Share of population aged 0 to 14
Children aged 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total midyear population.
Highest in 2025
48.7%
Central African Republic
Lowest in 2025
10.2%
South Korea
Euro area, 2025
14.0%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2025
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.4% | 17.1% | 15.4% | 24.2% |
| 2024 | 24.7% | 17.3% | 16.0% | 24.6% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | 17.6% | 16.6% | 25.1% |
| 2022 | 25.3% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 25.5% |
| 2021 | 25.6% | 18.1% | 17.6% | 25.9% |
| 2020 | 25.8% | 18.4% | 18.0% | 26.3% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | 18.6% | 18.2% | 26.8% |
| 2018 | 26.2% | 18.8% | 18.3% | 27.3% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | 18.9% | 18.4% | 27.8% |
| 2016 | 26.5% | 19.1% | 18.3% | 28.4% |
| 2015 | 26.6% | 19.2% | 18.3% | 28.9% |
| 2014 | 26.8% | 19.3% | 18.3% | 29.4% |
| 2013 | 26.9% | 19.4% | 18.3% | 29.9% |
| 2012 | 27.0% | 19.5% | 18.3% | 30.4% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | 19.6% | 18.3% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 27.3% | 19.7% | 18.5% | 31.3% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | 19.8% | 18.6% | 31.8% |
| 2008 | 27.6% | 19.9% | 18.9% | 32.2% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | 20.0% | 19.2% | 32.7% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | 20.2% | 19.6% | 33.1% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 33.6% |
| 2004 | 28.8% | 20.5% | 21.2% | 34.0% |
| 2003 | 29.2% | 20.7% | 22.0% | 34.4% |
| 2002 | 29.6% | 20.9% | 22.9% | 34.8% |
| 2001 | 30.0% | 21.0% | 23.8% | 35.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Central African Republic (48.7%) and the lowest South Korea (10.2%).
- Half of the countries are above 22.0% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 6 countries and fell in 211.
- The figure for the world was 24.4% in 2025, against 25.8% in 2020 (−1.4 percentage points).
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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Central African Republic 48.7%
- 2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46.6%
- 3 Niger 46.2%
- 4 Chad 46.0%
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.9%
- 6 Mali 45.8%
- 7 Mozambique 44.2%
- 8 Angola 44.1%
- 9 Burundi 44.0%
- 10 Uganda 43.1%
- 11 Afghanistan 42.6%
- 12 Mauritania 42.4%
- 13 Tanzania 42.3%
- 14 Benin 41.3%
- 15 Burkina Faso 41.2%
- 16 Cameroon 41.1%
- 17 Yemen 41.0%
- 18 Zambia 41.0%
- 19 Guinea 40.5%
- 20 Nigeria 40.5%
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 40.5%
- 22 Togo 40.4%
- 23 Zimbabwe 40.3%
- 24 Sudan 40.2%
- 25 Malawi 40.1%
- 26 Republic of the Congo 39.9%
- 27 Gambia 39.7%
- 28 Liberia 39.1%
- 29 Madagascar 38.9%
- 30 Ethiopia 38.8%
- 31 Guinea-Bissau 38.3%
- 32 Samoa 38.1%
- 33 South Sudan 38.0%
- 34 Vanuatu 38.0%
- 35 Senegal 37.7%
- 36 Sierra Leone 37.7%
- 37 West Bank and Gaza 37.6%
- 38 Eritrea 37.6%
- 39 São Tomé and Príncipe 37.5%
- 40 Naoero 37.2%
- 41 Equatorial Guinea 37.1%
- 42 Rwanda 37.0%
- 43 Comoros 36.9%
- 44 Namibia 36.7%
- 45 Solomon Islands 36.6%
- 46 Kenya 36.3%
- 47 Pakistan 36.2%
- 48 Gabon 36.2%
- 49 Iraq 36.0%
- 50 Tajikistan 35.9%
- 51 Ghana 35.4%
- 52 Tonga 34.9%
- 53 Kiribati 34.4%
- 54 Lesotho 34.1%
- 55 Marshall Islands 33.9%
- 56 Papua New Guinea 33.1%
- 57 Timor-Leste 33.1%
- 58 Tuvalu 33.0%
- 59 Eswatini 33.0%
- 60 Botswana 32.0%
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 31.9%
- 62 Mongolia 31.6%
- 63 Egypt 31.6%
- 64 Micronesia 31.5%
- 65 Uzbekistan 31.3%
- 66 Turkmenistan 31.2%
- 67 Guatemala 31.0%
- 68 Haiti 30.8%
- 69 Honduras 30.3%
- 70 Jordan 30.2%
