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

Population in thousands, age 25+, total is the total population over age 25 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

140

Highest

872,099

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

5,149

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, total is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 872,099 in China; the lowest is 47 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 5,149, and the mean is 25,412.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18,555.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 63.6%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 4.3%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	872,099	2010	up 14.8%	rising
2	India	604,417	2010	up 25.5%	rising
3	United States	204,924	2010	up 11.5%	rising
4	Indonesia	131,196	2010	up 26.3%	rising
5	Brazil	111,561	2010	up 27.2%	rising
6	Russia	98,495	2010	up 2.2%	rising
7	Japan	98,160	2010	up 6.3%	rising
8	Pakistan	74,999	2010	up 35.5%	rising
9	Bangladesh	72,630	2010	up 33.5%	rising
10	Germany	62,067	2010	up 2.9%	rising
12	Vietnam	47,878	2010	up 31.4%	rising
13	Italy	44,510	2010	up 4.0%	rising
14	Turkey	43,034	2010	up 27.7%	rising
15	France	43,012	2010	up 6.1%	rising
16	Philippines	42,640	2010	up 33.6%	rising
17	United Kingdom	42,166	2010	up 4.5%	rising
18	Thailand	41,307	2010	up 19.0%	rising
19	Egypt	39,193	2010	up 34.3%	rising
20	Iran	38,791	2010	up 42.6%	rising
21	South Korea	34,250	2010	up 16.6%	rising
22	Spain	33,096	2010	up 14.8%	rising
23	Ukraine	31,760	2010	down 3.9%	rising
24	Myanmar	28,769	2010	up 27.5%	rising
25	Poland	27,345	2010	up 10.9%	rising
26	Colombia	25,968	2010	up 27.9%	rising
27	Canada	23,793	2010	up 14.9%	rising
28	Argentina	23,710	2010	up 18.5%	rising
29	South Africa	22,855	2010	up 8.3%	rising
30	Democratic Republic of Congo	21,866	2010	up 32.2%	rising
31	Algeria	18,599	2010	up 41.1%	volatile
32	Morocco	17,442	2010	up 32.1%	rising
33	Sudan	17,100	2010	up 32.7%	rising
34	Tanzania	15,601	2010	up 26.8%	rising
35	Peru	15,352	2010	up 29.6%	rising
36	Romania	15,250	2010	up 4.9%	rising
37	Venezuela	15,136	2010	up 32.3%	volatile
38	Australia	14,424	2010	up 16.2%	rising
39	Malaysia	14,355	2010	up 31.6%	rising
40	Kenya	13,946	2010	up 34.9%	volatile
41	Sri Lanka	13,239	2010	up 22.0%	rising
42	Iraq	13,200	2010	up 41.2%	volatile
43	Nepal	12,823	2010	up 32.7%	rising
44	Saudi Arabia	12,696	2010	up 39.8%	volatile
45	Afghanistan	12,284	2010	up 50.3%	rising
46	Netherlands	11,711	2010	up 5.4%	rising
47	Chile	10,369	2010	up 20.0%	rising
48	Ghana	10,208	2010	up 34.9%	rising
49	Uganda	10,151	2010	up 41.8%	rising
50	Syria	9,492	2010	up 53.5%	volatile
51	Kazakhstan	8,869	2010	up 7.7%	rising
52	Greece	8,455	2010	up 9.5%	rising
53	Yemen	8,299	2010	up 46.7%	volatile
54	Portugal	7,869	2010	up 11.2%	rising
55	Cuba	7,784	2010	up 7.0%	rising
56	Mozambique	7,728	2010	up 19.7%	rising
57	Belgium	7,569	2010	up 4.2%	rising
58	Czechia	7,553	2010	up 7.6%	rising
59	Cote d'Ivoire	7,502	2010	up 25.3%	volatile
60	Hungary	7,278	2010	up 4.1%	rising
61	Ecuador	7,228	2010	up 28.8%	rising
62	Serbia	7,215	2010	up 5.7%	rising
63	Cameroon	6,901	2010	up 27.0%	rising
64	Cambodia	6,693	2010	up 32.2%	rising
