thumb|IJK 2008 in [[Szombathely, Hungary]]
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
679px|center|thumb|Map of countries that have hosted the International Youth Congress of Esperanto, 1938–2018.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! valign=top | Number !! valign=top | Year !! valign=top | City !! valign=top | Country !! valign=top align=right | Number of registrees<br>(both attenders and non-attenders) !! valign=top align=right | Number of<br>participants
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|82 || 2026 || Tiana|| || align="right" | || align="right" |
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|81 || 2025 || Cisarua|| || align="right" | 181 || align="right" | 140
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|80 || 2024 || Šventoji|| || align="right" | 213 || align="right" | 188
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| 79 || 2023 || Lignano Sabbiadoro || || align="right" | 227 || align="right" | 238
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| 78 || 2022 || Westelbeers || || align=right | || align=right |
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| 77 || 2021 || colspan="2" | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic || align=right | || align=right |
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| 76 || 2020 || colspan="2" | Online event because of the coronavirus pandemic || align=right | || align="right" |
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| 75 || 2019 || Liptovský Hrádok || || align=right | 291 || align=right | 231
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| 74 || 2018 || Badajoz || || align=right | 306 || align=right | 273
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| 73 || 2017 || Aného || || align=right | 136 || align=right | 110
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| 72 || 2016 || Wrocław || || align=center colspan=2 | 264
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| 71 || 2015 || Wiesbaden || || align=center colspan=2 | 291
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| 70 || 2014 || Fortaleza || || align=right | 156 || align=right | 150
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| 69 || 2013 || Nazareth || || align=right | 98 || align=right | 80
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| 68 || 2012 || Hanoi || || align=right | 142 || align=right | 145
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| 67 || 2011 || Kyiv || || align=right | 320 || align=right | 311
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| 66 || 2010 || Santa Cruz del Norte || || align=right | ~133 || align=right | 181
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| 65 || 2009 || Liberec || || align=right | 472 || align=right | 343
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| 64 || 2008 || Szombathely || || align=right | 485 || align=right | 365
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| 63 || 2007 || Hanoi || || align=right | 175+ || align=right | 145
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| 62 || 2006 || Sarajevo || || align=center colspan=2 | 379
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| 61 || 2005 || Zakopane || || align=center colspan=2 | 478
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| 60 || 2004 || Kovrov || || align=right | 385 || align=right | 355
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| 59 || 2003 || Lesjöfors || || align=center colspan=2 | 330
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| 58 || 2002 || Pato Branco || || align=center colspan=2 | 100
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| 57 || 2001 || Strasbourg || || align=right | || align=right | 406
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| 56 || 2000 || Hong Kong || || align=right | || align=right | 200
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| 55 || 1999 || Veszprém || || align=center colspan=2 | 500
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| 54 || 1998 || Rijeka || || align=center colspan=2 | 378
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| 53 || 1997 || Assisi || || align=center colspan=2 | 470
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| 52 || 1996 || Güntersberge || || align=center colspan=2 | 360
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| 51 || 1995 || Serovo, near Saint Petersburg || || align=right | 350+ || align=right | 303
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| 50 || 1994 || Cheonan || || align=center colspan=2 | 241
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| 49 || 1993 || Vratsa || || align=center colspan=2 | 173
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| 48 || 1992 || Montreal || || align=center colspan=2 | 104
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| 47 || 1991 || Karlskoga || || align=center colspan=2 | 189
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| 46 || 1990 || Playa Giron || || align=center colspan=2 | 153
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| 45 || 1989 || Kerkrade || || align=center colspan=2 | 525
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| 44 || 1988 || Zagreb || || align=center colspan=2 | 769
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| 43 || 1987 || Kraków || || align=center colspan=2 | 1034
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| 42 || 1986 || Neurim (נעורים) || || align=center colspan=2 | 106
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| 41 || 1985 || Eringerfeld || || align=center colspan=2 | 425
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| 40 || 1984 || Swanwick || || align=center colspan=2 | 293
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| 39 || 1983 || Debrecen || || align=center colspan=2 | 672
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| 38 || 1982 || Leuven || || align=center colspan=2 | 315
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| 37 || 1981 || Oaxtepec || || align=center colspan=2 | 108
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| 36 || 1980 || Rauma|| || align=center colspan=2 | 332
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| 35 || 1979 || Austerlitz || || align=center colspan=2 | 388
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| 34 || 1978 || Veliko Tarnovo || || align=center colspan=2 | 450
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| 33 || 1977 || Poitiers || || align=center colspan=2 | 325
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| 32 || 1976 || Thessaloniki || || align=center colspan=2 | 350
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| 31 || 1975 || Fredericia || || align=center colspan=2 | 265