- 71 Algeria 29.9%
- 72 Laos 29.8%
- 73 Cambodia 29.5%
- 74 Bolivia 29.4%
- 75 Kazakhstan 29.1%
- 76 Guyana 28.9%
- 77 Djibouti 28.8%
- 78 Syria 28.4%
- 79 Paraguay 28.4%
- 80 Nicaragua 28.3%
- 81 Nepal 28.1%
- 82 Bangladesh 27.6%
- 83 Israel 27.2%
- 84 Philippines 27.1%
- 85 Libya 26.8%
- 86 Fiji 26.8%
- 87 American Samoa 26.3%
- 88 Belize 26.3%
- 89 Dominican Republic 26.2%
- 90 Guam 25.9%
- 91 South Africa 25.7%
- 92 Lebanon 25.6%
- 93 Suriname 25.3%
- 94 Morocco 25.2%
- 95 Venezuela 24.9%
- 96 Cabo Verde 24.7%
- 97 Panama 24.5%
- 98 El Salvador 24.4%
- 99 Oman 24.3%
- 100 Indonesia 24.2%
- 101 India 24.2%
- 102 Mexico 24.1%
- 103 Myanmar 24.1%
- 104 Ecuador 23.9%
- 105 Saudi Arabia 23.6%
- 106 Peru 23.6%
- 107 Tunisia 23.6%
- 108 Viet Nam 22.9%
- 109 Iran 22.0%
- 110 Sri Lanka 21.7%
- 111 Malaysia 21.3%
- 112 Northern Mariana Islands 21.2%
- 113 Azerbaijan 21.2%
- 114 New Caledonia 21.1%
- 115 Saint Martin (French part) 21.1%
- 116 Türkiye 21.0%
- 117 Argentina 21.0%
- 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.9%
- 119 Greenland 20.7%
- 120 Brunei 20.6%
- 121 Georgia 20.5%
- 122 Bhutan 20.4%
- 123 Colombia 20.0%
- 124 Kosovo 20.0%
- 125 Faroe Islands 19.9%
- 126 Seychelles 19.8%
- 127 Moldova 19.5%
- 128 Brazil 19.4%
- 129 Maldives 19.0%
- 130 Grenada 19.0%
- 131 Armenia 19.0%
- 132 North Korea 18.9%
- 133 French Polynesia 18.5%
- 134 Bahrain 18.4%
- 135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.3%
- 136 Costa Rica 18.3%
- 137 Jamaica 18.3%
- 138 Ireland 18.1%
- 139 Kuwait 18.0%
- 140 Palau 17.9%
- 141 Uruguay 17.9%
- 142 Montenegro 17.9%
- 143 New Zealand 17.9%
- 144 Australia 17.7%
- 145 Dominica 17.6%
- 146 Gibraltar 17.6%
- 147 Bahamas 17.5%
- 148 Iceland 17.5%
- 149 Trinidad and Tobago 17.5%
- 150 Antigua and Barbuda 17.5%
- 151 Saint Lucia 17.2%
- 152 United States 17.1%
- 153 Barbados 17.1%
- 154 Russia 17.0%
- 155 United Kingdom 17.0%
- 156 Sweden 16.7%
- 157 Albania 16.6%
- 158 Chile 16.5%
- 159 North Macedonia 16.5%
- 160 Aruba 16.5%
- 161 US Virgin Islands 16.5%
- 162 France 16.2%
- 163 Cyprus 16.1%
- 164 Cayman Islands 16.1%
- 165 United Arab Emirates 16.0%
- 166 Turks and Caicos Islands 16.0%
- 167 Norway 15.9%
- 168 Belarus 15.9%
- 169 Luxembourg 15.7%
- 170 Belgium 15.7%
- 171 Slovakia 15.6%
- 172 Denmark 15.6%
- 173 Romania 15.6%
- 174 China 15.4%
- 175 Estonia 15.3%
- 176 Latvia 15.2%
- 177 Czechia 15.1%
- 178 Cuba 15.0%
- 179 Qatar 15.0%
- 180 Canada 15.0%
- 181 Netherlands 14.9%
- 182 Switzerland 14.9%
- 183 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 14.8%
- 184 Curaçao 14.6%
- 185 Mauritius 14.5%
- 186 Lithuania 14.5%
- 187 Slovenia 14.5%
- 188 Poland 14.5%
- 189 Thailand 14.4%
- 190 Bulgaria 14.4%
- 191 Hungary 14.4%
- 192 Finland 14.3%
- 193 Serbia 14.3%
- 194 Liechtenstein 14.2%
- 195 Austria 14.1%
- 196 British Virgin Islands 14.1%
- 197 Channel Islands 14.0%
- 198 Isle of Man 13.9%
- 199 Germany 13.9%
- 200 Monaco 13.8%
- 201 Macao SAR, China 13.7%
- 202 Croatia 13.7%
- 203 Ukraine 13.7%
- 204 Bermuda 13.4%
- 205 Malta 12.9%
- 206 Greece 12.9%
- 207 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.8%
- 208 Portugal 12.7%
- 209 Spain 12.6%
- 210 San Marino 11.9%
- 211 Singapore 11.7%
- 212 Italy 11.7%
- 213 Andorra 11.6%
- 214 Puerto Rico (US) 11.2%
- 215 Japan 11.2%
- 216 Hong Kong SAR, China 10.3%
- 217 South Korea 10.2%
- East Asia and Pacific 17.6%
- Euro area 14.0%
- Europe and Central Asia 17.2%
- European Union 14.2%
- Latin America and Caribbean 22.1%
- Middle East and North Africa 31.7%
- North America 16.9%
- OECD members 16.4%
- South Asia 24.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 40.4%
- World 24.4%
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