Population, ages 12-17, female by country

Population, ages 12-17, female is the total number of females age 12-17.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
70.70 million
India
Lowest
1,084
Palau
Median
374,436
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786

What the numbers show

Population, ages 12-17, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 70.70 million in India; the lowest is 1,084 in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 374,436, and the mean is 1.86 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65,225.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 47.9%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 48.0%).

Population, ages 12-17, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 70.70 million 2015 up 3.8% rising
2 China 49.88 million 2015 down 21.6% falling
3 United States 12.59 million 2015 down 1.3% rising
4 Indonesia 12.56 million 2015 down 0.0% flat
5 Nigeria 12.28 million 2015 up 22.7% rising
6 Pakistan 10.95 million 2015 down 6.1% rising
7 Bangladesh 10.51 million 2015 up 6.0% rising
8 Brazil 10.39 million 2015 up 4.1% flat
9 Ethiopia 7.05 million 2015 up 24.9% rising
10 Mexico 6.09 million 2015 down 3.8% flat
11 Philippines 6.08 million 2015 up 10.9% rising
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.62 million 2015 up 37.3% rising
13 Egypt 4.84 million 2015 up 4.3% rising
14 Vietnam 4.58 million 2015 down 18.0% rising
15 Turkey 4.00 million 2015 down 0.5% flat
16 Russia 3.90 million 2015 down 35.2% falling
17 Tanzania 3.51 million 2015 up 30.8% rising
18 Japan 3.46 million 2015 down 4.8% falling
19 Iran 3.25 million 2015 down 35.5% falling
20 Kenya 3.11 million 2015 up 22.1% rising
21 South Africa 3.03 million 2015 up 3.0% rising
22 Sudan 3.02 million 2015 up 21.2% rising
23 Uganda 2.90 million 2015 up 35.2% rising
24 Colombia 2.64 million 2015 up 0.4% rising
25 Thailand 2.59 million 2015 down 8.3% falling
26 Myanmar 2.46 million 2015 down 11.3% falling
27 Afghanistan 2.45 million 2015 up 42.8% rising
28 Iraq 2.37 million 2015 up 21.9% rising
29 Germany 2.29 million 2015 down 14.2% falling
30 France 2.27 million 2015 up 2.7% flat
31 Nepal 2.06 million 2015 up 12.3% rising
32 United Kingdom 2.06 million 2015 down 10.1% flat
33 Argentina 1.99 million 2015 down 1.8% rising
34 Yemen 1.94 million 2015 up 20.7% rising
35 Mozambique 1.86 million 2015 up 31.7% rising
36 Algeria 1.75 million 2015 down 19.6% falling
37 Morocco 1.74 million 2015 down 10.6% flat
38 Ghana 1.72 million 2015 up 10.8% rising
39 Madagascar 1.69 million 2015 up 30.7% rising
40 Venezuela 1.65 million 2015 up 2.6% rising
41 Saudi Arabia 1.62 million 2015 up 8.5% rising
42 Uzbekistan 1.60 million 2015 down 16.2% rising
43 Peru 1.60 million 2015 down 6.4% rising
44 Italy 1.59 million 2015 down 3.4% falling
45 Malaysia 1.58 million 2015 up 4.1% rising
46 South Korea 1.56 million 2015 down 18.4% falling
47 Cote d'Ivoire 1.54 million 2015 up 12.0% rising
48 Angola 1.48 million 2015 up 26.4% rising
49 Cameroon 1.47 million 2015 up 15.9% rising
50 Syria 1.38 million 2015 up 5.5% rising
