Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total by country

Population in thousands, age 20-24, total is the total population of 20-24 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

116,599

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

820.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 116,599 in China; the lowest is 9 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 820.5, and the mean is 3,869.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,955.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 117.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 30.6%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	116,599	2010	up 18.8%	rising
2	India	109,275	2010	up 22.8%	rising
3	United States	22,417	2010	up 17.2%	rising
4	Indonesia	20,760	2010	up 0.8%	rising
5	Pakistan	18,147	2010	up 44.0%	rising
6	Brazil	17,226	2010	up 4.5%	rising
7	Bangladesh	14,705	2010	up 21.6%	rising
8	Russian Federation	11,919	2010	up 7.6%	rising
9	Mexico	10,115	2010	up 1.9%	rising
10	Viet Nam	9,127	2010	up 20.2%	rising
11	Iran, Islamic Rep.	8,784	2010	up 28.2%	volatile
12	Philippines	8,709	2010	up 19.4%	rising
13	Egypt, Arab Rep.	7,865	2010	up 23.3%	rising
14	Turkiye	6,615	2010	down 1.1%	rising
15	Japan	6,611	2010	down 23.1%	falling
16	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6,067	2010	up 34.5%	rising
17	Thailand	5,360	2010	down 1.8%	rising
18	Germany	5,118	2010	up 14.2%	falling
19	Myanmar	5,003	2010	up 6.1%	rising
20	South Africa	4,811	2010	up 9.8%	rising
21	Tanzania	4,340	2010	up 32.8%	volatile
22	Colombia	4,233	2010	up 8.9%	rising
23	United Kingdom	4,202	2010	up 19.2%	rising
24	Kenya	4,120	2010	up 34.1%	volatile
25	France	3,841	2010	up 0.7%	rising
26	Sudan	3,764	2010	up 20.7%	rising
27	Algeria	3,699	2010	up 16.7%	rising
28	Ukraine	3,603	2010	up 1.9%	flat
29	Argentina	3,364	2010	up 1.9%	rising
30	Korea, Rep.	3,211	2010	down 17.0%	rising
31	Morocco	3,194	2010	up 7.5%	rising
32	Afghanistan	3,162	2010	up 57.4%	rising
33	Uganda	3,131	2010	up 41.8%	volatile
34	Iraq	3,129	2010	up 32.5%	volatile
35	Poland	2,905	2010	down 9.2%	rising
36	Nepal	2,869	2010	up 31.1%	rising
37	Italy	2,867	2010	down 21.1%	falling
38	Peru	2,769	2010	up 10.8%	rising
39	Venezuela, RB	2,692	2010	up 18.9%	rising
40	Saudi Arabia	2,543	2010	up 33.2%	volatile
41	Ghana	2,459	2010	up 33.0%	rising
42	Yemen, Rep.	2,425	2010	up 56.1%	volatile
43	Spain	2,324	2010	down 30.6%	rising
44	Malaysia	2,295	2010	up 12.8%	rising
45	Canada	2,269	2010	up 10.1%	rising
46	Syrian Arab Republic	2,253	2010	up 29.9%	volatile
47	Mozambique	2,105	2010	up 29.0%	rising
48	Cote d'Ivoire	2,062	2010	up 33.7%	volatile
49	Cameroon	1,825	2010	up 31.9%	rising
50	Sri Lanka	1,759	2010	down 4.2%	rising
51	Cambodia	1,701	2010	up 117.0%	rising
52	Romania	1,697	2010	down 10.7%	rising
53	Zimbabwe	1,685	2010	up 30.0%	volatile
54	Kazakhstan	1,544	2010	up 21.1%	rising
55	Australia	1,478	2010	up 15.3%	rising
56	Chile	1,462	2010	up 24.7%	rising
57	Niger	1,442	2010	up 39.9%	volatile
58	Mali	1,422	2010	up 34.2%	rising
59	Zambia	1,342	2010	up 32.0%	rising
60	Malawi	1,328	2010	up 20.5%	rising
61	Senegal	1,323	2010	up 39.9%	rising
62	Guatemala	1,317	2010	up 29.9%	rising
63	Ecuador	1,295	2010	up 12.0%	rising
64	Rwanda	1,154	2010	up 58.7%	rising
