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

Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

143

Highest

1.09 million

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

7,664

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 1.09 million in China; the lowest is 67 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,664, and the mean is 33,097.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16,279.

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 63.2%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 5.2%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	1.09 million	2010	up 13.8%	rising
2	India	829,075	2010	up 23.2%	rising
3	United States	249,660	2010	up 12.0%	rising
4	Indonesia	172,622	2010	up 18.2%	rising
5	Brazil	145,288	2010	up 18.7%	rising
6	Russia	118,489	2010	down 1.1%	rising
7	Pakistan	112,500	2010	up 34.3%	rising
8	Japan	110,797	2010	up 2.2%	rising
9	Bangladesh	103,588	2010	up 28.6%	rising
10	Mexico	81,611	2010	up 22.9%	rising
11	Germany	71,607	2010	up 3.0%	rising
12	Vietnam	66,119	2010	up 26.3%	rising
13	Philippines	60,835	2010	up 28.5%	rising
14	Turkey	56,541	2010	up 19.5%	rising
15	Iran	55,585	2010	up 29.3%	rising
16	Egypt	54,733	2010	up 26.8%	rising
17	Thailand	51,912	2010	up 13.6%	rising
18	France	50,470	2010	up 4.6%	rising
19	United Kingdom	50,276	2010	up 5.9%	rising
20	Italy	50,210	2010	up 1.5%	rising
21	South Korea	40,868	2010	up 10.4%	rising
22	Myanmar	39,134	2010	up 21.5%	rising
23	Ukraine	38,220	2010	down 5.2%	rising
24	Spain	37,418	2010	up 7.6%	rising
25	Democratic Republic of Congo	35,083	2010	up 32.4%	rising
26	Colombia	34,853	2010	up 23.1%	rising
27	South Africa	32,760	2010	up 8.1%	rising
28	Poland	32,711	2010	up 4.8%	rising
29	Argentina	30,538	2010	up 15.0%	rising
30	Canada	28,292	2010	up 13.9%	rising
31	Algeria	25,853	2010	up 28.8%	rising
32	Sudan	25,108	2010	up 28.2%	rising
33	Tanzania	24,747	2010	up 27.2%	rising
34	Morocco	23,834	2010	up 22.4%	rising
35	Kenya	22,220	2010	up 29.4%	volatile
36	Peru	21,088	2010	up 24.1%	rising
37	Venezuela	20,549	2010	up 26.9%	rising
38	Iraq	19,846	2010	up 38.1%	volatile
39	Malaysia	19,391	2010	up 27.3%	rising
40	Afghanistan	19,299	2010	up 52.8%	rising
41	Nepal	19,037	2010	up 31.9%	rising
42	Romania	18,140	2010	up 0.4%	rising
43	Saudi Arabia	18,076	2010	up 39.2%	volatile
44	Australia	17,323	2010	up 15.3%	rising
45	Uganda	17,053	2010	up 41.1%	rising
46	Sri Lanka	16,720	2010	up 14.1%	rising
47	Ghana	15,334	2010	up 31.3%	rising
48	Syria	13,910	2010	up 38.5%	volatile
49	Netherlands	13,722	2010	up 5.9%	rising
50	Yemen	13,540	2010	up 45.9%	volatile
51	Chile	13,319	2010	up 19.6%	rising
52	Mozambique	12,336	2010	up 23.4%	rising
53	Cote d'Ivoire	11,857	2010	up 24.9%	volatile
54	Kazakhstan	11,633	2010	up 6.7%	rising
55	Cameroon	10,766	2010	up 26.9%	rising
56	Cambodia	10,114	2010	up 33.9%	rising
57	Ecuador	9,893	2010	up 22.7%	rising
58	Greece	9,649	2010	up 3.7%	rising
59	Cuba	9,379	2010	up 6.9%	rising
60	Portugal	9,043	2010	up 5.6%	rising
61	Belgium	8,815	2010	up 3.6%	rising
62	Czechia	8,797	2010	up 2.5%	rising
63	Serbia	8,667	2010	up 2.7%	rising
64	Hungary	8,515	2010	up 0.2%	rising
65	Niger	8,403	2010	up 39.7%	rising
