Population aged 0 to 14 in Central African Republic

48.7% of the population of Central African Republic was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2014.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Central African Republic, 2025 48.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 49.0%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 1st of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Central African Republic over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Central African RepublicWorld
2025 48.7% 24.4%
2024 49.0% 24.7%
2023 49.2% 25.0%
2022 49.2% 25.3%
2021 49.0% 25.6%
2020 48.9% 25.8%
2019 49.0% 26.0%
2018 49.0% 26.2%
2017 49.0% 26.4%
2016 49.0% 26.5%
2015 49.0% 26.6%
2014 48.5% 26.8%
2013 47.6% 26.9%
2012 46.9% 27.0%
2011 46.3% 27.1%
2010 45.9% 27.3%
2009 45.6% 27.5%
2008 45.4% 27.6%
2007 45.3% 27.9%
2006 45.1% 28.1%
2005 45.1% 28.5%
2004 45.1% 28.8%
2003 45.2% 29.2%
2002 45.3% 29.6%
2001 45.4% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 49.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 49.0%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Central African Republic has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Central African Republic
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects