Population aged 0 to 14 in Guinea-Bissau

38.3% of the population of Guinea-Bissau was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1962.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2025 38.3% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.5percentage points 2024: 38.8%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 31st of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2025 38.3% 24.4%
2024 38.8% 24.7%
2023 39.2% 25.0%
2022 39.7% 25.3%
2021 40.1% 25.6%
2020 40.5% 25.8%
2019 40.9% 26.0%
2018 41.3% 26.2%
2017 41.7% 26.4%
2016 42.0% 26.5%
2015 42.2% 26.6%
2014 42.5% 26.8%
2013 42.7% 26.9%
2012 42.8% 27.0%
2011 43.0% 27.1%
2010 43.2% 27.3%
2009 43.3% 27.5%
2008 43.5% 27.6%
2007 43.6% 27.9%
2006 43.8% 28.1%
2005 43.9% 28.5%
2004 44.0% 28.8%
2003 44.2% 29.2%
2002 44.3% 29.6%
2001 44.5% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 38.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 42.2%, the figure has changed by −3.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guinea-Bissau has the 31st 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 Guinea-Bissau
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