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Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)

Female population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

World Bank code: SP.POP.0014.FE.ZS • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Central African Republic led Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) at 46.70.

The world median across 217 reporting countries was 23.08.

What this measures: Female population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
217 countries
Median
23.08
Mean
24.96
25th percentile
15.88
75th percentile
33.20
Range
9.38 – 46.70

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAmerican Samoa: 27.07ASAustralia: 17.22AUBrunei Darussalam: 21.35BNCambodia: 28.59KHChina: 15.23CNFiji: 26.41FJFrench Polynesia: 18.68PFGuam: 25.48GUHong Kong SAR, China: 9.38HKIndonesia: 24.06IDJapan: 10.87JPKiribati: 33.20KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 18.25KPKorea, Rep.: 10.27KRLao PDR: 29.75LAMacao SAR, China: 12.55MOMalaysia: 22.13MYMarshall Islands: 34.28MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 30.67FMMongolia: 31.19MNMyanmar: 23.55MMNauru: 37.36NRNew Caledonia: 20.65NCNew Zealand: 17.53NZNorthern Mariana Islands: 21.96MPPalau: 18.85PWPapua New Guinea: 33.17PGPhilippines: 27.23PHSamoa: 37.55WSSingapore: 11.80SGSolomon Islands: 36.62SBThailand: 13.95THTimor-Leste: 33.34TLTonga: 32.41TOTuvalu: 31.94TVVanuatu: 37.50VUViet Nam: 22.02VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 15.96ALAndorra: 11.86ADArmenia: 17.27AMAustria: 13.62ATAzerbaijan: 20.27AZBelarus: 14.81BYBelgium: 15.42BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 12.01BABulgaria: 13.63BGChannel Islands: 13.70JGCroatia: 13.05HRCyprus: 15.71CYCzechia: 14.82CZDenmark: 15.19DKEstonia: 14.49EEFaroe Islands: 20.16FOFinland: 14.14FIFrance: 15.64FRGeorgia: 18.86GEGermany: 13.37DEGibraltar: 17.03GIGreece: 12.45GRGreenland: 21.34GLHungary: 13.47HUIceland: 17.69ISIreland: 17.94IEIsle of Man: 13.82IMItaly: 11.30ITKazakhstan: 28.01KZKosovo: 19.50XKKyrgyz Republic: 31.12KGLatvia: 13.88LVLiechtenstein: 13.41LILithuania: 13.57LTLuxembourg: 15.53LUMoldova: 17.86MDMonaco: 13.00MCMontenegro: 16.83MENetherlands: 14.57NLNorth Macedonia: 15.98MKNorway: 15.88NOPoland: 13.97PLPortugal: 11.93PTRomania: 14.88RORussian Federation: 15.68RUSan Marino: 11.87SMSerbia: 13.48RSSlovak Republic: 15.02SKSlovenia: 14.39SISpain: 12.32ESSweden: 16.62SESwitzerland: 14.46CHTajikistan: 35.24TJTurkiye: 21.00TRTurkmenistan: 30.26TMUkraine: 12.60UAUnited Kingdom: 16.50GBUzbekistan: 30.24UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 16.73AGArgentina: 20.88ARAruba: 15.65AWBahamas, The: 16.94BSBarbados: 16.29BBBelize: 26.19BZBolivia: 29.33BOBrazil: 18.96BRBritish Virgin Islands: 13.56VGCayman Islands: 16.08KYChile: 16.55CLColombia: 19.60COCosta Rica: 18.18CRCuba: 14.60CUCuracao: 13.95CWDominica: 17.81DMDominican Republic: 25.92DOEcuador: 23.87ECEl Salvador: 22.98SVGrenada: 19.11GDGuatemala: 30.86GTGuyana: 27.99GYHaiti: 30.62HTHonduras: 30.11HNJamaica: 18.17JMMexico: 23.38MXNicaragua: 27.87NIPanama: 24.26PAParaguay: 28.02PYPeru: 23.41PEPuerto Rico (US): 10.69PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 13.61SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 17.48KNSt. Lucia: 17.08LCSt. Martin (French part): 19.78MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 21.35VCSuriname: 25.17SRTrinidad and Tobago: 17.25TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 16.36TCUruguay: 17.31UYVenezuela, RB: 24.56VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 15.10VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 42.34AFAlgeria: 30.31DZBahrain: 24.18BHDjibouti: 28.58DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 31.54EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 22.18IRIraq: 35.80IQIsrael: 26.58ILJordan: 31.04JOKuwait: 22.90KWLebanon: 24.83LBLibya: 27.14LYMalta: 13.06MTMorocco: 25.21MAOman: 32.08OMPakistan: 36.39PKQatar: 25.61QASaudi Arabia: 29.58SASyrian Arab Republic: 28.49SYTunisia: 23.08TNUnited Arab Emirates: 22.10AEWest Bank and Gaza: 37.05PSYemen, Rep.: 40.66YENorth AmericaBermuda: 13.02BMCanada: 14.66CAUnited States: 16.96USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 26.64BDBhutan: 21.63BTIndia: 24.36INMaldives: 24.11MVNepal: 26.46NPSri Lanka: 20.93LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 43.66AOBenin: 41.11BJBotswana: 31.79BWBurkina Faso: 41.01BFBurundi: 44.15BICabo Verde: 25.29CVCameroon: 40.99CMCentral African Republic: 46.70CFChad: 45.59TDComoros: 36.82KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 45.57CDCongo, Rep.: 40.08CGCote d'Ivoire: 41.15CIEquatorial Guinea: 39.09GQEritrea: 37.28EREswatini: 32.57SZEthiopia: 38.39ETGabon: 36.83GAGambia, The: 39.67GMGhana: 35.33GHGuinea: 39.90GNGuinea-Bissau: 37.86GWKenya: 36.38KELesotho: 33.47LSLiberia: 38.97LRMadagascar: 38.86MGMalawi: 39.75MWMali: 46.05MLMauritania: 41.39MRMauritius: 14.96MUMozambique: 43.01MZNamibia: 36.28NANiger: 46.55NENigeria: 40.89NGRwanda: 36.27RWSao Tome and Principe: 37.36STSenegal: 37.39SNSeychelles: 21.75SCSierra Leone: 37.71SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 46.00SOSouth Africa: 25.09ZASouth Sudan: 37.87SSSudan: 39.60SDTanzania: 41.75TZTogo: 39.41TGUganda: 42.85UGZambia: 41.05ZMZimbabwe: 38.79ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
1 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 46.70
2 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 46.55
3 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 46.05
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 46.00
5 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 45.59
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 45.57
7 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 44.15
8 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 43.66
9 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 43.01
10 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 42.85

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 86 16.91
Upper middle income 54 23.22
Lower middle income 50 32.89
Low income 25 40.02
Not classified 2 31.47

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 37 24.43
Europe & Central Asia 58 16.53
Latin America & Caribbean 42 20.56
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 28.73
North America 3 14.88
South Asia 6 24.02
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 38.34

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
1 Hong Kong SAR, China 9.38
2 Korea, Rep. 10.27
3 Puerto Rico (US) 10.69
4 Japan 10.87
5 Italy 11.30
6 Singapore 11.80
7 Andorra 11.86
8 San Marino 11.87
9 Portugal 11.93
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.01
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.0014.FE.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.