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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Population, age 16, total
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,605 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.