Population, ages 12-17, total by country
Population, ages 12-17, total is the total population age 12-17.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
148.15 million
India
Lowest
2,143
Palau
Median
763,766
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786
What the numbers show
Population, ages 12-17, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 148.15 million in India; the lowest is 2,143 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 763,766, and the mean is 3.85 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69,131.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.1%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 47.2%).
Population, ages 12-17, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 148.15 million | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | China | 107.34 million | 2015 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 25.83 million | 2015 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 25.57 million | 2015 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 24.88 million | 2015 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 22.56 million | 2015 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 21.53 million | 2015 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 21.17 million | 2015 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 14.15 million | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 12.43 million | 2015 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 12.30 million | 2015 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 11.24 million | 2015 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 9.86 million | 2015 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 9.33 million | 2015 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 8.16 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 7.99 million | 2015 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 7.11 million | 2015 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 7.06 million | 2015 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 6.67 million | 2015 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 20 | Kenya | 6.24 million | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 6.15 million | 2015 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 6.11 million | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 5.84 million | 2015 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 5.39 million | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 5.33 million | 2015 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 5.09 million | 2015 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 27 | Myanmar | 4.99 million | 2015 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 28 | Iraq | 4.82 million | 2015 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 4.71 million | 2015 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 30 | France | 4.67 million | 2015 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 31 | Nepal | 4.24 million | 2015 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 4.24 million | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 4.04 million | 2015 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 3.95 million | 2015 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 3.72 million | 2015 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 3.58 million | 2015 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 37 | Morocco | 3.52 million | 2015 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 3.52 million | 2015 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 39 | Madagascar | 3.38 million | 2015 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 40 | Venezuela | 3.37 million | 2015 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 3.28 million | 2015 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 42 | South Korea | 3.28 million | 2015 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 43 | Peru | 3.28 million | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 3.26 million | 2015 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 3.25 million | 2015 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 46 | Malaysia | 3.25 million | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.07 million | 2015 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 2.96 million | 2015 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 2.94 million | 2015 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 2.82 million | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 2.65 million | 2015 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 2.62 million | 2015 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 2.61 million | 2015 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 2.59 million | 2015 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 2.37 million | 2015 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 2.32 million | 2015 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 57 | Guatemala | 2.27 million | 2015 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 58 | Mali | 2.26 million | 2015 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 2.21 million | 2015 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 60 | North Korea | 2.17 million | 2015 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 2.11 million | 2015 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 2.03 million | 2015 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 1.96 million | 2015 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 1.96 million | 2015 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 1.92 million | 2015 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 1.76 million | 2015 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 1.70 million | 2015 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 1.63 million | 2015 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea | 1.57 million | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 70 | Benin | 1.56 million | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 71 | Rwanda | 1.54 million | 2015 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 72 | Somalia | 1.53 million | 2015 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 1.52 million | 2015 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 74 | Burundi | 1.40 million | 2015 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 1.38 million | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 1.38 million | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 1.29 million | 2015 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 1.28 million | 2015 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 1.27 million | 2015 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 80 | Netherlands | 1.20 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 1.12 million | 2015 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 1.08 million | 2015 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 1.03 million | 2015 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 1.00 million | 2015 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 970,167 | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 934,935 | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 897,322 | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 859,094 | 2015 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 855,255 | 2015 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 851,163 | 2015 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 91 | Eritrea | 823,535 | 2015 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 801,318 | 2015 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 797,605 | 2015 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 776,884 | 2015 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 750,648 | 2015 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 746,918 | 2015 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 97 | Liberia | 713,805 | 2015 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 709,266 | 2015 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 99 | Belgium | 706,772 | 2015 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 697,016 | 2015 | down 37.7% | flat |
| 101 | Portugal | 674,443 | 2015 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 631,566 | 2015 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 103 | Congo | 623,964 | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 596,897 | 2015 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 105 | Sweden | 589,922 | 2015 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 106 | Hungary | 586,309 | 2015 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 558,350 | 2015 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 544,156 | 2015 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 539,962 | 2015 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 515,135 | 2015 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 502,949 | 2015 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 496,479 | 2015 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 485,712 | 2015 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 454,282 | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 436,893 | 2015 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 407,939 | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 404,836 | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 387,310 | 2015 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 368,927 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | United Arab Emirates | 363,700 | 2015 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 352,804 | 2015 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 123 | New Zealand | 352,239 | 2015 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 335,739 | 2015 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 125 | Singapore | 325,980 | 2015 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 325,471 | 2015 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Slovakia | 321,642 | 2015 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 128 | Lesotho | 312,924 | 2015 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 305,783 | 2015 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 130 | Uruguay | 304,999 | 2015 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 131 | Albania | 303,011 | 2015 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 132 | Namibia | 298,702 | 2015 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 285,038 | 2015 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 134 | Gambia | 277,973 | 2015 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 273,598 | 2015 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 136 | Kuwait | 272,575 | 2015 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 137 | Croatia | 268,551 | 2015 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 267,695 | 2015 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 261,762 | 2015 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 253,614 | 2015 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 141 | East Timor | 202,735 | 2015 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 201,428 | 2015 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 143 | Lithuania | 195,388 | 2015 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 180,596 | 2015 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 167,686 | 2015 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 146,317 | 2015 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 139,022 | 2015 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 120,748 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 115,558 | 2015 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 113,319 | 2015 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 108,074 | 2015 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 107,825 | 2015 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 104,776 | 2015 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 92,583 | 2015 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 83,395 | 2015 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 80,011 | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 78,961 | 2015 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 78,301 | 2015 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 75,075 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 74,963 | 2015 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 72,425 | 2015 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 62,509 | 2015 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 51,033 | 2015 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 43,510 | 2015 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 42,386 | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 35,897 | 2015 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 35,218 | 2015 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 34,924 | 2015 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 30,121 | 2015 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25,688 | 2015 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 173 | Iceland | 25,217 | 2015 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 25,000 | 2015 | down 47.2% | flat |
| 175 | Barbados | 20,779 | 2015 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 16,989 | 2015 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 16,563 | 2015 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 178 | Tonga | 13,941 | 2015 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 179 | Kiribati | 13,036 | 2006 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 12,993 | 2015 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,328 | 2015 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 8,842 | 2015 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,830 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 8,600 | 2005 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 8,469 | 2005 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 8,086 | 2006 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,157 | 2005 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 188 | Andorra | 4,632 | 2006 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 4,559 | 2005 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 3,189 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 2,143 | 2006 | up 18.3% | rising |
About this data
Population, ages 12-17, total is the total population age 12-17.