International Youth Congress

The International Youth Congress (, 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 (, TEJO), the youth wing of the Universal Esperanto Association (, 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 ofparticipants82 2026 Tiana 81 2025 Cisarua 181 140 80 2024 Šventoji 213 188 79 2023 Lignano Sabbiadoro 227 238 78 2022 Westelbeers 77 2021 Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic 76 2020 Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic 75 2019 Liptovský Hrádok 291 231 74 2018 Badajoz 306 273 73 2017 Aného 136 110 72 2016 Wrocław 264 71 2015 Wiesbaden 291 70 2014 Fortaleza 156 150 69 2013 Nazareth 98IJK 2013 : Aligxintoj 80 68 2012 Hanoi 142 145IJK-2012 denove en Vjetnamio 67 2011 Kyiv 320 311 66 2010 Santa Cruz del Norte ~133133 is the number of people who filled in the online signing-up form 181 65 2009 Liberec 472 343 64 2008 Szombathely 485 365 63 2007 Hanoi 175+ 145 62 2006 Sarajevo 379 61 2005 Zakopane 478 60 2004 Kovrov 385 355 59 2003 Lesjöfors 330 58 2002 Pato Branco 100 57 2001 Strasbourg 406 56 2000 Hong Kong 200 55 1999 Veszprém 500 54 1998 Rijeka 378 53 1997 Assisi 470 52 1996 Güntersberge 360 51 1995 Serovo, near Saint Petersburg 350+ 303 50 1994 Cheonan 241 49 1993 Vratsa 173 48 1992 Montreal 104 47 1991 Karlskoga 189 46 1990 Playa Giron 153 45 1989 Kerkrade 525 44 1988 Zagreb 769 43 1987 Kraków 1034 42 1986 Neurim (נעורים) 106 41 1985 Eringerfeld 425 40 1984 Swanwick 293 39 1983 Debrecen 672 38 1982 Leuven 315 37 1981 Oaxtepec 108 36 1980 Rauma 332 35 1979 Austerlitz 388 34 1978 Veliko Tarnovo 450 33 1977 Poitiers 325 32 1976 Thessaloniki 350 31 1975 Fredericia 265 30 1974 Münster 250 29 1973 Sarajevo 282 28 1972 Toruń 250 27 1971 Edinburgh 150 26 1970 Graz 200 25 1969 Tyresö 120 24 1968 Tarragona 130 23 1967 Rotterdam 90 22 1966 Pécs 900 21 1965 Ōtsu 250 20 1964 Amsterdam 200 19 1963 Vratsa 550 18 1962 Ystad 70 17 1961 Wokingham 116 16 1960 Rotterdam 105 15 1959 Gdańsk 300 14 1958 Hamburg 126 13 1957 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 30 12 1956 Büsum 173 11 1955 L'Aquila 350 250 10 1954 Hilversum 90 9 1953 Wörgl 80 8 1952 Ry 108 7 1951 Haarlem 280 6 1950 Konstanz 420 5 1949 Versailles 200 4 1948 Groet 285 3 1947 Ipswich 200 2 1939 Tervuren 400 350 1 1938 Groet 304+ 203

Statistics Countries Countries by number of times as host:

Times hosted Country Years hosted 10 1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989, 2022 7 1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015 5 1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016 4 1947, 1961, 1971, 1984 1949, 1957, 1977, 2001 1962, 1969, 1991, 2003 1966, 1983, 1999, 2008 3 1955, 1997, 2023 1963, 1978, 1993 1968, 2018, 2026 2 1939, 1982 1952, 1975 1953, 1970 1973, 1988 1986, 2013 1990, 2010 1995, 2004 2002, 2014 2007, 2012 1 1965 1976 1980 1981 1992 1994 1998 2000 2006 2009 2011 2017 2019 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)

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