Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 50-54, total by country

Population in thousands, age 50-54, total is the total population of 50-54 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

80,952

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

410.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 50-54, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 80,952 in China; the lowest is 4 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 410.5, and the mean is 2,325.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,238.

Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 127.3%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 26.8%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 50-54, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	80,952	2010	up 29.9%	rising
2	India	54,712	2010	up 40.4%	rising
3	United States	22,267	2010	up 26.2%	rising
4	Indonesia	11,928	2010	up 53.9%	rising
5	Russia	11,303	2010	up 27.4%	rising
6	Brazil	10,261	2010	up 43.5%	rising
7	Japan	7,666	2010	down 26.8%	rising
8	Pakistan	6,413	2010	up 50.6%	rising
9	Germany	6,291	2010	up 35.2%	rising
10	Bangladesh	6,155	2010	up 58.1%	rising
11	Mexico	5,088	2010	up 48.0%	volatile
12	Vietnam	4,276	2010	up 95.8%	rising
13	Thailand	4,257	2010	up 42.5%	volatile
14	France	4,191	2010	down 0.7%	rising
15	Italy	4,038	2010	up 3.0%	rising
16	United Kingdom	3,981	2010	down 2.9%	rising
17	Turkey	3,880	2010	up 49.4%	rising
18	South Korea	3,876	2010	up 61.5%	rising
19	Egypt	3,635	2010	up 44.4%	rising
20	Philippines	3,626	2010	up 49.8%	rising
21	Ukraine	3,355	2010	up 21.7%	rising
22	Iran	3,169	2010	up 57.7%	rising
23	Spain	3,041	2010	up 27.8%	rising
24	Poland	3,025	2010	up 20.7%	rising
25	Canada	2,625	2010	up 28.2%	rising
26	Myanmar	2,471	2010	up 33.0%	rising
27	Colombia	2,427	2010	up 51.5%	volatile
28	South Africa	2,097	2010	up 23.4%	rising
29	Argentina	2,069	2010	up 15.3%	rising
30	Morocco	1,569	2010	up 67.8%	rising
31	Democratic Republic of Congo	1,550	2010	up 21.0%	rising
32	Romania	1,478	2010	up 12.7%	rising
33	Australia	1,471	2010	up 18.6%	rising
34	Algeria	1,443	2010	up 64.7%	volatile
35	Malaysia	1,411	2010	up 53.0%	volatile
36	Venezuela	1,348	2010	up 39.8%	volatile
37	Sudan	1,326	2010	up 29.0%	rising
38	Peru	1,308	2010	up 41.1%	rising
39	Sri Lanka	1,306	2010	up 41.2%	rising
40	Netherlands	1,213	2010	up 3.9%	rising
41	Tanzania	1,138	2010	up 14.0%	rising
42	Chile	1,073	2010	up 48.8%	rising
43	Nepal	1,056	2010	up 36.3%	rising
44	Iraq	998	2010	up 66.1%	rising
45	Kenya	980	2010	up 38.6%	rising
46	Afghanistan	949	2010	up 44.9%	rising
47	Saudi Arabia	943	2010	up 87.1%	volatile
48	Kazakhstan	931	2010	up 66.2%	rising
49	Ghana	780	2010	up 27.2%	rising
50	Belgium	772	2010	up 12.5%	rising
50	Greece	772	2010	up 12.5%	rising
52	Portugal	740	2010	up 16.9%	rising
53	Hungary	702	2010	up 2.0%	rising
54	Serbia	697	2010	up 6.9%	rising
55	Syria	685	2010	up 70.0%	volatile
56	Czechia	680	2010	down 15.3%	rising
57	Hong Kong	671	2010	up 66.5%	volatile
58	Yemen	654	2010	up 59.5%	volatile
59	Cuba	639	2010	up 3.2%	rising
60	Ecuador	623	2010	up 48.0%	rising
61	Austria	607	2010	up 21.4%	rising
62	Uganda	603	2010	up 11.7%	rising
63	Cote d'Ivoire	585	2010	up 19.6%	volatile
64	Mozambique	584	2010	up 17.3%	rising
