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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Population, ages 12-17, 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 12-17, total is the total population age 12-17.