Population, ages 12-15, total by country

Population, ages 12-15, total is the total population age 12-15.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
98.93 million
India
Lowest
1,502
Palau
Median
514,274
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786

What the numbers show

Population, ages 12-15, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 98.93 million in India; the lowest is 1,502 in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 514,274, and the mean is 2.57 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65,866.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 50.2%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 49.0%).

Population, ages 12-15, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 98.93 million 2015 up 2.3% rising
2 China 69.48 million 2015 down 19.3% falling
3 United States 17.20 million 2015 down 1.4% rising
4 Indonesia 17.18 million 2015 up 1.0% flat
5 Nigeria 17.00 million 2015 up 22.5% rising
6 Pakistan 14.72 million 2015 down 8.2% rising
7 Bangladesh 14.62 million 2015 up 6.0% rising
8 Brazil 14.23 million 2015 up 6.6% flat
9 Ethiopia 9.61 million 2015 up 23.0% rising
10 Philippines 8.46 million 2015 up 11.6% rising
11 Mexico 8.20 million 2015 down 3.8% flat
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 7.80 million 2015 up 38.2% rising
13 Egypt 6.66 million 2015 up 7.1% rising
14 Vietnam 6.31 million 2015 down 16.9% flat
15 Russia 5.45 million 2015 down 26.6% falling
16 Turkey 5.36 million 2015 down 2.8% flat
17 Tanzania 4.91 million 2015 up 34.2% rising
18 Japan 4.67 million 2015 down 4.1% falling
19 Iran 4.54 million 2015 down 33.6% falling
20 Kenya 4.31 million 2015 up 26.9% rising
21 Sudan 4.14 million 2015 up 19.2% rising
22 South Africa 4.10 million 2015 up 2.8% rising
23 Uganda 4.02 million 2015 up 34.4% rising
24 Colombia 3.59 million 2015 down 1.0% rising
25 Thailand 3.54 million 2015 down 7.0% falling
26 Afghanistan 3.48 million 2015 up 41.0% rising
27 Myanmar 3.28 million 2015 down 11.6% falling
28 Iraq 3.25 million 2015 up 20.5% rising
29 France 3.13 million 2015 up 5.3% flat
30 Germany 3.06 million 2015 down 13.5% falling
31 Nepal 2.82 million 2015 up 8.2% rising
32 United Kingdom 2.79 million 2015 down 10.6% flat
33 Yemen 2.68 million 2015 up 18.5% rising
34 Argentina 2.67 million 2015 down 3.2% flat
35 Mozambique 2.57 million 2015 up 33.3% rising
36 Algeria 2.43 million 2015 down 17.9% falling
37 Ghana 2.39 million 2015 up 11.1% rising
38 Morocco 2.33 million 2015 down 10.7% falling
39 Madagascar 2.30 million 2015 up 29.0% rising
40 Venezuela 2.26 million 2015 up 3.4% rising
41 Italy 2.20 million 2015 down 2.5% falling
42 Uzbekistan 2.20 million 2015 down 16.1% rising
43 Saudi Arabia 2.20 million 2015 up 8.2% rising
44 Malaysia 2.18 million 2015 up 4.2% rising
45 Peru 2.17 million 2015 down 7.4% rising
46 Cote d'Ivoire 2.08 million 2015 up 11.2% rising
47 South Korea 2.07 million 2015 down 23.3% falling
48 Cameroon 2.04 million 2015 up 17.1% rising
49 Angola 2.04 million 2015 up 26.4% rising
50 Syria 1.91 million 2015 up 8.5% rising
51 Niger 1.84 million 2015 up 47.8% rising
