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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.