Population, ages 15-24, total by country
Population, ages 15-24, total is the total population age 15-24.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
244.12 million
India
Lowest
2,825
Palau
Median
1.23 million
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
4,786
What the numbers show
Population, ages 15-24, total is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 244.12 million in India; the lowest is 2,825 in Palau.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.23 million, and the mean is 6.40 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 86,414.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 49.9%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 40.2%).
Population, ages 15-24, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 244.12 million | 2015 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 2 | China | 197.03 million | 2015 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 45.15 million | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 41.82 million | 2015 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 39.08 million | 2015 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 36.66 million | 2015 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 34.40 million | 2015 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 33.60 million | 2015 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 21.07 million | 2015 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 20.34 million | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 19.28 million | 2015 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Vietnam | 16.94 million | 2015 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 15.54 million | 2015 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 14 | Egypt | 15.38 million | 2015 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 14.66 million | 2015 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 16 | Turkey | 13.93 million | 2015 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | Iran | 13.56 million | 2015 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 12.16 million | 2015 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 19 | South Africa | 10.00 million | 2015 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 20 | Tanzania | 9.85 million | 2015 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 21 | Sudan | 9.38 million | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 9.15 million | 2015 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 9.00 million | 2015 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 24 | Kenya | 8.90 million | 2015 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 25 | Myanmar | 8.79 million | 2015 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 8.68 million | 2015 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 27 | Uganda | 8.24 million | 2015 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 7.73 million | 2015 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 29 | France | 7.57 million | 2015 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 7.34 million | 2015 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 7.25 million | 2015 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 6.89 million | 2015 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 33 | Nepal | 6.81 million | 2015 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 34 | Algeria | 6.47 million | 2015 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 35 | South Korea | 6.46 million | 2015 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 36 | Morocco | 6.09 million | 2015 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 37 | Yemen | 6.00 million | 2015 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 5.90 million | 2015 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 39 | Italy | 5.70 million | 2015 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 40 | Peru | 5.65 million | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 41 | Ghana | 5.48 million | 2015 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 42 | Venezuela | 5.48 million | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 43 | Malaysia | 5.33 million | 2015 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 5.30 million | 2015 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 45 | Mozambique | 5.23 million | 2015 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 46 | Madagascar | 4.95 million | 2015 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 47 | Ukraine | 4.84 million | 2015 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.77 million | 2015 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cameroon | 4.43 million | 2015 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 50 | Poland | 4.40 million | 2015 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 51 | Syria | 4.40 million | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 52 | Canada | 4.37 million | 2015 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 53 | Spain | 4.29 million | 2015 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 4.26 million | 2015 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 55 | North Korea | 4.02 million | 2015 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 3.78 million | 2015 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 57 | Malawi | 3.73 million | 2015 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 3.50 million | 2015 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 59 | Niger | 3.48 million | 2015 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 60 | Guatemala | 3.34 million | 2015 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 3.33 million | 2015 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 62 | Mali | 3.22 million | 2015 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 63 | Zambia | 3.07 million | 2015 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 64 | Senegal | 3.01 million | 2015 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 2.99 million | 2015 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 66 | Australia | 2.91 million | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 67 | Chile | 2.82 million | 2015 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 2.70 million | 2015 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 69 | Chad | 2.68 million | 2015 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 2.39 million | 2015 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 71 | Rwanda | 2.33 million | 2015 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 72 | Guinea | 2.27 million | 2015 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 73 | Benin | 2.26 million | 2015 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 2.25 million | 2015 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 2.16 million | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 2.16 million | 2015 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 77 | Somalia | 2.09 million | 2015 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 78 | Burundi | 2.09 million | 2015 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 79 | Netherlands | 2.01 million | 2015 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 1.96 million | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 81 | Tunisia | 1.80 million | 2015 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 1.74 million | 2015 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 1.67 million | 2015 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 1.65 million | 2015 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.54 million | 2015 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 86 | Papua New Guinea | 1.54 million | 2015 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 87 | Laos | 1.49 million | 2015 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 88 | Cuba | 1.42 