Population aged 0 to 14 in Pakistan

36.2% of the population of Pakistan 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
Pakistan, 2025 36.2% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.4percentage points 2024: 36.7%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 47th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Pakistan 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 PakistanWorld
2025 36.2% 24.4%
2024 36.7% 24.7%
2023 37.0% 25.0%
2022 37.3% 25.3%
2021 37.6% 25.6%
2020 37.9% 25.8%
2019 38.1% 26.0%
2018 38.3% 26.2%
2017 38.5% 26.4%
2016 38.6% 26.5%
2015 38.8% 26.6%
2014 38.9% 26.8%
2013 38.9% 26.9%
2012 39.0% 27.0%
2011 39.1% 27.1%
2010 39.3% 27.3%
2009 39.6% 27.5%
2008 40.0% 27.6%
2007 40.4% 27.9%
2006 40.9% 28.1%
2005 41.3% 28.5%
2004 41.8% 28.8%
2003 42.3% 29.2%
2002 42.6% 29.6%
2001 42.9% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 36.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38.8%, the figure has changed by −2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Pakistan has the 47th 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 Pakistan
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