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Generation Alpha population by country

How many Generation Alpha people (born 2010–2024) live in each of 194 countries, ranked, with the share of the national population each cohort represents.

The short answer

India leads the 194 countries ranked here on generation alpha population at 327 million, followed by China at 230 million and Nigeria at 95 million. The median country is Paraguay at 2 million.

#1 327 million India South Asia #2 230 million China East Asia & Pacific #3 95 million Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa Median 2 million Paraguay The middle of 194

What this measures

The number of people born between 2010 and 2024 who are alive today in each country, derived from UN World Population Prospects age-structure data.

What it does not

Migration since birth. A child born in one country and raised in another is counted where they live now, not where they were born.

The bottom of the table

Tuvalu 3,090
Palau 3,160
San Marino 3,980
Nauru 4,500
Monaco 5,250

Bars are scaled across the full observed range (3,090 to 327 million), not to 100%, so the real spread is visible.

How the values are spread

Where the 194 countries fall

The range from 3,090 to 327 million is split into 10 equal bands, and each bar counts the countries in one band.

Most countries sit in one band because a few very large values stretch the range. The ranking table below shows the differences within it.

Number of countries in each band of generation alpha population
BandCountriesIncluding
0m to 33m 183 Philippines, Mexico, Tanzania and 180 more
33m to 65m 6 United States, Ethiopia, DR Congo and 3 more
65m to 98m 3 Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia
98m to 131m 0 —
131m to 164m 0 —
164m to 196m 0 —
196m to 229m 0 —
229m to 262m 1 China
262m to 294m 0 —
294m to 327m 1 India

How this is built: each band is one tenth of the gap between the lowest and highest value; a country is counted in the band its value falls in, and the top band includes the highest value. Countries with no comparable figure are left out. Chart drawn with Apache ECharts.