52 Burkina Faso 1.80 million 2015 up 31.3% rising
53 Malawi 1.78 million 2015 up 36.4% rising
54 Spain 1.76 million 2015 up 3.9% falling
55 Ukraine 1.57 million 2015 down 36.0% falling
56 Guatemala 1.55 million 2015 up 24.4% rising
57 Mali 1.54 million 2015 up 31.9% rising
58 Canada 1.53 million 2015 down 11.9% flat
59 Poland 1.44 million 2015 down 31.2% falling
60 Zambia 1.44 million 2015 up 24.7% rising
61 Senegal 1.39 million 2015 up 22.2% rising
62 North Korea 1.38 million 2015 down 14.6% rising
63 Chad 1.33 million 2015 up 36.5% rising
64 Zimbabwe 1.30 million 2015 down 6.9% rising
65 Cambodia 1.30 million 2015 down 12.1% rising
66 Sri Lanka 1.17 million 2015 down 11.0% falling
67 Ecuador 1.13 million 2015 up 3.1% rising
68 Guinea 1.08 million 2015 up 26.7% rising
69 Australia 1.07 million 2015 down 4.3% rising
70 Benin 1.07 million 2015 up 29.5% rising
71 Rwanda 1.06 million 2015 up 8.4% rising
72 Somalia 1.05 million 2015 up 46.9% rising
73 Chile 1.00 million 2015 down 16.8% rising
74 Burundi 965,486 2015 up 19.5% rising
75 Bolivia 935,326 2015 up 9.7% rising
76 Haiti 926,276 2015 up 5.9% rising
77 Kazakhstan 871,495 2015 down 26.3% falling
78 Dominican Republic 856,174 2015 up 9.5% rising
79 Romania 850,020 2015 down 20.2% falling
80 Netherlands 804,912 2015 down 0.2% rising
81 Togo 767,371 2015 up 27.3% rising
82 Honduras 724,402 2015 up 6.3% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 697,594 2015 up 26.0% rising
84 Tajikistan 665,892 2015 down 3.9% rising
85 Tunisia 646,509 2015 down 21.0% falling
86 Sierra Leone 642,169 2015 up 28.2% rising
87 El Salvador 600,377 2015 up 6.5% rising
88 Eritrea 574,095 2015 up 34.3% rising
89 Paraguay 571,146 2015 up 6.4% rising
90 Jordan 567,088 2015 up 14.7% rising
91 Laos 562,407 2015 down 7.8% rising
92 Israel 539,253 2015 up 21.3% rising
93 Cuba 529,534 2015 down 17.9% falling
94 Nicaragua 516,226 2015 down 6.2% rising
95 Libya 512,322 2015 up 17.5% falling
96 Palestine 508,283 2015 up 40.9% rising
97 Liberia 494,161 2015 up 50.2% rising
98 Central African Republic 479,700 2015 up 16.8% rising
99 Belgium 468,804 2015 down 6.5% flat
100 Portugal 448,883 2015 up 0.8% falling
101 Azerbaijan 437,864 2015 down 40.9% falling
102 Congo 428,877 2015 up 26.0% rising
103 Greece 418,426 2015 down 6.3% falling
104 Sweden 401,126 2015 down 19.8% flat
105 Kyrgyzstan 390,481 2015 down 18.0% rising
106 Hungary 388,108 2015 down 21.9% falling
107 Turkmenistan 376,209 2015 down 19.7% rising
108 Czechia 366,155 2015 down 26.5% falling
109 Belarus 362,175 2015 down 32.4% falling
110 Mauritania 338,617 2015 up 25.1% rising
111 Austria 338,281 2015 down 13.0% flat
112 Switzerland 326,194 2015 down 11.8% rising
113 Costa Rica 321,034 2015 down 7.9% rising
114 Lebanon 296,150 2015 down 2.6% rising
115 Hong Kong 281,672 2015 down 15.8% falling
116 Panama 271,937 2015 up 11.5% rising
117 Denmark 269,498 2015 down 1.6% rising
118 Bulgaria 263,055 2015 down 24.7% falling
120 Norway 242,502 2015 down 3.5% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 241,402 2015 up 28.0% rising
122 New Zealand 234,303 2015 down 6.4% rising
123 Finland 233,632 2015 down 11.7% falling
