World data · 194 countries · updated 2 November 2026

Generation Z population by country

How many Gen Z (born 1997–2009) live in each of 194 countries, mid-2026: ranked, with the share of the population and the Pew 1997–2012 count.

The short answer

India leads the 194 countries ranked here on generation z population at 331.5 million, followed by China at 211.3 million and Pakistan at 62.3 million. The median country is Central African Republic at 1.5 million.

#1 331.5 million India South Asia #2 211.3 million China East Asia & Pacific #3 62.3 million Pakistan South Asia Median 1.5 million Central African Republic The middle of 194

What this measures

The number of people born from 1997 to 2009 who were alive in each country on 1 July 2026, summed from UN World Population Prospects 2024 single-year ages (medium variant). That is half of age 16, all of ages 17 to 28 and half of age 29, because an age on 1 July covers parts of two birth years.

What it does not

Births are assumed to be spread evenly across each year, so the two half-ages are approximations. People are counted where they live now, not where they were born. The share column divides by the population used everywhere else on this site, which for some countries is an older UN estimate, so it can differ from the UN's own 2026 share by up to about 1.5 points. On Pew Research's 1997–2012 boundary every figure is larger; see Generation Z for why this site stops at 2009.

The bottom of the table

Tuvalu 1,890

Nauru 2,580

Palau 2,710

Monaco 4,630

San Marino 4,640

Bars are scaled across the full observed range (1,890 to 331.5 million), not to 100%, so the real spread is visible.

