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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Population, ages 12-18, 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 12-18, total is the total population age 12-18.