Population, age 16, 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
24.63 million
India
Lowest
330
Palau
Median
126,500
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 16, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 24.63 million in India; the lowest is 330 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 126,500, and the mean is 639,462.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 74,637.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 52.0%).
Population, age 16, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 24.63 million | 2015 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 18.70 million | 2015 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 3 | United States | 4.30 million | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4.21 million | 2015 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 3.99 million | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3.89 million | 2015 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 3.49 million | 2015 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 3.48 million | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 2.29 million | 2015 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 2.05 million | 2015 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 11 | Philippines | 2.00 million | 2015 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.76 million | 2015 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 1.61 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1.51 million | 2015 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 1.39 million | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 16 | Russia | 1.27 million | 2015 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 1.22 million | 2015 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 1.10 million | 2015 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 1.06 million | 2015 | down 39.9% | flat |
| 20 | Sudan | 1.01 million | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 1.01 million | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 982,212 | 2015 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 924,234 | 2015 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 902,007 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 894,277 | 2015 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 848,839 | 2015 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 815,816 | 2015 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 28 | Germany | 815,062 | 2015 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 29 | Iraq | 790,011 | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 30 | France | 771,565 | 2015 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 717,634 | 2015 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 709,396 | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 682,258 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 640,638 | 2015 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 594,004 | 2015 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 36 | South Korea | 590,872 | 2015 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 37 | Mozambique | 582,359 | 2015 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 38 | Algeria | 574,358 | 2015 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 39 | Ghana | 570,313 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 555,432 | 2015 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 550,575 | 2015 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Madagascar | 547,516 | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 540,997 | 2015 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 44 | Malaysia | 532,979 | 2015 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 531,134 | 2015 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 528,167 | 2015 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 501,240 | 2015 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 466,335 | 2015 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 462,439 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 457,263 | 2015 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Malawi | 420,325 | 2015 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 418,219 | 2015 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 414,167 | 2015 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 54 | Niger | 412,499 | 2015 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 55 | Ukraine | 396,871 | 2015 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 393,404 | 2015 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 57 | North Korea | 385,168 | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 380,070 | 2015 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 364,412 | 2015 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 60 | Mali | 363,639 | 2015 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 341,249 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 329,042 | 2015 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 328,066 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 325,023 | 2015 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 302,842 | 2015 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 292,151 | 2015 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 284,655 | 2015 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 274,803 | 2015 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 69 | Chile | 258,912 | 2015 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 70 | Guinea | 249,916 | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 248,289 | 2015 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 72 | Somalia | 245,694 | 2015 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 73 | Rwanda | 243,106 | 2015 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 227,716 | 2015 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 225,135 | 2015 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 76 | Burundi | 221,104 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 220,418 | 2015 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 207,430 | 2015 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 203,049 | 2015 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 198,000 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 179,775 | 2015 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 179,510 | 2015 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 169,913 | 2015 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 167,042 | 2015 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 160,844 | 2015 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 86 | El Salvador | 149,035 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 148,719 | 2015 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 147,219 | 2015 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 144,328 | 2015 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 140,520 | 2015 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 135,204 | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 92 | Israel | 130,313 | 2015 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 130,157 | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 94 | Eritrea | 127,380 | 2015 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 125,619 | 2015 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 96 | Palestine | 120,952 | 2015 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 97 | Libya | 120,576 | 2015 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 98 | Belgium | 118,506 | 2015 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 115,706 | 2015 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 112,634 | 2015 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 101 | Liberia | 112,005 | 2015 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 106,105 | 2015 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 102,170 | 2015 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 104 | Congo | 99,056 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 98,163 | 2015 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 94,107 | 2015 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 90,762 | 2015 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 90,157 | 2015 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 109 | Austria | 87,534 | 2015 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 110 | Switzerland | 87,133 | 2015 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 111 | Czechia | 86,481 | 2015 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 81,938 | 2015 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 79,885 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 78,501 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 76,314 | 2015 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 68,899 | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 66,783 | 2015 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 118 | Norway | 62,808 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 62,169 | 2015 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 60,363 | 2015 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 121 | Finland | 59,195 | 2015 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 122 | Singapore | 59,077 | 2015 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 58,783 | 2015 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 125 | Oman | 58,053 | 2015 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 55,089 | 2015 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 53,826 | 2015 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 52,107 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 129 | Albania | 51,246 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 130 | Uruguay | 51,204 | 2015 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 131 | Namibia | 51,040 | 2015 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 132 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49,325 | 2015 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 48,043 | 2015 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 134 | Georgia | 47,807 | 2015 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 135 | Croatia | 47,131 | 2015 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 136 | Moldova | 45,012 | 2015 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 137 | Gambia | 44,664 | 2015 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 138 | Kuwait | 44,481 | 2015 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 139 | Mongolia | 43,670 | 2015 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 140 | Botswana | 42,498 | 2015 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 35,246 | 2015 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 142 | Lithuania | 34,162 | 2015 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 143 | East Timor | 33,513 | 2015 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 144 | Gabon | 29,839 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 28,055 | 2015 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 24,747 | 2015 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 22,363 | 2015 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 19,843 | 2015 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 19,432 | 2015 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 150 | Slovenia | 18,240 | 2015 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 151 | Latvia | 18,007 | 2015 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,881 | 2015 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 17,697 | 2015 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 15,692 | 2015 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 155 | Bhutan | 13,467 | 2015 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,428 | 2015 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 12,876 | 2015 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 12,719 | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 159 | Estonia | 12,122 | 2015 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 160 | Bahrain | 12,114 | 2015 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 161 | Qatar | 11,706 | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 10,677 | 2015 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 8,686 | 2015 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 7,114 | 2015 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 7,023 | 2015 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 6,118 | 2015 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 6,021 | 2015 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 5,799 | 2015 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 5,127 | 2015 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 4,617 | 2015 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 4,231 | 2015 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,166 | 2015 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 3,509 | 2015 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 2,759 | 2015 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 2,722 | 2015 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 2,396 | 2015 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 2,217 | 2006 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 2,216 | 2015 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,953 | 2015 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 1,473 | 2015 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 183 | Dominica | 1,442 | 2005 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,411 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 185 | Seychelles | 1,405 | 2005 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 1,399 | 2006 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 884 | 2005 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Bermuda | 744 | 2005 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 189 | Andorra | 743 | 2006 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 518 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 330 | 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.