# 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

| Number | Year | City | Country | Number of registrees (both attenders and non-attenders) | Number of participants |
| 80 | 2024 | Šventoji | Lithuania | | |
| 79 | 2023 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | Italy | | |
| 78 | 2022 | Westelbeers | Netherlands | | |
| 77 | 2021 | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic | | |
| 76 | 2020 | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic | | |
| 75 | 2019 | Liptovský Hrádok | Slovakia | 291 | 231 |
| 74 | 2018 | Badajoz | Spain | 306 | 273 |
| 73 | 2017 | Aného | Togo | 136 | 110 |
| 72 | 2016 | Wrocław | Poland | 264 | 264 |
| 71 | 2015 | Wiesbaden | Germany | 291 | 291 |
| 70 | 2014 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 156 | 150 |
| 69 | 2013 | Nazareth | Israel | 98 | 80 |
| 68 | 2012 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 142 | 145 |
| 67 | 2011 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 320 | 311 |
| 66 | 2010 | Santa Cruz del Norte | Cuba | ~133 | 181 |
| 65 | 2009 | Liberec | Czech Republic | 472 | 343 |
| 64 | 2008 | Szombathely | Hungary | 485 | 365 |
| 63 | 2007 | Hanoi | Vietnam | 175+ | 145 |
| 62 | 2006 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 379 | 379 |
| 61 | 2005 | Zakopane | Poland | 478 | 478 |
| 60 | 2004 | Kovrov | Russia | 385 | 355 |
| 59 | 2003 | Lesjöfors | Sweden | 330 | 330 |
| 58 | 2002 | Pato Branco | Brazil | 100 | 100 |
| 57 | 2001 | Strasbourg | France | | 406 |
| 56 | 2000 | Hong Kong | China | | 200 |
| 55 | 1999 | Veszprém | Hungary | 500 | 500 |
| 54 | 1998 | Rijeka | Croatia | 378 | 378 |
| 53 | 1997 | Assisi | Italy | 470 | 470 |
| 52 | 1996 | Güntersberge | Germany | 360 | 360 |
| 51 | 1995 | Serovo, near Saint Petersburg | Russia | 350+ | 303 |
| 50 | 1994 | Cheonan | South Korea | 241 | 241 |
| 49 | 1993 | Vratsa | Bulgaria | 173 | 173 |
| 48 | 1992 | Montreal | Canada | 104 | 104 |
| 47 | 1991 | Karlskoga | Sweden | 189 | 189 |
| 46 | 1990 | Playa Giron | Cuba | 153 | 153 |
| 45 | 1989 | Kerkrade | Netherlands | 525 | 525 |
| 44 | 1988 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | 769 | 769 |
| 43 | 1987 | Kraków | Poland | 1034 | 1034 |
| 42 | 1986 | Neurim (נעורים) | Israel | 106 | 106 |
| 41 | 1985 | Eringerfeld | West Germany | 425 | 425 |
| 40 | 1984 | Swanwick | United Kingdom | 293 | 293 |
| 39 | 1983 | Debrecen | Hungary | 672 | 672 |
| 38 | 1982 | Leuven | Belgium | 315 | 315 |
| 37 | 1981 | Oaxtepec | Mexico | 108 | 108 |
| 36 | 1980 | Rauma | Finland | 332 | 332 |
| 35 | 1979 | Austerlitz | Netherlands | 388 | 388 |
| 34 | 1978 | Veliko Tarnovo | Bulgaria | 450 | 450 |
| 33 | 1977 | Poitiers | France | 325 | 325 |
| 32 | 1976 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 350 | 350 |
| 31 | 1975 | Fredericia | Denmark | 265 | 265 |
| 30 | 1974 | Münster | West Germany | 250 | 250 |
| 29 | 1973 | Sarajevo | Yugoslavia | 282 | 282 |
| 28 | 1972 | Toruń | Poland | 250 | 250 |
| 27 | 1971 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 150 | 150 |
| 26 | 1970 | Graz | Austria | 200 | 200 |
| 25 | 1969 | Tyresö | Sweden | 120 | 120 |
| 24 | 1968 | Tarragona | Spain | 130 | 130 |
| 23 | 1967 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 90 | 90 |
| 22 | 1966 | Pécs | Hungary | 900 | 900 |
| 21 | 1965 | Ōtsu | Japan | 250 | 250 |
| 20 | 1964 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 200 | 200 |
| 19 | 1963 | Vratsa | Bulgaria | 550 | 550 |
| 18 | 1962 | Ystad | Sweden | 70 | 70 |
| 17 | 1961 | Wokingham | United Kingdom | 116 | 116 |
| 16 | 1960 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 105 | 105 |
| 15 | 1959 | Gdańsk | Poland | 300 | 300 |
| 14 | 1958 | Hamburg | West Germany | 126 | 126 |
| 13 | 1957 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | France | 30 | 30 |
| 12 | 1956 | Büsum | West Germany | 173 | 173 |
| 11 | 1955 | L'Aquila | Italy | 350 | 250 |
| 10 | 1954 | Hilversum | Netherlands | 90 | 90 |
| 9 | 1953 | Wörgl | Austria | 80 | 80 |
| 8 | 1952 | Ry | Denmark | 108 | 108 |
| 7 | 1951 | Haarlem | Netherlands | 280 | 280 |
| 6 | 1950 | Konstanz | West Germany | 420 | 420 |
| 5 | 1949 | Versailles | France | 200 | 200 |
| 4 | 1948 | Groet | Netherlands | 285 | 285 |
| 3 | 1947 | Ipswich | United Kingdom | 200 | 200 |
| World War II ||||||
| 2 | 1939 | Tervuren | Belgium | 400 | 350 |
| 1 | 1938 | Groet | Netherlands | 304+ | 203 |

## Statistics
### Countries

Countries by number of times as host:
| Times hosted | Country | Years hosted |
| 10 | Netherlands | 1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989, 2022 |
| 7 | Germany | 1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015 |
| 5 | Poland | 1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 1947, 1961, 1971, 1984 |
| 4 | France | 1949, 1957, 1977, 2001 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1962, 1969, 1991, 2003 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1966, 1983, 1999, 2008 |
| 3 | Italy | 1955, 1997, 2023 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 1963, 1978, 1993 |
| 2 | Belgium | 1939, 1982 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1952, 1975 |
| 2 | Austria | 1953, 1970 |
| 2 | Spain | 1968, 2018 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 1973, 1988 |
| 2 | Israel | 1986, 2013 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1990, 2010 |
| 2 | Russia | 1995, 2004 |
| 2 | Brazil | 2002, 2014 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2007, 2012 |
| 1 | Japan | 1965 |
| 1 | Greece | 1976 |
| 1 | Finland | 1980 |
| 1 | Mexico | 1981 |
| 1 | Canada | 1992 |
| 1 | South Korea | 1994 |
| 1 | Croatia | 1998 |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 2000 |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2006 |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 2009 |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2011 |
| 1 | Togo | 2017 |
| 1 | Slovakia | 2019 |
| 1 | Lithuania | 2024 |

### Continents

Of the 80 congresses that have happened so far, 61 were hosted in Europe, 7 in Asia, 4 in North America, 2 in South America, 1 in Africa and none in Oceania.

### Cities

Five cities have hosted the event twice:
* Groet (1938, 1948)
* Rotterdam (1960, 1967)
* Vraca (1963, 1993)
* Sarajevo (1972, 2006)
* Hanoi (2007, 2012)