Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, total by country

Population in thousands, age 25-29, total is the total population of 25-29 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

100,009

India

Lowest

Tonga

Median

793.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 100,009 in India; the lowest is 9 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 793.5, and the mean is 3,559.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,112.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 98.2%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 32.6%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	100,009	2010	up 18.4%	rising
2	China	99,322	2010	down 17.9%	rising
3	United States	21,740	2010	up 11.3%	rising
4	Indonesia	20,909	2010	up 11.4%	rising
5	Brazil	17,745	2010	up 22.1%	rising
6	Pakistan	15,051	2010	up 48.3%	rising
7	Bangladesh	13,616	2010	up 26.5%	rising
8	Russia	12,073	2010	up 16.4%	rising
9	Mexico	9,355	2010	down 0.5%	rising
10	Iran	8,632	2010	up 70.1%	volatile
11	Vietnam	8,134	2010	up 18.7%	rising
12	Philippines	7,739	2010	up 23.9%	rising
13	Japan	7,578	2010	down 23.6%	falling
14	Egypt	7,185	2010	up 42.8%	rising
15	Turkey	6,790	2010	up 10.0%	rising
16	Thailand	5,426	2010	up 5.9%	rising
17	Germany	5,078	2010	up 0.3%	flat
18	Democratic Republic of Congo	4,992	2010	up 38.3%	rising
19	Myanmar	4,798	2010	up 12.8%	rising
20	South Africa	4,291	2010	up 8.2%	rising
21	Colombia	3,973	2010	up 14.3%	rising
22	United Kingdom	3,949	2010	up 1.2%	rising
23	France	3,886	2010	down 5.9%	rising
24	South Korea	3,715	2010	down 13.6%	rising
25	Algeria	3,635	2010	up 35.2%	volatile
26	Tanzania	3,563	2010	up 37.8%	rising
27	Kenya	3,508	2010	up 47.3%	volatile
28	Ukraine	3,476	2010	up 0.4%	flat
29	Sudan	3,381	2010	up 28.2%	rising
30	Poland	3,332	2010	up 18.7%	rising
31	Argentina	3,222	2010	up 16.6%	rising
32	Morocco	3,133	2010	up 21.6%	rising
33	Italy	3,104	2010	down 30.1%	flat
34	Spain	3,025	2010	down 16.1%	rising
35	Iraq	2,625	2010	up 27.5%	volatile
36	Afghanistan	2,583	2010	up 54.9%	rising
37	Uganda	2,551	2010	up 45.4%	volatile
38	Peru	2,539	2010	up 16.0%	rising
39	Nepal	2,466	2010	up 33.2%	rising
40	Venezuela	2,459	2010	up 25.8%	rising
41	Saudi Arabia	2,335	2010	up 21.9%	volatile
42	Malaysia	2,316	2010	up 24.1%	rising
43	Canada	2,308	2010	up 10.1%	rising
44	Ghana	2,155	2010	up 39.4%	rising
45	Syria	2,105	2010	up 51.2%	volatile
46	Yemen	1,981	2010	up 68.5%	volatile
47	Sri Lanka	1,894	2010	up 14.1%	rising
48	Cote d'Ivoire	1,729	2010	up 43.2%	volatile
49	Mozambique	1,704	2010	up 23.7%	rising
50	Cambodia	1,645	2010	up 75.4%	rising
51	Romania	1,586	2010	down 9.2%	rising
52	Cameroon	1,541	2010	up 39.0%	rising
53	Australia	1,500	2010	up 8.7%	rising
54	Zimbabwe	1,379	2010	up 45.0%	volatile
55	Chile	1,321	2010	up 6.4%	rising
56	Kazakhstan	1,273	2010	up 6.8%	rising
57	Mali	1,187	2010	up 42.2%	rising
58	Ecuador	1,185	2010	up 15.8%	rising
59	Niger	1,171	2010	up 39.9%	volatile
60	Guatemala	1,120	2010	up 40.2%	rising
61	Malawi	1,101	2010	up 34.9%	rising
62	Senegal	1,095	2010	up 45.6%	rising
63	Zambia	1,042	2010	up 25.7%	rising
64	Tunisia	1,022	2010	up 22.5%	rising
65	Netherlands	948	2010	down 16.4%	rising
66	Rwanda	909	2010	up 66.5%	rising
67	Haiti	875	2010	up 45.1%	rising
68	Dominican Republic	802	2010	up 8.5%	rising
69	Serbia	801	2010	up 5.3%	rising
70	Benin	800	2010	up 56.2%	volatile
71	Bolivia	796	2010	up 20.4%	rising
72	Greece	794	2010	down 6.8%	rising
73	Burundi	793	2010	up 98.2%	rising
74	Cuba	720	2010	down 32.6%	rising
75	Portugal	706	2010	down 13.2%	rising
76	Libya	698	2010	up 44.8%	volatile
77	Czechia	696	2010	down 17.4%	rising
77	Honduras	696	2010	up 37.0%	volatile
79	Hungary	662	2010	down 17.1%	flat
80	Belgium	637	2010	down 8.2%	rising
81	El Salvador	631	2010	up 10.9%	rising
82	Paraguay	587	2010	up 40.8%	rising
82	Tajikistan	587	2010	up 24.4%	rising
84	Togo	571	2010	up 45.7%	volatile
85	Nicaragua	561	2010	up 41.7%	rising
86	United Arab Emirates	548	2010	up 24.0%	volatile
86	Jordan	548	2010	up 15.6%	volatile
88	Sweden	544	2010	down 8.1%	rising
89	Israel	541	2010	up 13.2%	rising
90	Hong Kong	540	2010	up 2.1%	rising
91	Bulgaria	537	2010	down 6.6%	falling
92	Papua New Guinea	532	2010	up 19.3%	rising
93	Laos	528	2010	up 32.0%	rising
94	Austria	516	2010	down 9.0%	rising
95	Kyrgyzstan	490	2010	up 21.6%	rising
96	Sierra Leone	448	2010	up 39.6%	rising
97	Slovakia	445	2010	up 4.0%	rising
98	Switzerland	438	2010	down 7.0%	rising
99	Costa Rica	413	2010	up 35.0%	rising
100	Central African Republic	354	2010	up 30.6%	rising
101	Finland	337	2010	up 10.5%	flat
102	Congo	335	2010	up 30.4%	rising
103	Ireland	326	2010	up 6.9%	rising
104	Croatia	317	2010	up 6.4%	flat
105	Kuwait	308	2010	up 17.6%	volatile
106	Denmark	297	2010	down 22.9%	rising
107	Moldova	296	2010	up 6.5%	rising
108	Liberia	283	2010	up 26.9%	rising
109	Norway	278	2010	down 15.2%	rising
109	New Zealand	278	2010	up 7.3%	rising
109	Panama	278	2010	up 5.7%	rising
112	Singapore	276	2010	down 8.0%	rising
113	Mauritania	269	2010	up 33.2%	rising
114	Mongolia	267	2010	up 17.6%	rising
115	Armenia	266	2010	up 37.8%	rising
116	Albania	255	2010	up 20.3%	rising
117	Lithuania	250	2010	unchanged	rising
117	Uruguay	250	2010	down 1.2%	rising
119	Jamaica	213	2010	up 0.5%	rising
120	Lesotho	180	2010	up 50.0%	rising
121	Botswana	175	2010	up 19.9%	rising
122	Namibia	173	2010	up 16.9%	rising
123	Latvia	172	2010	up 4.9%	falling
124	Slovenia	140	2010	down 4.1%	rising
125	Trinidad and Tobago	135	2010	up 28.6%	rising
126	Gambia	132	2010	up 34.7%	volatile
127	Gabon	122	2010	up 24.5%	rising
128	Estonia	102	2010	up 7.4%	falling
128	Mauritius	102	2010	up 7.4%	rising
130	Eswatini	100	2010	up 42.9%	rising
131	Qatar	90	2010	up 60.7%	volatile
132	Fiji	79	2010	up 25.4%	rising
133	Guyana	71	2010	down 2.7%	rising
134	Cyprus	70	2010	up 29.6%	rising
135	Bahrain	64	2010	down 12.3%	volatile
136	Brunei	42	2010	up 20.0%	volatile
137	Macao	39	2010	up 18.2%	rising
138	Maldives	33	2010	up 57.1%	volatile
139	Malta	30	2010	up 11.1%	rising
140	Luxembourg	29	2010	down 6.5%	rising
141	Belize	27	2010	up 35.0%	volatile
142	Iceland	22	2010	up 4.8%	rising
143	Barbados	21	2010	down 12.5%	rising
144	Tonga	9	2010	up 28.6%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25-29, 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 25-29, total is the total population of 25-29 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.