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Population aged 0–14, % of total: ranking of countries
217 countries ranked by their latest value. Central African Republic is highest at 48.7%; South Korea is lowest at 10.2%.
World 24.4% (2025)Median country 22.0%217 countries
Aged 0–14: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Aged 0–14 | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.7% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.1% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 43.1% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.4% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.3% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.4% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.1% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.9% | 2025 | |
| 27 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.7% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.9% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 38.1% | 2025 | |
| 33 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 37 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.5% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.3% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 35.9% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.1% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 31.5% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 30.8% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 30.2% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.9% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 29.8% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Nepal | South Asia | 28.1% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.2% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| 87 | American Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| 91 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.6% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.2% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.9% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| 98 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.4% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 101 | India | South Asia | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.9% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.3% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 114 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Saint Martin (French part) | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Greenland | Europe & Central Asia | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Bhutan | South Asia | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Kosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Maldives | South Asia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 132 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| 133 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 143 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Gibraltar | Europe & Central Asia | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.2% | 2025 | |
| 152 | United States | North America | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 155 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 159 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 161 | US Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 162 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 174 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Canada | North America | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Sint Maarten | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Curaçao | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 192 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | Europe & Central Asia | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Channel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Isle of Man | Europe & Central Asia | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Bermuda | North America | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 210 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 212 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| 217 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 10.2% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)