Population, ages 12-18, female by country

Population, ages 12-18, female is the total number of females age 12-18.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
82.42 million
India
Lowest
1,235
Palau
Median
434,916
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786

What the numbers show

Population, ages 12-18, female is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 82.42 million in India; the lowest is 1,235 in Palau.

The median across all reporting countries is 434,916, and the mean is 2.17 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 66,738.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 47.8%), and the largest decrease in Armenia (down 47.1%).

Population, ages 12-18, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 82.42 million 2015 up 4.5% rising
2 China 58.98 million 2015 down 21.2% falling
3 United States 14.72 million 2015 down 0.9% rising
4 Indonesia 14.61 million 2015 down 0.4% flat
5 Nigeria 14.15 million 2015 up 23.1% rising
6 Pakistan 12.88 million 2015 down 4.7% rising
7 Bangladesh 12.18 million 2015 up 6.2% rising
8 Brazil 12.07 million 2015 up 3.0% flat
9 Ethiopia 8.14 million 2015 up 25.9% rising
10 Mexico 7.12 million 2015 down 3.0% flat
11 Philippines 7.03 million 2015 up 10.9% rising
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.44 million 2015 up 36.8% rising
13 Egypt 5.61 million 2015 up 3.4% rising
14 Vietnam 5.34 million 2015 down 17.5% rising
15 Turkey 4.70 million 2015 up 0.3% rising
16 Russia 4.53 million 2015 down 37.6% falling
17 Japan 4.06 million 2015 down 5.5% falling
18 Tanzania 4.02 million 2015 up 29.6% rising
19 Iran 3.82 million 2015 down 35.5% falling
20 Kenya 3.56 million 2015 up 20.3% rising
21 South Africa 3.53 million 2015 up 3.2% rising
22 Sudan 3.50 million 2015 up 22.0% rising
23 Uganda 3.33 million 2015 up 35.6% rising
24 Colombia 3.09 million 2015 up 1.2% rising
25 Thailand 3.03 million 2015 down 8.8% falling
26 Myanmar 2.89 million 2015 down 11.0% falling
27 Afghanistan 2.82 million 2015 up 43.6% rising
28 Iraq 2.74 million 2015 up 22.7% rising
29 Germany 2.70 million 2015 down 14.2% flat
30 France 2.64 million 2015 up 1.7% falling
31 United Kingdom 2.42 million 2015 down 9.6% flat
32 Nepal 2.40 million 2015 up 14.0% rising
33 Argentina 2.33 million 2015 down 1.1% rising
34 Yemen 2.24 million 2015 up 21.7% rising
35 Mozambique 2.13 million 2015 up 31.2% rising
36 Algeria 2.04 million 2015 down 19.8% flat
37 Morocco 2.03 million 2015 down 10.5% flat
38 Ghana 1.99 million 2015 up 11.0% rising
39 Madagascar 1.95 million 2015 up 31.5% rising
40 Venezuela 1.92 million 2015 up 2.5% rising
41 Saudi Arabia 1.88 million 2015 up 9.6% rising
42 Uzbekistan 1.88 million 2015 down 15.4% rising
43 Peru 1.87 million 2015 down 5.4% rising
44 South Korea 1.87 million 2015 down 15.7% falling
45 Italy 1.86 million 2015 down 3.6% falling
46 Malaysia 1.84 million 2015 up 4.3% rising
47 Cote d'Ivoire 1.78 million 2015 up 12.5% rising
48 Angola 1.70 million 2015 up 26.7% rising
49 Cameroon 1.69 million 2015 up 15.7% rising
50 Syria 1.60 million 2015 up 4.3% rising
