International Youth Congress Explained

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

valign=top	Number !	valign=top	Year !	valign=top	City !	valign=top	Country !	valign=top align=right	Number of registrees (both attenders and non-attenders) !	valign=top align=right	Number of participants
79	2023			align=right		align=right
78	2022			align=right		align=right
77	2021			align=right		align=right
76	2020	Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic^[1]		align=right		align=right
75	2019	Liptovský Hrádok^[2]		align=right	291	align=right	231
74	2018	Badajoz^[3]		align=right	306	align=right	273
73	2017	Aného^[4]		align=right	136	align=right	110
72	2016			align=center colspan=2	264
71	2015			align=center colspan=2	291
70	2014			align=right	156	align=right	150
69	2013			align=right	98^[5]	align=right	80
68	2012			align=right	142^[6]	align=right	145^[7]
67	2011			align=right	320^[8]	align=right	311^[9]
66	2010			align=right	~133^[10]	align=right	181
65	2009			align=right	472	align=right	343
64	2008			align=right	485	align=right	365
63	2007			align=right	175+	align=right	145
62	2006			align=center colspan=2	379
61	2005			align=center colspan=2	478
60	2004			align=right	385^[11]	align=right	355
59	2003			align=center colspan=2	330
58	2002			align=center colspan=2	100
57	2001			align=right		align=right	406
56	2000			align=right		align=right	200
55	1999			align=center colspan=2	500
54	1998			align=center colspan=2	378
53	1997			align=center colspan=2	470
52	1996			align=center colspan=2	360
51	1995			align=right	350+	align=right	303
50	1994			align=center colspan=2	241
49	1993			align=center colspan=2	173
48	1992			align=center colspan=2	104
47	1991			align=center colspan=2	189
46	1990			align=center colspan=2	153
45	1989			align=center colspan=2	525
44	1988			align=center colspan=2	769
43	1987			align=center colspan=2	1034
42	1986	Neurim (נעורים)		align=center colspan=2	106
41	1985			align=center colspan=2	425
40	1984			align=center colspan=2	293
39	1983			align=center colspan=2	672
38	1982			align=center colspan=2	315
37	1981			align=center colspan=2	108
36	1980			align=center colspan=2	332
35	1979			align=center colspan=2	388
34	1978			align=center colspan=2	450
33	1977			align=center colspan=2	325
32	1976			align=center colspan=2	350
31	1975			align=center colspan=2	265
30	1974			align=center colspan=2	250
29	1973			align=center colspan=2	282
28	1972			align=center colspan=2	250
27	1971			align=center colspan=2	150
26	1970			align=center colspan=2	200
25	1969			align=center colspan=2	120
24	1968			align=center colspan=2	130
23	1967			align=center colspan=2	90
22	1966			align=center colspan=2	900
21	1965	Ōtsu		align=center colspan=2	250
20	1964			align=center colspan=2	200
19	1963			align=center colspan=2	550
18	1962			align=center colspan=2	70
17	1961			align=center colspan=2	116
16	1960			align=center colspan=2	105
15	1959			align=center colspan=2	300
14	1958			align=center colspan=2	126
13	1957			align=center colspan=2	30
12	1956			align=center colspan=2	173
11	1955			align=right	350	align=right	250
10	1954			align=center colspan=2	90
9	1953			align=center colspan=2	80
8	1952			align=center colspan=2	108
7	1951			align=center colspan=2	280
6	1950			align=center colspan=2	420
5	1949			align=center colspan=2	200
4	1948			align=center colspan=2	285
3	1947			align=center colspan=2	200
2	1939			align=right	400	align=right	350
1	1938			align=right	304+	align=right	203

Statistics

Countries

Countries by number of times as host:

Times hosted	Country	Years hosted
9		1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989
7		1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015
5	Poland	1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016
4		1947, 1961, 1971, 1984
		1949, 1957, 1977, 2001
		1962, 1969, 1991, 2003
		1966, 1983, 1999, 2008
3		1963, 1978, 1993
2	Belgium	1939, 1982
	Denmark	1952, 1975
		1953, 1970
		1955, 1997
		1968, 2018
		1973, 1988
		1986, 2013
	Cuba	1990, 2010
		1995, 2004
		2002, 2014
		2007, 2012
1		1965
		1976
		1980
		1981
		1992
		1994
		1998
		2000
		2006
		2009
		2011
		2017

Continents

Of the 74 congresses that have happened so far, 60 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

External links

• Official TEJO Website
• IJK 2024 Website - Information and form to join

Notes and References

1. Web site: IJK 2020 okazos nur en la reto. 25 April 2020.
2. Web site: TEJO kun nova prezidanto kongresos en Slovakio. 30 January 2018.
3. Web site: La 74-a IJK - Internacia Junulara Kongreso de TEJO okazos en Badajoz, Hispanio. 22 May 2017.
4. Web site: IJK 2017 en Togolando! Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo . 2017-05-22 . https://archive.today/20160912221032/http://tejo.org/2016/08/ijk-2017-en-togolando/ . 2016-09-12 . dead .
5. http://ijk-69.mesha.org/alighi/alighintoj/ IJK 2013 : Aligxintoj
6. Web site: List of registered participants at the IJK 2012 website . 2013-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510162559/http://ijk-68.hanojo.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=21&Itemid=57 . 2012-05-10 . dead .
7. http://sezonoj.ru/2012/09/216ijk/ IJK-2012 denove en Vjetnamio
8. Web site: List of registrees. 67th IJK webpage. 2012-03-01.
9. Web site: Number of participants by country. 67th IJK webpage. 2012-03-01.
10. 133 is the number of people who filled in the online signing-up form
11. Web site: tejo.org: Internacia Junulara Kongreso (IJK-2004). dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041023203039/http://www.tejo.org/ijk/2004/alighintoj.php . 2004-10-23 .