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.

IJK 2008 in Szombathely, Hungary

List of congresses

Map of countries that have hosted the International Youth Congress of Esperanto, 1938–2018.

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

Continents

Of the 80 congresses that have happened so far,^[a] 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)

See also

• Internacia Junulara Festivalo

Notes

1. This excludes future congresses.