United States

Working-age population

Name: Working-age population data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Population in prime working-age groups.

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Source: World Bank · SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS:US

Stored official data

Working-age population - United States in United States was 64.7% on January 1, 2024, lower by 0.23% (-0.3%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of total population.

Latest64.75%

YoY-0.35%

10Y Avg65.74%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min59.66%

Mean65.15%

Max67.67%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

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World Bank Open Data

Native key

SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS:US

Freshness

Stored · 2024-01-01

History

Current only

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Research notes

81 · Acceptable

ComparabilityProvider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 65 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-14T22:48:40.738Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

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CitationWorking-age population - United States (World Bank Indicators: SP.POP.1564.TO.ZS, United States, retrieved Jun 14, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 14, 2026

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Series details

SourceWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division

CategoryEducation ; Health

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of total population

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 14, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Working-age population for United States stood at 64.7%. That is down 0.23 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 65.3%, ranging from a low of 64.7% in January 2024 to a high of 65.7% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.99 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 65.7%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.