Population, ages 12-16, total by country
Population, ages 12-16, total is the total population age 12-16.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
123.56 million
India
Lowest
1,832
Palau
Median
639,640
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786
What the numbers show
Population, ages 12-16, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 123.56 million in India; the lowest is 1,832 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 639,640, and the mean is 3.21 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 67,446.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 49.1%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 48.3%).
Population, ages 12-16, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 123.56 million | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 88.18 million | 2015 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 21.50 million | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 21.38 million | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 20.99 million | 2015 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 18.60 million | 2015 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 18.10 million | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 17.72 million | 2015 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 11.91 million | 2015 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 10.46 million | 2015 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 10.25 million | 2015 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 9.56 million | 2015 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 8.27 million | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 7.82 million | 2015 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 6.75 million | 2015 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 6.72 million | 2015 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 17 | Tanzania | 6.01 million | 2015 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 5.89 million | 2015 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 19 | Iran | 5.60 million | 2015 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 20 | Kenya | 5.29 million | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 5.15 million | 2015 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 5.10 million | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 4.95 million | 2015 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 4.49 million | 2015 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 4.43 million | 2015 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 4.30 million | 2015 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 27 | Myanmar | 4.13 million | 2015 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 28 | Iraq | 4.04 million | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 29 | France | 3.90 million | 2015 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 30 | Germany | 3.87 million | 2015 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 31 | Nepal | 3.53 million | 2015 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 3.51 million | 2015 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 33 | Argentina | 3.36 million | 2015 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 3.32 million | 2015 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 3.16 million | 2015 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 3.00 million | 2015 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 37 | Ghana | 2.96 million | 2015 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 2.93 million | 2015 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 39 | Madagascar | 2.85 million | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 2.82 million | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 2.74 million | 2015 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 2.73 million | 2015 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 2.72 million | 2015 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 2.72 million | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 2.72 million | 2015 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 46 | South Korea | 2.66 million | 2015 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.58 million | 2015 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 2.50 million | 2015 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 2.50 million | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 2.37 million | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 2.26 million | 2015 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 2.22 million | 2015 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 2.20 million | 2015 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 2.18 million | 2015 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 1.96 million | 2015 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 1.92 million | 2015 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 57 | Guatemala | 1.91 million | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 1.91 million | 2015 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 1.82 million | 2015 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 60 | Zambia | 1.78 million | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 61 | North Korea | 1.77 million | 2015 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 1.72 million | 2015 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 1.63 million | 2015 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 1.63 million | 2015 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 1.63 million | 2015 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 1.47 million | 2015 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 1.42 million | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 1.35 million | 2015 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea | 1.33 million | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 1.31 million | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 1.30 million | 2015 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 72 | Somalia | 1.30 million | 2015 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 1.26 million | 2015 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 74 | Burundi | 1.19 million | 2015 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 1.16 million | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 1.15 million | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 1.07 million | 2015 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 1.07 million | 2015 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 1.06 million | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 80 | Netherlands | 1.00 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 947,146 | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 903,912 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 867,507 | 2015 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 832,934 | 2015 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 807,353 | 2015 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 790,888 | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 749,412 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 88 | Paraguay | 711,666 | 2015 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 711,416 | 2015 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 90 | Laos | 709,626 | 2015 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 91 | Eritrea | 701,475 | 2015 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 669,566 | 2015 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 664,738 | 2015 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 646,383 | 2015 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 632,898 | 2015 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 629,235 | 2015 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 97 | Liberia | 606,166 | 2015 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 595,406 | 2015 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 587,310 | 2015 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 563,483 | 2015 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 101 | Portugal | 561,517 | 2015 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 102 | Congo | 527,933 | 2015 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 103 | Greece | 524,531 | 2015 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 104 | Sweden | 495,233 | 2015 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 492,651 | 2015 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 486,271 | 2015 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 466,971 | 2015 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 108 | Czechia | 452,636 | 2015 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 109 | Belarus | 452,332 | 2015 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 425,815 | 2015 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 111 | Mauritania | 418,502 | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 112 | Switzerland | 413,327 | 2015 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 402,972 | 2015 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 374,651 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 357,986 | 2015 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 338,720 | 2015 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 117 | Denmark | 338,397 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 325,224 | 2015 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 120 | Norway | 305,310 | 2015 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 301,765 | 2015 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 122 | New Zealand | 293,086 | 2015 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 123 | Finland | 292,827 | 2015 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 124 | Oman | 276,671 | 2015 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 125 | Jamaica | 271,835 | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 264,756 | 2015 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 127 | Singapore | 263,742 | 2015 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 261,142 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 259,549 | 2015 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 253,540 | 2015 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 131 | Albania | 250,892 | 2015 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 132 | Namibia | 246,787 | 2015 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 235,988 | 2015 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 234,462 | 2015 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 135 | Kuwait | 228,297 | 2015 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 223,663 | 2015 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 137 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 222,767 | 2015 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 138 | Croatia | 220,004 | 2015 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 215,207 | 2015 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 210,904 | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 141 | East Timor | 169,682 | 2015 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 164,277 | 2015 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 143 | Lithuania | 159,694 | 2015 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 150,826 | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 139,448 | 2015 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 121,055 | 2015 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 117,268 | 2015 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 101,019 | 2015 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 95,881 | 2015 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 95,163 | 2015 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89,813 | 2015 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 152 | Slovenia | 89,583 | 2015 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 87,070 | 2015 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 154 | Guyana | 77,067 | 2015 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 70,296 | 2015 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 67,590 | 2015 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 66,303 | 2015 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 64,492 | 2015 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 63,002 | 2015 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 62,816 | 2015 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 60,738 | 2015 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 51,495 | 2015 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 42,368 | 2015 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 36,378 | 2015 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 35,415 | 2015 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 29,599 | 2015 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 29,478 | 2015 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 28,800 | 2015 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 25,039 | 2015 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 21,610 | 2015 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 20,941 | 2015 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 174 | Macao | 19,990 | 2015 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 17,223 | 2015 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 14,233 | 2015 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 13,884 | 2015 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 11,523 | 2015 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 10,825 | 2006 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 10,738 | 2015 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,413 | 2015 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,453 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 183 | Aruba | 7,373 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 7,138 | 2005 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 7,053 | 2005 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 6,669 | 2006 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,265 | 2005 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 188 | Andorra | 3,870 | 2006 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 3,827 | 2005 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 2,671 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 1,832 | 2006 | up 18.7% | rising |
About this data
Population, ages 12-16, total is the total population age 12-16.