Population aged 0 to 14 in World
24.4% of the population of the world was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
24.4%
Change from 2024
−0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
14.2%
Population aged 0 to 14 in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.4% | 14.2% |
| 2024 | 24.7% | 14.4% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 25.3% | 14.8% |
| 2021 | 25.6% | 14.9% |
| 2020 | 25.8% | 15.0% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | 15.1% |
| 2018 | 26.2% | 15.2% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | 15.2% |
| 2016 | 26.5% | 15.2% |
| 2015 | 26.6% | 15.2% |
| 2014 | 26.8% | 15.3% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | 15.3% |
| 2012 | 27.0% | 15.4% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | 15.4% |
| 2010 | 27.3% | 15.4% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | 15.4% |
| 2008 | 27.6% | 15.5% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | 15.6% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | 15.7% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | 15.9% |
| 2004 | 28.8% | 16.1% |
| 2003 | 29.2% | 16.3% |
| 2002 | 29.6% | 16.5% |
| 2001 | 30.0% | 16.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 24.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 26.6%, the figure has changed by −2.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.2%.
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All statistics for World
Population aged 65 and over
10.4%
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Fertility rate
2.19 births per woman
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Population
8,215,424,893 people
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Population growth
0.91%
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Crude birth rate
16.3 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Crude death rate
7.6 per 1,000 people
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