million | 2015 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 1.41 million | 2015 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 90 | Paraguay | 1.36 million | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 1.33 million | 2015 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 92 | Sierra Leone | 1.32 million | 2015 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 1.29 million | 2015 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium | 1.24 million | 2015 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 95 | Israel | 1.21 million | 2015 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 96 | Eritrea | 1.17 million | 2015 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 97 | Portugal | 1.15 million | 2015 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 98 | Sweden | 1.13 million | 2015 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 1.13 million | 2015 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 1.12 million | 2015 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 101 | Greece | 1.11 million | 2015 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.09 million | 2015 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 1.08 million | 2015 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 104 | Belarus | 1.07 million | 2015 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 105 | Czechia | 1.06 million | 2015 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 106 | Palestine | 1.05 million | 2015 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 1.03 million | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Liberia | 978,071 | 2015 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 109 | Austria | 964,629 | 2015 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 959,002 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 111 | Congo | 909,163 | 2015 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 112 | Hong Kong | 856,743 | 2015 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 850,912 | 2015 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 114 | Lebanon | 774,973 | 2015 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 743,608 | 2015 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 737,608 | 2015 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 710,294 | 2015 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 118 | Denmark | 710,024 | 2015 | up 18.9% | falling |
| 119 | Singapore | 679,106 | 2015 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 120 | Norway | 646,961 | 2015 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 121 | Slovakia | 646,952 | 2015 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 122 | Finland | 639,391 | 2015 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 123 | Panama | 637,526 | 2015 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 615,099 | 2015 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 125 | Oman | 583,565 | 2015 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 572,054 | 2015 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 128 | Albania | 556,269 | 2015 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 129 | Jamaica | 536,826 | 2015 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 130 | Moldova | 531,204 | 2015 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 131 | Namibia | 531,041 | 2015 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 132 | Uruguay | 519,298 | 2015 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 133 | Croatia | 503,529 | 2015 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 134 | Mongolia | 501,272 | 2015 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 493,814 | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 489,754 | 2015 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 137 | Kuwait | 463,706 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 138 | Armenia | 446,958 | 2015 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 139 | Botswana | 431,236 | 2015 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 420,687 | 2015 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 141 | Lithuania | 411,242 | 2015 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 142 | Gambia | 406,035 | 2015 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 299,860 | 2015 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 144 | East Timor | 296,497 | 2015 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 145 | Eswatini | 288,896 | 2015 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 278,578 | 2015 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 147 | Latvia | 226,900 | 2015 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 148 | Mauritius | 207,202 | 2015 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 149 | Comoros | 200,926 | 2015 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 197,668 | 2015 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 151 | Slovenia | 196,812 | 2015 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 193,857 | 2015 | down 32.2% | flat |
| 153 | Fiji | 168,862 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 147,444 | 2015 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 155 | Estonia | 138,228 | 2015 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 156 | Guyana | 134,890 | 2015 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 157 | Bahrain | 132,609 | 2015 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 158 | Qatar | 129,378 | 2015 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 159 | Cyprus | 124,493 | 2015 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 124,102 | 2015 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 121,299 | 2015 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 120,080 | 2015 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 79,042 | 2015 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 164 | Brunei | 77,348 | 2015 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 165 | Maldives | 69,984 | 2015 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 166 | Belize | 67,112 | 2015 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 168 | Macao | 62,558 | 2015 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 61,260 | 2015 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 55,081 | 2015 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 172 | Iceland | 44,570 | 2015 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 43,855 | 2015 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38,279 | 2015 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 175 | Barbados | 37,585 | 2015 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 29,869 | 2015 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 25,308 | 2015 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 23,536 | 2015 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 179 | Tonga | 22,956 | 2015 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20,142 | 2015 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 181 | Kiribati | 19,811 | 2006 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 14,460 | 2005 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 183 | Aruba | 14,455 | 2015 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13,588 | 2006 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 13,365 | 2006 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 186 | Dominica | 11,341 | 2005 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 187 | Andorra | 8,715 | 2006 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8,454 | 2005 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 189 | Bermuda | 7,102 | 2005 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 5,789 | 2006 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 191 | Palau | 2,825 | 2006 | down 3.5% | flat |
About this data
Population, ages 15-24, total is the total population age 15-24.