Population Ages 0 14 by Country

Population Ages 0 14 by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Adult Literacy Rate and Birth Rate.

HighestCentral African Republic49

LowestHong Kong SAR, China10.5

Average25.4217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 In parts of sub‑Saharan Africa children under 15 make up close to half the population.

Top 10 countries

Central African Republic49

Niger46.6

Somalia, Fed. Rep.46.6

Mali46.1

Chad46.1

Congo, Dem. Rep.46

Burundi44.7

Mozambique44.5

Angola44.4

Uganda43.5

Population Ages 0 14: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Population Ages 0 14
1	Central African Republic	49
2	Niger	46.6
3	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.6
4	Mali	46.1
5	Chad	46.1
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	46
7	Burundi	44.7
8	Mozambique	44.5
9	Angola	44.4
10	Uganda	43.5
11	Afghanistan	42.9
12	Mauritania	42.7
13	Tanzania	42.5
14	Burkina Faso	41.8
15	Benin	41.6
16	Zambia	41.5
17	Cameroon	41.4
18	Yemen, Rep.	41.1
19	Nigeria	41
20	Guinea	40.9
21	Zimbabwe	40.9
22	Cote d'Ivoire	40.9
23	Malawi	40.7
24	Sudan	40.5
25	Congo, Rep.	40.4
26	Gambia, The	40.2
27	Liberia	39.5
28	Togo	39.5
29	Madagascar	39.3
30	Ethiopia	39.1
31	South Sudan	38.9
32	Guinea-Bissau	38.8
33	Samoa	38.5
34	Vanuatu	38.3
35	Senegal	38.2
36	Eritrea	38.1
37	Sierra Leone	38.1
38	West Bank and Gaza	38
39	Sao Tome and Principe	37.8
40	Nauru	37.8
41	Rwanda	37.4
42	Equatorial Guinea	37.3
43	Comoros	37.1
44	Namibia	37
45	Solomon Islands	37
46	Kenya	36.8
47	Pakistan	36.7
48	Iraq	36.6
49	Gabon	36.5
50	Tajikistan	36.3
51	Ghana	35.8
52	Tonga	35.4
53	Kiribati	34.7
54	Lesotho	34.5
55	Marshall Islands	34.5
56	Timor-Leste	33.7
57	Papua New Guinea	33.5
58	Eswatini	33.4
59	Tuvalu	32.9
60	Kyrgyz Republic	32.3
61	Mongolia	32.2
62	Botswana	32.1
63	Egypt, Arab Rep.	32
64	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	31.8
65	Guatemala	31.6
66	Turkmenistan	31.5
67	Haiti	31.2
68	Uzbekistan	31.1
69	Jordan	30.7
70	Honduras	30.6
71	Algeria	30.3
72	Lao PDR	30.2
73	Cambodia	29.8
74	Bolivia	29.8
75	Kazakhstan	29.4
76	Djibouti	29.2
77	Syrian Arab Republic	29.2
78	Guyana	29.2
79	Nicaragua	28.8
80	Paraguay	28.6
81	Nepal	28.4
82	Bangladesh	28
83	Philippines	27.9
84	Libya	27.4
85	Israel	27.4
86	Fiji	27.1
87	American Samoa	27
88	Dominican Republic	26.6
89	Belize	26.6
90	Lebanon	26.2
91	Guam	26
92	South Africa	25.9
93	Suriname	25.6
94	Morocco	25.6
95	Cabo Verde	25.5
96	Venezuela, RB	25.5
97	Panama	24.9
98	El Salvador	24.8
99	Oman	24.7
100	India	24.6
101	Indonesia	24.6
102	Mexico	24.5
103	Ecuador	24.5
104	Myanmar	24.3
105	Tunisia	24
106	Peru	24
107	Saudi Arabia	23.8
108	Viet Nam	23.2
109	Iran, Islamic Rep.	22.4
110	Sri Lanka	22
111	Northern Mariana Islands	22
112	Azerbaijan	21.8
113	Malaysia	21.8
114	Argentina	21.6
115	Turkiye	21.4
116	St. Martin (French part)	21.3
117	New Caledonia	21.3
118	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.3
119	Bhutan	20.9
120	Brunei Darussalam	20.8
121	Greenland	20.8
122	Georgia	20.8
123	Kosovo	20.7
124	Colombia	20.3
125	Faroe Islands	20
126	Seychelles	20
127	Moldova	19.8
128	Brazil	19.7
129	Maldives	19.6
130	Grenada	19.4
131	Armenia	19.2
132	French Polynesia	19.1
133	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	18.9
134	Costa Rica	18.8
135	Bahrain	18.7
136	Jamaica	18.7
137	Ireland	18.6
138	Uruguay	18.3
139	Palau	18.2
140	Kuwait	18.2
141	St. Kitts and Nevis	18.2
142	Montenegro	18.1
143	New Zealand	18.1
144	Bahamas, The	17.9
145	Dominica	17.9
146	Australia	17.8
147	Antigua and Barbuda	17.8
148	Iceland	17.8
149	Trinidad and Tobago	17.8
150	Gibraltar	17.6
151	St. Lucia	17.5
152	United States	17.3
153	Russian Federation	17.3
154	Barbados	17.2
155	United Kingdom	17.2
156	Sweden	17
157	Chile	17
158	Aruba	16.8
159	Albania	16.8
160	North Macedonia	16.8
161	France	16.5
162	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	16.5
163	Belarus	16.3
164	Norway	16.2
165	Cayman Islands	16.2
166	United Arab Emirates	16.1
167	Cyprus	16.1
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	16.1
169	China	16
170	Belgium	16
171	Luxembourg	15.8
172	Slovak Republic	15.8
173	Romania	15.7
174	Denmark	15.7
175	Estonia	15.6
176	Latvia	15.4
177	Czechia	15.4
178	Cuba	15.3
179	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	15.1
180	Canada	15.1
181	Qatar	15.1
182	Netherlands	15
183	Switzerland	15
184	Curacao	14.9
185	Mauritius	14.8
186	Poland	14.8
187	Thailand	14.7
188	Slovenia	14.7
189	Lithuania	14.7
190	Finland	14.6
191	British Virgin Islands	14.5
192	Bulgaria	14.5
193	Hungary	14.4
194	Serbia	14.3
195	Liechtenstein	14.3
196	Austria	14.2
197	Isle of Man	14.2
198	Channel Islands	14.2
199	Croatia	13.9
200	Germany	13.9
201	Macao SAR, China	13.9
202	Ukraine	13.9
203	Bermuda	13.6
204	Monaco	13.5
205	Greece	13.2
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13
207	Malta	13
208	Spain	12.9
209	Portugal	12.8
210	San Marino	12.3
211	Italy	11.9
212	Andorra	11.9
213	Singapore	11.7
214	Puerto Rico (US)	11.6
215	Japan	11.4
216	Korea, Rep.	10.6
217	Hong Kong SAR, China	10.5

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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