Population aged 15-24 years (thousands), per square kilometre by country

Population aged 15-24 years (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
215
Highest
2.14 thousands per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0 thousands per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0142 thousands per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
10,529

What the numbers show

Population aged 15-24 years (thousands), per square kilometre is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 2.14 thousands per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0 thousands per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0142 thousands per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0545 thousands per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 56.4%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 38.8%).

Population aged 15-24 years (thousands), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macao 2.14 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 31.4% falling
2 Monaco 1.54 thousands per square kilometre 2016 up 12.8% flat
3 Singapore 1.33 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% falling
4 Hong Kong 0.5525 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 35.3% falling
5 Gibraltar 0.4679 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% flat
6 Bangladesh 0.2537 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
7 Bahrain 0.2402 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
8 Maldives 0.2266 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 24.6% rising
9 Palestine 0.1706 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
10 Malta 0.1529 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% falling
11 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.1363 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% flat
12 Bermuda 0.1248 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% falling
13 Rwanda 0.1147 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% rising
14 Nauru 0.1007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
15 Burundi 0.1005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% rising
16 Lebanon 0.0962 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
17 Mauritius 0.0928 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% flat
18 Comoros 0.0871 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% rising
19 India 0.0868 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
20 Barbados 0.0858 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% falling
21 Haiti 0.0814 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
22 Aruba 0.074 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% rising
23 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0736 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 25.8% falling
24 Philippines 0.0732 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
25 Netherlands 0.0654 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% falling
26 Israel 0.0652 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
27 Pakistan 0.0632 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.7% rising
28 San Marino 0.058 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.3% flat
29 El Salvador 0.0579 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.0% rising
30 Tuvalu 0.0568 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.8% rising
31 Sri Lanka 0.0562 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
32 South Korea 0.055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 21.1% falling
33 Curacao 0.0541 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
34 Gambia 0.0534 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
35 Uganda 0.0522 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
36 Grenada 0.0504 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% flat
37 Nigeria 0.05 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% rising
38 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0492 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.2% rising
39 Malawi 0.0473 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 39.2% rising
40 Puerto Rico 0.0452 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% falling
41 Marshall Islands 0.0443 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
42 Saint Lucia 0.0443 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% rising
43 Jamaica 0.0436 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% rising
44 Belgium 0.0436 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
45 Guam 0.0435 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 14.7% rising
46 Vietnam 0.0426 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% rising
47 Nepal 0.0419 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
48 American Samoa 0.0417 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% rising
49 Dominican Republic 0.0402 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0377 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% falling
51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0368 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 12.5% falling
52 Seychelles 0.0352 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
53 Guatemala 0.0347 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
54 United Kingdom 0.0329 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% falling
55 Micronesia (country) 0.0326 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% flat
56 Togo 0.0326 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% rising
57 Japan 0.0323 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% falling
58 British Virgin Islands 0.0323 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% rising
59 Cayman Islands 0.0304 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
60 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0298 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% flat
61 North Korea 0.0294 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
62 Syria 0.0293 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.8% rising
63 Tonga 0.0285 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
64 Luxembourg 0.0284 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
65 Kiribati 0.0284 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
66 Ghana 0.0282 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.1% rising
67 Kuwait 0.028 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% rising
68 United States Virgin Islands 0.0272 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 25.3% falling
69 Liechtenstein 0.0255 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% flat
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0251 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% flat
71 Qatar 0.0244 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% volatile
72 Benin 0.0242 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.0% rising
73 Sierra Leone 0.0239 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% rising
74 Ethiopia 0.0239 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
75 Indonesia 0.0237 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
76 Germany 0.0234 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
77 Jordan 0.0233 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 34.8% volatile
78 Switzerland 0.0225 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% falling
79 Cape Verde 0.022 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 22.7% rising
80 United Arab Emirates 0.0205 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.3% volatile
81 East Timor 0.0202 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% rising
82 Iraq 0.0202 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.9% rising
83 Italy 0.02 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% falling
84 Egypt 0.0199 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
85 Kenya 0.0199 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.7% rising
86 Senegal 0.0193 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% rising
87 Honduras 0.0189 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
88 Andorra 0.0186 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.6% rising
89 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0183 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.7% rising
90 Malaysia 0.0181 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
91 Denmark 0.0181 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% falling
92 Thailand 0.0178 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 11.3% rising
93 Turkey 0.0172 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
94 China 0.0172 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 21.8% flat
95 Burkina Faso 0.017 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.8% rising
96 Cambodia 0.0168 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% rising
97 Azerbaijan 0.0165 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 21.1% falling
98 Isle of Man 0.0156 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% rising
99 Cyprus 0.0154 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 22.7% falling
100 Guinea-Bissau 0.0153 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% rising
101 France 0.0151 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% falling
102 Tanzania 0.015 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 40.2% rising
103 Lesotho 0.0149 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% rising
104 Costa Rica 0.0146 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
105 Eswatini 0.0144 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
