Annex table 1: Youth population indicators, 2010 continued Males Major region, country or area*
Age (years) 15-19
U.S. Virgin Islands Central America Belize
Total
20-24
Age (years)
15-24
15-19
Total 15-24
Total
20-24
Youth as percentage of total population
Percentage change in number of youth (1995-2015)
15-24
4
4
8
5
4
8
17
15.3
0.5
7 496
6 579
14 075
7 533
6 836
14 370
28 445
18.6
10.6 37.8
17
16
33
17
15
32
65
20.8
Costa Rica
223
231
454
210
219
428
882
19.0
26.4
El Salvador
349
267
617
348
299
647
1 264
20.4
16.7
Guatemala
794
647
1 441
796
676
1 472
2 912
20.3
40.2 35.7
Honduras
437
382
818
426
379
805
1 623
21.3
5 184
4 596
9 780
5 254
4 809
10 064
19 844
17.9
1.2
Nicaragua
334
289
623
331
293
624
1 246
21.4
24.9
Panama
157
152
310
151
147
298
608
17.3
16.9
17 726
17 527
35 252
17 177
17 160
34 337
69 589
17.7
12.1
1 737
1 678
3 415
1 685
1 635
3 320
6 735
16.6
11.3
548
469
1 017
529
457
986
2 003
20.0
32.5
Brazil
8 378
8 687
17 065
8 132
8 524
16 656
33 721
17.3
6.5
Chile
757
742
1 498
732
721
1 452
2 951
17.2
14.4
2 218
2 072
4 291
2 144
2 039
4 182
8 473
18.3
17.8
682
622
1 304
660
607
1 267
2 571
18.7
13.5
Mexico
South America
15
Argentina Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 100
Females
Colombia Ecuador French Guiana
11
9
21
11
9
20
41
17.8
54.0
Guyana
36
30
66
35
29
64
130
17.1
-16.5
Paraguay
343
321
664
332
313
646
1 309
20.3
33.6
1 468
1 384
2 851
1 426
1 353
2 779
5 630
19.1
14.6
Suriname
22
23
45
22
23
44
90
17.1
11.5
Uruguay
136
127
263
131
123
254
516
15.3
-2.2
1 389
1 363
2 753
1 338
1 327
2 665
5 418
18.7
22.6
12 643
12 660
25 303
12 018
12 094
24 112
49 415
14.1
16.7
1 147
1 160
2 307
1 091
1 119
2 210
4 517
13.3
9.4
11 491
11 495
22 987
10 922
10 971
21 893
44 880
14.1
17.5
1 442
1 375
2 817
1 364
1 315
2 679
5 495
15.3
18.2
908
908
1 817
860
870
1 730
3 546
13.7
8.7
Peru
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) NORTHERN AMERICA
16
Canada United States of America OCEANIA Australia/New Zealand Australia
744
749
1 493
705
718
1 423
2 917
13.6
8.3
New Zealand
17
164
159
323
154
152
306
630
14.6
10.9
Melanesia
470
408
878
444
387
831
1 709
19.5
35.1
Fiji
45
40
84
42
37
79
163
19.1
11.0
New Caledonia
11
11
22
11
10
21
43
17.0
20.1
371
318
689
351
304
655
1 344
19.5
37.9
30
26
56
27
24
51
108
20.1
35.5
14
12
26
13
12
24
51
20.6
42.6
Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu