Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, total by country

Population in thousands, age 35-39, total is the total population of 35-39 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

118,961

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

623.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 118,961 in China; the lowest is 5 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 623.5, and the mean is 3,190.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23,792.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 85.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 39.1%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	118,961	2010	up 13.7%	rising
2	India	81,433	2010	up 21.4%	rising
3	United States	20,445	2010	down 10.6%	rising
4	Indonesia	18,106	2010	up 25.8%	rising
5	Brazil	14,051	2010	up 8.5%	rising
6	Bangladesh	10,339	2010	up 27.8%	rising
7	Japan	9,930	2010	up 22.2%	rising
8	Russia	9,877	2010	down 14.8%	rising
9	Pakistan	9,722	2010	up 21.3%	rising
10	Mexico	9,051	2010	up 43.5%	volatile
11	Vietnam	6,662	2010	up 20.6%	rising
12	Turkey	6,030	2010	up 23.5%	rising
13	Philippines	5,909	2010	up 28.8%	rising
14	Germany	5,222	2010	down 27.9%	rising
15	Thailand	4,928	2010	down 1.6%	rising
16	Egypt	4,902	2010	up 20.9%	rising
17	Iran	4,862	2010	up 24.6%	rising
18	Italy	4,497	2010	down 1.8%	rising
19	South Korea	4,208	2010	up 0.9%	rising
20	France	4,136	2010	down 4.9%	rising
21	Myanmar	4,047	2010	up 31.3%	rising
22	United Kingdom	3,977	2010	down 14.0%	rising
23	Spain	3,968	2010	up 23.1%	rising
24	Colombia	3,360	2010	up 9.7%	rising
25	Ukraine	3,109	2010	down 16.2%	flat
26	Democratic Republic of Congo	3,070	2010	up 36.1%	rising
27	Poland	2,768	2010	up 5.5%	rising
28	South Africa	2,752	2010	down 10.4%	rising
29	Argentina	2,720	2010	up 18.4%	rising
30	Algeria	2,629	2010	up 34.5%	volatile
31	Morocco	2,434	2010	up 29.7%	rising
32	Sudan	2,406	2010	up 34.6%	rising
33	Canada	2,310	2010	down 14.0%	rising
34	Peru	2,088	2010	up 24.7%	rising
35	Tanzania	2,025	2010	up 21.5%	rising
36	Saudi Arabia	2,017	2010	up 30.1%	volatile
37	Iraq	2,013	2010	up 42.6%	volatile
38	Venezuela	1,924	2010	up 12.9%	rising
39	Malaysia	1,881	2010	up 15.0%	rising
40	Kenya	1,841	2010	up 24.9%	volatile
41	Nepal	1,762	2010	up 29.6%	rising
42	Afghanistan	1,741	2010	up 51.9%	rising
43	Romania	1,688	2010	up 34.8%	rising
44	Sri Lanka	1,599	2010	up 7.9%	rising
45	Uganda	1,511	2010	up 71.1%	rising
46	Australia	1,506	2010	up 1.8%	rising
47	Ghana	1,392	2010	up 33.3%	rising
48	Syria	1,374	2010	up 51.0%	volatile
49	Chile	1,236	2010	down 2.7%	rising
50	Netherlands	1,177	2010	down 11.8%	rising
51	Yemen	1,105	2010	up 29.7%	volatile
52	Kazakhstan	1,070	2010	down 12.1%	rising
53	Cuba	1,026	2010	down 3.8%	rising
54	Mozambique	1,019	2010	up 16.5%	rising
55	Ecuador	950	2010	up 22.1%	rising
56	Cote d'Ivoire	948	2010	up 18.4%	rising
57	Cameroon	903	2010	up 23.9%	rising
58	Greece	894	2010	up 14.0%	rising
59	Cambodia	858	2010	up 14.7%	rising
60	Czechia	845	2010	up 24.4%	rising
61	Portugal	828	2010	up 11.3%	rising
62	Tunisia	821	2010	up 23.1%	rising
63	Hungary	797	2010	up 29.6%	flat
64	Niger	764	2010	up 39.7%	rising
65	Serbia	744	2010	up 4.1%	rising
