Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, total by country

Population in thousands, age 40-44, total is the total population of 40-44 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

124,163

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

567.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 124,163 in China; the lowest is 6 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 567.5, and the mean is 3,021.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,694.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 104.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 43.8%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	124,163	2010	up 48.1%	rising
2	India	73,015	2010	up 25.5%	rising
3	United States	21,053	2010	down 7.5%	rising
4	Indonesia	16,608	2010	up 30.9%	rising
5	Brazil	13,011	2010	up 18.9%	rising
6	Russia	9,050	2010	down 27.7%	rising
7	Bangladesh	9,012	2010	up 35.7%	rising
8	Japan	8,776	2010	up 12.6%	rising
9	Pakistan	8,511	2010	up 23.9%	rising
10	Mexico	7,409	2010	up 39.0%	volatile
11	Germany	6,913	2010	up 10.3%	rising
12	Vietnam	6,009	2010	up 33.9%	rising
13	Turkey	5,249	2010	up 28.6%	rising
14	Philippines	5,113	2010	up 32.2%	rising
15	Thailand	4,955	2010	up 10.4%	rising
16	Italy	4,752	2010	up 17.9%	rising
17	United Kingdom	4,578	2010	up 12.4%	rising
18	France	4,193	2010	down 1.8%	rising
19	Iran	4,181	2010	up 23.5%	rising
20	Egypt	4,096	2010	up 9.5%	rising
21	South Korea	4,058	2010	up 1.6%	rising
22	Spain	3,572	2010	up 19.5%	rising
23	Myanmar	3,460	2010	up 29.3%	rising
24	Colombia	3,336	2010	up 31.4%	volatile
25	Ukraine	2,835	2010	down 24.3%	rising
26	South Africa	2,533	2010	down 3.4%	rising
27	Canada	2,422	2010	down 7.1%	rising
28	Argentina	2,385	2010	up 10.5%	rising
29	Poland	2,378	2010	down 25.1%	rising
30	Democratic Republic of Congo	2,353	2010	up 27.3%	rising
31	Algeria	2,265	2010	up 50.8%	volatile
32	Morocco	2,076	2010	up 24.4%	rising
33	Sudan	1,977	2010	up 34.3%	rising
34	Peru	1,825	2010	up 31.2%	rising
35	Venezuela	1,819	2010	up 29.8%	volatile
36	Saudi Arabia	1,759	2010	up 55.4%	volatile
37	Romania	1,730	2010	up 9.9%	rising
38	Malaysia	1,716	2010	up 18.2%	volatile
39	Iraq	1,653	2010	up 55.5%	volatile
40	Sri Lanka	1,589	2010	up 16.7%	rising
41	Tanzania	1,577	2010	up 13.6%	rising
42	Australia	1,535	2010	up 5.4%	rising
43	Nepal	1,497	2010	up 30.2%	rising
44	Afghanistan	1,434	2010	up 51.6%	rising
45	Kenya	1,383	2010	up 15.2%	rising
46	Netherlands	1,347	2010	up 9.2%	rising
47	Chile	1,232	2010	up 11.8%	rising
48	Ghana	1,111	2010	up 28.0%	rising
49	Syria	1,110	2010	up 56.3%	volatile
50	Cuba	1,074	2010	up 57.0%	rising
51	Uganda	993	2010	up 35.5%	rising
52	Kazakhstan	901	2010	down 16.0%	rising
53	Yemen	895	2010	up 24.8%	volatile
54	Greece	892	2010	up 14.9%	rising
55	Ecuador	846	2010	up 27.4%	rising
56	Mozambique	801	2010	up 10.9%	rising
57	Portugal	791	2010	up 10.6%	rising
58	Cambodia	782	2010	up 25.7%	rising
59	Belgium	766	2010	down 2.7%	rising
60	Tunisia	739	2010	up 28.1%	rising
61	Cote d'Ivoire	735	2010	up 3.8%	rising
62	Cameroon	722	2010	up 21.1%	rising
63	Austria	711	2010	up 15.2%	rising
64	Serbia	706	2010	down 4.1%	rising
65	Hungary	687	2010	down 6.9%	rising