The full ranking

All 194 countries

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194 countries shown

Generation Alpha population by country, ranked. Column headings re-sort the table.
Rank Country Generation Alpha population Bar Region Gen Alpha
#1 India 327 million
South Asia 327m
#2 China 230 million
East Asia & Pacific 230m
#3 Nigeria 95 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 95m
#4 Pakistan 80 million
South Asia 80m
#5 Indonesia 68 million
East Asia & Pacific 68m
#6 United States 62 million
North America 62m
#7 Ethiopia 48 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 48m
#8 DR Congo 44 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 44m
#9 Bangladesh 44 million
South Asia 44m
#10 Brazil 44 million
Latin America 44m
#11 Egypt 34 million
Middle East & North Africa 34m
#12 Philippines 32 million
East Asia & Pacific 32m
#13 Mexico 31 million
North America 31m
#14 Tanzania 28 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 28m
#15 Russia 26 million
Europe & Central Asia 26m
#16 Vietnam 23 million
East Asia & Pacific 23m
#17 Uganda 20 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 20m
#18 Kenya 19 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 19m
#19 Sudan 19 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 19m
#20 Turkey 19 million
Middle East & North Africa 19m
#21 Iran 18 million
Middle East & North Africa 18m
#22 Yemen 17.6 million
Middle East & North Africa 18m
#23 South Africa 17 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 17m
#24 Afghanistan 17 million
Middle East & North Africa 17m
#25 Iraq 16 million
Middle East & North Africa 16m
#26 Angola 15 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 15m
#27 Algeria 14.4 million
Middle East & North Africa 14m
#28 Mozambique 14 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 14m
#29 Japan 14 million
East Asia & Pacific 14m
#30 Madagascar 13.1 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 13m
#31 Myanmar 13 million
East Asia & Pacific 13m
#32 Ghana 12 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 12m
#33 Côte d'Ivoire 12 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 12m
#34 Cameroon 12 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 12m
#35 Germany 12 million
Europe & Central Asia 12m
#36 United Kingdom 12 million
Europe & Central Asia 12m
#37 France 12 million
Europe & Central Asia 12m
#38 Mali 11.9 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 12m
#39 Uzbekistan 11.8 million
Europe & Central Asia 12m
#40 Thailand 11 million
East Asia & Pacific 11m
#41 Colombia 11 million
Latin America 11m
#42 Argentina 11 million
Latin America 11m
#43 Burkina Faso 10.1 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 10m
#44 Chad 9.9 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 10m
#45 Morocco 9.8 million
Middle East & North Africa 10m
#46 Somalia 9.5 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 10m
#47 Zambia 9.2 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 9m
#48 Malawi 9.1 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 9m
#49 Saudi Arabia 9 million
Middle East & North Africa 9m
#50 Nepal 8 million
South Asia 8m
#51 Malaysia 8 million
East Asia & Pacific 8m
#52 Peru 8 million
Latin America 8m
#53 Syria 7.5 million
Middle East & North Africa 8m
#54 Senegal 7 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 7m
#55 Zimbabwe 7 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 7m
#56 Italy 7 million
Europe & Central Asia 7m
#57 Venezuela 7 million
Latin America 7m
#58 Guinea 6.3 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 6m
#59 Benin 6.3 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 6m
#60 Kazakhstan 6.1 million
Europe & Central Asia 6m
#61 South Korea 6 million
East Asia & Pacific 6m
#62 Spain 6 million
Europe & Central Asia 6m
#63 Ukraine 6 million
Europe & Central Asia 6m
#64 Poland 6 million
Europe & Central Asia 6m
#65 Canada 6 million
North America 6m
#66 Guatemala 6 million
Latin America 6m
#67 Rwanda 5.5 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 6m
#68 North Korea 5 million
East Asia & Pacific 5m
#69 Australia 5 million
Oceania 5m
#70 South Sudan 4.7 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 5m
#71 Togo 4 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 4m
#72 Sri Lanka 4 million
South Asia 4m
#73 Chile 4 million
Latin America 4m
#74 Ecuador 4 million
Latin America 4m
#75 Tajikistan 3.9 million
Europe & Central Asia 4m
#76 Haiti 3.7 million
Latin America 4m
#77 Jordan 3.5 million
Middle East & North Africa 4m
#78 Sierra Leone 3.4 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 3m
#79 Honduras 3.4 million
Latin America 3m
#80 Bolivia 3 million
Latin America 3m
#81 Dominican Republic 3 million
Latin America 3m
#82 Tunisia 2.9 million
Middle East & North Africa 3m
#83 Romania 2.9 million
Europe & Central Asia 3m
#84 Central African Republic 2.8 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 3m
#85 Republic of the Congo 2.7 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 3m
#86 Netherlands 2.7 million
Europe & Central Asia 3m
#87 Israel 2.6 million
Middle East & North Africa 3m
#88 Laos 2.4 million
East Asia & Pacific 2m
#89 Turkmenistan 2.4 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#90 Kyrgyzstan 2.4 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#91 Liberia 2.3 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 2m
#92 Mauritania 2.3 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 2m
#93 Azerbaijan 2.2 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#94 Palestine 2.1 million
Middle East & North Africa 2m
#95 Libya 2 million
Middle East & North Africa 2m
#96 Sweden 2 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#97 Nicaragua 2 million
Latin America 2m
#98 Paraguay 2 million
Latin America 2m
#99 United Arab Emirates 1.8 million
Middle East & North Africa 2m
#100 Belgium 1.8 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#101 Czechia 1.6 million
Europe & Central Asia 2m
#102 Cuba 1.6 million
Latin America 2m
#103 El Salvador 1.6 million
Latin America 2m
#104 Lebanon 1.5 million
Middle East & North Africa 2m
#105 Eritrea 1.4 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 1m
#106 Oman 1.4 million
Middle East & North Africa 1m
#107 Hungary 1.4 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#108 Belarus 1.4 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#109 Portugal 1.3 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#110 Greece 1.3 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#111 Austria 1.3 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#112 Switzerland 1.3 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#113 Namibia 1.2 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 1m
#114 Gambia 1.1 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 1m
#115 Mongolia 1.1 million
East Asia & Pacific 1m
#116 Panama 1.1 million
Latin America 1m
#117 New Zealand 1 million
Oceania 1m
#118 Ireland 1 million
Europe & Central Asia 1m
#119 Bulgaria 960,120
Europe & Central Asia 960k
#120 Gabon 959,490
Sub-Saharan Africa 959k
#121 Costa Rica 947,430
Latin America 947k
#122 Serbia 947,000
Europe & Central Asia 947k
#123 Denmark 937,380
Europe & Central Asia 937k
#124 Kuwait 917,130
Middle East & North Africa 917k
#125 Norway 900,000
Europe & Central Asia 900k
#126 Guinea-Bissau 880,640
Sub-Saharan Africa 881k
#127 Slovakia 848,780
Europe & Central Asia 849k
#128 Lesotho 814,810
Sub-Saharan Africa 815k
#129 Finland 805,600
Europe & Central Asia 806k
#130 Georgia 779,500
Europe & Central Asia 780k
#131 Equatorial Guinea 735,970
Sub-Saharan Africa 736k
#132 Singapore 690,330
East Asia & Pacific 690k
#133 Uruguay 605,370
Latin America 605k
#134 Moldova 578,460
Europe & Central Asia 578k
#135 Armenia 556,510
Europe & Central Asia 557k
#136 Croatia 523,750
Europe & Central Asia 524k
#137 Jamaica 518,090
Latin America 518k
#138 Qatar 476,040
Middle East & North Africa 476k
#139 Timor-Leste 475,840
East Asia & Pacific 476k
#140 Albania 456,840
Europe & Central Asia 457k
#141 Eswatini 419,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 419k
#142 Lithuania 405,760
Europe & Central Asia 406k
#143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 400,130
Europe & Central Asia 400k
#144 Puerto Rico 362,220
Latin America 362k
#145 Djibouti 345,480
Middle East & North Africa 345k
#146 Comoros 331,460
Sub-Saharan Africa 331k
#147 Bahrain 308,650
Middle East & North Africa 309k
#148 Slovenia 306,240
Europe & Central Asia 306k
#149 North Macedonia 298,210
Europe & Central Asia 298k
#150 Latvia 278,830
Europe & Central Asia 279k
#151 Trinidad and Tobago 264,710
Latin America 265k
#152 Guyana 243,300
Latin America 243k
#153 Cyprus 222,290
Europe & Central Asia 222k
#154 Estonia 203,040
Europe & Central Asia 203k
#155 Mauritius 183,900
Sub-Saharan Africa 184k
#156 Suriname 163,490
Latin America 163k
#157 Cape Verde 130,790
Sub-Saharan Africa 131k
#158 Belize 112,610
Latin America 113k
#159 Montenegro 111,970
Europe & Central Asia 112k
#160 Luxembourg 108,240
Europe & Central Asia 108k
#161 Maldives 101,180
South Asia 101k
#162 Brunei 96,900
East Asia & Pacific 97k
#163 São Tomé and Príncipe 91,760
Sub-Saharan Africa 92k
#164 Samoa 83,940
Oceania 84k
#165 Bahamas 71,010
Latin America 71k
#166 Malta 70,820
Middle East & North Africa 71k
#167 Iceland 70,480
Europe & Central Asia 70k
#168 Barbados 48,240
Latin America 48k
#169 Kiribati 47,580
Oceania 48k
#170 Tonga 36,070
Oceania 36k
#171 Micronesia 35,960
Oceania 36k
#172 St Lucia 31,130
Latin America 31k
#173 Curaçao 27,080
Latin America 27k
#174 Seychelles 26,680
Sub-Saharan Africa 27k
#175 Grenada 22,310
Latin America 22k
#176 St Vincent and the Grenadines 20,710
Latin America 21k
#177 Aruba 17,870
Latin America 18k
#178 Antigua and Barbuda 16,530
Latin America 17k
#179 Cayman Islands 12,390
Latin America 12k
#180 Marshall Islands 11,890
Oceania 12k
#181 Dominica 11,540
Latin America 12k
#182 Andorra 9,730
Europe & Central Asia 10k
#183 St Kitts and Nevis 8,620
Latin America 9k
#184 Bermuda 8,610
North America 9k
#185 Turks and Caicos Islands 7,530
Latin America 8k
#186 Gibraltar 7,190
Europe & Central Asia 7k
#187 Sint Maarten 6,580
Latin America 7k
#188 Liechtenstein 5,740
Europe & Central Asia 6k
#189 British Virgin Islands 5,620
Latin America 6k
#190 Monaco 5,250
Europe & Central Asia 5k
#191 Nauru 4,500
Oceania 5k
#192 San Marino 3,980
Europe & Central Asia 4k
#193 Palau 3,160
Oceania 3k
#194 Tuvalu 3,090
Oceania 3k

