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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Population, ages 12-17, female is the total number of females age 12-17.