51 Niger 1.30 million 2015 up 47.8% rising
52 Malawi 1.29 million 2015 up 38.8% rising
53 Burkina Faso 1.29 million 2015 up 31.9% rising
54 Spain 1.26 million 2015 down 0.7% falling
55 Ukraine 1.15 million 2015 down 39.2% falling
56 Canada 1.13 million 2015 down 10.4% rising
57 Mali 1.13 million 2015 up 33.3% rising
58 Guatemala 1.12 million 2015 up 24.6% rising
59 Poland 1.07 million 2015 down 31.8% falling
60 North Korea 1.06 million 2015 down 8.2% rising
61 Zambia 1.05 million 2015 up 25.3% rising
62 Senegal 1.01 million 2015 up 21.5% rising
63 Zimbabwe 981,509 2015 down 5.9% rising
64 Cambodia 961,588 2015 down 9.7% rising
65 Chad 955,924 2015 up 36.2% rising
66 Sri Lanka 862,813 2015 down 12.6% falling
67 Ecuador 833,573 2015 up 3.8% rising
68 Australia 793,935 2015 down 3.0% rising
69 Rwanda 777,345 2015 up 2.8% rising
70 Guinea 771,785 2015 up 26.7% rising
71 Benin 764,135 2015 up 29.8% rising
72 Somalia 761,711 2015 up 43.5% rising
73 Chile 748,960 2015 down 15.1% rising
74 Burundi 701,398 2015 up 17.6% rising
75 Haiti 679,898 2015 up 6.3% rising
76 Bolivia 678,197 2015 up 11.2% rising
77 Romania 628,799 2015 down 27.3% falling
78 Dominican Republic 626,214 2015 up 10.0% rising
79 Kazakhstan 622,677 2015 down 30.3% falling
80 Netherlands 586,355 2015 down 0.4% rising
81 Togo 562,312 2015 up 27.4% rising
82 Honduras 530,572 2015 up 7.4% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 503,177 2015 up 27.8% rising
84 Tajikistan 491,535 2015 down 4.0% rising
85 Tunisia 469,807 2015 down 22.7% falling
86 Sierra Leone 468,631 2015 up 26.6% rising
87 El Salvador 440,910 2015 up 8.1% rising
88 Laos 421,734 2015 down 3.8% rising
89 Jordan 418,484 2015 up 17.1% rising
90 Paraguay 418,446 2015 up 6.8% rising
91 Eritrea 409,056 2015 up 29.1% rising
92 Israel 387,431 2015 up 19.4% rising
93 Cuba 385,756 2015 down 20.1% falling
94 Nicaragua 382,032 2015 down 3.6% rising
95 Libya 366,839 2015 up 13.1% falling
96 Palestine 365,678 2015 up 41.6% rising
97 Central African Republic 357,756 2015 up 18.3% rising
98 Liberia 355,015 2015 up 47.9% rising
99 Belgium 346,203 2015 down 5.5% flat
100 Azerbaijan 328,425 2015 down 39.9% flat
101 Portugal 327,893 2015 down 1.4% falling
102 Congo 311,809 2015 up 25.6% rising
103 Greece 307,244 2015 down 7.1% falling
104 Kyrgyzstan 292,687 2015 down 17.0% rising
105 Sweden 288,022 2015 down 19.9% rising
106 Hungary 284,992 2015 down 22.1% falling
107 Turkmenistan 276,449 2015 down 19.9% rising
108 Belarus 264,458 2015 down 36.6% falling
109 Czechia 262,594 2015 down 29.0% falling
110 Austria 250,450 2015 down 11.2% flat
111 Switzerland 244,423 2015 down 8.2% rising
112 Mauritania 241,334 2015 up 25.2% rising
113 Costa Rica 236,282 2015 down 7.9% rising
114 Lebanon 223,171 2015 up 1.0% rising
115 Hong Kong 216,397 2015 down 11.5% falling
116 Panama 198,063 2015 up 10.8% rising
117 Denmark 197,147 2015 up 1.5% rising
118 Bulgaria 188,424 2015 down 30.1% falling
119 Norway 180,317 2015 down 0.1% rising
121 Finland 172,425 2015 down 10.0% falling
122 United Arab Emirates 172,318 2015 up 26.4% rising
123 New Zealand 170,458 2015 down 6.3% rising