65	Sweden	6,460	2010	up 3.9%	rising
66	Tunisia	6,141	2010	up 31.0%	rising
67	Austria	6,119	2010	up 5.4%	rising
69	Bulgaria	5,563	2010	down 0.6%	rising
70	Guatemala	5,399	2010	up 35.9%	rising
71	Switzerland	5,309	2010	up 4.4%	rising
72	Niger	5,226	2010	up 40.2%	rising
73	Dominican Republic	5,072	2010	up 25.7%	rising
74	Mali	4,984	2010	up 37.3%	rising
75	Senegal	4,969	2010	up 38.0%	rising
76	Zimbabwe	4,940	2010	up 14.0%	rising
77	Malawi	4,655	2010	up 20.3%	rising
78	Bolivia	4,437	2010	up 29.3%	rising
79	Israel	4,195	2010	up 26.2%	rising
80	Zambia	4,112	2010	up 17.5%	rising
81	Denmark	3,842	2010	up 2.8%	rising
82	Slovakia	3,837	2010	up 12.0%	rising
83	Haiti	3,821	2010	up 29.0%	rising
84	Finland	3,792	2010	up 6.0%	rising
85	El Salvador	3,680	2010	up 35.7%	rising
86	Benin	3,595	2010	up 44.0%	rising
87	Rwanda	3,551	2010	up 40.7%	rising
88	Honduras	3,403	2010	up 41.2%	volatile
89	Libya	3,369	2010	up 47.0%	volatile
90	Croatia	3,327	2010	up 6.7%	rising
91	Norway	3,242	2010	up 5.8%	rising
93	United Arab Emirates	3,174	2010	up 63.6%	volatile
94	Burundi	3,118	2010	up 51.3%	rising
95	Paraguay	3,046	2010	up 37.1%	rising
96	Ireland	2,970	2010	up 28.2%	rising
97	Jordan	2,900	2010	up 46.6%	volatile
98	Tajikistan	2,858	2010	up 22.9%	rising
99	Kyrgyzstan	2,808	2010	up 24.4%	rising
100	New Zealand	2,722	2010	up 11.8%	rising
101	Papua New Guinea	2,710	2010	up 30.9%	rising
102	Laos	2,659	2010	up 33.1%	rising
103	Togo	2,595	2010	up 37.7%	rising
104	Costa Rica	2,580	2010	up 33.8%	volatile
105	Nicaragua	2,579	2010	up 44.1%	rising
106	Lithuania	2,359	2010	up 2.0%	rising
107	Moldova	2,339	2010	down 4.3%	rising
108	Sierra Leone	2,314	2010	up 31.6%	rising
109	Uruguay	2,200	2010	up 10.7%	rising
111	Armenia	1,879	2010	up 7.7%	rising
111	Kuwait	1,879	2010	up 42.8%	volatile
113	Albania	1,832	2010	up 12.9%	rising
114	Latvia	1,623	2010	up 0.9%	rising
115	Central African Republic	1,561	2010	up 12.3%	rising
116	Congo	1,502	2010	up 29.6%	rising
117	Slovenia	1,478	2010	up 7.6%	rising
118	Mongolia	1,441	2010	up 32.2%	rising
119	Jamaica	1,391	2010	up 9.8%	rising
120	Mauritania	1,352	2010	up 37.7%	rising
121	Liberia	1,229	2010	up 21.2%	rising
122	Estonia	933	2010	up 1.2%	rising
123	Trinidad and Tobago	827	2010	up 18.8%	rising
124	Namibia	811	2010	up 14.9%	rising
125	Mauritius	801	2010	up 20.3%	rising
126	Gambia	715	2010	up 34.7%	volatile
127	Botswana	668	2010	up 0.3%	rising
128	Lesotho	653	2010	up 2.5%	rising
129	Gabon	607	2010	up 24.6%	rising
130	Cyprus	592	2010	up 21.6%	rising
131	Qatar	582	2010	up 57.3%	volatile
132	Bahrain	470	2010	up 27.0%	volatile
133	Fiji	457	2010	up 21.9%	rising
134	Guyana	416	2010	up 17.5%	rising
135	Luxembourg	348	2010	up 14.9%	rising
136	Macao	338	2010	up 19.9%	rising
137	Eswatini	336	2010	down 2.9%	rising
138	Malta	287	2010	up 13.0%	rising
139	Brunei	227	2010	up 35.1%	volatile
140	Iceland	198	2010	up 14.5%	rising
141	Barbados	187	2010	up 10.7%	rising
142	Maldives	150	2010	up 45.6%	rising
143	Belize	135	2010	up 43.6%	rising
144	Tonga	47	2010	up 11.9%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 25+, 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+, total is the total population over age 25 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.