Population, ages 12-18, total by country
Population, ages 12-18, total is the total population age 12-18.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
172.72 million
India
Lowest
2,437
Palau
Median
886,685
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786
What the numbers show
Population, ages 12-18, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 172.72 million in India; the lowest is 2,437 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 886,685, and the mean is 4.49 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 70,875.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 48.3%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 45.6%).
Population, ages 12-18, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 172.72 million | 2015 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 126.77 million | 2015 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 30.22 million | 2015 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 29.74 million | 2015 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Nigeria | 28.68 million | 2015 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 26.53 million | 2015 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 24.95 million | 2015 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 24.58 million | 2015 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 16.35 million | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 14.37 million | 2015 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 14.35 million | 2015 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 12.87 million | 2015 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 11.43 million | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 14 | Vietnam | 10.89 million | 2015 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 9.57 million | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Russia | 9.29 million | 2015 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 17 | Japan | 8.34 million | 2015 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 18 | Tanzania | 8.08 million | 2015 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 7.82 million | 2015 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 20 | Kenya | 7.16 million | 2015 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 7.13 million | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 7.11 million | 2015 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 23 | Uganda | 6.70 million | 2015 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 6.30 million | 2015 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 6.23 million | 2015 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 5.86 million | 2015 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 5.86 million | 2015 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 28 | Iraq | 5.58 million | 2015 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 29 | Germany | 5.56 million | 2015 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 30 | France | 5.43 million | 2015 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 4.98 million | 2015 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 32 | Nepal | 4.94 million | 2015 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 33 | Argentina | 4.73 million | 2015 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 4.56 million | 2015 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 4.26 million | 2015 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 36 | Algeria | 4.17 million | 2015 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 37 | Morocco | 4.13 million | 2015 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 38 | Ghana | 4.07 million | 2015 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 39 | South Korea | 3.92 million | 2015 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela | 3.92 million | 2015 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | Madagascar | 3.90 million | 2015 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 3.84 million | 2015 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 3.83 million | 2015 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 3.81 million | 2015 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 3.78 million | 2015 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 3.77 million | 2015 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.56 million | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 48 | Cameroon | 3.40 million | 2015 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 49 | Angola | 3.38 million | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 50 | Syria | 3.26 million | 2015 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 51 | Niger | 3.02 million | 2015 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 3.02 million | 2015 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 53 | Malawi | 3.00 million | 2015 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 54 | Spain | 3.00 million | 2015 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 55 | Ukraine | 2.80 million | 2015 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 2.74 million | 2015 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 2.62 million | 2015 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 58 | Guatemala | 2.61 million | 2015 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 59 | Mali | 2.60 million | 2015 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 60 | North Korea | 2.57 million | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 61 | Zambia | 2.43 million | 2015 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 62 | Senegal | 2.34 million | 2015 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 2.30 million | 2015 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 2.30 million | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Chad | 2.20 million | 2015 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 2.05 million | 2015 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 67 | Ecuador | 1.98 million | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 1.91 million | 2015 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea | 1.80 million | 2015 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 1.80 million | 2015 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 1.79 million | 2015 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 1.77 million | 2015 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 73 | Somalia | 1.76 million | 2015 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 74 | Burundi | 1.61 million | 2015 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 75 | Bolivia | 1.60 million | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 76 | Haiti | 1.60 million | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 1.51 million | 2015 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 1.49 million | 2015 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 1.47 million | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 80 | Netherlands | 1.40 million | 2015 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 1.29 million | 2015 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 1.26 million | 2015 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 1.20 million | 2015 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 1.17 million | 2015 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 85 | Tunisia | 1.14 million | 2015 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 1.07 million | 2015 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 1.04 million | 2015 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 1.01 million | 2015 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 995,933 | 2015 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 989,585 | 2015 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 91 | Eritrea | 942,034 | 2015 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 939,774 | 2015 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 922,858 | 2015 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 907,681 | 2015 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 95 | Libya | 865,689 | 2015 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 860,053 | 2015 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 839,404 | 2015 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 98 | Belgium | 827,984 | 2015 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 821,060 | 2015 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 100 | Liberia | 817,075 | 2015 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 101 | Portugal | 787,727 | 2015 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 102 | Greece | 739,745 | 2015 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Congo | 717,642 | 2015 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 703,181 | 2015 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 105 | Hungary | 690,508 | 2015 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 690,322 | 2015 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 653,517 | 2015 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 639,964 | 2015 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 109 | Czechia | 632,786 | 2015 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 110 | Austria | 607,138 | 2015 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 111 | Switzerland | 595,433 | 2015 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritania | 572,685 | 2015 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 569,358 | 2015 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 533,903 | 2015 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 518,577 | 2015 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 116 | Denmark | 478,430 | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 470,054 | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 451,354 | 2015 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 119 | Norway | 433,278 | 2015 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 428,912 | 2015 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 122 | Finland | 414,292 | 2015 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 123 | New Zealand | 412,296 | 2015 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 124 | Oman | 394,930 | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 125 | Singapore | 391,516 | 2015 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 126 | Slovakia | 381,195 | 2015 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 379,294 | 2015 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 364,069 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 129 | Uruguay | 356,816 | 2015 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 130 | Albania | 356,475 | 2015 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 131 | Namibia | 351,525 | 2015 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 350,241 | 2015 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 133 | Georgia | 336,787 | 2015 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 324,308 | 2015 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 135 | Gambia | 320,338 | 2015 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia | 318,052 | 2015 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 316,981 | 2015 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 138 | Mongolia | 313,423 | 2015 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 139 | Moldova | 310,361 | 2015 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 140 | Botswana | 296,537 | 2015 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 141 | Armenia | 241,256 | 2015 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 142 | East Timor | 234,684 | 2015 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 143 | Lithuania | 233,058 | 2015 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 144 | Gabon | 210,459 | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 196,282 | 2015 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 172,518 | 2015 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 147 | Comoros | 160,106 | 2015 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 148 | Djibouti | 140,502 | 2015 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 135,714 | 2015 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 132,513 | 2015 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 151 | Slovenia | 126,856 | 2015 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 126,109 | 2015 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 153 | Fiji | 122,321 | 2015 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 107,562 | 2015 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 96,124 | 2015 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 92,529 | 2015 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 92,325 | 2015 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 91,386 | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 87,457 | 2015 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 160 | Estonia | 87,411 | 2015 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 84,331 | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 162 | Cyprus | 74,045 | 2015 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 59,458 | 2015 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 50,799 | 2015 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 165 | Belize | 49,280 | 2015 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 167 | Maldives | 42,462 | 2015 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 41,109 | 2015 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 40,881 | 2015 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 35,015 | 2015 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 172 | Macao | 30,471 | 2015 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29,676 | 2015 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 174 | Iceland | 29,570 | 2015 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 24,406 | 2015 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 19,808 | 2015 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 19,193 | 2015 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 178 | Tonga | 16,348 | 2015 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 15,304 | 2015 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 15,188 | 2006 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14,250 | 2015 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 182 | Aruba | 10,309 | 2015 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10,186 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 184 | Seychelles | 10,056 | 2005 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 185 | Dominica | 9,789 | 2005 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 9,498 | 2006 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,041 | 2005 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 188 | Andorra | 5,374 | 2006 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 5,276 | 2005 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 3,709 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 2,437 | 2006 | up 17.1% | rising |
About this data
Population, ages 12-18, total is the total population age 12-18.