Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total by country

Population in thousands, age 15-19, total is the total population of 15-19 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

115,383

India

Lowest

Tonga

Median

868.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 115,383 in India; the lowest is 11 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 868.5, and the mean is 3,842.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,489.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 72.2%), and the largest decrease in Russian Federation (down 34.7%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	115,383	2010	up 13.0%	rising
2	China	101,995	2010	up 1.2%	rising
3	United States	22,319	2010	up 11.4%	rising
4	Indonesia	20,666	2010	down 4.5%	rising
5	Pakistan	19,354	2010	up 22.5%	rising
6	Brazil	16,501	2010	down 9.0%	rising
7	Bangladesh	16,253	2010	up 15.6%	rising
8	Mexico	10,968	2010	up 7.0%	rising
9	Philippines	9,486	2010	up 16.7%	rising
10	Viet Nam	9,114	2010	up 9.5%	rising
11	Russian Federation	8,075	2010	down 34.7%	rising
12	Iran, Islamic Rep.	8,010	2010	down 10.5%	rising
13	Egypt, Arab Rep.	7,675	2010	up 1.0%	rising
14	Congo, Dem. Rep.	7,150	2010	up 31.4%	rising
15	Turkiye	6,892	2010	down 0.4%	rising
16	Japan	6,026	2010	down 19.7%	falling
17	Myanmar	5,362	2010	up 8.8%	rising
18	Thailand	5,245	2010	down 5.3%	rising
19	South Africa	5,094	2010	up 5.2%	rising
20	Tanzania	4,806	2010	up 23.6%	rising
21	Colombia	4,652	2010	up 12.9%	rising
22	Germany	4,422	2010	down 5.5%	falling
23	Sudan	4,244	2010	up 18.3%	rising
24	Kenya	4,154	2010	up 10.6%	volatile
25	United Kingdom	3,908	2010	up 8.2%	flat
26	Afghanistan	3,853	2010	up 57.3%	rising
27	Uganda	3,771	2010	up 39.0%	volatile
28	France	3,617	2010	down 6.5%	flat
29	Algeria	3,555	2010	down 4.3%	rising
30	Iraq	3,517	2010	up 32.1%	rising
31	Argentina	3,464	2010	up 6.4%	rising
32	Korea, Rep.	3,407	2010	down 10.1%	rising
33	Nepal	3,345	2010	up 29.9%	rising
34	Morocco	3,198	2010	down 3.0%	rising
35	Peru	2,967	2010	up 12.1%	rising
36	Ukraine	2,857	2010	down 24.0%	flat
37	Saudi Arabia	2,837	2010	up 42.5%	volatile
38	Italy	2,833	2010	down 7.2%	falling
39	Yemen, Rep.	2,816	2010	up 35.9%	volatile
40	Malaysia	2,741	2010	up 19.6%	rising
41	Venezuela, RB	2,721	2010	up 9.3%	rising
42	Ghana	2,667	2010	up 18.0%	rising
43	Mozambique	2,503	2010	up 31.0%	rising
44	Poland	2,461	2010	down 26.9%	rising
45	Cote d'Ivoire	2,293	2010	up 16.8%	volatile
46	Canada	2,230	2010	up 7.9%	rising
47	Syrian Arab Republic	2,165	2010	up 2.0%	rising
48	Cameroon	2,040	2010	up 22.2%	rising
49	Spain	1,998	2010	down 23.6%	falling
50	Mali	1,749	2010	up 32.5%	rising
51	Niger	1,735	2010	up 38.2%	volatile
52	Sri Lanka	1,722	2010	down 12.3%	rising
52	Zimbabwe	1,722	2010	up 7.4%	rising
54	Cambodia	1,720	2010	up 0.8%	rising
55	Malawi	1,681	2010	up 37.3%	rising
56	Guatemala	1,582	2010	up 26.0%	rising
57	Zambia	1,546	2010	up 27.6%	rising
58	Chile	1,488	2010	up 12.5%	rising
59	Senegal	1,463	2010	up 24.6%	rising
60	Australia	1,421	2010	up 6.3%	rising
61	Ecuador	1,370	2010	up 5.6%	rising
62	Kazakhstan	1,220	2010	down 12.2%	rising
63	Romania	1,193	2010	down 27.3%	flat
64	Rwanda	1,132	2010	up 15.0%	rising
65	Bolivia	1,077	2010	up 26.3%	rising
66	Benin	1,062	2010	up 32.1%	volatile
