International Youth Congress

The International Youth Congress (Esperanto: Internacia Junulara Kongreso, IJK) is the largest annual meeting of young Esperantists in the world. The participants come from all over the world for one week, and they usually number around 300, although there has been a congress with more than 1000 attendees before. The congress takes place in a different country every year and is organized by the World Esperanto Youth Organization (Esperanto: Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, TEJO), the youth wing of the Universal Esperanto Association (Esperanto: Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA). Both the IJK and the World Esperanto Congress take place each summer, usually in consecutive weeks but rarely in the same country.

List of congresses

Map of countries that have hosted the International Youth Congress of Esperanto, 1938–2018.
NumberYearCityCountryNumber of registrees
(both attenders and non-attenders)
Number of
participants
772021Seogwipo South Korea  
762020Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic[1]  
752019Liptovský Hrádok[2] Slovakia291231
742018Badajoz[3] Spain306273
732017Aného[4] Togo136110
722016Wroclaw Poland264
712015Wiesbaden Germany291
702014Fortaleza Brazil156150
692013Nazareth Israel98[5]80
682012Hanoi Vietnam142[6]145[7]
672011Kiev Ukraine320[8]311[9]
662010Santa Cruz del Norte Cuba~133[10]181
652009Liberec Czech Republic472343
642008Szombathely Hungary485365
632007Hanoi Vietnam175+145
622006Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina379
612005Zakopane Poland478
602004Kovrov Russia385[11]355
592003Lesjöfors Sweden330
582002Pato Branco Brazil100
572001Strasbourg France 406
562000Hong Kong China 200
551999Veszprém Hungary500
541998Rijeka Croatia378
531997Assisi Italy470
521996Güntersberge Germany360
511995Serovo, near Saint Petersburg Russia350+303
501994Cheonan South Korea241
491993Vraca Bulgaria173
481992Montreal Canada104
471991Karlskoga Sweden189
461990Playa Giron Cuba153
451989Kerkrade Netherlands525
441988Zagreb Yugoslavia769
431987Krakov Poland1034
421986Neurim (נעורים) Israel106
411985Eringerfeld Germany425
401984Swanwick United Kingdom293
391983Debrecen Hungary672
381982Leuven Belgium315
371981Oaxtepec Mexico108
361980Raumo Finland332
351979Austerlitz Netherlands388
341978Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria450
331977Poitiers France325
321976Thessaloniki Greece350
311975Fredericia Denmark265
301974Münster Germany250
291973Sarajevo Yugoslavia282
281972Toruń Poland250
271971Edinburgh United Kingdom150
261970Graz Austria200
251969Tyresö Sweden120
241968Tarragona Spain130
231967Rotterdam Netherlands90
221966Pécs Hungary900
211965Ōtsu Japan250
201964Amsterdam Netherlands200
191963Vraca Bulgaria550
181962Ystad Sweden70
171961Wokingham United Kingdom116
161960Rotterdam Netherlands105
151959Gdańsk Poland300
141958Hamburg Germany126
131957Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France30
121956Büsum Germany173
111955L'Aquila Italy350250
101954Hilversum Netherlands90
91953Wörgl Austria80
81952Ry Denmark108
71951Haarlem Netherlands280
61950Konstanz Germany420
51949Versailles France200
41948Groet Netherlands285
31947Ipswich United Kingdom200
21939Tervuren Belgium400350
11938Groet Netherlands304+203

Statistics

Countries

Countries by number of times as host:

Times hosted Country Years hosted
9  Netherlands 1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989
7  Germany 1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015
5  Poland 1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016
4  United Kingdom 1947, 1961, 1971, 1984
 France 1949, 1957, 1977, 2001
 Sweden 1962, 1969, 1991, 2003
 Hungary 1966, 1983, 1999, 2008
3  Bulgaria 1963, 1978, 1993
2  Belgium 1939, 1982
 Denmark 1952, 1975
 Austria 1953, 1970
 Italy 1955, 1997
 Spain 1968, 2018
 Yugoslavia 1973, 1988
 Israel 1986, 2013
 Cuba 1990, 2010
 Russia 1995, 2004
 Brazil 2002, 2014
 Vietnam 2007, 2012
1  Japan 1965
 Greece 1976
 Finland 1980
 Mexico 1981
 Canada 1992
 South Korea 1994
 Croatia 1998
 Hong Kong 2000
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
 Czech Republic 2009
 Ukraine 2011
 Togo 2017

Continents

Of the 74 congresses that have happened so far,[lower-alpha 1] 60 were hosted in Europe, 7 in Asia, 4 in North America, 2 in South America, 1 in Africa and none in Australia/Oceania.

Cities

Five cities have hosted the event twice:

See also

Notes

  1. This excludes future congresses.

References

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