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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Population, ages 15-24, 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 15-24, total is the total population age 15-24.