51 Niger 1.49 million 2015 up 47.8% rising
52 Malawi 1.49 million 2015 up 39.9% rising
53 Burkina Faso 1.49 million 2015 up 32.3% rising
54 Spain 1.46 million 2015 down 2.9% falling
55 Ukraine 1.36 million 2015 down 39.8% falling
56 Canada 1.33 million 2015 down 9.4% rising
57 Mali 1.30 million 2015 up 33.8% rising
58 Guatemala 1.30 million 2015 up 25.1% rising
59 Poland 1.27 million 2015 down 31.9% falling
60 North Korea 1.26 million 2015 down 5.5% rising
61 Zambia 1.21 million 2015 up 25.5% rising
62 Senegal 1.16 million 2015 up 21.4% rising
63 Zimbabwe 1.15 million 2015 down 5.4% rising
64 Cambodia 1.13 million 2015 down 8.3% rising
65 Chad 1.10 million 2015 up 36.1% rising
66 Sri Lanka 1.01 million 2015 down 13.4% falling
67 Ecuador 970,901 2015 up 4.2% rising
68 Australia 932,158 2015 down 2.4% rising
69 Rwanda 894,689 2015 up 1.1% rising
70 Guinea 887,769 2015 up 26.8% rising
71 Chile 882,279 2015 down 13.9% rising
72 Benin 879,638 2015 up 29.9% rising
73 Somalia 874,423 2015 up 42.5% rising
74 Burundi 807,100 2015 up 17.2% rising
75 Haiti 790,343 2015 up 6.2% rising
76 Bolivia 786,060 2015 up 12.1% rising
77 Romania 736,346 2015 down 29.2% falling
78 Kazakhstan 726,154 2015 down 30.9% falling
79 Dominican Republic 726,130 2015 up 10.3% rising
80 Netherlands 683,196 2015 down 0.3% rising
81 Togo 647,913 2015 up 27.5% rising
82 Honduras 617,792 2015 up 8.5% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 582,408 2015 up 28.5% rising
84 Tajikistan 574,056 2015 down 3.2% rising
85 Tunisia 551,197 2015 down 22.8% falling
86 Sierra Leone 538,338 2015 up 26.1% rising
87 El Salvador 512,913 2015 up 8.9% rising
88 Laos 495,957 2015 down 1.5% rising
89 Jordan 487,264 2015 up 17.6% rising
90 Paraguay 486,588 2015 up 7.1% rising
91 Eritrea 468,111 2015 up 27.4% rising
92 Cuba 452,304 2015 down 20.0% falling
93 Israel 448,315 2015 up 18.6% rising
94 Nicaragua 446,745 2015 down 2.2% rising
95 Libya 423,086 2015 up 10.3% falling
96 Palestine 421,112 2015 up 41.9% rising
97 Central African Republic 414,236 2015 up 19.0% rising
98 Liberia 406,390 2015 up 47.0% rising
99 Belgium 405,760 2015 down 5.0% flat
100 Azerbaijan 397,174 2015 down 37.6% flat
101 Portugal 383,114 2015 down 2.5% falling
102 Greece 359,941 2015 down 7.9% falling
103 Congo 358,654 2015 up 25.4% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 344,852 2015 down 16.0% rising
105 Sweden 337,098 2015 down 18.9% rising
106 Hungary 335,746 2015 down 21.4% falling
107 Turkmenistan 323,588 2015 down 19.1% rising
108 Belarus 311,086 2015 down 37.6% falling
109 Czechia 307,740 2015 down 29.1% falling
110 Austria 295,255 2015 down 10.4% flat
111 Switzerland 289,505 2015 down 6.3% rising
112 Mauritania 278,392 2015 up 25.2% rising
113 Costa Rica 276,903 2015 down 7.7% rising
114 Lebanon 262,326 2015 up 2.3% rising
115 Hong Kong 256,948 2015 down 10.2% falling
116 Denmark 231,171 2015 up 3.4% rising
117 Panama 229,996 2015 up 10.5% rising
118 Bulgaria 219,584 2015 down 31.6% falling
119 Norway 211,760 2015 up 1.3% rising
121 Finland 202,482 2015 down 9.1% flat
122 United Arab Emirates 199,977 2015 up 24.9% rising
