Population, age 18, 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
24.57 million
India
Lowest
294
Palau
Median
123,232
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605

What the numbers show

Population, age 18, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 24.57 million in India; the lowest is 294 in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 123,232, and the mean is 639,254.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83,588.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 49.8%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 51.0%).

Population, age 18, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 24.57 million 2015 up 9.6% rising
2 China 19.43 million 2015 down 17.8% falling
3 United States 4.39 million 2015 up 1.3% rising
4 Indonesia 4.17 million 2015 down 2.6% flat
5 Pakistan 3.97 million 2015 up 3.6% rising
6 Nigeria 3.80 million 2015 up 26.0% rising
7 Bangladesh 3.42 million 2015 up 6.9% rising
8 Brazil 3.41 million 2015 down 3.2% rising
9 Ethiopia 2.20 million 2015 up 32.9% rising
10 Mexico 2.05 million 2015 up 6.5% flat
11 Philippines 1.94 million 2015 up 11.2% rising
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.62 million 2015 up 33.5% rising
13 Vietnam 1.56 million 2015 down 14.5% rising
14 Egypt 1.56 million 2015 down 2.3% rising
15 Turkey 1.41 million 2015 up 5.6% rising
16 Russia 1.30 million 2015 down 49.1% falling
17 Japan 1.23 million 2015 down 8.8% falling
18 Iran 1.15 million 2015 down 35.3% rising
19 Tanzania 1.02 million 2015 up 22.4% rising
20 South Africa 1.00 million 2015 up 4.5% rising
21 Sudan 978,173 2015 up 27.5% rising
22 Kenya 917,119 2015 up 9.2% rising
23 Thailand 904,805 2015 down 10.8% falling
24 Colombia 904,698 2015 up 6.0% rising
25 Myanmar 868,812 2015 down 9.2% flat
26 Uganda 864,815 2015 up 39.1% rising
27 Germany 848,116 2015 down 14.5% flat
28 Afghanistan 767,610 2015 up 48.3% rising
29 Iraq 763,593 2015 up 27.7% rising
30 France 760,374 2015 down 3.5% falling
31 United Kingdom 745,623 2015 down 6.3% rising
32 Nepal 702,598 2015 up 24.4% rising
33 Argentina 689,917 2015 up 3.2% rising
34 South Korea 636,837 2015 down 0.8% falling
35 Yemen 618,923 2015 up 27.8% rising
36 Morocco 603,597 2015 down 8.4% rising
37 Algeria 593,956 2015 down 20.7% rising
38 Peru 560,522 2015 up 2.8% rising
39 Ghana 554,981 2015 up 12.3% rising
40 Uzbekistan 551,082 2015 down 10.2% rising
41 Venezuela 549,719 2015 up 2.3% rising
42 Italy 549,193 2015 down 3.9% falling
43 Mozambique 542,533 2015 up 28.1% rising
44 Malaysia 530,008 2015 up 6.4% rising
45 Saudi Arabia 522,892 2015 up 17.9% rising
46 Madagascar 520,203 2015 up 36.5% rising
47 Cote d'Ivoire 488,242 2015 up 15.2% rising
48 Cameroon 445,732 2015 up 14.1% rising
49 Syria 443,640 2015 down 2.3% rising
50 Angola 436,609 2015 up 28.6% rising
51 Ukraine 429,375 2015 down 42.7% falling
52 Canada 414,788 2015 down 3.6% rising
53 Spain 409,595 2015 down 14.8% falling
54 Poland 408,714 2015 down 31.9% falling
55 North Korea 405,898 2015 up 11.7% rising
56 Malawi 396,535 2015 up 48.3% rising
57 Burkina Faso 394,726 2015 up 34.8% rising
58 Niger 373,757 2015 up 49.8% rising
59 Guatemala 347,020 2015 up 30.3% rising
60 Mali 342,371 2015 up 37.6% rising
61 Cambodia 339,508 2015 up 1.4% rising
62 Zimbabwe 332,643 2015 down 1.8% rising
63 Zambia 323,548 2015 up 27.2% rising
64 Senegal 309,558 2015 up 20.8% rising
65 Sri Lanka 293,839 2015 down 18.1% falling
66 Australia 283,513 2015 up 1.4% rising
67 Chad 281,810 2015 up 35.7% rising
68 Ecuador 279,687 2015 up 7.1% rising
69 Chile 271,177 2015 down 6.2% rising
70 Guinea 235,708 2015 up 26.8% rising
71 Benin 234,998 2015 up 30.6% rising
72 Rwanda 232,314 2015 down 8.9% rising
73 Somalia 226,538 2015 up 37.1% rising
74 Haiti 222,373 2015 up 5.7% rising
75 Romania 221,090 2015 down 38.1% falling
76 Bolivia 219,767 2015 up 18.6% rising
77 Kazakhstan 212,466 2015 down 33.3% falling
78 Burundi 211,014 2015 up 14.6% rising
79 Dominican Republic 201,470 2015 up 12.6% rising
80 Netherlands 198,161 2015 up 0.9% flat
81 Honduras 177,546 2015 up 17.9% rising
82 Togo 170,711 2015 up 28.2% rising
83 Tunisia 167,973 2015 down 22.8% rising
84 Tajikistan 167,524 2015 up 2.7% rising
85 Papua New Guinea 162,612 2015 up 33.3% rising
86 Laos 150,945 2015 up 14.9% rising
87 El Salvador 145,968 2015 up 14.5% rising
88 Azerbaijan 142,388 2015 down 22.9% rising
