Population aged 0 to 14 in Madagascar

38.9% of the population of Madagascar 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
Madagascar, 2025 38.9% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.3percentage points 2024: 39.3%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 29th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Madagascar 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 MadagascarWorld
2025 38.9% 24.4%
2024 39.3% 24.7%
2023 39.6% 25.0%
2022 39.9% 25.3%
2021 40.1% 25.6%
2020 40.4% 25.8%
2019 40.7% 26.0%
2018 40.9% 26.2%
2017 41.2% 26.4%
2016 41.6% 26.5%
2015 42.0% 26.6%
2014 42.4% 26.8%
2013 42.8% 26.9%
2012 43.3% 27.0%
2011 43.7% 27.1%
2010 44.0% 27.3%
2009 44.3% 27.5%
2008 44.6% 27.6%
2007 44.8% 27.9%
2006 45.0% 28.1%
2005 45.2% 28.5%
2004 45.3% 28.8%
2003 45.4% 29.2%
2002 45.4% 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 39.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 42.0%, the figure has changed by −3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Madagascar has the 29th 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 Madagascar
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