Population, age 12, total by country
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
24.77 million
India
Lowest
396
Palau
Median
130,766
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 12, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 24.77 million in India; the lowest is 396 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 130,766, and the mean is 645,690.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62,547.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 53.0%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 49.9%).
Population, age 12, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 24.77 million | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 16.71 million | 2015 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 4.40 million | 2015 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4.33 million | 2015 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 5 | United States | 4.30 million | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 3.74 million | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3.60 million | 2015 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 8 | Pakistan | 3.59 million | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 2.47 million | 2015 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 2.18 million | 2015 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.07 million | 2015 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 2.04 million | 2015 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 1.70 million | 2015 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1.61 million | 2015 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 15 | Russia | 1.42 million | 2015 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 16 | Turkey | 1.31 million | 2015 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 17 | Tanzania | 1.30 million | 2015 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 1.19 million | 2015 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 19 | Japan | 1.14 million | 2015 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 20 | Kenya | 1.14 million | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 21 | Uganda | 1.06 million | 2015 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 1.05 million | 2015 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 1.03 million | 2015 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 904,643 | 2015 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 891,524 | 2015 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 26 | Thailand | 879,095 | 2015 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 27 | Iraq | 823,697 | 2015 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 28 | Myanmar | 804,715 | 2015 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 29 | France | 787,662 | 2015 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 30 | Germany | 737,245 | 2015 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 31 | Nepal | 703,880 | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 688,755 | 2015 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 33 | Yemen | 687,849 | 2015 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 34 | Mozambique | 676,212 | 2015 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 661,919 | 2015 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 36 | Algeria | 627,098 | 2015 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 37 | Ghana | 612,010 | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 38 | Madagascar | 591,510 | 2015 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 39 | Morocco | 578,763 | 2015 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela | 570,847 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 562,163 | 2015 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 559,458 | 2015 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 554,994 | 2015 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 44 | Malaysia | 552,628 | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 540,212 | 2015 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 536,987 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 532,703 | 2015 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 529,039 | 2015 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 49 | Niger | 490,258 | 2015 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 489,548 | 2015 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 477,755 | 2015 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 469,179 | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 458,280 | 2015 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 457,393 | 2015 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 55 | Mali | 400,339 | 2015 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 399,128 | 2015 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 57 | Ukraine | 391,622 | 2015 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 58 | Canada | 375,506 | 2015 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 59 | Zambia | 368,878 | 2015 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 360,412 | 2015 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 348,831 | 2015 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 62 | Chad | 348,671 | 2015 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 325,030 | 2015 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 324,946 | 2015 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 65 | North Korea | 322,960 | 2015 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 294,195 | 2015 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 281,436 | 2015 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Guinea | 280,729 | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 279,958 | 2015 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 277,503 | 2015 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 71 | Somalia | 273,003 | 2015 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 72 | Australia | 265,518 | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 255,951 | 2015 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 74 | Chile | 246,048 | 2015 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 238,287 | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 234,047 | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 228,687 | 2015 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 217,518 | 2015 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 209,302 | 2015 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 201,950 | 2015 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 198,749 | 2015 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 182,030 | 2015 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 176,404 | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 167,904 | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 166,215 | 2015 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 162,540 | 2015 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 87 | Eritrea | 153,162 | 2015 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 150,482 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 89 | Paraguay | 144,024 | 2015 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 90 | Jordan | 140,804 | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 91 | Laos | 137,221 | 2015 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 137,185 | 2015 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 93 | Libya | 132,626 | 2015 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 94 | Liberia | 130,809 | 2015 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 95 | Palestine | 130,723 | 2015 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 130,337 | 2015 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 128,513 | 2015 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 122,450 | 2015 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 116,301 | 2015 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 100 | Portugal | 112,087 | 2015 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 101 | Congo | 111,751 | 2015 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 104,014 | 2015 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 103 | Sweden | 103,585 | 2015 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 101,959 | 2015 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 105 | Hungary | 96,290 | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 95,869 | 2015 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 95,691 | 2015 | down 18.6% | flat |
| 108 | Czechia | 94,321 | 2015 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 91,133 | 2015 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritania | 87,356 | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 111 | Austria | 82,882 | 2015 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 79,403 | 2015 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 78,314 | 2015 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 71,642 | 2015 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 115 | Panama | 68,609 | 2015 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 67,819 | 2015 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 67,210 | 2015 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 66,260 | 2015 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 61,165 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 121 | Norway | 59,366 | 2015 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 58,401 | 2015 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 123 | Finland | 58,004 | 2015 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 55,939 | 2015 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 125 | Jamaica | 54,630 | 2015 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 126 | Oman | 53,084 | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 127 | Lesotho | 52,271 | 2015 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 128 | Slovakia | 51,188 | 2015 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 50,145 | 2015 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 130 | Albania | 49,227 | 2015 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 131 | Gambia | 49,041 | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 132 | Namibia | 47,831 | 2015 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 133 | Kuwait | 47,104 | 2015 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 46,577 | 2015 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 135 | Singapore | 46,462 | 2015 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 45,785 | 2015 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 137 | Botswana | 41,978 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 138 | Moldova | 41,430 | 2015 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 139 | Croatia | 41,184 | 2015 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40,057 | 2015 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 34,730 | 2015 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 30,956 | 2015 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 143 | Gabon | 30,486 | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 144 | Lithuania | 29,997 | 2015 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 145 | Eswatini | 27,744 | 2015 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 146 | Comoros | 24,501 | 2015 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 23,640 | 2015 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 148 | Djibouti | 20,534 | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 149 | Latvia | 20,136 | 2015 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritius | 18,887 | 2015 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18,154 | 2015 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 17,695 | 2015 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 17,105 | 2015 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 154 | Guyana | 14,966 | 2015 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,712 | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 14,275 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 13,619 | 2015 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 158 | Estonia | 13,094 | 2015 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 159 | Bahrain | 13,032 | 2015 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 160 | Qatar | 12,643 | 2015 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 12,346 | 2015 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 162 | Cyprus | 9,994 | 2015 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 163 | Suriname | 8,290 | 2015 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 164 | Brunei | 7,450 | 2015 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 7,131 | 2015 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 5,993 | 2015 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 5,788 | 2015 | down 25.9% | flat |
| 169 | Bahamas | 5,515 | 2015 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 4,868 | 2015 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,463 | 2015 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 4,151 | 2015 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 174 | Macao | 3,467 | 2015 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 3,380 | 2015 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 2,933 | 2015 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 2,818 | 2015 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 2,222 | 2015 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,206 | 2015 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 180 | Kiribati | 2,125 | 2006 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 181 | Grenada | 2,068 | 2015 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,567 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 1,470 | 2015 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 1,465 | 2005 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 185 | Dominica | 1,387 | 2005 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 1,279 | 2006 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 828 | 2005 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 188 | Bermuda | 787 | 2005 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 750 | 2006 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 562 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 396 | 2006 | up 16.8% | rising |
About this data
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.