Population by age group by country

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
1.44 billion people
India
Lowest
501 people
Vatican
Median
5.79 million people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Population by age group is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 1.44 billion people in India; the lowest is 501 people in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.79 million people, and the mean is 35.29 million people.

Over the past decade 189 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 46.6%), and the largest decrease in Saint Martin (French part) (down 26.4%).

Population by age group: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.44 billion people 2023 up 11.0% rising
2 China 1.42 billion people 2023 up 3.2% rising
3 United States 343.48 million people 2023 up 7.3% rising
4 Indonesia 281.19 million people 2023 up 9.9% rising
5 Pakistan 247.50 million people 2023 up 17.3% volatile
6 Nigeria 227.88 million people 2023 up 25.9% volatile
7 Brazil 211.14 million people 2023 up 6.4% rising
8 Bangladesh 171.47 million people 2023 up 9.5% rising
9 Russia 145.44 million people 2023 up 0.6% rising
10 Mexico 129.74 million people 2023 up 9.6% rising
11 Ethiopia 128.69 million people 2023 up 30.7% volatile
12 Japan 124.37 million people 2023 down 2.6% rising
13 Philippines 114.89 million people 2023 up 12.6% rising
14 Egypt 114.54 million people 2023 up 20.1% rising
15 Democratic Republic of Congo 105.79 million people 2023 up 39.6% volatile
16 Vietnam 100.35 million people 2023 up 10.8% rising
17 Iran 90.61 million people 2023 up 12.7% rising
18 Turkey 87.27 million people 2023 up 14.2% rising
19 Germany 84.55 million people 2023 up 4.3% rising
20 Thailand 71.70 million people 2023 up 2.7% rising
21 United Kingdom 68.68 million people 2023 up 6.7% rising
22 Tanzania 66.62 million people 2023 up 36.4% volatile
23 France 66.44 million people 2023 up 3.2% rising
24 South Africa 63.21 million people 2023 up 15.6% rising
25 Italy 59.50 million people 2023 down 1.9% rising
26 Kenya 55.34 million people 2023 up 23.0% volatile
27 Myanmar 54.13 million people 2023 up 7.7% rising
28 Colombia 52.32 million people 2023 up 13.4% rising
29 South Korea 51.75 million people 2023 up 3.4% rising
30 Sudan 50.04 million people 2023 up 32.4% volatile
31 Uganda 48.66 million people 2023 up 37.7% volatile
32 Spain 47.91 million people 2023 up 2.2% rising
33 Algeria 46.16 million people 2023 up 20.2% rising
34 Argentina 45.54 million people 2023 up 6.9% rising
35 Iraq 45.07 million people 2023 up 27.8% volatile
36 Afghanistan 41.45 million people 2023 up 31.1% volatile
37 Yemen 39.39 million people 2023 up 34.4% volatile
38 Canada 39.30 million people 2023 up 11.3% rising
39 Poland 38.76 million people 2023 up 1.3% rising
40 Ukraine 37.73 million people 2023 down 18.2% rising
41 Morocco 37.71 million people 2023 up 11.6% rising
42 Angola 36.75 million people 2023 up 40.5% volatile
43 Uzbekistan 35.65 million people 2023 up 19.9% rising
44 Malaysia 35.13 million people 2023 up 16.4% volatile
45 Peru 33.85 million people 2023 up 13.5% rising
46 Ghana 33.79 million people 2023 up 23.4% volatile
47 Mozambique 33.64 million people 2023 up 34.3% volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 33.26 million people 2023 up 18.7% volatile
49 Madagascar 31.20 million people 2023 up 29.4% volatile