124 Oman 164,031 2015 down 0.5% rising
125 Jamaica 158,915 2015 down 4.7% rising
126 Singapore 157,277 2015 down 14.9% rising
127 Slovakia 157,159 2015 down 30.3% falling
128 Lesotho 156,072 2015 up 2.9% rising
129 Guinea-Bissau 153,060 2015 up 40.1% rising
130 Uruguay 149,558 2015 down 4.4% flat
131 Namibia 148,794 2015 down 6.5% rising
132 Albania 146,450 2015 down 22.1% falling
133 Gambia 137,650 2015 up 33.1% rising
134 Georgia 135,347 2015 down 38.4% falling
135 Kuwait 134,650 2015 up 22.6% rising
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 132,575 2015 down 12.7% falling
137 Mongolia 131,390 2015 down 27.5% falling
138 Croatia 130,681 2015 down 17.9% falling
139 Moldova 127,167 2015 down 33.9% falling
140 Botswana 125,967 2015 down 4.2% rising
141 East Timor 99,069 2015 up 38.2% rising
142 Lithuania 94,838 2015 down 38.2% falling
143 Armenia 92,864 2015 down 48.0% falling
144 Gabon 89,545 2015 up 0.1% rising
145 Eswatini 83,661 2015 down 8.4% rising
146 North Macedonia 70,378 2015 down 23.4% falling
147 Comoros 68,599 2015 up 28.5% rising
148 Djibouti 59,896 2015 up 3.2% rising
149 Mauritius 56,815 2015 down 6.2% falling
150 Latvia 55,359 2015 down 43.1% falling
151 Trinidad and Tobago 53,096 2015 down 27.6% falling
152 Slovenia 52,471 2015 down 21.2% falling
153 Fiji 50,746 2015 up 2.7% flat
154 Guyana 45,200 2015 up 11.6% falling
155 Equatorial Guinea 41,618 2015 up 28.7% rising
156 Cape Verde 39,928 2015 up 4.3% rising
157 Bhutan 38,725 2015 down 16.5% rising
158 Solomon Islands 37,731 2015 up 21.8% rising
159 Bahrain 36,734 2015 up 4.3% rising
160 Estonia 36,485 2015 down 33.6% falling
161 Qatar 35,458 2015 up 22.4% rising
162 Cyprus 30,601 2015 down 6.3% rising
163 Suriname 24,908 2015 up 0.4% flat
164 Belize 20,944 2015 up 14.3% rising
165 Brunei 20,906 2015 up 10.8% rising
167 Maldives 17,512 2015 down 23.7% rising
168 Bahamas 17,304 2015 down 1.0% rising
169 Vanuatu 17,120 2015 up 16.0% rising
170 Samoa 14,408 2015 up 18.9% rising
172 Sao Tome and Principe 12,715 2015 up 18.2% rising
173 Iceland 12,328 2015 down 6.3% rising
174 Macao 12,246 2015 down 47.4% flat
175 Barbados 10,237 2015 down 17.3% falling
176 Saint Lucia 8,393 2015 down 14.3% falling
177 Micronesia (country) 8,019 2015 up 3.0% rising
178 Tonga 6,739 2015 down 0.1% rising
179 Grenada 6,450 2015 down 19.2% rising
180 Kiribati 6,299 2006 up 19.0% rising
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,130 2015 down 20.0% falling
182 Antigua and Barbuda 4,607 2006 up 9.7% rising
183 Aruba 4,350 2015 down 0.7% rising
184 Dominica 4,233 2005 down 8.0% falling
185 Seychelles 4,169 2005 down 0.1% flat
186 Marshall Islands 3,939 2006 down 2.7% flat
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,638 2005 down 1.1% flat
188 Bermuda 2,286 2005 up 2.6% flat
189 Andorra 2,201 2006 up 15.8% rising
190 Cayman Islands 1,507 2006 up 28.3% rising
191 Palau 1,084 2006 up 27.4% rising

About this data

Indicator
Population, ages 12-17, female
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 12-17, female is the total number of females age 12-17.