Population aged 0 to 14 in Saudi Arabia

23.6% of the population of Saudi Arabia 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
Saudi Arabia, 2025 23.6% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 23.8%
World, 2025 24.4% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 17.1% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 105th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi ArabiaWorld
2025 23.6% 24.4%
2024 23.8% 24.7%
2023 24.1% 25.0%
2022 24.6% 25.3%
2021 25.2% 25.6%
2020 25.5% 25.8%
2019 25.8% 26.0%
2018 25.7% 26.2%
2017 25.2% 26.4%
2016 24.9% 26.5%
2015 25.1% 26.6%
2014 25.4% 26.8%
2013 25.8% 26.9%
2012 26.3% 27.0%
2011 26.9% 27.1%
2010 27.6% 27.3%
2009 28.5% 27.5%
2008 29.5% 27.6%
2007 30.6% 27.9%
2006 31.9% 28.1%
2005 33.2% 28.5%
2004 34.5% 28.8%
2003 35.7% 29.2%
2002 36.8% 29.6%
2001 37.7% 30.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 23.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 25.1%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Saudi Arabia has the 105th 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 Saudi Arabia
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