Population, age 21, 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
24.50 million
India
Lowest
249
Palau
Median
124,931
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,605
What the numbers show
Population, age 21, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 24.50 million in India; the lowest is 249 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 124,931, and the mean is 640,455.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 98,385.
Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 55.9%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 41.7%).
Population, age 21, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 24.50 million | 2015 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 19.76 million | 2015 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 4.64 million | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4.17 million | 2015 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3.91 million | 2015 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 3.54 million | 2015 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3.45 million | 2015 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 3.26 million | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 2.05 million | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 2.04 million | 2015 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 1.91 million | 2015 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 1.81 million | 2015 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 13 | Iran | 1.53 million | 2015 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 1.48 million | 2015 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 1.48 million | 2015 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.46 million | 2015 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 17 | Turkey | 1.40 million | 2015 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 1.20 million | 2015 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 1.00 million | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 929,344 | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 922,537 | 2015 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 907,948 | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 905,936 | 2015 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 889,921 | 2015 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 881,092 | 2015 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 26 | Kenya | 837,024 | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 800,583 | 2015 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 28 | Uganda | 782,309 | 2015 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 29 | France | 742,042 | 2015 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 709,903 | 2015 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 31 | Argentina | 694,423 | 2015 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 689,549 | 2015 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 33 | South Korea | 686,475 | 2015 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 685,675 | 2015 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 35 | Nepal | 675,300 | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 628,556 | 2015 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 616,249 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 587,344 | 2015 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 585,196 | 2015 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 40 | Peru | 579,518 | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela | 543,433 | 2015 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 540,991 | 2015 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 43 | Malaysia | 537,246 | 2015 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 531,372 | 2015 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 45 | Ukraine | 516,788 | 2015 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 46 | Mozambique | 498,313 | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 47 | Madagascar | 471,685 | 2015 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 469,158 | 2015 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 49 | Poland | 467,505 | 2015 | down 29.4% | flat |
| 50 | Canada | 463,515 | 2015 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 436,867 | 2015 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 52 | Spain | 432,787 | 2015 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 53 | Syria | 426,908 | 2015 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 54 | North Korea | 418,040 | 2015 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 55 | Angola | 413,547 | 2015 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 56 | Cambodia | 368,379 | 2015 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 361,902 | 2015 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 58 | Malawi | 354,484 | 2015 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 337,557 | 2015 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 322,363 | 2015 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 61 | Niger | 316,050 | 2015 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 62 | Mali | 304,013 | 2015 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 63 | Australia | 301,278 | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 301,088 | 2015 | down 21.6% | flat |
| 65 | Chile | 295,725 | 2015 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 66 | Zambia | 291,330 | 2015 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 290,523 | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 262,848 | 2015 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 256,122 | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 70 | Chad | 253,175 | 2015 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 223,577 | 2015 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 216,967 | 2015 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 73 | Guinea | 216,285 | 2015 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 74 | Bolivia | 214,286 | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 211,485 | 2015 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 76 | Haiti | 210,775 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 77 | Burundi | 203,025 | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 78 | Netherlands | 202,890 | 2015 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 191,939 | 2015 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 80 | Somalia | 189,504 | 2015 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 81 | Tunisia | 189,148 | 2015 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 173,170 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 170,021 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 166,758 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 85 | Togo | 158,263 | 2015 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 86 | Laos | 152,809 | 2015 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 146,523 | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 88 | Cuba | 143,774 | 2015 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 138,323 | 2015 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 134,711 | 2015 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 131,071 | 2015 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 92 | Belgium | 127,680 | 2015 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 93 | Jordan | 126,663 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 94 | Sweden | 126,040 | 2015 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 123,822 | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 96 | Hungary | 120,667 | 2015 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 97 | Czechia | 117,832 | 2015 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 98 | Israel | 116,040 | 2015 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 99 | Portugal | 115,391 | 2015 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 100 | Greece | 113,148 | 2015 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 101 | Belarus | 112,347 | 2015 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 112,042 | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 103 | Eritrea | 111,784 | 2015 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 111,440 | 2015 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 105 | Libya | 108,615 | 2015 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 106 | Central African Republic | 104,817 | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 107 | Austria | 101,632 | 2015 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 108 | Switzerland | 101,206 | 2015 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 109 | Palestine | 97,121 | 2015 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 110 | Liberia | 90,795 | 2015 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 90,636 | 2015 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 112 | Congo | 87,710 | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 86,322 | 2015 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 114 | United Arab Emirates | 79,775 | 2015 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 77,415 | 2015 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 116 | Singapore | 74,734 | 2015 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 74,008 | 2015 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 73,311 | 2015 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritania | 71,093 | 2015 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 120 | Slovakia | 69,431 | 2015 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 121 | Finland | 67,316 | 2015 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 122 | Norway | 66,150 | 2015 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 123 | New Zealand | 63,464 | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 62,023 | 2015 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 125 | Panama | 62,018 | 2015 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 126 | Oman | 58,001 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 127 | Albania | 57,947 | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 129 | Moldova | 55,431 | 2015 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 130 | Namibia | 55,053 | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 131 | Jamaica | 54,560 | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 132 | Mongolia | 52,928 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 133 | Uruguay | 52,806 | 2015 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 51,732 | 2015 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 135 | Armenia | 49,110 | 2015 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 48,271 | 2015 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47,307 | 2015 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 138 | Kuwait | 46,200 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 139 | Lithuania | 44,246 | 2015 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 43,465 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 39,437 | 2015 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 142 | Gambia | 38,903 | 2015 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 30,271 | 2015 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 144 | Eswatini | 29,685 | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 29,684 | 2015 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 146 | East Timor | 27,760 | 2015 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 147 | Latvia | 23,984 | 2015 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritius | 21,963 | 2015 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 149 | Djibouti | 19,961 | 2015 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 150 | Slovenia | 19,898 | 2015 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19,525 | 2015 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 18,987 | 2015 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 153 | Fiji | 16,696 | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 15,525 | 2015 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 155 | Estonia | 13,945 | 2015 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 156 | Bahrain | 13,931 | 2015 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 157 | Cyprus | 13,441 | 2015 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 158 | Qatar | 13,257 | 2015 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 12,538 | 2015 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 12,310 | 2015 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 11,674 | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 11,554 | 2015 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 163 | Brunei | 8,014 | 2015 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 164 | Maldives | 7,507 | 2015 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 7,345 | 2015 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 166 | Macao | 6,943 | 2015 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 168 | Belize | 6,606 | 2015 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 6,275 | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 5,383 | 2015 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 4,640 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 4,028 | 2015 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 174 | Barbados | 3,873 | 2015 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,709 | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 3,126 | 2015 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 177 | Grenada | 2,464 | 2015 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia (country) | 2,443 | 2015 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 179 | Tonga | 2,295 | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,024 | 2015 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 181 | Kiribati | 1,878 | 2006 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 1,477 | 2005 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 183 | Aruba | 1,450 | 2015 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 1,348 | 2006 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,323 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 186 | Dominica | 924 | 2005 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 187 | Andorra | 875 | 2006 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 832 | 2005 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 677 | 2005 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 542 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 249 | 2006 | down 15.3% | falling |
About this data
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.