89 Jordan 140,678 2015 up 21.0% rising
90 Sierra Leone 139,045 2015 up 22.8% rising
91 Cuba 138,456 2015 down 18.2% falling
92 Paraguay 138,422 2015 up 9.1% rising
93 Nicaragua 130,797 2015 up 7.9% rising
94 Israel 125,253 2015 up 14.6% rising
95 Belgium 121,212 2015 down 2.5% flat
96 Eritrea 118,499 2015 up 18.3% rising
97 Libya 115,041 2015 down 4.5% flat
98 Portugal 113,284 2015 down 8.0% falling
99 Palestine 113,135 2015 up 43.4% rising
100 Central African Republic 111,794 2015 up 23.9% rising
101 Greece 108,179 2015 down 13.6% falling
102 Kyrgyzstan 106,284 2015 down 9.2% rising
103 Hungary 104,199 2015 down 17.3% falling
104 Liberia 103,270 2015 up 40.8% rising
105 Sweden 100,400 2015 down 12.8% rising
106 Belarus 95,808 2015 down 42.4% falling
107 Turkmenistan 95,167 2015 down 14.2% rising
108 Congo 93,678 2015 up 24.2% rising
109 Czechia 92,824 2015 down 29.5% falling
110 Switzerland 92,484 2015 up 5.0% rising
111 Austria 92,003 2015 down 5.0% flat
112 Costa Rica 83,646 2015 down 6.3% rising
113 Hong Kong 81,684 2015 down 4.8% flat
114 Lebanon 79,621 2015 up 10.7% rising
115 Mauritania 76,206 2015 up 25.6% rising
116 Denmark 70,491 2015 up 17.5% flat
117 Singapore 65,536 2015 up 19.5% rising
118 Panama 65,218 2015 up 9.5% rising
119 United Arab Emirates 65,212 2015 up 24.2% rising
120 Norway 64,351 2015 up 10.5% rising
121 Bulgaria 64,044 2015 down 39.3% falling
122 Finland 61,488 2015 down 3.2% flat
123 New Zealand 60,057 2015 down 0.9% rising
124 Slovakia 59,553 2015 down 28.1% falling
125 Oman 59,191 2015 up 7.3% rising
127 Jamaica 53,823 2015 up 2.9% rising
128 Albania 53,464 2015 down 15.5% flat
129 Namibia 52,823 2015 up 10.5% rising
130 Uruguay 51,817 2015 up 2.3% flat
131 Georgia 51,749 2015 down 33.9% falling
132 Lesotho 51,145 2015 up 4.1% rising
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50,710 2015 down 9.9% falling
134 Croatia 49,501 2015 down 14.3% falling
135 Moldova 48,599 2015 down 35.6% falling
136 Mongolia 45,728 2015 down 28.4% rising
137 Guinea-Bissau 44,458 2015 up 41.1% rising
138 Kuwait 44,406 2015 up 15.8% rising
139 Botswana 42,923 2015 down 2.4% rising
140 Gambia 42,365 2015 up 37.5% rising
141 Armenia 39,828 2015 down 38.5% flat
142 Lithuania 37,670 2015 down 32.5% falling
143 East Timor 31,949 2015 up 46.3% rising
144 Gabon 29,863 2015 up 5.4% rising
145 Eswatini 28,596 2015 down 2.1% rising
146 North Macedonia 26,201 2015 down 18.4% falling
147 Comoros 21,084 2015 up 24.7% rising
148 Mauritius 20,156 2015 up 7.9% flat
149 Djibouti 19,754 2015 up 10.4% rising
150 Latvia 19,194 2015 down 51.0% falling
151 Slovenia 18,782 2015 down 28.4% falling
152 Trinidad and Tobago 18,284 2015 down 37.0% falling
153 Fiji 17,545 2015 up 8.2% rising
154 Guyana 14,979 2015 up 20.6% falling
155 Bhutan 14,228 2015 down 4.2% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 12,729 2015 up 31.9% rising
157 Estonia 12,448 2015 down 44.8% falling
158 Solomon Islands 12,425 2015 up 26.0% rising
159 Bahrain 12,382 2015 up 12.4% rising
160 Cape Verde 12,314 2015 up 0.4% rising
161 Qatar 11,906 2015 up 27.2% rising
162 Cyprus 11,536 2015 up 2.0% rising
163 Suriname 8,425 2015 down 6.3% flat
164 Brunei 7,289 2015 up 14.0% rising
165 Belize 6,894 2015 up 19.7% rising
166 Maldives 6,565 2015 down 14.2% rising
168 Bahamas 6,185 2015 up 12.1% rising
169 Vanuatu 5,663 2015 up 20.3% rising
170 Macao 5,471 2015 down 36.6% rising
172 Samoa 4,894 2015 up 30.4% rising
173 Iceland 4,353 2015 up 1.8% rising
174 Sao Tome and Principe 3,988 2015 up 17.2% rising
175 Barbados 3,627 2015 down 16.4% falling
176 Saint Lucia 2,819 2015 down 15.0% rising
177 Micronesia (country) 2,630 2015 down 1.6% rising
178 Tonga 2,407 2015 up 9.8% rising
179 Grenada 2,311 2015 down 2.2% rising
180 Kiribati 2,152 2006 up 42.6% rising
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,922 2015 down 28.3% falling
182 Aruba 1,467 2015 up 5.4% rising
183 Seychelles 1,456 2005 up 0.1% rising
184 Marshall Islands 1,412 2006 up 18.5% rising
185 Antigua and Barbuda 1,356 2006 up 9.7% rising
186 Dominica 1,320 2005 down 10.9% falling
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 884 2005 up 4.1% rising
188 Andorra 742 2006 down 2.0% flat
189 Bermuda 717 2005 up 3.2% flat
190 Cayman Islands 520 2006 up 33.3% rising
191 Palau 294 2006 up 9.3% rising

About this data

Indicator
Population, age 18, 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.