67	Netherlands	1,021	2010	up 11.5%	falling
68	Burundi	997	2010	up 30.2%	rising
69	Tunisia	976	2010	down 5.8%	rising
70	Dominican Republic	975	2010	up 11.6%	rising
71	Haiti	974	2010	down 0.3%	rising
72	Honduras	890	2010	up 23.8%	rising
73	Tajikistan	847	2010	up 23.5%	rising
74	Togo	773	2010	up 29.9%	volatile
75	Cuba	756	2010	up 0.5%	rising
76	Papua New Guinea	742	2010	up 34.2%	rising
77	El Salvador	734	2010	up 11.6%	rising
78	Paraguay	721	2010	up 20.4%	rising
79	Lao PDR	720	2010	up 30.0%	rising
80	Serbia	687	2010	down 15.7%	rising
81	Nicaragua	677	2010	up 13.6%	rising
82	Jordan	641	2010	up 17.8%	volatile
83	Sierra Leone	628	2010	up 40.5%	rising
84	Sweden	623	2010	up 23.1%	flat
85	Belgium	620	2010	up 1.1%	falling
86	Hungary	607	2010	down 7.9%	falling
87	Czechia	593	2010	down 14.3%	falling
88	Kyrgyz Republic	578	2010	up 10.5%	rising
89	Israel	576	2010	up 9.3%	rising
90	Portugal	573	2010	down 16.8%	falling
91	Greece	557	2010	down 24.5%	flat
92	Libya	549	2010	down 21.3%	rising
93	Central African Republic	510	2010	up 25.3%	rising
94	Congo, Rep.	507	2010	up 37.8%	volatile
95	Austria	482	2010	unchanged	falling
96	Switzerland	449	2010	up 8.5%	falling
97	Costa Rica	433	2010	up 8.8%	rising
98	Liberia	407	2010	up 20.8%	rising
99	Bulgaria	402	2010	down 26.6%	falling
100	Hong Kong	401	2010	down 11.7%	rising
101	United Arab Emirates	372	2010	up 72.2%	volatile
102	Slovak Republic	359	2010	down 19.5%	rising
103	Denmark	357	2010	up 27.0%	falling
103	Mauritania	357	2010	up 29.3%	rising
105	Singapore	356	2010	up 41.3%	rising
106	Finland	335	2010	up 0.9%	falling
107	Norway	319	2010	up 20.4%	flat
108	Panama	308	2010	up 10.0%	rising
109	Albania	303	2010	up 4.1%	rising
110	New Zealand	302	2010	up 13.1%	rising
111	Moldova	291	2010	down 20.7%	rising
112	Namibia	289	2010	up 48.2%	volatile
113	Jamaica	284	2010	up 12.3%	rising
114	Mongolia	275	2010	down 1.1%	rising
114	Uruguay	275	2010	up 7.8%	rising
116	Ireland	268	2010	down 19.5%	rising
117	Armenia	266	2010	down 10.7%	rising
118	Croatia	263	2010	down 14.9%	falling
119	Lithuania	245	2010	down 5.0%	rising
120	Lesotho	232	2010	down 1.3%	rising
121	Botswana	222	2010	up 2.3%	rising
122	Kuwait	204	2010	up 29.9%	rising
123	Gabon	176	2010	up 29.4%	volatile
124	Gambia, The	174	2010	up 33.8%	volatile
125	Eswatini	147	2010	up 13.1%	rising
126	Latvia	141	2010	down 20.8%	flat
127	Mauritius	108	2010	up 4.9%	rising
128	Trinidad and Tobago	103	2010	down 29.0%	rising
129	Slovenia	99	2010	down 27.7%	falling
130	Fiji	83	2010	down 4.6%	rising
131	Estonia	77	2010	down 26.0%	flat
132	Bahrain	67	2010	up 26.4%	rising
133	Guyana	66	2010	down 20.5%	rising
134	Cyprus	65	2010	up 3.2%	rising
135	Qatar	52	2010	up 26.8%	volatile
136	Maldives	42	2010	up 27.3%	volatile
137	Brunei Darussalam	36	2010	up 24.1%	rising
138	Macao	35	2010	unchanged	rising
139	Belize	32	2010	up 18.5%	rising
140	Luxembourg	30	2010	up 20.0%	rising
141	Malta	27	2010	down 6.9%	falling
142	Iceland	23	2010	up 9.5%	rising
143	Barbados	18	2010	down 14.3%	falling
144	Tonga	11	2010	down 8.3%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15-19, total
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population in thousands, age 15-19, total is the total population of 15-19 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.