Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) by country
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
48.7%
Central African Republic
Lowest
10.2%
South Korea
Median
21.9%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
17,556
What the numbers show
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 48.7% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 10.2% in South Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.9%, and the mean is 25.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 197 fell. The largest increase was in Monaco (up 12.2%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 31.6%).
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.7% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 46.6% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 46.2% | 2025 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 46.0% | 2025 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 45.8% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 7 | Mozambique | 44.2% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Angola | 44.1% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 9 | Burundi | 44.0% | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 10 | Uganda | 43.1% | 2025 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 42.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritania | 42.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 13 | Tanzania | 42.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 41.3% | 2025 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 41.2% | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 16 | Cameroon | 41.1% | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 17 | Yemen | 41.0% | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 41.0% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 40.5% | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 20 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 40.4% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 40.3% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 24 | Sudan | 40.2% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 25 | Malawi | 40.1% | 2025 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 26 | Congo | 39.9% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 39.7% | 2025 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 28 | Liberia | 39.1% | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 29 | Madagascar | 38.9% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 38.8% | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.3% | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 32 | Samoa | 38.1% | 2025 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 38.0% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 38.0% | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 37.7% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 37.7% | 2025 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 37 | Palestine | 37.6% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 38 | Eritrea | 37.6% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.5% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 40 | Nauru | 37.2% | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.1% | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 42 | Rwanda | 37.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 43 | Comoros | 36.9% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 36.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 36.6% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 46 | Kenya | 36.3% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 48 | Gabon | 36.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 49 | Iraq | 36.0% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 35.9% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 51 | Ghana | 35.4% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 52 | Tonga | 34.9% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 34.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 54 | Lesotho | 34.1% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 33.9% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 33.1% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 57 | East Timor | 33.1% | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 33.0% | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 33.0% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 62 | Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 63 | Egypt | 31.6% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 64 | Micronesia (country) | 31.5% | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 31.3% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 31.2% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Guatemala | 31.0% | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 68 | Haiti | 30.8% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 69 | Honduras | 30.3% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 70 | Jordan | 30.2% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 29.9% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 72 | Laos | 29.8% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 73 | Cambodia | 29.5% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia | 29.4% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 29.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 76 | Guyana | 28.9% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 77 | Djibouti | 28.8% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 78 | Syria | 28.4% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 28.4% | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 28.3% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 81 | Nepal | 28.1% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 27.6% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 83 | Israel | 27.2% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 84 | Philippines | 27.1% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 26.8% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 86 | Fiji | 26.8% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | American Samoa | 26.3% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 88 | Belize | 26.3% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 26.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 90 | Guam | 25.9% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 25.7% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 92 | Lebanon | 25.6% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 25.3% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 94 | Morocco | 25.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 95 | Venezuela | 24.9% | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 24.7% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 24.5% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 24.4% | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 99 | Oman | 24.3% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 100 | Indonesia | 24.2% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 101 | India | 24.2% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 102 | Mexico | 24.1% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 103 | Myanmar | 24.1% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 23.9% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 23.6% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 106 | Peru | 23.6% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 23.6% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 108 | Vietnam | 22.9% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 109 | Iran | 22.0% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 21.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 111 | Malaysia | 21.3% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 21.2% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 21.2% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 21.1% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 115 | Saint Martin (French part) | 21.1% | 2025 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 116 | Turkey | 21.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 117 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.9% | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 20.7% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 120 | Brunei | 20.6% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 121 | Georgia | 20.5% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 122 | Bhutan | 20.4% | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 123 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 124 | Kosovo | 20.0% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 124 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.0% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 126 | Faroe Islands | 19.9% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 127 | Seychelles | 19.8% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 128 | Moldova | 19.5% | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 129 | Brazil | 19.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 130 | Maldives | 19.0% | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 19.0% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 132 | Armenia | 19.0% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 133 | North Korea | 18.9% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 18.5% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 135 | Bahrain | 18.4% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.3% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 138 | Jamaica | 18.3% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 139 | Ireland | 18.1% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 140 | Kuwait | 18.0% | 2025 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 141 | Palau | 17.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 142 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 143 | Montenegro | 17.9% | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 144 | New Zealand | 17.9% | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 145 | Australia | 17.7% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 146 | Dominica | 17.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 147 | Gibraltar | 17.6% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 148 | Bahamas | 17.5% | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 149 | Iceland | 17.5% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.5% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 17.2% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 153 | United States | 17.1% | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 154 | Barbados | 17.1% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 17.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 17.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 157 | Sweden | 16.7% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 16.6% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 159 | Chile | 16.5% | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 16.5% | 2025 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 161 | Aruba | 16.5% | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 162 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.5% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 163 | France | 16.2% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 164 | Cyprus | 16.1% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cayman Islands | 16.1% | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 16.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.0% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 168 | Norway | 15.9% | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 169 | Belarus | 15.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 15.7% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 171 | Belgium | 15.7% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 172 | Slovakia | 15.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 173 | Denmark | 15.6% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 174 | Romania | 15.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 175 | China | 15.4% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 176 | Estonia | 15.3% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 177 | Latvia | 15.2% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 178 | Czechia | 15.1% | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 179 | Cuba | 15.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 180 | Qatar | 15.0% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 181 | Canada | 15.0% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 182 | Netherlands | 14.9% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 183 | Switzerland | 14.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 184 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.8% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 185 | Curacao | 14.6% | 2025 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 186 | Mauritius | 14.5% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 187 | Lithuania | 14.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 188 | Slovenia | 14.5% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 189 | Poland | 14.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 190 | Thailand | 14.4% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 191 | Bulgaria | 14.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 192 | Hungary | 14.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 193 | Finland | 14.3% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 194 | Serbia | 14.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 14.2% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 196 | Austria | 14.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 14.1% | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 198 | Channel Islands | 14.0% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 199 | Isle of Man | 13.9% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 200 | Germany | 13.9% | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 201 | Monaco | 13.8% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 202 | Macao | 13.7% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 203 | Croatia | 13.7% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 204 | Ukraine | 13.7% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 205 | Bermuda | 13.4% | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 206 | Malta | 12.9% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 207 | Greece | 12.9% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 208 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 209 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 210 | Spain | 12.6% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 211 | San Marino | 11.9% | 2025 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 212 | Singapore | 11.7% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 213 | Italy | 11.7% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 214 | Andorra | 11.6% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 215 | Puerto Rico | 11.2% | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 216 | Japan | 11.2% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 217 | Hong Kong | 10.3% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 218 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2025 | down 25.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pre-demographic dividend 41.6%
- Chagai 14.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 41.2%
- Low income 40.9%
- Africa Western and Central 40.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 40.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 40.0%
- Least developed countries 38.4%
- IDA blend 37.9%
- IDA total 37.6%
- IDA only 37.5%
- Pacific island small states 33.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 32.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 32.6%
- Arab World 32.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 31.7%
- Lower middle income 29.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 26.9%
- Low & middle income 26.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 26.0%
- South Asia 24.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 24.6%
- Middle income 24.4%
- World 24.4%
- Small states 24.2%
- Other small states 23.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 22.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 22.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 22.1%
- Caribbean Small States 21.6%
- IBRD only 21.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 19.8%
- Upper middle income 19.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 18.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 18.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 17.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 17.2%
About this data
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.