Population aged 0 to 14 in Dominican Republic

26.2% of the population of Dominican Republic was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Dominican Republic, 2025 26.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.4percentage points 2024: 26.6%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 89th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Dominican Republic over time

View
Places
2 selected
Dominican Republic World ×

% 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 Dominican RepublicWorld
2025 26.2% 24.4%
2024 26.6% 24.7%
2023 26.9% 25.0%
2022 27.2% 25.3%
2021 27.4% 25.6%
2020 27.7% 25.8%
2019 27.9% 26.0%
2018 28.2% 26.2%
2017 28.5% 26.4%
2016 28.8% 26.5%
2015 29.2% 26.6%
2014 29.5% 26.8%
2013 29.8% 26.9%
2012 30.1% 27.0%
2011 30.5% 27.1%
2010 30.9% 27.3%
2009 31.3% 27.5%
2008 31.7% 27.6%
2007 32.2% 27.9%
2006 32.7% 28.1%
2005 33.2% 28.5%
2004 33.7% 28.8%
2003 34.2% 29.2%
2002 34.6% 29.6%
2001 35.0% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 26.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 29.2%, the figure has changed by −3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Dominican Republic has the 89th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

More for Dominican Republic

All statistics for Dominican Republic

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 Dominican 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