Population, age 15, 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
24.69 million
India
Lowest
349
Palau
Median
126,648
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 15, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 24.69 million in India; the lowest is 349 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 126,648, and the mean is 640,627.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70,746.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.6%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 47.4%).
Population, age 15, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 24.69 million | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 18.11 million | 2015 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 4.30 million | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4.25 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 4.10 million | 2015 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3.80 million | 2015 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3.56 million | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 3.52 million | 2015 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 2.34 million | 2015 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 2.05 million | 2015 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 2.05 million | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.83 million | 2015 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 1.63 million | 2015 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1.54 million | 2015 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 1.37 million | 2015 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 1.30 million | 2015 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 1.20 million | 2015 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 1.15 million | 2015 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 1.09 million | 2015 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 1.02 million | 2015 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 21 | Kenya | 1.02 million | 2015 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 1.02 million | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 955,706 | 2015 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 900,900 | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 889,875 | 2015 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 836,650 | 2015 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 836,229 | 2015 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 28 | Iraq | 799,237 | 2015 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 793,444 | 2015 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 30 | France | 776,054 | 2015 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 708,870 | 2015 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 707,893 | 2015 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 676,565 | 2015 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 651,443 | 2015 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 607,771 | 2015 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 36 | Morocco | 589,021 | 2015 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 37 | Algeria | 587,678 | 2015 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 581,518 | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 39 | South Korea | 561,825 | 2015 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela | 559,400 | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 41 | Madagascar | 558,622 | 2015 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 547,969 | 2015 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 545,368 | 2015 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 539,305 | 2015 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 538,881 | 2015 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 536,578 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 508,434 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 484,496 | 2015 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 480,659 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 464,946 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 431,195 | 2015 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 430,646 | 2015 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 430,096 | 2015 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 424,739 | 2015 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 393,699 | 2015 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 389,011 | 2015 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 373,663 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 371,836 | 2015 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 370,686 | 2015 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 60 | North Korea | 369,252 | 2015 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 348,329 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 334,251 | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 327,865 | 2015 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 327,108 | 2015 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 314,149 | 2015 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 292,761 | 2015 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 284,159 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 272,334 | 2015 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea | 257,585 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 255,587 | 2015 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 255,451 | 2015 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 72 | Somalia | 252,089 | 2015 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 250,905 | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 229,202 | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 228,966 | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 76 | Burundi | 228,346 | 2015 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 216,201 | 2015 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 210,271 | 2015 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 208,746 | 2015 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 199,670 | 2015 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 184,707 | 2015 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 180,261 | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 171,895 | 2015 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 166,810 | 2015 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 161,073 | 2015 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 153,206 | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 149,577 | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 144,579 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 143,157 | 2015 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 141,490 | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 134,084 | 2015 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 92 | Eritrea | 133,861 | 2015 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 93 | Israel | 132,184 | 2015 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 129,811 | 2015 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 123,486 | 2015 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 123,369 | 2015 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 118,747 | 2015 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 118,055 | 2015 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 117,405 | 2015 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 100 | Liberia | 116,424 | 2015 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 112,401 | 2015 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 105,373 | 2015 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 103 | Congo | 102,463 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 100,225 | 2015 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 97,802 | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 96,859 | 2015 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 92,223 | 2015 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 90,084 | 2015 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 88,680 | 2015 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 86,367 | 2015 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 84,915 | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 81,849 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 81,242 | 2015 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 76,670 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 73,905 | 2015 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 68,422 | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 67,283 | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 63,586 | 2015 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 61,960 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 60,072 | 2015 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 58,914 | 2015 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 123 | New Zealand | 58,764 | 2015 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 56,533 | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Singapore | 56,022 | 2015 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 54,217 | 2015 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 53,937 | 2015 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 128 | Lesotho | 52,208 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 129 | Uruguay | 51,006 | 2015 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 130 | Albania | 50,715 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 131 | Namibia | 50,216 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 49,900 | 2015 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 47,534 | 2015 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46,786 | 2015 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 45,804 | 2015 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia | 45,466 | 2015 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 44,944 | 2015 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 138 | Mongolia | 44,190 | 2015 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 43,864 | 2015 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 42,318 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 33,943 | 2015 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 33,622 | 2015 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 143 | Lithuania | 32,973 | 2015 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 30,017 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 27,998 | 2015 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 24,504 | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 22,918 | 2015 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 20,042 | 2015 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 19,343 | 2015 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 18,458 | 2015 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 18,028 | 2015 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,865 | 2015 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 17,571 | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 15,598 | 2015 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,731 | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 13,177 | 2015 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 13,132 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 13,080 | 2015 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 12,375 | 2015 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 12,289 | 2015 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 11,897 | 2015 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 10,476 | 2015 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 8,563 | 2015 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 7,191 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 7,058 | 2015 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 6,007 | 2015 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 5,891 | 2015 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 5,850 | 2015 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 5,073 | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 4,282 | 2015 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,250 | 2015 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 174 | Iceland | 4,213 | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 3,476 | 2015 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 2,805 | 2015 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 2,752 | 2015 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 2,352 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 2,192 | 2006 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 2,187 | 2015 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,019 | 2015 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 1,477 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,451 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Dominica | 1,423 | 2005 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 185 | Seychelles | 1,410 | 2005 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 1,367 | 2006 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 868 | 2005 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 188 | Andorra | 755 | 2006 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 753 | 2005 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 520 | 2006 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 349 | 2006 | up 19.1% | rising |
About this data
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.