106 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0144 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% falling
107 Yemen 0.0143 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% volatile
108 Czechia 0.0142 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% falling
109 Albania 0.0138 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 29.1% falling
110 Myanmar 0.0137 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
111 Morocco 0.0135 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
112 Afghanistan 0.0134 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.6% volatile
113 Brunei 0.0133 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% rising
114 Samoa 0.0132 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
115 Tajikistan 0.0128 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
116 Ecuador 0.0126 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.2% rising
117 Poland 0.0124 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% falling
118 Cuba 0.0123 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% falling
119 Armenia 0.0123 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 28.1% falling
120 French Polynesia 0.0122 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
121 Dominica 0.0119 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% falling
122 Portugal 0.0119 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% falling
123 Guinea 0.0118 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% rising
124 Cameroon 0.0117 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 30.5% rising
125 Uzbekistan 0.0116 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.3% rising
126 Liberia 0.0116 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.2% rising
127 Mexico 0.0114 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
128 Slovakia 0.0113 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 22.6% falling
129 Austria 0.0112 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
130 Equatorial Guinea 0.011 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 28.8% volatile
131 Hungary 0.011 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 17.1% falling
132 Madagascar 0.0108 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
133 Tunisia 0.0106 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% rising
134 Nicaragua 0.0105 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
135 Moldova 0.0099 thousands per square kilometre 2020 down 36.0% falling
136 Slovenia 0.0099 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
137 Spain 0.0099 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% falling
138 Djibouti 0.0098 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 19.1% rising
139 Ireland 0.0097 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% rising
140 Panama 0.0096 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% rising
141 Romania 0.009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.6% falling
142 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0087 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% volatile
143 Zimbabwe 0.0086 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% rising
144 South Africa 0.0085 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
145 Mozambique 0.0085 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 33.5% rising
146 Fiji 0.0084 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.7% rising
147 North Macedonia 0.0084 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 29.0% falling
148 Serbia 0.0083 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% falling
149 Greece 0.0082 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
150 Colombia 0.0076 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
151 Iran 0.0073 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 20.6% rising
152 Croatia 0.0072 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 19.0% falling
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0066 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% falling
154 Laos 0.0063 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
155 Eritrea 0.0063 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 21.9% rising
156 Georgia 0.0062 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 20.0% falling
157 Ukraine 0.0062 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 38.8% falling
158 Bulgaria 0.0059 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% falling
159 Somalia 0.0058 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 51.1% rising
160 Bahamas 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% rising
161 Montenegro 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 12.2% falling
162 Kyrgyzstan 0.0057 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
163 Zambia 0.0056 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 36.3% rising
164 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0056 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% rising
165 Venezuela 0.0055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% rising
166 Sudan 0.0055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 37.1% rising
167 Solomon Islands 0.0055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% rising
168 Angola 0.0055 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
169 Faroe Islands 0.0053 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 12.5% falling
170 United States 0.0049 thousands per square kilometre 2022 up 0.7% rising
171 Lithuania 0.0047 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 26.9% falling
172 Palau 0.0045 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 19.6% falling
173 Vanuatu 0.0045 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
174 Peru 0.0044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 6.3% rising
175 Belarus 0.0044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 26.8% falling
176 Papua New Guinea 0.0044 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 20.4% rising
177 Niger 0.0041 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 56.4% volatile
178 South Sudan 0.0039 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
179 Mali 0.0039 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.3% rising
180 Brazil 0.0038 thousands per square kilometre 2022 down 6.1% rising
181 Bhutan 0.0037 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% rising
182 Belize 0.0035 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 14.4% rising
183 Chile 0.0035 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
184 Congo 0.0033 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 27.6% rising
185 Estonia 0.0032 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% falling
186 Paraguay 0.003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
187 Latvia 0.003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 24.3% falling
188 Chad 0.0029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 44.8% volatile
189 Sweden 0.0029 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% flat
190 Uruguay 0.0028 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
191 Algeria 0.0026 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 10.9% rising
192 Argentina 0.0025 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% rising
193 New Zealand 0.0025 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
194 New Caledonia 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
195 Saudi Arabia 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% volatile
196 Turkmenistan 0.0023 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 14.1% rising
197 Bolivia 0.0021 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 7.7% rising
198 Finland 0.002 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% falling
199 Central African Republic 0.0018 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% rising
200 Oman 0.0018 thousands per square kilometre 2022 down 13.1% rising
201 Norway 0.0018 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% flat
202 Gabon 0.0016 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.4% rising
203 Kazakhstan 0.001 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% falling
204 Mauritania 0.0009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 38.0% rising
205 Russia 0.0009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 19.2% falling
206 Botswana 0.0009 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
207 Libya 0.0007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% rising
208 Guyana 0.0007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% falling
209 Suriname 0.0007 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 13.5% rising
210 Namibia 0.0006 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
211 Canada 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% flat
212 Iceland 0.0005 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
213 Australia 0.0004 thousands per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
214 Mongolia 0.0003 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% rising
215 Greenland 0 thousands per square kilometre 2023 down 20.5% falling

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Population aged 15-24 years (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Population aged 15-24 years (thousands) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Population aged 15-24 years (thousands), per square kilometre
Unit
thousands per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 10,529 data points, 1970–2023
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Population aged 15-24 years (thousands) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.