123 New Zealand 199,531 2015 down 5.7% rising
124 Oman 192,868 2015 up 0.6% rising
125 Singapore 188,912 2015 down 10.6% rising
126 Slovakia 186,357 2015 down 29.9% falling
127 Jamaica 185,180 2015 down 4.0% rising
128 Lesotho 181,807 2015 up 3.0% rising
129 Guinea-Bissau 175,332 2015 up 40.2% rising
130 Namibia 175,140 2015 down 4.3% rising
131 Uruguay 174,994 2015 down 3.5% flat
132 Albania 172,391 2015 down 21.4% falling
133 Georgia 160,048 2015 down 38.0% falling
134 Gambia 158,648 2015 up 33.7% rising
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 157,282 2015 down 12.5% falling
136 Kuwait 156,274 2015 up 22.0% rising
137 Croatia 154,817 2015 down 17.4% falling
138 Mongolia 153,814 2015 down 27.8% falling
139 Moldova 150,785 2015 down 34.3% falling
140 Botswana 147,300 2015 down 4.0% rising
141 East Timor 114,699 2015 up 39.4% rising
142 Lithuania 113,125 2015 down 37.5% falling
143 Armenia 111,573 2015 down 47.1% falling
144 Gabon 104,344 2015 up 0.8% rising
145 Eswatini 97,962 2015 down 7.5% rising
146 North Macedonia 82,993 2015 down 22.8% falling
147 Comoros 79,014 2015 up 27.9% rising
148 Djibouti 69,704 2015 up 4.2% rising
149 Mauritius 66,737 2015 down 4.5% falling
150 Latvia 64,752 2015 down 44.4% falling
151 Trinidad and Tobago 62,114 2015 down 29.2% falling
152 Slovenia 61,576 2015 down 22.5% falling
153 Fiji 59,234 2015 up 3.4% rising
154 Guyana 52,666 2015 up 12.6% falling
155 Equatorial Guinea 47,981 2015 up 29.1% rising
156 Cape Verde 46,081 2015 up 3.7% rising
157 Bhutan 45,760 2015 down 14.8% rising
158 Solomon Islands 43,664 2015 up 22.3% rising
159 Bahrain 42,768 2015 up 5.6% rising
160 Estonia 42,544 2015 down 35.5% falling
161 Qatar 41,147 2015 up 23.7% rising
162 Cyprus 36,273 2015 down 5.2% rising
163 Suriname 29,038 2015 down 0.7% flat
164 Brunei 24,449 2015 up 11.4% rising
165 Belize 24,351 2015 up 15.1% rising
167 Maldives 20,700 2015 down 22.5% rising
168 Bahamas 20,390 2015 up 0.7% rising
169 Vanuatu 19,868 2015 up 16.6% rising
170 Samoa 16,740 2015 up 20.6% rising
172 Macao 14,941 2015 down 45.9% flat
173 Sao Tome and Principe 14,688 2015 up 18.1% rising
174 Iceland 14,461 2015 down 5.1% rising
175 Barbados 12,025 2015 down 17.2% falling
176 Saint Lucia 9,789 2015 down 14.4% falling
177 Micronesia (country) 9,297 2015 up 2.8% rising
178 Tonga 7,896 2015 up 1.7% rising
179 Grenada 7,605 2015 down 16.8% rising
180 Kiribati 7,351 2006 up 21.8% rising
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,093 2015 down 21.3% falling
182 Antigua and Barbuda 5,321 2006 up 9.7% rising
183 Aruba 5,075 2015 up 0.2% rising
184 Seychelles 4,885 2005 down 0.1% flat
185 Dominica 4,881 2005 down 8.1% falling
186 Marshall Islands 4,621 2006 down 0.2% flat
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3,091 2005 down 0.1% flat
188 Bermuda 2,649 2005 up 2.9% flat
189 Andorra 2,570 2006 up 13.3% rising
190 Cayman Islands 1,757 2006 up 28.2% rising
191 Palau 1,235 2006 up 26.4% rising

About this data

Indicator
Population, ages 12-18, 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 12-18, female is the total number of females age 12-18.