Population aged 0-14
% of population · no best or worst — smallest to largest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for population aged 0-14
World average: 25.1%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #216 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| #215 | Hong Kong | 10.3% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Japan | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Puerto Rico | 11.2% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Andorra | 11.6% | 2025 | |
| #211 | Italy | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Singapore | 11.7% | 2025 | |
| #209 | San Marino | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Spain | 12.6% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Greece | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Malta | 12.9% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Bermuda | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Ukraine | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| #201 | Croatia | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Macau | 13.7% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Monaco | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Germany | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Isle of Man | 13.9% | 2025 | |
| #196 | British Virgin Islands | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Austria | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Liechtenstein | 14.2% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Serbia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Finland | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| #191 | Hungary | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Bulgaria | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #189 | Thailand | 14.4% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Poland | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #187 | Slovenia | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Lithuania | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Mauritius | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Curaçao | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Sint Maarten | 14.8% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Switzerland | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| #181 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 14.9% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Canada | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Qatar | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Cuba | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Czech Republic | 15.1% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Latvia | 15.2% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Estonia | 15.3% | 2025 | |
| #174 | People's Republic of China | 15.4% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Romania | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Denmark | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Slovakia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Belgium | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Luxembourg | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Belarus | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Norway | 15.9% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #165 | United Arab Emirates | 16.0% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Cayman Islands | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Cyprus | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| #162 | France | 16.2% | 2025 | |
| #161 | United States Virgin Islands | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Aruba | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #159 | North Macedonia | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #158 | Chile | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Albania | 16.6% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Sweden | 16.7% | 2025 | |
| #155 | United Kingdom | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #154 | Russia | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Barbados | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #152 | United States | 17.1% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Saint Lucia | 17.2% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Iceland | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #147 | The Bahamas | 17.5% | 2025 | |
| #146 | Gibraltar | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Dominica | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| #144 | Australia | 17.7% | 2025 | |
| #143 | New Zealand | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Montenegro | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Palau | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Kuwait | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Ireland | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Jamaica | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Costa Rica | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| #134 | Bahrain | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| #133 | French Polynesia | 18.5% | 2025 | |
| #132 | North Korea | 18.9% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Armenia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Grenada | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Maldives | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Brazil | 19.4% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Moldova | 19.5% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Seychelles | 19.8% | 2025 | |
| #125 | Faroe Islands | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| #124 | Kosovo | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Colombia | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Bhutan | 20.4% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Georgia | 20.5% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Brunei | 20.6% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Greenland | 20.7% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.9% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Turkey | 21.0% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Saint-Martin | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| #114 | New Caledonia | 21.1% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Azerbaijan | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Malaysia | 21.3% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Sri Lanka | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| #109 | Iran | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Vietnam | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Tunisia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #106 | Peru | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Saudi Arabia | 23.6% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Ecuador | 23.9% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Myanmar | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Mexico | 24.1% | 2025 | |
| #101 | India | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Indonesia | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Oman | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| #98 | El Salvador | 24.4% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Panama | 24.5% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Cape Verde | 24.7% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Venezuela | 24.9% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Morocco | 25.2% | 2025 | |
| #93 | Suriname | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Lebanon | 25.6% | 2025 | |
| #91 | South Africa | 25.7% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Guam | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Dominican Republic | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Belize | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| #87 | American Samoa | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Fiji | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Libya | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Philippines | 27.1% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Israel | 27.2% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Bangladesh | 27.6% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Nepal | 28.1% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Nicaragua | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Paraguay | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Syria | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Djibouti | 28.8% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Guyana | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Kazakhstan | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Bolivia | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Cambodia | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Laos | 29.8% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Algeria | 29.9% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Jordan | 30.2% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Honduras | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Haiti | 30.8% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Guatemala | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Turkmenistan | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Uzbekistan | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Federated States of Micronesia | 31.5% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Egypt | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.9% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Eswatini | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Tuvalu | 33.0% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Timor-Leste | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Papua New Guinea | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Marshall Islands | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Lesotho | 34.1% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Kiribati | 34.4% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Tonga | 34.9% | 2025 | |
| #51 | Ghana | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Tajikistan | 35.9% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Iraq | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| #48 | Gabon | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Pakistan | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Kenya | 36.3% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Solomon Islands | 36.6% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Namibia | 36.7% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Comoros | 36.9% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Rwanda | 37.0% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Nauru | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| #39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 37.5% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Eritrea | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #37 | Palestine | 37.6% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Sierra Leone | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Senegal | 37.7% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Vanuatu | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| #33 | South Sudan | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Samoa | 38.1% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Ethiopia | 38.8% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Madagascar | 38.9% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Liberia | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| #27 | The Gambia | 39.7% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Republic of the Congo | 39.9% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Malawi | 40.1% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Sudan | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Zimbabwe | 40.3% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Togo | 40.4% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Ivory Coast | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Guinea | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Zambia | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Yemen | 41.0% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Cameroon | 41.1% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Burkina Faso | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Benin | 41.3% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Tanzania | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Mauritania | 42.4% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Afghanistan | 42.6% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Uganda | 43.1% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Burundi | 44.0% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Angola | 44.1% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Mozambique | 44.2% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Mali | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.9% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Chad | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Niger | 46.2% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Somalia | 46.6% | 2025 | |
| #1 | Central African Republic | 48.7% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)