66	Czechia	685	2010	down 1.6%	rising
67	Sweden	649	2010	up 10.6%	rising
68	Dominican Republic	621	2010	up 29.6%	rising
69	Hong Kong	618	2010	down 6.5%	rising
70	Niger	612	2010	up 38.5%	rising
71	Switzerland	571	2010	up 0.9%	rising
71	Senegal	571	2010	up 45.3%	rising
73	Guatemala	564	2010	up 33.3%	rising
74	Mali	542	2010	up 44.1%	rising
75	United Arab Emirates	525	2010	up 74.4%	volatile
76	Bolivia	514	2010	up 29.1%	rising
77	Bulgaria	512	2010	down 9.5%	flat
78	Malawi	448	2010	up 4.9%	rising
79	Israel	422	2010	up 14.1%	rising
80	El Salvador	421	2010	up 44.2%	rising
81	Denmark	411	2010	up 9.6%	rising
82	Benin	403	2010	up 29.6%	rising
82	Jordan	403	2010	up 104.6%	volatile
84	Singapore	398	2010	up 0.5%	volatile
85	Honduras	395	2010	up 42.6%	volatile
85	Haiti	395	2010	up 23.1%	rising
87	Libya	382	2010	up 46.9%	volatile
87	Zimbabwe	382	2010	down 23.0%	rising
89	Rwanda	370	2010	up 23.3%	rising
90	Zambia	365	2010	down 3.2%	rising
91	Paraguay	363	2010	up 26.9%	volatile
91	Slovakia	363	2010	down 12.1%	rising
93	Ireland	362	2010	up 39.8%	rising
94	Norway	358	2010	up 11.9%	rising
95	Papua New Guinea	355	2010	up 42.0%	rising
96	Finland	353	2010	down 8.1%	rising
97	Tajikistan	342	2010	up 13.6%	rising
98	Costa Rica	315	2010	up 23.5%	volatile
99	Kyrgyzstan	312	2010	up 4.0%	rising
100	Laos	311	2010	up 26.4%	rising
101	Croatia	308	2010	down 10.2%	rising
102	Burundi	303	2010	up 14.3%	rising
103	Kuwait	302	2010	up 56.5%	volatile
104	New Zealand	297	2010	up 3.5%	rising
105	Nicaragua	290	2010	up 38.1%	rising
106	Togo	280	2010	up 27.9%	rising
107	Sierra Leone	275	2010	up 32.9%	rising
108	Lithuania	240	2010	down 8.0%	rising
109	Panama	238	2010	up 39.2%	volatile
110	Moldova	219	2010	down 33.0%	rising
111	Uruguay	217	2010	up 4.8%	rising
112	Albania	203	2010	down 4.7%	rising
113	Mongolia	186	2010	up 36.8%	volatile
114	Jamaica	172	2010	up 15.4%	rising
115	Armenia	168	2010	down 33.1%	rising
116	Congo	161	2010	up 28.8%	rising
117	Mauritania	160	2010	up 46.8%	rising
118	Latvia	150	2010	down 14.3%	rising
119	Central African Republic	145	2010	down 8.2%	rising
120	Slovenia	144	2010	down 7.1%	rising
121	Liberia	137	2010	up 14.2%	rising
122	Mauritius	98	2010	up 8.9%	rising
123	Namibia	88	2010	up 8.6%	rising
124	Estonia	85	2010	down 14.1%	rising
124	Gambia	85	2010	up 34.9%	rising
124	Qatar	85	2010	up 28.8%	volatile
127	Trinidad and Tobago	84	2010	down 5.6%	rising
128	Bahrain	74	2010	up 39.6%	volatile
129	Gabon	66	2010	up 20.0%	rising
130	Cyprus	62	2010	up 5.1%	rising
131	Botswana	57	2010	down 30.5%	rising
132	Fiji	54	2010	up 3.8%	rising
133	Guyana	50	2010	up 19.0%	rising
134	Luxembourg	43	2010	up 22.9%	rising
135	Lesotho	41	2010	down 43.8%	rising
136	Macao	40	2010	down 14.9%	volatile
137	Brunei	30	2010	up 25.0%	volatile
138	Malta	24	2010	down 20.0%	rising
138	Eswatini	24	2010	down 41.5%	rising
140	Barbados	22	2010	unchanged	rising
141	Iceland	20	2010	down 4.8%	rising
142	Maldives	17	2010	up 41.7%	rising
143	Belize	16	2010	up 45.5%	volatile
144	Tonga	6	2010	up 50.0%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 40-44, 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 40-44, total is the total population of 40-44 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.