Population aged 0 to 14 in Japan

11.2% of the population of Japan 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
Japan, 2025 11.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 11.4%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 15.4% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2025 215th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Japan 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 JapanWorld
2025 11.2% 24.4%
2024 11.4% 24.7%
2023 11.6% 25.0%
2022 11.9% 25.3%
2021 12.0% 25.6%
2020 12.2% 25.8%
2019 12.4% 26.0%
2018 12.5% 26.2%
2017 12.6% 26.4%
2016 12.7% 26.5%
2015 12.8% 26.6%
2014 13.0% 26.8%
2013 13.1% 26.9%
2012 13.2% 27.0%
2011 13.3% 27.1%
2010 13.4% 27.3%
2009 13.5% 27.5%
2008 13.5% 27.6%
2007 13.6% 27.9%
2006 13.7% 28.1%
2005 13.8% 28.5%
2004 13.8% 28.8%
2003 13.9% 29.2%
2002 14.1% 29.6%
2001 14.2% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 11.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 12.8%, the figure has changed by −1.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Japan has the 215th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 24.4%.

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 Japan
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