65	Tunisia	1,063	2010	up 11.7%	rising
66	Haiti	1,030	2010	up 31.4%	rising
67	Netherlands	990	2010	up 5.9%	flat
68	Burundi	953	2010	up 74.2%	rising
69	Bolivia	926	2010	up 25.1%	rising
70	Benin	922	2010	up 49.7%	volatile
71	Dominican Republic	878	2010	up 9.2%	rising
72	Cuba	839	2010	up 12.3%	rising
73	Tajikistan	802	2010	up 48.5%	rising
74	Honduras	794	2010	up 29.3%	rising
75	Serbia	765	2010	down 4.1%	rising
76	Togo	676	2010	up 36.6%	volatile
77	El Salvador	662	2010	down 2.1%	rising
78	Paraguay	661	2010	up 38.3%	rising
79	Czechia	651	2010	down 25.3%	rising
80	Lao PDR	649	2010	up 38.1%	rising
81	Greece	637	2010	down 24.7%	rising
82	Hungary	630	2010	down 25.5%	falling
83	Belgium	626	2010	down 0.9%	flat
84	Nicaragua	624	2010	up 27.6%	rising
85	Libya	621	2010	up 9.1%	volatile
86	Papua New Guinea	602	2010	up 27.3%	rising
86	Sweden	602	2010	up 16.4%	flat
88	Portugal	601	2010	down 24.9%	flat
89	Jordan	586	2010	up 17.9%	volatile
90	Kyrgyz Republic	575	2010	up 28.6%	rising
91	Israel	557	2010	up 8.6%	rising
92	Sierra Leone	551	2010	up 45.8%	rising
93	Bulgaria	513	2010	down 14.2%	falling
94	Austria	489	2010	up 5.2%	flat
95	United Arab Emirates	452	2010	up 53.7%	volatile
96	Costa Rica	450	2010	up 27.5%	rising
96	Hong Kong	450	2010	down 7.2%	rising
98	Central African Republic	447	2010	up 27.7%	rising
99	Switzerland	446	2010	up 8.5%	flat
100	Congo, Rep.	416	2010	up 34.2%	volatile
101	Slovak Republic	406	2010	down 14.5%	rising
102	Moldova	352	2010	up 11.4%	rising
103	Liberia	350	2010	up 26.8%	rising
104	Finland	324	2010	down 1.2%	falling
105	Denmark	316	2010	down 5.1%	falling
106	Mongolia	313	2010	up 24.2%	rising
106	New Zealand	313	2010	up 27.8%	rising
108	Mauritania	308	2010	up 27.3%	rising
109	Armenia	307	2010	up 27.9%	rising
110	Panama	300	2010	up 12.8%	rising
110	Singapore	300	2010	up 21.0%	rising
112	Norway	298	2010	up 8.4%	rising
113	Albania	296	2010	up 28.7%	rising
114	Ireland	288	2010	down 12.5%	rising
115	Croatia	286	2010	down 8.3%	falling
116	Lithuania	278	2010	up 18.3%	rising
117	Uruguay	262	2010	down 3.7%	rising
118	Jamaica	251	2010	up 19.5%	rising
119	Namibia	234	2010	up 38.5%	rising
120	Kuwait	233	2010	up 33.9%	rising
121	Lesotho	226	2010	up 22.2%	rising
122	Botswana	217	2010	up 17.3%	rising
123	Latvia	182	2010	up 13.8%	flat
124	Gambia, The	154	2010	up 38.7%	volatile
125	Gabon	153	2010	up 30.8%	rising
126	Eswatini	141	2010	up 45.4%	volatile
127	Trinidad and Tobago	125	2010	up 2.5%	rising
128	Slovenia	123	2010	down 18.0%	rising
129	Estonia	106	2010	up 12.8%	flat
130	Mauritius	95	2010	down 15.2%	rising
131	Fiji	77	2010	down 1.3%	rising
132	Cyprus	68	2010	up 15.3%	rising
133	Bahrain	63	2010	up 6.8%	rising
133	Guyana	63	2010	down 20.3%	rising
135	Qatar	60	2010	up 57.9%	volatile
136	Macao	43	2010	up 53.6%	rising
137	Brunei Darussalam	38	2010	up 18.8%	rising
137	Maldives	38	2010	up 46.2%	volatile
139	Belize	29	2010	up 20.8%	rising
139	Malta	29	2010	down 3.3%	rising
141	Luxembourg	26	2010	unchanged	rising
142	Iceland	22	2010	up 4.8%	rising
143	Barbados	20	2010	down 4.8%	rising
144	Tonga	9	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, 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 20-24, total is the total population of 20-24 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.