50 Cote d'Ivoire 31.17 million people 2023 up 30.2% volatile
51 Nepal 29.69 million people 2023 up 7.6% rising
52 Cameroon 28.37 million people 2023 up 32.6% volatile
53 Venezuela 28.30 million people 2023 down 5.4% rising
54 Australia 26.45 million people 2023 up 13.8% rising
55 North Korea 26.42 million people 2023 up 4.3% rising
56 Niger 26.16 million people 2023 up 41.3% volatile
57 Mali 23.77 million people 2023 up 36.1% volatile
58 Syria 23.59 million people 2023 up 8.9% volatile
59 Taiwan 23.32 million people 2023 down 0.4% rising
60 Burkina Faso 23.03 million people 2023 up 30.1% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 22.97 million people 2023 up 7.6% rising
62 Malawi 21.10 million people 2023 up 30.6% volatile
63 Zambia 20.72 million people 2023 up 34.6% volatile
64 Kazakhstan 20.33 million people 2023 up 15.8% rising
65 Chile 19.66 million people 2023 up 11.1% rising
66 Chad 19.32 million people 2023 up 41.1% volatile
67 Romania 19.12 million people 2023 down 4.7% rising
68 Somalia 18.36 million people 2023 up 42.7% volatile
69 Guatemala 18.12 million people 2023 up 17.8% rising
70 Netherlands 18.09 million people 2023 up 6.6% rising
71 Senegal 18.08 million people 2023 up 31.8% volatile
72 Ecuador 17.98 million people 2023 up 13.7% rising
73 Cambodia 17.42 million people 2023 up 14.9% rising
74 Zimbabwe 16.34 million people 2023 up 16.6% rising
75 Guinea 14.41 million people 2023 up 28.7% rising
76 Benin 14.11 million people 2023 up 31.8% volatile
77 Rwanda 13.95 million people 2023 up 25.8% rising
78 Burundi 13.69 million people 2023 up 31.1% volatile
79 Bolivia 12.24 million people 2023 up 14.6% rising
80 Tunisia 12.20 million people 2023 up 9.5% rising
81 Belgium 11.71 million people 2023 up 5.0% rising
82 Haiti 11.64 million people 2023 up 13.8% rising
83 South Sudan 11.48 million people 2023 up 2.8% volatile
84 Jordan 11.44 million people 2023 up 43.1% volatile
85 Dominican Republic 11.33 million people 2023 up 11.2% rising
86 Cuba 11.02 million people 2023 down 2.5% rising
87 Czechia 10.81 million people 2023 up 2.8% rising
88 Honduras 10.64 million people 2023 up 19.7% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 10.64 million people 2023 up 35.9% volatile
90 Sweden 10.55 million people 2023 up 9.9% rising
91 Portugal 10.43 million people 2023 down 0.3% rising
92 Tajikistan 10.39 million people 2023 up 26.4% volatile
93 Papua New Guinea 10.39 million people 2023 up 25.1% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 10.32 million people 2023 up 8.6% rising
95 Greece 10.24 million people 2023 down 6.6% rising
96 Hungary 9.69 million people 2023 down 2.1% flat
97 Israel 9.26 million people 2023 up 19.4% volatile
98 Austria 9.13 million people 2023 up 7.7% rising
99 Belarus 9.12 million people 2023 down 3.7% rising
100 Switzerland 8.87 million people 2023 up 9.6% rising
101 Sierra Leone 8.46 million people 2023 up 26.0% rising
102 Togo 8.22 million people 2023 up 21.0% volatile
103 Laos 7.67 million people 2023 up 15.9% rising
104 Hong Kong 7.44 million people 2023 up 2.5% rising
105 Turkmenistan 7.36 million people 2023 up 24.0% rising
106 Libya 7.31 million people 2023 up 15.9% volatile
107 Kyrgyzstan 7.07 million people 2023 up 22.0% rising
108 Paraguay 6.84 million people 2023 up 14.4% rising
109 Nicaragua 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% rising