124 Oman 218,618 2015 down 3.3% rising
125 Jamaica 218,009 2015 down 5.5% rising
126 Guinea-Bissau 211,506 2015 up 40.0% rising
127 Slovakia 209,667 2015 down 30.2% falling
128 Lesotho 209,035 2015 up 2.7% rising
129 Singapore 204,665 2015 down 23.6% rising
130 Uruguay 202,336 2015 down 5.9% flat
131 Albania 199,646 2015 down 21.2% falling
132 Namibia 195,747 2015 down 10.1% rising
133 Gambia 189,798 2015 up 31.8% rising
134 Georgia 188,181 2015 down 35.6% falling
135 Kuwait 183,816 2015 up 20.4% rising
136 Mongolia 179,993 2015 down 24.4% falling
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 173,442 2015 down 12.5% falling
138 Croatia 172,873 2015 down 19.1% falling
139 Moldova 170,195 2015 down 31.3% falling
140 Botswana 168,406 2015 down 4.5% rising
141 East Timor 136,169 2015 up 34.4% rising
142 Armenia 129,031 2015 down 44.9% falling
143 Lithuania 125,532 2015 down 38.1% falling
144 Gabon 120,987 2015 down 0.6% rising
145 Eswatini 111,393 2015 down 9.3% rising
146 North Macedonia 96,308 2015 down 23.4% falling
147 Comoros 94,905 2015 up 28.9% rising
148 Djibouti 81,176 2015 up 1.9% rising
149 Latvia 77,156 2015 down 36.7% falling
150 Mauritius 76,449 2015 down 9.9% falling
151 Trinidad and Tobago 71,932 2015 down 23.1% falling
152 Slovenia 71,343 2015 down 17.8% falling
153 Fiji 69,373 2015 down 0.3% flat
154 Guyana 61,375 2015 up 11.3% falling
155 Equatorial Guinea 56,868 2015 up 28.0% rising
156 Cape Verde 54,871 2015 up 6.7% rising
157 Solomon Islands 53,427 2015 up 19.9% rising
158 Bhutan 51,025 2015 down 18.1% rising
159 Bahrain 50,888 2015 up 1.9% rising
160 Estonia 50,694 2015 down 26.4% falling
161 Qatar 49,032 2015 up 22.2% rising
162 Cyprus 40,818 2015 down 8.4% flat
163 Suriname 33,682 2015 down 0.0% falling
164 Brunei 29,264 2015 up 9.2% rising
165 Belize 28,392 2015 up 11.9% rising
167 Vanuatu 23,679 2015 up 13.9% rising
168 Maldives 23,481 2015 down 25.6% rising
169 Bahamas 22,779 2015 down 5.6% rising
170 Samoa 19,912 2015 up 14.9% rising
171 Sao Tome and Principe 17,444 2015 up 16.8% rising
173 Iceland 16,710 2015 down 8.8% flat
174 Macao 15,373 2015 down 49.0% falling
175 Barbados 13,714 2015 down 16.8% falling
176 Saint Lucia 11,474 2015 down 13.0% falling
177 Micronesia (country) 11,162 2015 up 2.1% flat
178 Tonga 9,127 2015 down 7.8% rising
179 Kiribati 8,608 2006 up 15.3% rising
180 Grenada 8,522 2015 down 23.8% rising
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,460 2015 down 15.6% falling
182 Antigua and Barbuda 6,042 2006 up 9.7% rising
183 Aruba 5,900 2015 down 0.9% rising
184 Seychelles 5,733 2005 up 2.3% rising
185 Dominica 5,611 2005 down 12.2% falling
186 Marshall Islands 5,270 2006 down 9.4% falling
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3,381 2005 down 5.0% falling
188 Andorra 3,127 2006 up 23.1% rising
189 Bermuda 3,083 2005 up 2.5% flat
190 Cayman Islands 2,153 2006 up 33.2% rising
191 Palau 1,502 2006 up 18.5% rising

About this data

Indicator
Population, ages 12-15, total
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Derived)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Population, ages 12-15, total is the total population age 12-15.