Pakistan now has more working-age people than Brazil
People aged 15 to 64, millions, 2000–2025. World Bank estimates.
- 1. The world has already passed peak child
- 2. Japan's median age is more than three times Niger's
- 3. South Korea now has a quarter of its 1971 births
- 4. China's population is projected to more than halve by 2100
- 5. Japan now has over 100,000 centenarians, up from 153
- 6. Japan has 9 million empty homes: one in seven
- 7. One in ten in Japan will be foreign by 2070
- 8. Japan's foreign residents have doubled since 2012, passing 4 million
- 9. Jakarta, not Tokyo, is the world's largest city
- 10. Two in three newly licensed UK doctors qualified abroad
- 11. Iran dropped from top refugee host to fifth in 2025
- 12. More Christians live in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else
- 13. Two in three people live where fertility is below replacement
- 14. Japan's births fell below half their 1899 level
- 15. DR Congo now has more children than Brazil
- 16. Brazil now has more people over 65 than Germany
- 17. Egypt has more asylum seekers than Germany, Spain and Italy
- 18. 34 countries and territories are past their population peak
- 19. Chile's fertility rate fell below Italy's and Japan's
- 20. Nigeria now has almost 25 million more people than Brazil
- 21. Thailand's births have fallen below its deaths
- 22. Women hold at least half the seats in seven parliaments
- 23. Child marriage in South Asia has nearly halved since 2005
- 24. Six in ten child deaths now happen in sub-Saharan Africa
- 25. Pakistan now has more working-age people than Brazil
People aged 15 to 64 in Pakistan in 2025, up from 82.5M in 2000. It passed Brazil in 2024.
Working-age people Brazil added in 2025, against 3.3M in Pakistan. Brazil's growth has nearly stopped.
Nigeria's working-age population in 2025, rising by 3.8M a year. The world's workforce is shifting to South Asia and Africa.
the numbers & method
| Year | Pakistan (M) | Brazil (M) | Nigeria (M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 82.5 | 113.1 | 67.3 |
| 2001 | 85.4 | 115.4 | 69.1 |
| 2002 | 88.0 | 117.6 | 71.0 |
| 2003 | 90.6 | 119.8 | 72.9 |
| 2004 | 93.6 | 121.9 | 74.9 |
| 2005 | 96.7 | 123.9 | 76.9 |
| 2006 | 99.8 | 125.9 | 78.9 |
| 2007 | 103.3 | 127.8 | 80.9 |
| 2008 | 106.9 | 129.6 | 83.1 |
| 2009 | 110.2 | 131.3 | 85.3 |
| 2010 | 113.5 | 132.9 | 87.6 |
| 2011 | 116.4 | 134.5 | 90.0 |
| 2012 | 118.8 | 136.1 | 92.6 |
| 2013 | 120.9 | 137.7 | 95.1 |
| 2014 | 122.8 | 139.1 | 97.8 |
| 2015 | 124.8 | 140.5 | 100.5 |
| 2016 | 126.6 | 141.7 | 103.4 |
| 2017 | 128.6 | 142.8 | 106.5 |
| 2018 | 131.1 | 143.7 | 109.6 |
| 2019 | 133.7 | 144.5 | 112.7 |
| 2020 | 136.6 | 145.3 | 116.0 |
| 2021 | 139.8 | 145.9 | 119.4 |
| 2022 | 142.8 | 146.3 | 122.8 |
| 2023 | 145.5 | 146.6 | 126.4 |
| 2024 | 148.3 | 146.9 | 130.2 |
| 2025 | 151.6 | 147.1 | 134.0 |
Claim types Estimate · Interpretation
Series SP.POP.1564.TO 'Population ages 15-64, total', World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects. Read from the World Bank API (WDI last updated 8 Oct 2026) on 4 Nov 2026; chart values are the API values in millions to two decimals. Pakistan vs Brazil: 2023 145.45M vs 146.60M; 2024 148.34M vs 146.88M (first year above); 2025 151.59M vs 147.12M. Pakistan passed Russia in 2007 (103.29M vs 101.86M). Yearly changes are progrss calculations: Brazil +0.24M and Pakistan +3.25M in 2025; Nigeria +3.83M. These are model-based estimates, not census counts, and are revised with each UN revision. 'Working-age' is the standard 15–64 age band, not the number of people in work. UN World Population Prospects 2024 counts figures up to 2023 as estimates and from 2024 as medium-variant projections, so the 2024 crossing rests on projection-based figures.
Published 4 Nov 2026
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