Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total by country

Population in thousands, age 55-59, total is the total population of 55-59 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.

Countries reporting

144

Highest

81,057

China

Lowest

Tonga

Median

374.5

Years covered

1960–2010

Data points

1,584

What the numbers show

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 81,057 in China; the lowest is 4 in Tonga.

The median across all reporting countries is 374.5, and the mean is 2,048.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,264.

Over the past decade 141 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 218.2%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 1.0%).

Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, total: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	81,057	2010	up 73.4%	rising
2	India	44,012	2010	up 36.8%	rising
3	United States	19,709	2010	up 44.0%	rising
4	Russia	9,833	2010	up 84.9%	rising
5	Indonesia	9,110	2010	up 31.9%	rising
6	Japan	8,679	2010	down 0.5%	rising
7	Brazil	8,352	2010	up 53.1%	rising
8	Germany	5,431	2010	up 2.9%	rising
9	Pakistan	5,075	2010	up 46.6%	rising
10	Bangladesh	4,880	2010	up 51.6%	rising
11	Mexico	4,075	2010	up 46.3%	rising
12	France	4,069	2010	up 43.9%	rising
13	Italy	3,727	2010	up 11.1%	rising
14	Thailand	3,621	2010	up 55.3%	volatile
15	United Kingdom	3,556	2010	up 9.5%	rising
16	Vietnam	3,237	2010	up 79.4%	rising
17	Turkey	3,097	2010	up 54.5%	rising
18	Ukraine	3,053	2010	up 21.8%	rising
19	Egypt	2,999	2010	up 59.9%	rising
20	Philippines	2,973	2010	up 51.2%	rising
21	Poland	2,887	2010	up 79.4%	rising
22	South Korea	2,794	2010	up 32.5%	rising
23	Iran	2,533	2010	up 74.3%	rising
24	Spain	2,499	2010	up 15.4%	rising
25	Canada	2,289	2010	up 46.7%	rising
26	Myanmar	2,066	2010	up 44.4%	rising
27	Colombia	1,968	2010	up 68.1%	rising
28	Argentina	1,904	2010	up 23.5%	rising
29	South Africa	1,791	2010	up 32.9%	rising
30	Romania	1,444	2010	up 36.9%	rising
31	Australia	1,340	2010	up 39.6%	rising
32	Democratic Republic of Congo	1,256	2010	up 19.7%	rising
33	Algeria	1,187	2010	up 78.0%	rising
33	Morocco	1,187	2010	up 74.3%	rising
35	Venezuela	1,133	2010	up 58.2%	volatile
36	Malaysia	1,121	2010	up 73.5%	volatile
37	Netherlands	1,105	2010	up 27.0%	rising
38	Sudan	1,069	2010	up 29.6%	rising
39	Peru	1,062	2010	up 42.2%	rising
40	Sri Lanka	1,056	2010	up 41.7%	rising
41	Tanzania	952	2010	up 19.7%	rising
42	Nepal	864	2010	up 36.7%	rising
43	Chile	835	2010	up 38.2%	rising
44	Kenya	808	2010	up 65.2%	rising
45	Kazakhstan	804	2010	up 67.8%	rising
46	Iraq	764	2010	up 38.4%	rising
47	Czechia	763	2010	up 21.3%	rising
48	Hungary	762	2010	up 25.3%	rising
49	Afghanistan	751	2010	up 40.9%	rising
50	Serbia	744	2010	up 48.2%	rising
51	Belgium	698	2010	up 33.5%	rising
51	Greece	698	2010	up 25.5%	rising
53	Portugal	683	2010	up 22.8%	rising
54	Saudi Arabia	643	2010	up 54.2%	volatile
55	Ghana	632	2010	up 29.8%	rising
56	Cuba	624	2010	up 17.1%	rising
57	Sweden	567	2010	down 1.0%	rising
58	Bulgaria	538	2010	up 14.5%	rising
59	Syria	532	2010	up 66.8%	volatile
60	Ecuador	528	2010	up 54.4%	rising
61	Uganda	522	2010	up 17.6%	rising
62	Hong Kong	521	2010	up 113.5%	rising
63	Cote d'Ivoire	509	2010	up 25.1%	volatile