110 Bulgaria 6.80 million people 2023 down 6.5% falling
111 Serbia 6.77 million people 2023 down 6.9% rising
112 El Salvador 6.31 million people 2023 up 2.8% rising
113 Congo 6.18 million people 2023 up 27.3% volatile
114 Denmark 5.95 million people 2023 up 5.9% rising
115 Singapore 5.79 million people 2023 up 7.5% rising
116 Lebanon 5.77 million people 2023 up 0.5% rising
117 Finland 5.60 million people 2023 up 3.0% rising
118 Norway 5.52 million people 2023 up 8.6% rising
119 Slovakia 5.52 million people 2023 up 2.0% rising
120 Liberia 5.49 million people 2023 up 22.9% volatile
121 Palestine 5.41 million people 2023 up 25.4% volatile
123 New Zealand 5.17 million people 2023 up 16.1% rising
124 Central African Republic 5.15 million people 2023 up 11.0% rising
125 Costa Rica 5.11 million people 2023 up 8.3% rising
126 Oman 5.05 million people 2023 up 31.7% volatile
127 Mauritania 5.02 million people 2023 up 34.5% volatile
128 Kuwait 4.84 million people 2023 up 37.9% volatile
129 Panama 4.46 million people 2023 up 16.6% rising
130 Croatia 3.90 million people 2023 down 8.2% flat
131 Georgia 3.81 million people 2023 down 0.0% falling
132 Eritrea 3.47 million people 2023 up 12.9% rising
133 Mongolia 3.43 million people 2023 up 20.3% rising
134 Uruguay 3.39 million people 2023 up 1.3% rising
135 Puerto Rico 3.24 million people 2023 down 10.1% rising
136 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.19 million people 2023 down 11.8% rising
137 Moldova 3.07 million people 2023 down 10.0% rising
138 Qatar 2.98 million people 2023 up 46.6% volatile
139 Namibia 2.96 million people 2023 up 31.5% volatile
140 Armenia 2.94 million people 2023 up 0.7% rising
141 Lithuania 2.85 million people 2023 down 3.5% rising
142 Jamaica 2.84 million people 2023 up 2.0% rising
143 Albania 2.81 million people 2023 down 3.3% rising
144 Gambia 2.70 million people 2023 up 28.2% volatile
145 Gabon 2.48 million people 2023 up 29.9% volatile
146 Botswana 2.48 million people 2023 up 15.9% volatile
147 Lesotho 2.31 million people 2023 up 12.4% rising
148 Guinea-Bissau 2.15 million people 2023 up 27.0% rising
149 Slovenia 2.12 million people 2023 up 3.0% rising
150 Latvia 1.88 million people 2023 down 6.5% flat
151 Equatorial Guinea 1.85 million people 2023 up 37.2% volatile
152 North Macedonia 1.83 million people 2023 down 9.0% rising
153 Bahrain 1.57 million people 2023 up 24.9% volatile
154 Trinidad and Tobago 1.50 million people 2023 up 6.4% rising
155 East Timor 1.38 million people 2023 up 19.5% rising
156 Estonia 1.37 million people 2023 up 3.7% rising
157 Cyprus 1.34 million people 2023 up 13.6% rising
158 Mauritius 1.27 million people 2023 down 1.3% rising
159 Eswatini 1.23 million people 2023 up 8.9% rising
160 Djibouti 1.15 million people 2023 up 17.1% volatile
161 Fiji 924,150 people 2023 up 0.9% rising
162 Reunion 874,883 people 2023 up 3.2% rising
163 Comoros 850,390 people 2023 up 22.1% rising
164 Guyana 826,357 people 2023 up 10.2% rising
165 Solomon Islands 800,014 people 2023 up 34.5% volatile
166 Bhutan 786,386 people 2023 up 8.4% rising
167 Macao 713,916 people 2023 up 19.2% rising
169 Montenegro 633,553 people 2023 up 0.1% rising
170 Suriname 628,892 people 2023 up 10.5% rising
171 Western Sahara 579,734 people 2023 up 26.7% volatile
173 Maldives 526,009 people 2023 up 31.5% volatile