Reading the table

The Generation Alpha map is dominated by two countries and then falls off a cliff. India holds about 327 million Alphas and China about 230 million; together that is roughly a third of the entire global cohort. The third-placed country, Nigeria at 95 million, has less than a third of China's total.

What the ranking hides is that size and share are different questions. India is first by size and far down the list by share — Alphas are 22.6% of India. The Central African Republic, which does not appear in the top twenty by size, is first by share at 49.1%. If you are sizing a market, use the first column. If you are planning schools, clinics or housing, use the second.

The bottom of this table is not "countries without children". It is small countries. Norway has 0.9 million Alphas and one of the highest living standards on the list.

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Frequently asked

Which country has the most Generation Alpha people?

India, with approximately 327 million people born between 2010 and 2024 — about one in five Alphas alive in the 194 countries profiled here.

What percentage of the world is Generation Alpha?

Roughly a quarter. Generation Alpha numbers about 2.01 billion people against a world population of about 8.23 billion.

Which country has the highest share of Generation Alpha?

Zimbabwe, where about 41.2% of the population was born between 2010 and 2024. Nigeria and DR Congo are close behind.

Why do the country figures not add up to the global total?

These 194 countries cover about 98% of the world population. The remainder is spread across territories too small for the UN and World Bank to publish a complete profile for, which are left out rather than estimated.

How many countries are in this table?

This table ranks 194 countries with a comparable figure, out of the 194 countries profiled on AlphaBetaMinds. The countries in this table hold about 98% of the world population.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes, free of charge and commercially, with a credit to AlphaBetaMinds and a link to this page. The full dataset is also available as plain text at https://alphabetaminds.com/llms-countries.txt.

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Cite this table

AlphaBetaMinds (2026). Generation Alpha population by country. Retrieved from https://alphabetaminds.com/data/gen-alpha-population-by-country

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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, World Bank Open Data, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, ITU. Figures are 2025–2026 estimates. Method on our methodology page.