Population aged 0 to 14 by country, 2025
Children aged 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total midyear population.
217 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Central African Republic (48.7%). Lowest: South Korea (10.2%). The median is 22.0%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 217. South Korea 10.2%
- 216. Hong Kong SAR, China 10.3%
- 215. Japan 11.2%
- 214. Puerto Rico (US) 11.2%
- 213. Andorra 11.6%
- 212. Italy 11.7%
- 211. Singapore 11.7%
- 210. San Marino 11.9%
- 209. Spain 12.6%
- 208. Portugal 12.7%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.7% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Niger | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Chad | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Mali | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Mozambique | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Angola | 44.1% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Burundi | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Uganda | 43.1% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Mauritania | 42.4% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Tanzania | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Benin | 41.3% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Cameroon | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Yemen | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Zambia | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Guinea | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Togo | 40.4% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Sudan | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Malawi | 40.1% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Republic of the Congo | 39.9% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Gambia | 39.7% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Liberia | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Madagascar | 38.9% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Samoa | 38.1% | 2025 | |
| 33 | South Sudan | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Senegal | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| 37 | West Bank and Gaza | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Eritrea | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 37.5% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Naoero | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Rwanda | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Comoros | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Namibia | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Kenya | 36.3% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Gabon | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Iraq | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 35.9% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Ghana | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Tonga | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Kiribati | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Lesotho | 34.1% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| 59 | Eswatini | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Egypt | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Micronesia | 31.5% | 2025 | |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Guatemala | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Haiti | 30.8% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Honduras | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Jordan | 30.2% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Algeria | 29.9% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Laos | 29.8% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Cambodia | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Bolivia | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Guyana | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Djibouti | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Syria | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Paraguay | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Nepal | 28.1% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| 83 | Israel | 27.2% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Philippines | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Libya | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Fiji | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| 87 | American Samoa | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Belize | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| 90 | Guam | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| 91 | South Africa | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Lebanon | 25.6% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Suriname | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Morocco | 25.2% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Venezuela | 24.9% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Cabo Verde | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Panama | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| 98 | El Salvador | 24.4% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Oman | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Indonesia | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 101 | India | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Mexico | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Myanmar | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Ecuador | 23.9% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Peru | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Tunisia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Viet Nam | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Iran | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Malaysia | 21.3% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Saint Martin (French part) | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Türkiye | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Greenland | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Brunei | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| 121 | Georgia | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| 122 | Bhutan | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Kosovo | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Seychelles | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Moldova | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Brazil | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Maldives | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Grenada | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Armenia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 132 | North Korea | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Bahrain | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Jamaica | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 138 | Ireland | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Kuwait | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Palau | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Montenegro | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 143 | New Zealand | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Australia | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Dominica | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Gibraltar | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 147 | Bahamas | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Iceland | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 17.2% | 2025 | |
| 152 | United States | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Barbados | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| 154 | Russia | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Sweden | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Albania | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Chile | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Aruba | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 161 | US Virgin Islands | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 162 | France | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Cyprus | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Norway | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Belarus | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Belgium | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Slovakia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Denmark | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 173 | Romania | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 174 | China | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Estonia | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Latvia | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Czechia | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Cuba | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Qatar | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Canada | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Netherlands | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Switzerland | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Curaçao | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Mauritius | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 186 | Lithuania | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Slovenia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Poland | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Thailand | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Bulgaria | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 191 | Hungary | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| 192 | Finland | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 193 | Serbia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| 195 | Austria | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 197 | Channel Islands | 14.0% | 2025 | |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 199 | Germany | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| 200 | Monaco | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 201 | Macao SAR, China | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 202 | Croatia | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 203 | Ukraine | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| 204 | Bermuda | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| 205 | Malta | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 206 | Greece | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| 208 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| 209 | Spain | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| 210 | San Marino | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 211 | Singapore | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 212 | Italy | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| 213 | Andorra | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| 214 | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 215 | Japan | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| 216 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| 217 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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