Population aged 15-24, total (% of total population) by country

Countries reporting
110
Highest
0.2%
Zambia
Lowest
0.1%
Russia
Median
0.2%
Years covered
52
1970–2021
Data points
1,653

What the numbers show

Population aged 15-24, total (% of total population) is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 0.2% in Zambia; the lowest is 0.1% in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2%, and the mean is 0.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 22.4%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 46.1%).

Population aged 15-24, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 0.2% 2015 down 0.6% falling
2 Cambodia 0.2% 2012 down 4.9% rising
3 Egypt 0.2% 2019 up 5.5% rising
4 Indonesia 0.2% 2019 down 3.6% falling
5 Tajikistan 0.2% 2013 down 0.5% rising
6 Mozambique 0.2% 2014 up 16.2% flat
7 Nepal 0.2% 2014 up 14.6% rising
8 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 up 1.7% falling
9 Guatemala 0.2% 2019 up 3.2% rising
10 Nicaragua 0.2% 2014 down 7.1% rising
11 Honduras 0.2% 2019 down 6.3% rising
12 Palestine 0.2% 2017 down 42.4% falling
13 Malawi 0.2% 2019 up 10.8% falling
14 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2013 up 5.3% falling
15 Jordan 0.2% 2016 down 10.9% falling
16 Gambia 0.2% 2020 down 9.8% flat
17 Uganda 0.2% 2016 down 2.7% rising
18 Belize 0.2% 1999 up 1.2% rising
19 Namibia 0.2% 2015 down 10.7% flat
20 El Salvador 0.2% 2019 down 2.4% flat
21 Kenya 0.2% 2019 down 13.4% flat
22 Ghana 0.2% 2016 down 0.7% rising
23 Venezuela 0.2% 2006 down 0.3% flat
24 Turkey 0.2% 2019 up 16.3% rising
25 Pakistan 0.2% 2020 down 8.4% rising
26 India 0.2% 2019 down 0.9% flat
27 Philippines 0.2% 2019 down 5.6% flat
28 Paraguay 0.2% 2021 down 7.5% flat
29 Ethiopia 0.2% 2021 down 2.4% flat
30 Morocco 0.2% 2013 down 12.8% falling
31 Laos 0.2% 2018 down 12.6% flat
32 Jamaica 0.2% 2002 down 15.0% falling
33 Ecuador 0.2% 2021 down 3.1% falling
34 Tanzania 0.2% 2020 down 8.1% flat
35 South Africa 0.2% 2020 down 9.5% falling
36 Nigeria 0.2% 2018 down 4.8% rising
37 Madagascar 0.2% 2012 down 4.3% falling
38 Bolivia 0.2% 2021 down 10.8% falling
39 Mexico 0.2% 2020 down 8.4% falling
40 Benin 0.2% 2018 up 22.4% flat
41 Bangladesh 0.2% 2016 down 0.3% flat
42 Senegal 0.2% 2018 down 20.8% falling
43 Burkina Faso 0.2% 2009 down 9.8% flat
44 Colombia 0.2% 2021 down 8.4% falling
45 Togo 0.2% 2018 down 14.0% falling
46 Panama 0.2% 2021 up 3.7% falling
47 Peru 0.2% 2021 down 13.8% falling
48 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% 2011 down 18.5% falling
49 Azerbaijan 0.2% 2015 down 21.2% falling
50 Australia 0.2% 2015 up 16.3% rising
51 Costa Rica 0.2% 2021 down 17.7% falling
52 Albania 0.2% 2019 down 38.0% falling
53 Mauritius 0.2% 2017 down 3.7% falling
54 Guinea 0.2% 2018 down 13.3% flat
55 Tunisia 0.2% 2015 down 21.0% falling
56 Argentina 0.2% 2021 down 9.7% flat
57 Chile 0.2% 2017 down 15.6% falling
58 Uruguay 0.2% 2021 down 0.2% flat
59 Brazil 0.2% 2021 down 10.1% falling
60 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2019 down 4.1% falling
61 Puerto Rico 0.1% 2005 down 22.3% falling
62 China 0.1% 2013 down 22.5% falling
63 Iceland 0.1% 2015 down 4.6% flat
64 Cyprus 0.1% 2016 down 9.5% falling
65 Ireland 0.1% 2016 down 28.5% falling
66 South Korea 0.1% 2017 down 11.0% falling
67 Ukraine 0.1% 2014 down 7.8% falling
68 Montenegro 0.1% 2013 down 38.9% falling
69 Thailand 0.1% 2021 down 13.0% falling
70 Luxembourg 0.1% 2016 up 20.2% falling
71 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2020 down 30.0% falling
72 Austria 0.1% 2016 up 0.8% rising
73 Norway 0.1% 2016 up 15.0% rising
74 Netherlands 0.1% 2016 up 5.0% falling
75 United States 0.1% 2018 down 6.5% falling
76 Denmark 0.1% 2016 up 14.2% falling
77 United Kingdom 0.1% 2016 down 5.9% flat
78 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2018 down 40.1% falling
79 Lithuania 0.1% 2016 down 22.4% falling
80 Belgium 0.1% 2016 down 4.6% falling
81 North Macedonia 0.1% 2020 down 22.7% falling
82 Sweden 0.1% 2016 down 7.8% falling
83 France 0.1% 2016 down 6.7% falling
84 Malta 0.1% 2016 down 17.8% falling
85 Finland 0.1% 2016 down 6.9% falling
86 Slovakia 0.1% 2016 down 30.5% falling
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1% 2019 down 14.3% falling
88 Mongolia 0.1% 2021 down 45.6% falling
89 Croatia 0.1% 2016 down 16.1% falling
90 Armenia 0.1% 2020 down 39.0% falling
91 Mali 0.1% 2018 down 34.7% falling
92 Romania 0.1% 2018 down 23.0% falling
93 Hungary 0.1% 2016 down 16.8% falling
94 Germany 0.1% 2011 down 4.8% falling
95 Portugal 0.1% 2016 down 10.1% falling
96 Serbia 0.1% 2018 down 15.5% falling
97 Poland 0.1% 2019 down 26.9% falling
98 Moldova 0.1% 2021 down 34.4% falling
99 Georgia 0.1% 2020 down 35.1% falling
100 Estonia 0.1% 2016 down 34.4% falling
101 Slovenia 0.1% 2016 down 22.2% falling
102 Niger 0.1% 2018 down 38.3% falling
103 Latvia 0.1% 2016 down 35.9% falling
104 Czechia 0.1% 2016 down 25.5% falling
105 Bulgaria 0.1% 2016 down 28.4% falling
106 Italy 0.1% 2016 down 3.6% falling
107 Spain 0.1% 2016 down 13.4% falling
108 Greece 0.1% 2016 down 17.0% falling
109 Belarus 0.1% 2020 down 32.0% falling
110 Russia 0.1% 2019 down 46.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Population aged 15-24, total (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
112 places, 1,653 data points, 1970–2021
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