 53.7 54.3 59.2 59.4 61.0 63.1
Namibia Growing 53.4 49.3 55.3 59.3 59.3 61.1 65.5
Pakistan Growing 56.3 53.4 53.2 58.1 59.0 61.1 64.7
Japan Falling 64.4 67.5 68.2 58.9 58.8 58.5 51.3
Rwanda Growing 47.7 50.7 51.4 57.4 58.7 60.4 64.5
Sierra Leone Growing 58.0 53.9 52.6 57.0 58.7 60.9 66.3
Comoros Growing 54.8 48.7 48.8 57.3 58.4 60.2 63.6
Senegal Growing 53.0 50.9 52.8 56.1 58.2 60.2 64.2
Guinea-Bissau Growing 59.1 50.2 51.8 56.4 58.0 60.6 65.2
Ethiopia Growing 54.9 50.9 49.6 56.5 57.7 58.7 64.6
Madagascar Growing 51.4 49.6 51.8 56.5 57.3 58.7 63.3
Togo Growing 52.4 50.9 54.6 56.2 57.3 58.9 62.0
Liberia Growing 56.1 53.1 53.8 55.4 57.2 59.6 64.7
Gambia Growing 56.3 52.2 50.1 55.2 56.7 59.5 66.2
Malawi Growing 53.9 51.5 50.5 54.2 56.7 59.6 64.7
Congo, Rep. Growing 53.7 50.9 54.4 55.5 56.6 58.9 61.5
Zambia Growing 51.1 47.4 49.6 54.9 56.6 58.8 63.2
Cote d'Ivoire Growing 54.4 50.4 51.5 55.3 56.5 58.8 61.5
Yemen, Rep. Growing 56.0 48.6 48.2 56.1 56.3 57.3 63.7
Sudan Growing 50.6 50.7 51.2 55.6 56.2 57.3 63.1
Nigeria Growing 55.5 52.2 53.2 54.2 55.9 58.8 64.6
Cameroon Growing 56.5 51.6 51.8 54.7 55.8 57.5 62.4
Guinea Growing 56.0 53.5 51.2 54.4 55.6 57.7 64.5
Burkina Faso Growing 57.5 51.8 50.5 53.4 55.5 59.2 65.0
Zimbabwe Growing 49.3 47.9 54.7 54.2 55.5 59.4 62.8
Benin Growing 54.9 50.5 51.4 54.3 55.3 57.2 62.1
Afghanistan Growing 55.2 51.4 47.7 53.4 54.7 56.7 63.5
Tanzania Growing 52.7 49.9 52.7 53.6 54.4 55.8 60.8
Uganda Growing 51.6 49.1 47.3 52.7 54.3 56.6 64.7
Mauritania Growing 55.9 51.1 52.7 52.9 54.1 55.9 61.6
Angola Growing 55.6 53.0 51.7 52.3 52.8 54.3 60.1
Burundi Growing 51.7 51.4 49.3 50.6 52.8 57.1 61.7
Mozambique Growing 55.9 51.7 52.2 52.0 52.8 54.9 62.1
Chad Growing 55.0 49.6 48.4 50.0 51.8 52.4 59.1
Mali Growing 57.0 52.5 50.2 50.2 51.5 53.7 59.8
Congo, Dem. Rep Growing 54.1 52.9 51.4 50.9 50.9 51.8 59.2
Niger Growing 49.9 51.1 50.4 49.5 50.8 53.0 61.5
Central African Republic Growing 55.2 53.3 52.2 48.9 48.8 50.6 60.1
Taiwan Growing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


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