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| 30 || 1974 || Münster || || align=center colspan=2 | 250
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| 29 || 1973 || Sarajevo || || align=center colspan=2 | 282
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| 28 || 1972 || Toruń || || align=center colspan=2 | 250
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| 27 || 1971 || Edinburgh || || align=center colspan=2 | 150
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| 26 || 1970 || Graz || || align=center colspan=2 | 200
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| 25 || 1969 || Tyresö || || align=center colspan=2 | 120
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| 24 || 1968 || Tarragona || || align=center colspan=2 | 130
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| 23 || 1967 || Rotterdam || || align=center colspan=2 | 90
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| 22 || 1966 || Pécs || || align=center colspan=2 | 900
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| 21 || 1965 || Ōtsu|| || align=center colspan=2 | 250
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| 20 || 1964 || Amsterdam || || align=center colspan=2 | 200
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| 19 || 1963 || Vratsa || || align=center colspan=2 | 550
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| 18 || 1962 || Ystad || || align=center colspan=2 | 70
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| 17 || 1961 || Wokingham || || align=center colspan=2 | 116
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| 16 || 1960 || Rotterdam || || align=center colspan=2 | 105
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| 15 || 1959 || Gdańsk || || align=center colspan=2 | 300
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| 14 || 1958 || Hamburg || || align=center colspan=2 | 126
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| 13 || 1957 || Villeneuve-lès-Avignon || || align=center colspan=2 | 30
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| 12 || 1956 || Büsum || || align=center colspan=2 | 173
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| 11 || 1955 || L'Aquila || || align=right | 350 || align=right | 250
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| 10 || 1954 || Hilversum || || align=center colspan=2 | 90
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| 9 || 1953 || Wörgl || || align=center colspan=2 | 80
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| 8 || 1952 || Ry || || align=center colspan=2 | 108
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| 7 || 1951 || Haarlem || || align=center colspan=2 | 280
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| 6 || 1950 || Konstanz || || align=center colspan=2 | 420
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| 5 || 1949 || Versailles || || align=center colspan=2 | 200
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| 4 || 1948 || Groet || || align=center colspan=2 | 285
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| 3 || 1947 || Ipswich || || align=center colspan=2 | 200
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| 2 || 1939 || Tervuren || || align=right | 400 || align=right | 350
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| 1 || 1938 || Groet || || align=right | 304+ || align=right | 203
|}
Statistics
Countries
Countries by number of times as host:
{| class="wikitable"
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! Times hosted
! Country
! Years hosted
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| align="center" | 10
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| 1938, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1989, 2022
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| align="center" | 7
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| 1950, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1985, 1996, 2015
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| align="center" | 5
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| 1959, 1972, 1987, 2005, 2016
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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 4
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| 1947, 1961, 1971, 1984
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| 1949, 1957, 1977, 2001
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| 1962, 1969, 1991, 2003
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| 1966, 1983, 1999, 2008
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| rowspan=3 align=center | 3
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| 1955, 1997, 2023
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| 1963, 1978, 1993
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| 1968, 2018, 2026
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| rowspan=9 align=center | 2
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| 1939, 1982
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| 1952, 1975
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| 1953, 1970
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| 1973, 1988
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| 1986, 2013
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| 1990, 2010
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| 1995, 2004
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| 2002, 2014
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| 2007, 2012
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| rowspan=14 align=center | 1
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| 1965
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| 1976
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| 1980
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| 1981
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| 1992
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| 1994
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| 1998
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| 2000
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| 2006
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| 2009
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| 2011
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| 2017
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| 2019
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| 2024
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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)
See also
- Internacia Junulara Festivalo
Notes
References
External links
- Official TEJO Website
- IJK 2024 Website - Information and form to join