174 Cape Verde 522,335 people 2023 up 2.0% rising
175 Brunei 458,959 people 2023 up 11.6% volatile
176 Belize 411,112 people 2023 up 20.3% volatile
177 Bahamas 399,452 people 2023 up 5.4% rising
178 Iceland 387,559 people 2023 up 19.7% rising
181 Vanuatu 320,422 people 2023 up 25.9% volatile
183 French Guiana 303,408 people 2023 up 19.8% volatile
184 New Caledonia 289,879 people 2023 up 4.7% rising
185 Barbados 282,347 people 2023 up 1.7% rising
186 French Polynesia 281,125 people 2023 up 2.3% rising
187 Sao Tome and Principe 230,882 people 2023 up 19.5% rising
188 Samoa 216,673 people 2023 up 9.3% rising
189 Curacao 185,437 people 2023 up 13.7% rising
190 Saint Lucia 179,291 people 2023 up 3.4% rising
191 Guam 166,522 people 2023 up 0.3% rising
192 Kiribati 132,540 people 2023 up 16.4% rising
193 Seychelles 127,961 people 2023 up 25.3% rising
194 Grenada 117,094 people 2023 up 3.2% rising
195 Micronesia (country) 112,646 people 2023 up 4.2% rising
196 Aruba 107,946 people 2023 up 5.2% rising
197 Tonga 104,613 people 2023 down 2.3% rising
198 Jersey 103,680 people 2023 up 3.9% rising
199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 101,331 people 2023 down 6.3% rising
200 Antigua and Barbuda 93,331 people 2023 up 6.0% rising
201 United States Virgin Islands 85,712 people 2023 down 16.9% rising
202 Isle of Man 84,182 people 2023 up 0.0% rising
203 Andorra 80,869 people 2023 up 7.5% volatile
204 Cayman Islands 73,055 people 2023 up 24.5% volatile
205 Dominica 66,531 people 2023 down 4.6% rising
206 Bermuda 64,721 people 2023 up 1.8% rising
207 Guernsey 64,043 people 2023 up 3.2% rising
208 Greenland 55,951 people 2023 down 1.0% rising
209 Faroe Islands 54,738 people 2023 up 13.3% rising
210 American Samoa 47,544 people 2023 down 12.0% rising
211 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46,783 people 2023 down 0.7% falling
212 Turks and Caicos Islands 46,221 people 2023 up 37.3% volatile
213 Northern Mariana Islands 45,166 people 2023 down 14.4% volatile
214 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 42,775 people 2023 up 19.2% volatile
216 British Virgin Islands 39,009 people 2023 up 23.0% volatile
217 Monaco 38,979 people 2023 up 9.9% rising
218 Marshall Islands 38,849 people 2023 down 23.4% rising
219 Gibraltar 38,493 people 2023 up 18.7% rising
220 San Marino 33,761 people 2023 up 0.4% rising
221 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 29,920 people 2023 up 25.5% rising
222 Saint Martin (French part) 27,545 people 2023 down 26.4% volatile
223 Palau 17,751 people 2023 up 0.5% rising
224 Anguilla 14,435 people 2023 up 8.8% rising
225 Cook Islands 14,244 people 2023 down 19.2% falling
226 Nauru 11,900 people 2023 up 12.9% rising
227 Wallis and Futuna 11,394 people 2023 down 8.8% rising
228 Saint Barthelemy 11,112 people 2023 up 18.9% volatile
229 Tuvalu 9,837 people 2023 down 10.8% rising
230 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5,707 people 2023 down 4.9% rising
231 Saint Helena 5,316 people 2023 down 2.7% flat
232 Montserrat 4,440 people 2023 down 7.0% falling
233 Falkland Islands 3,498 people 2023 up 6.3% rising
234 Tokelau 2,424 people 2023 up 38.6% rising
235 Niue 1,841 people 2023 up 3.1% falling
236 Vatican 501 people 2023 down 16.2% falling

About this data

Indicator
Population by age group
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.