64	Austria	505	2010	up 2.4%	rising
65	Yemen	496	2010	up 56.0%	volatile
66	Mozambique	489	2010	up 19.0%	rising
67	Switzerland	476	2010	up 6.7%	rising
68	Cambodia	458	2010	up 38.0%	rising
69	Tunisia	438	2010	up 72.4%	rising
70	Cameroon	423	2010	up 18.5%	rising
71	Finland	389	2010	up 31.0%	rising
72	Slovakia	385	2010	up 51.6%	rising
73	Israel	364	2010	up 75.0%	rising
74	Denmark	352	2010	up 2.0%	rising
75	Singapore	351	2010	up 118.0%	volatile
76	Dominican Republic	348	2010	up 39.2%	rising
77	Guatemala	344	2010	up 38.2%	rising
78	Croatia	331	2010	up 45.2%	rising
79	Niger	312	2010	up 50.7%	rising
79	Zimbabwe	312	2010	up 18.2%	rising
81	Bolivia	298	2010	up 38.0%	rising
82	Norway	296	2010	up 23.3%	rising
83	Malawi	283	2010	up 18.9%	rising
84	Senegal	281	2010	up 24.3%	rising
85	Mali	256	2010	up 9.4%	rising
86	New Zealand	250	2010	up 35.1%	rising
87	Moldova	249	2010	up 49.1%	rising
88	Ireland	239	2010	up 37.4%	rising
89	Zambia	235	2010	up 7.3%	rising
90	Haiti	229	2010	up 18.0%	rising
91	Benin	228	2010	up 56.2%	rising
91	Paraguay	228	2010	up 82.4%	volatile
93	El Salvador	226	2010	up 37.0%	rising
94	Libya	217	2010	up 43.7%	volatile
95	Honduras	202	2010	up 51.9%	rising
95	Kyrgyzstan	202	2010	up 134.9%	rising
97	Lithuania	199	2010	up 5.9%	rising
98	Burundi	198	2010	up 62.3%	rising
99	Costa Rica	191	2010	up 73.6%	volatile
99	Rwanda	191	2010	up 26.5%	rising
101	Armenia	174	2010	up 114.8%	rising
102	Uruguay	173	2010	up 11.6%	rising
103	Tajikistan	167	2010	up 79.6%	rising
104	Papua New Guinea	162	2010	up 51.4%	rising
105	Togo	160	2010	up 37.9%	rising
106	Laos	158	2010	up 46.3%	rising
107	Sierra Leone	157	2010	up 25.6%	rising
108	Albania	154	2010	up 27.3%	rising
108	Nicaragua	154	2010	up 62.1%	rising
110	Slovenia	150	2010	up 47.1%	rising
111	Latvia	140	2010	unchanged	rising
112	Jordan	137	2010	up 20.2%	volatile
113	Panama	134	2010	up 42.6%	rising
114	Central African Republic	107	2010	up 15.1%	rising
115	Jamaica	93	2010	up 22.4%	rising
116	Congo	87	2010	up 20.8%	rising
117	Estonia	86	2010	up 17.8%	rising
118	Kuwait	80	2010	up 86.0%	volatile
119	Mongolia	78	2010	up 32.2%	rising
120	Mauritania	76	2010	up 18.8%	rising
121	United Arab Emirates	74	2010	up 72.1%	volatile
121	Liberia	74	2010	up 25.4%	rising
123	Mauritius	71	2010	up 77.5%	rising
124	Trinidad and Tobago	67	2010	up 42.6%	rising
125	Namibia	53	2010	up 29.3%	rising
126	Cyprus	51	2010	up 27.5%	rising
127	Botswana	50	2010	up 38.9%	rising
128	Gambia	48	2010	up 29.7%	volatile
128	Lesotho	48	2010	up 9.1%	rising
130	Gabon	41	2010	up 46.4%	rising
131	Macao	37	2010	up 164.3%	volatile
132	Bahrain	35	2010	up 218.2%	volatile
133	Fiji	34	2010	up 36.0%	rising
134	Qatar	30	2010	up 114.3%	volatile
135	Luxembourg	29	2010	up 31.8%	rising
136	Malta	28	2010	up 27.3%	rising
137	Guyana	27	2010	up 42.1%	rising
138	Eswatini	25	2010	up 13.6%	rising
139	Iceland	18	2010	up 50.0%	rising
140	Barbados	17	2010	up 88.9%	rising
141	Brunei	15	2010	up 150.0%	volatile
142	Maldives	10	2010	up 66.7%	rising
143	Belize	8	2010	up 60.0%	rising
144	Tonga	4	2010	up 33.3%	rising

About this data

Indicator: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 55-59, 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 55-59, total is the total population of 55-59 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.