How the values are spread

Where the 194 countries fall

The range from 1,890 to 331.5 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 z population
Band	Countries	Including
0m to 33m	185	Mexico, Philippines, Egypt and 182 more
33m to 66m	7	Pakistan, United States, Nigeria and 4 more
66m to 99m	0	—
99m to 133m	0	—
133m to 166m	0	—
166m to 199m	0	—
199m to 232m	1	China
232m to 265m	0	—
265m to 298m	0	—
298m to 332m	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 Z population by country, ranked. Column headings re-sort the table.
Rank	Country	Generation Z population	Region	Gen Alpha
#1	India	331.5 million	South Asia	327m
#2	China	211.3 million	East Asia & Pacific	230m
#3	Pakistan	62.3 million	South Asia	80m
#4	United States	60.3 million	North America	62m
#5	Nigeria	59.8 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	95m
#6	Indonesia	58.5 million	East Asia & Pacific	68m
#7	Bangladesh	42 million	South Asia	44m
#8	Brazil	40 million	Latin America	44m
#9	Ethiopia	35.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	48m
#10	Mexico	28.5 million	North America	31m
#11	Philippines	28.2 million	East Asia & Pacific	32m
#12	Egypt	26.2 million	Middle East & North Africa	34m
#13	DR Congo	26 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	44m
#14	Russia	19.8 million	Europe & Central Asia	26m
#15	Vietnam	17.6 million	East Asia & Pacific	23m
#16	Tanzania	17.4 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	28m
#17	Turkey	16.6 million	Middle East & North Africa	19m
#18	Iran	15.9 million	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#19	Japan	15.7 million	East Asia & Pacific	14m
#20	Kenya	15.1 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#21	South Africa	13.9 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	17m
#22	Uganda	13.4 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	20m
#23	Sudan	12.9 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	19m
#24	Thailand	12 million	East Asia & Pacific	11m
#25	Iraq	11.5 million	Middle East & North Africa	16m
#26	Myanmar	11.5 million	East Asia & Pacific	13m
#27	Afghanistan	11.3 million	Middle East & North Africa	17m
#28	United Kingdom	11.1 million	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#29	Colombia	11.1 million	Latin America	11m
#30	Germany	10.9 million	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#31	France	10.8 million	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#32	Yemen	9.9 million	Middle East & North Africa	18m
#33	Argentina	9.1 million	Latin America	11m
#34	Angola	9.1 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	15m
#35	Mozambique	8.8 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	14m
#36	Algeria	8.4 million	Middle East & North Africa	14m
#37	Ghana	8.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#38	Madagascar	8.2 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	13m
#39	Malaysia	8 million	East Asia & Pacific	8m
#40	Italy	7.9 million	Europe & Central Asia	7m
#41	Morocco	7.8 million	Middle East & North Africa	10m
#42	Côte d'Ivoire	7.8 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#43	Saudi Arabia	7.7 million	Middle East & North Africa	9m
#44	Syria	7.6 million	Middle East & North Africa	8m
#45	Peru	7.4 million	Latin America	8m
#46	Cameroon	7.2 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#47	South Korea	7.2 million	East Asia & Pacific	6m
#48	Nepal	7.2 million	South Asia	8m
#49	Uzbekistan	6.9 million	Europe & Central Asia	12m
#50	Spain	6.7 million	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#51	Canada	6.5 million	North America	6m
#52	Venezuela	6.2 million	Latin America	7m
#53	Mali	6.1 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	12m
#54	Burkina Faso	6.1 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#55	Malawi	5.9 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#56	Ukraine	5.7 million	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#57	Zambia	5.5 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	9m
#58	Chad	5 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#59	Poland	4.9 million	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#60	Senegal	4.8 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#61	Guatemala	4.8 million	Latin America	6m
#62	Somalia	4.7 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	10m
#63	North Korea	4.5 million	East Asia & Pacific	5m
#64	Sri Lanka	4.5 million	South Asia	4m
#65	Australia	4.4 million	Oceania	5m
#66	Zimbabwe	4.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	7m
#67	Ecuador	4.1 million	Latin America	4m
#68	Guinea	3.8 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#69	Rwanda	3.7 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#70	Kazakhstan	3.6 million	Europe & Central Asia	6m
#71	Benin	3.6 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	6m
#72	Chile	3.4 million	Latin America	4m
#73	South Sudan	3.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	5m
#74	Netherlands	3 million	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#75	Bolivia	3 million	Latin America	3m
#76	Haiti	2.9 million	Latin America	4m
#77	Honduras	2.7 million	Latin America	3m
#78	United Arab Emirates	2.7 million	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#79	Romania	2.7 million	Europe & Central Asia	3m
#80	Jordan	2.6 million	Middle East & North Africa	4m
#81	Dominican Republic	2.5 million	Latin America	3m
#82	Tajikistan	2.3 million	Europe & Central Asia	4m
#83	Togo	2.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	4m
#84	Sierra Leone	2.2 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#85	Tunisia	2.2 million	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#86	Israel	1.9 million	Middle East & North Africa	3m
#87	Laos	1.9 million	East Asia & Pacific	2m
#88	Azerbaijan	1.9 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#89	Belgium	1.8 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#90	Sweden	1.6 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#91	Nicaragua	1.6 million	Latin America	2m
#92	Libya	1.6 million	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#93	Cuba	1.6 million	Latin America	2m
#94	Republic of the Congo	1.5 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#95	Paraguay	1.5 million	Latin America	2m
#96	El Salvador	1.5 million	Latin America	2m
#97	Kyrgyzstan	1.5 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#98	Central African Republic	1.5 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	3m
#99	Liberia	1.5 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#100	Portugal	1.4 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#101	Turkmenistan	1.4 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#102	Czechia	1.4 million	Europe & Central Asia	2m
#103	Greece	1.4 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#104	Hungary	1.3 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#105	Palestine	1.3 million	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#106	Mauritania	1.3 million	Sub-Saharan Africa	2m
#107	Lebanon	1.3 million	Middle East & North Africa	2m
#108	Austria	1.2 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#109	Switzerland	1.2 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#110	Singapore	1.2 million	East Asia & Pacific	690k
#111	Oman	1.2 million	Middle East & North Africa	1m
#112	Belarus	1.2 million	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#113	Denmark	979,870	Europe & Central Asia	937k
#114	Eritrea	976,550	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#115	Costa Rica	972,270	Latin America	947k
#116	Panama	938,750	Latin America	1m
#117	Ireland	932,440	Europe & Central Asia	1m
#118	Norway	926,910	Europe & Central Asia	900k
#119	Serbia	892,160	Europe & Central Asia	947k
#120	New Zealand	887,010	Oceania	1m
#121	Kuwait	854,150	Middle East & North Africa	917k
#122	Finland	841,030	Europe & Central Asia	806k
#123	Bulgaria	840,350	Europe & Central Asia	960k
#124	Gambia	705,200	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#125	Slovakia	703,810	Europe & Central Asia	849k
#126	Namibia	698,970	Sub-Saharan Africa	1m
#127	Mongolia	643,620	East Asia & Pacific	1m
#128	Uruguay	622,710	Latin America	605k
#129	Qatar	602,850	Middle East & North Africa	476k
#130	Jamaica	594,230	Latin America	518k
#131	Lesotho	581,850	Sub-Saharan Africa	815k
#132	Georgia	580,600	Europe & Central Asia	780k
#133	Gabon	569,100	Sub-Saharan Africa	959k
#134	Guinea-Bissau	562,440	Sub-Saharan Africa	881k
#135	Croatia	528,090	Europe & Central Asia	524k
#136	Puerto Rico	523,940	Latin America	362k
#137	Armenia	463,730	Europe & Central Asia	557k
#138	Albania	462,460	Europe & Central Asia	457k
#139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	435,370	Europe & Central Asia	400k
#140	Equatorial Guinea	419,870	Sub-Saharan Africa	736k
#141	Moldova	410,180	Europe & Central Asia	578k
#142	Lithuania	392,830	Europe & Central Asia	406k
#143	Timor-Leste	379,920	East Asia & Pacific	476k
#144	Bahrain	314,580	Middle East & North Africa	309k
#145	Eswatini	311,260	Sub-Saharan Africa	419k
#146	Djibouti	292,560	Middle East & North Africa	345k
#147	Slovenia	276,820	Europe & Central Asia	306k
#148	North Macedonia	268,050	Europe & Central Asia	298k
#149	Trinidad and Tobago	246,490	Latin America	265k
#150	Latvia	239,120	Europe & Central Asia	279k
#151	Mauritius	231,230	Sub-Saharan Africa	184k
#152	Comoros	207,890	Sub-Saharan Africa	331k
#153	Cyprus	199,510	Europe & Central Asia	222k
#154	Guyana	185,600	Latin America	243k
#155	Estonia	176,570	Europe & Central Asia	203k
#156	Suriname	140,480	Latin America	163k
#157	Cape Verde	114,890	Sub-Saharan Africa	131k
#158	Luxembourg	103,860	Europe & Central Asia	108k
#159	Belize	101,450	Latin America	113k
#160	Montenegro	98,110	Europe & Central Asia	112k
#161	Maldives	92,080	South Asia	101k
#162	Brunei	91,370	East Asia & Pacific	97k
#163	Bahamas	76,840	Latin America	71k
#164	Malta	72,620	Middle East & North Africa	71k
#165	Iceland	70,670	Europe & Central Asia	70k
#166	São Tomé and Príncipe	60,670	Sub-Saharan Africa	92k
#167	Barbados	47,680	Latin America	48k
#168	Samoa	46,030	Oceania	84k
#169	St Lucia	34,870	Latin America	31k
#170	Curaçao	32,260	Latin America	27k
#171	Kiribati	30,110	Oceania	48k
#172	Micronesia	28,160	Oceania	36k
#173	Tonga	24,020	Oceania	36k
#174	Seychelles	23,550	Sub-Saharan Africa	27k
#175	Grenada	22,120	Latin America	22k
#176	St Vincent and the Grenadines	18,330	Latin America	21k
#177	Antigua and Barbuda	17,290	Latin America	17k
#178	Aruba	17,260	Latin America	18k
#179	Andorra	12,660	Europe & Central Asia	10k
#180	Dominica	11,380	Latin America	12k
#181	Cayman Islands	11,240	Latin America	12k
#182	Bermuda	8,770	North America	9k
#183	St Kitts and Nevis	8,330	Latin America	9k
#184	Marshall Islands	8,270	Oceania	12k
#185	Turks and Caicos Islands	7,260	Latin America	8k
#186	British Virgin Islands	6,920	Latin America	6k
#187	Sint Maarten	6,870	Latin America	7k
#188	Gibraltar	6,830	Europe & Central Asia	7k
#189	Liechtenstein	5,690	Europe & Central Asia	6k
#190	San Marino	4,640	Europe & Central Asia	4k
#191	Monaco	4,630	Europe & Central Asia	5k
#192	Palau	2,710	Oceania	3k
#193	Nauru	2,580	Oceania	5k
#194	Tuvalu	1,890	Oceania	3k

Reading the table

This table uses this site's Generation Z boundary, born 1997 to 2009: Pew Research's start year and McCrindle's end year, so that Generation Alpha can begin in 2010. On that boundary the world had about 1.64 billion Gen Zers on 1 July 2026, roughly 19.7% of its 8.30 billion people. Pew Research runs the cohort to 2012. Counted the same way (half of age 13, all of ages 14 to 28, half of age 29), Pew's Gen Z is about 2.05 billion, roughly 24.7% of the world. The often-quoted "2 billion Gen Z" is the Pew figure, not this one.

India holds about 331 million and China about 211 million, together about a third of the world's Gen Z. Then the table drops sharply: Pakistan (62 million), the United States (60 million), Nigeria (60 million) and Indonesia (58 million) are close together, and no other country reaches 45 million.

Share tells a different story. Gen Z is about 29% of Syria and about 27% of Ethiopia, Kenya and Guatemala, but under 13% of Japan and Bulgaria. A high share usually means high fertility in the 2000s and a young population overall; a low share usually goes with an older population. Read it next to the median age table.

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, population by single age, medium variant, 1 July 2026. The UN defines it as the de facto population as of 1 July of the year shown.

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Frequently asked

How many Gen Z are there in the world?

About 1.64 billion people born from 1997 to 2009 were alive on 1 July 2026, roughly 19.7% of the world's 8.30 billion people, from UN World Population Prospects 2024. On Pew Research's wider 1997–2012 definition, counted the same way, the figure is about 2.05 billion.

Which country has the most Gen Z?

India, with about 331 million people born from 1997 to 2009, followed by China with about 211 million. Pakistan, the United States, Nigeria and Indonesia each have about 58 to 62 million.

Which country has the highest share of Gen Z?

Syria, where about 29% of the population was born from 1997 to 2009. Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Guatemala and Kenya are all close to 27%.

Why does this table use 1997–2009 and not 1997–2012?

This site takes Pew Research's start year (1997) and McCrindle's end year (2009), so that Generation Alpha starts in 2010. Pew ends Gen Z in 2012. Each country page gives both figures.

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

These 194 countries cover about 98% of the world population and hold about 1.61 billion of the 1.64 billion Gen Zers. The rest live in territories without a full profile on this site.

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 Z population by country. Retrieved from https://alphabetaminds.com/data/gen-z-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.