Table 6. Population estimates and projections for the age group 15-64 in OECD countries In thousands 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 United States 111,659 129,886 152,709 166,929 183,752 201,725 206,151 204,570 209,942 213,695 Japan 60,273 71,888 78,734 85,998 86,335 81,099 74,101 70,018 62,250 57,087 Germany 48,842 49,025 51,614 54,729 56,025 54,917 52,995 47,855 44,425 42,706 France 28,320 31,633 34,350 37,302 38,620 39,925 38,483 36,919 35,512 34,586 Italy 33,093 34,733 36,444 39,238 38,721 37,015 34,061 29,365 24,432 21,875 United Kingdom 34,072 34,943 36,068 37,489 38,328 39,237 38,062 35,914 34,418 33,406 Canada 10,559 13,209 16,700 18,911 21,276 23,442 23,812 23,592 24,313 25,074 Australia 6,313 7,874 9,488 11,306 12,704 13,996 14,499 14,787 15,123 15,515 Austria 4,640 4,597 4,845 5,211 5,609 5,745 5,540 4,942 4,404 4,009 Belgium 5,904 6,085 6,453 6,645 6,725 6,819 6,422 5,817 5,409 5,105 Czech Republic 6,229 6,533 6,496 6,806 7,150 7,156 6,459 5,925 5,150 4,289 Denmark 2,940 3,176 3,317 3,463 3,538 3,518 3,364 3,122 2,922 2,872 Finland 2,764 3,051 3,236 3,356 3,469 3,495 3,223 3,033 2,963 2,850 Greece 5,434 5,626 6,176 6,854 7,144 7,016 6,564 5,920 5,093 4,374 Hungary 6,553 6,992 6,921 6,884 6,855 6,696 6,120 5,664 5,044 4,374 Iceland 101 120 143 164 183 202 209 209 207 205 Ireland 1,636 1,703 1,995 2,148 2,515 2,698 2,768 2,839 2,851 2,743 Korea 13,684 17,440 23,710 29,648 33,623 35,455 36,314 34,506 32,083 30,401 Luxembourg 213 222 246 264 291 307 302 283 266 252 Mexico 18,618 24,921 34,511 47,843 61,434 74,099 84,388 90,482 91,637 91,015 Netherlands 7,003 8,152 9,358 10,305 10,750 10,970 10,341 9,281 8,421 8,102 New Zealand 1,387 1,685 1,971 2,201 2,537 2,807 2,938 2,997 3,085 3,188 Norway 2,256 2,429 2,577 2,746 2,898 3,063 3,015 2,891 2,784 2,787 Poland 17,963 21,075 23,346 24,711 26,593 27,834 26,231 24,927 23,674 21,139 Portugal 5,548 5,611 6,212 6,553 6,708 6,639 6,347 5,843 5,113 4,505 Spain 19,602 21,036 23,555 26,257 27,118 26,673 25,125 22,257 18,409 15,490 Sweden 4,939 5,267 5,328 5,502 5,736 5,934 5,619 5,308 5,079 4,975 Switzerland 3,556 4,014 4,197 4,700 5,010 5,163 4,974 4,441 4,041 3,802 Turkey 15,194 19,239 24,904 34,065 43,867 51,491 58,014 61,590 62,886 62,382 OECD Total 152,477 176,845 208,985 247,632 282,460 307,777 318,776 317,066 306,645 294,373 Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision.