CAPITAL: Bishkek
Other major cities: Osh, Jalal-Abad, Karakol

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Kyrgyz, Russian

DEFINITION OF YOUTH BY THE STATE (2009): 14-28 Years of Age

POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 28 (2009): 3.2 million
(Total population is 5.4 million)

LITERACY RATES (2015): 99.75%
(includes males and females, ages 15-24)

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANK (2013): Ranks 18th out of 170 Countries
(based on factors of education, health and wellbeing, employment, political participation and civic participation)

Sources: Commonwealth Youth Development Index, UNESCO, youthpolicy.org

CAPITAL: Dushanbe
Other major cities: Khujand, Khorog, Qurghonteppa

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Tajik, Russian

DEFINITION OF YOUTH BY THE STATE (2004): 14-30 Years of Age

POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 30 (2012): 5.4 million
(Total population is 8 million)

LITERACY RATES (2015): 99.88%
(includes males and females, ages 15-24)

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANK (2013): Ranks 114th out of 170 countries
(based on factors of education, health and wellbeing, employment, political participation and civic participation)

Sources: Commonwealth Youth Development Index, UNESCO, youthpolicy.org

CAPITAL: New Delhi
Other major cities: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Hindi, English

DEFINITION OF YOUTH BY THE STATE (2014): 15-29 Years of Age

POPULATION UNDER THE AGE OF 29 (2013): 347 million
(Total population is 1.26 billion)

LITERACY RATES (2015): 90.18%
(includes males and females, ages 15-24)

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INDEX RANK (2013): Ranked 98th out of 170 countries
(based on factors of education, health and wellbeing, employment, political participation and civic participation)

Sources: Commonwealth Youth Development Index, UNESCO, youthpolicy.org