66	Zimbabwe	8,347	2010	up 15.4%	rising
67	Guatemala	8,298	2010	up 32.9%	rising
68	Tunisia	8,180	2010	up 22.6%	rising
69	Mali	8,155	2010	up 35.7%	rising
70	Senegal	7,755	2010	up 35.6%	rising
71	Sweden	7,685	2010	up 6.1%	rising
72	Malawi	7,664	2010	up 23.7%	rising
73	Austria	7,090	2010	up 5.0%	rising
74	Zambia	7,000	2010	up 22.2%	rising
75	Dominican Republic	6,925	2010	up 21.2%	rising
76	Bulgaria	6,478	2010	down 3.9%	rising
77	Bolivia	6,440	2010	up 28.2%	rising
79	Switzerland	6,204	2010	up 5.0%	rising
80	Rwanda	5,837	2010	up 37.8%	rising
81	Haiti	5,825	2010	up 23.3%	rising
82	Benin	5,579	2010	up 42.4%	rising
83	Israel	5,328	2010	up 22.1%	rising
84	Honduras	5,087	2010	up 35.9%	volatile
85	El Salvador	5,076	2010	up 25.5%	rising
86	Burundi	5,068	2010	up 50.2%	rising
87	Slovakia	4,602	2010	up 5.9%	rising
88	Libya	4,539	2010	up 27.5%	volatile
89	Denmark	4,515	2010	up 3.7%	rising
90	Tajikistan	4,507	2010	up 26.9%	rising
91	Finland	4,451	2010	up 5.1%	rising
92	Paraguay	4,428	2010	up 34.3%	rising
93	Jordan	4,127	2010	up 36.7%	volatile
94	Papua New Guinea	4,054	2010	up 30.9%	rising
95	Togo	4,044	2010	up 35.9%	rising
96	Laos	4,028	2010	up 33.3%	rising
97	United Arab Emirates	3,998	2010	up 63.2%	volatile
98	Kyrgyzstan	3,961	2010	up 22.7%	rising
99	Nicaragua	3,880	2010	up 35.0%	rising
100	Croatia	3,876	2010	up 3.7%	rising
101	Singapore	3,872	2010	up 23.3%	rising
102	Norway	3,859	2010	up 7.1%	rising
103	Ireland	3,526	2010	up 18.4%	rising
104	Sierra Leone	3,493	2010	up 35.2%	rising
105	Costa Rica	3,463	2010	up 29.3%	rising
106	New Zealand	3,337	2010	up 13.3%	rising
107	Moldova	2,982	2010	down 4.6%	rising
108	Lithuania	2,882	2010	up 2.7%	rising
109	Uruguay	2,737	2010	up 8.9%	rising
110	Central African Republic	2,518	2010	up 17.3%	rising
111	Panama	2,492	2010	up 24.0%	rising
112	Armenia	2,452	2010	up 7.4%	rising
113	Albania	2,431	2010	up 13.4%	rising
114	Congo	2,425	2010	up 32.0%	rising
115	Kuwait	2,316	2010	up 40.6%	volatile
116	Mongolia	2,029	2010	up 25.2%	rising
117	Mauritania	2,017	2010	up 34.5%	rising
118	Liberia	1,986	2010	up 22.1%	rising
119	Latvia	1,946	2010	down 0.1%	rising
120	Jamaica	1,926	2010	up 11.3%	rising
121	Slovenia	1,700	2010	up 2.3%	rising
122	Namibia	1,334	2010	up 24.7%	rising
123	Estonia	1,116	2010	down 0.4%	rising
124	Lesotho	1,111	2010	up 5.1%	rising
125	Botswana	1,107	2010	up 3.7%	rising
126	Trinidad and Tobago	1,055	2010	up 9.6%	rising
127	Gambia	1,043	2010	up 35.1%	volatile
128	Mauritius	1,004	2010	up 14.0%	rising
129	Gabon	936	2010	up 26.5%	rising
130	Cyprus	725	2010	up 19.0%	rising
131	Qatar	694	2010	up 54.6%	volatile
132	Eswatini	624	2010	up 8.9%	rising
133	Fiji	617	2010	up 14.3%	rising
134	Bahrain	600	2010	up 24.5%	volatile
135	Guyana	545	2010	up 5.6%	rising
136	Macao	416	2010	up 20.6%	rising
137	Luxembourg	404	2010	up 14.1%	rising
138	Malta	343	2010	up 9.6%	rising
139	Brunei	301	2010	up 31.4%	volatile
140	Iceland	243	2010	up 13.0%	rising
141	Maldives	230	2010	up 42.0%	rising
142	Barbados	225	2010	up 6.6%	rising
143	Belize	196	2010	up 35.2%	rising
144	Tonga	67	2010	up 6.3%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, 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+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.