66	Mali	723	2010	up 53.2%	rising
67	Guatemala	708	2010	up 39.4%	rising
68	Belgium	707	2010	down 13.6%	rising
69	United Arab Emirates	705	2010	up 85.0%	volatile
70	Senegal	687	2010	up 34.7%	rising
71	Dominican Republic	684	2010	up 17.3%	rising
72	Sweden	624	2010	unchanged	rising
73	Bolivia	623	2010	up 34.8%	rising
74	Hong Kong	612	2010	down 11.7%	rising
75	Austria	585	2010	down 18.4%	rising
76	Bulgaria	561	2010	up 5.5%	falling
77	Malawi	560	2010	up 5.1%	rising
78	El Salvador	546	2010	up 62.5%	rising
79	Zambia	543	2010	up 22.0%	rising
80	Zimbabwe	524	2010	down 10.1%	rising
81	Haiti	497	2010	up 27.8%	rising
81	Israel	497	2010	up 32.2%	rising
83	Benin	493	2010	up 40.5%	rising
84	Libya	481	2010	up 63.1%	volatile
85	Switzerland	480	2010	down 22.8%	rising
85	Jordan	480	2010	up 66.1%	volatile
87	Honduras	474	2010	up 37.0%	volatile
88	Rwanda	466	2010	up 26.3%	rising
89	Slovakia	425	2010	up 9.0%	rising
90	Papua New Guinea	421	2010	up 28.4%	rising
91	Paraguay	404	2010	up 22.1%	volatile
92	Burundi	394	2010	up 35.4%	rising
93	Denmark	392	2010	down 3.9%	rising
94	Ireland	391	2010	up 45.9%	rising
95	Tajikistan	383	2010	down 2.0%	rising
96	Laos	376	2010	up 32.9%	rising
97	Kyrgyzstan	373	2010	up 9.4%	rising
98	Nicaragua	369	2010	up 44.7%	rising
99	Kuwait	367	2010	up 48.0%	volatile
100	Togo	347	2010	up 31.4%	rising
101	Norway	339	2010	up 2.1%	rising
102	Singapore	328	2010	down 19.2%	volatile
103	Costa Rica	311	2010	up 3.3%	volatile
104	Finland	309	2010	down 18.7%	rising
105	Sierra Leone	308	2010	up 25.7%	rising
106	Croatia	306	2010	down 6.7%	rising
107	New Zealand	267	2010	down 13.6%	rising
108	Panama	260	2010	up 26.2%	rising
109	Uruguay	248	2010	up 13.2%	rising
110	Lithuania	241	2010	down 12.0%	rising
111	Moldova	219	2010	down 28.9%	rising
112	Mongolia	216	2010	up 20.0%	rising
113	Congo	215	2010	up 39.6%	rising
114	Mauritania	196	2010	up 44.1%	rising
115	Albania	189	2010	down 14.5%	rising
116	Central African Republic	183	2010	up 1.1%	rising
117	Jamaica	174	2010	down 1.7%	rising
118	Liberia	173	2010	up 18.5%	rising
119	Armenia	165	2010	down 33.7%	rising
120	Latvia	158	2010	down 9.7%	flat
121	Slovenia	147	2010	down 3.3%	rising
122	Qatar	113	2010	up 52.7%	volatile
123	Namibia	102	2010	down 1.0%	rising
124	Gambia	98	2010	up 28.9%	rising
125	Mauritius	93	2010	down 8.8%	rising
125	Trinidad and Tobago	93	2010	down 8.8%	rising
127	Estonia	92	2010	down 4.2%	flat
128	Gabon	80	2010	up 23.1%	rising
129	Bahrain	71	2010	up 4.4%	volatile
130	Botswana	67	2010	down 30.2%	rising
131	Guyana	61	2010	up 19.6%	rising
132	Cyprus	60	2010	up 1.7%	rising
133	Fiji	57	2010	unchanged	rising
134	Lesotho	50	2010	down 35.1%	rising
135	Luxembourg	41	2010	up 5.1%	rising
136	Macao	35	2010	down 20.5%	volatile
137	Brunei	34	2010	up 30.8%	volatile
138	Eswatini	28	2010	down 39.1%	rising
139	Malta	27	2010	unchanged	rising
140	Barbados	23	2010	down 4.2%	rising
141	Iceland	21	2010	unchanged	rising
141	Maldives	21	2010	up 40.0%	rising
143	Belize	19	2010	up 35.7%	volatile
144	Tonga	5	2010	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 35-39, 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 35-39, total is the total population of 35-39 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.