65	Sweden	577	2010	down 11.1%	rising
66	Cambodia	567	2010	up 35.3%	rising
67	Tunisia	557	2010	up 71.9%	rising
68	Switzerland	549	2010	up 12.5%	rising
69	Bulgaria	533	2010	down 7.9%	rising
70	Cameroon	501	2010	up 17.9%	rising
71	Dominican Republic	448	2010	up 49.8%	rising
72	Singapore	425	2010	up 64.7%	volatile
73	Slovakia	396	2010	up 21.1%	rising
74	Niger	393	2010	up 49.4%	rising
75	Guatemala	385	2010	up 18.1%	rising
76	Finland	378	2010	down 11.3%	rising
76	Israel	378	2010	up 16.7%	rising
78	Denmark	368	2010	down 7.1%	rising
79	Bolivia	364	2010	up 31.4%	rising
80	Senegal	352	2010	up 27.5%	rising
81	Croatia	342	2010	up 13.2%	rising
82	Zimbabwe	338	2010	up 17.8%	rising
83	Malawi	329	2010	up 7.5%	rising
84	Mali	324	2010	up 22.3%	rising
85	Norway	316	2010	up 2.3%	rising
86	Benin	289	2010	up 49.7%	rising
87	New Zealand	286	2010	up 18.7%	rising
88	El Salvador	275	2010	up 31.0%	rising
89	Kyrgyzstan	274	2010	up 83.9%	rising
90	Moldova	273	2010	up 25.2%	rising
91	Ireland	272	2010	up 19.8%	rising
91	Zambia	272	2010	up 3.0%	rising
93	Paraguay	270	2010	up 81.2%	volatile
94	Haiti	269	2010	up 16.5%	rising
95	Tajikistan	259	2010	up 103.9%	rising
96	Honduras	256	2010	up 57.1%	volatile
97	Rwanda	253	2010	up 35.3%	rising
98	Libya	251	2010	up 30.1%	volatile
99	Costa Rica	250	2010	up 71.2%	volatile
100	Burundi	238	2010	up 55.6%	rising
101	Lithuania	237	2010	up 22.2%	rising
102	Armenia	233	2010	up 89.4%	rising
103	Laos	223	2010	up 45.8%	rising
104	Papua New Guinea	219	2010	up 47.0%	rising
105	Albania	203	2010	up 47.1%	rising
106	Uruguay	199	2010	up 17.1%	rising
107	Togo	196	2010	up 39.0%	rising
108	Sierra Leone	193	2010	up 29.5%	rising
109	Jordan	192	2010	up 50.0%	volatile
109	Nicaragua	192	2010	up 58.7%	rising
111	United Arab Emirates	184	2010	up 87.8%	volatile
112	Panama	166	2010	up 44.3%	rising
113	Latvia	163	2010	up 18.1%	rising
114	Slovenia	151	2010	up 13.5%	rising
115	Kuwait	140	2010	up 89.2%	volatile
116	Jamaica	132	2010	up 48.3%	rising
117	Mongolia	123	2010	up 98.4%	rising
118	Central African Republic	119	2010	up 11.2%	rising
119	Congo	104	2010	up 16.9%	rising
120	Mauritania	101	2010	up 29.5%	rising
121	Estonia	92	2010	up 7.0%	rising
121	Liberia	92	2010	up 21.1%	rising
123	Mauritius	86	2010	up 53.6%	volatile
124	Trinidad and Tobago	82	2010	up 34.4%	rising
125	Namibia	66	2010	up 29.4%	rising
126	Cyprus	61	2010	up 32.6%	rising
127	Gambia	59	2010	up 31.1%	rising
128	Botswana	55	2010	up 14.6%	rising
129	Qatar	53	2010	up 112.0%	volatile
130	Lesotho	52	2010	down 1.9%	rising
131	Bahrain	50	2010	up 127.3%	volatile
132	Gabon	48	2010	up 37.1%	rising
133	Macao	47	2010	up 88.0%	volatile
134	Fiji	46	2010	up 39.4%	rising
135	Guyana	35	2010	up 34.6%	rising
135	Luxembourg	35	2010	up 29.6%	rising
137	Malta	30	2010	down 3.2%	rising
138	Eswatini	25	2010	down 10.7%	rising
139	Barbados	21	2010	up 50.0%	rising
139	Brunei	21	2010	up 75.0%	volatile
139	Iceland	21	2010	up 31.2%	rising
142	Maldives	12	2010	up 71.4%	rising
143	Belize	11	2010	up 83.3%	rising
144	Tonga	4	2010	up 33.3%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 50-54, 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 50-54, total is the total population of 50-54 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.