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Countries Ranked by Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported population ages 0-14 (% of total population) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 22.44, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Samoa

38.46

Europe & Central Asia

Tajikistan

36.26

Latin America & Caribbean

Guatemala

31.58

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

42.89

North America

United States

17.32

South Asia

Nepal

28.43

Sub-Saharan Africa

Central African Republic

49.00

Rank Country Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
1 Central African Republic 49.00
2 Niger 46.60
3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 46.59
4 Mali 46.14
5 Chad 46.06
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 46.03
7 Burundi 44.70
8 Mozambique 44.48
9 Angola 44.35
10 Uganda 43.54
11 Afghanistan 42.89
12 Mauritania 42.71
13 Tanzania 42.54
14 Burkina Faso 41.80
15 Benin 41.55
16 Zambia 41.46
17 Cameroon 41.44
18 Yemen, Rep. 41.13
19 Nigeria 41.01
20 Guinea 40.90
21 Zimbabwe 40.87
22 Cote d'Ivoire 40.87
23 Malawi 40.71
24 Sudan 40.47
25 Congo, Rep. 40.45
26 Gambia, The 40.25
27 Liberia 39.53
28 Togo 39.53
29 Madagascar 39.26
30 Ethiopia 39.06
31 South Sudan 38.92
32 Guinea-Bissau 38.79
33 Samoa 38.46
34 Vanuatu 38.31
35 Senegal 38.18
36 Eritrea 38.14
37 Sierra Leone 38.09
38 West Bank and Gaza 38.05
39 Sao Tome and Principe 37.83
40 Nauru 37.78
41 Rwanda 37.36
42 Equatorial Guinea 37.29
43 Comoros 37.12
44 Namibia 36.98
45 Solomon Islands 36.97
46 Kenya 36.84
47 Pakistan 36.68
48 Iraq 36.58
49 Gabon 36.48
50 Tajikistan 36.26
51 Ghana 35.82
52 Tonga 35.40
53 Kiribati 34.69
54 Lesotho 34.52
55 Marshall Islands 34.47
56 Timor-Leste 33.66
57 Papua New Guinea 33.48
58 Eswatini 33.35
59 Tuvalu 32.95
60 Kyrgyz Republic 32.34
61 Mongolia 32.19
62 Botswana 32.13
63 Egypt, Arab Rep. 31.99
64 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 31.85
65 Guatemala 31.58
66 Turkmenistan 31.51
67 Haiti 31.19
68 Uzbekistan 31.10
69 Jordan 30.67
70 Honduras 30.62
71 Algeria 30.33
72 Lao PDR 30.20
73 Cambodia 29.79
74 Bolivia 29.79
75 Kazakhstan 29.37
76 Djibouti 29.17
77 Syrian Arab Republic 29.16
78 Guyana 29.16
79 Nicaragua 28.76
80 Paraguay 28.59
81 Nepal 28.43
82 Bangladesh 27.99
83 Philippines 27.87
84 Libya 27.41
85 Israel 27.41
86 Fiji 27.09
87 American Samoa 27.01
88 Dominican Republic 26.58
89 Belize 26.58
90 Lebanon 26.19
91 Guam 25.98
92 South Africa 25.88
93 Suriname 25.64
94 Morocco 25.63
95 Cabo Verde 25.55
96 Venezuela, RB 25.53
97 Panama 24.89
98 El Salvador 24.81
99 Oman 24.71
100 India 24.62
101 Indonesia 24.60
102 Mexico 24.51
103 Ecuador 24.46
104 Myanmar 24.30
105 Tunisia 24.04
106 Peru 23.97
107 Saudi Arabia 23.82
108 Viet Nam 23.22
109 Iran, Islamic Rep. 22.44
110 Sri Lanka 22.03
111 Northern Mariana Islands 22.00
112 Azerbaijan 21.81
113 Malaysia 21.79
114 Argentina 21.60
115 Turkiye 21.45
116 St. Martin (French part) 21.34
117 New Caledonia 21.31
118 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21.29
119 Bhutan 20.91
120 Brunei Darussalam 20.83
121 Greenland 20.80
122 Georgia 20.80
123 Kosovo 20.71
124 Colombia 20.27
125 Faroe Islands 19.97
126 Seychelles 19.95
127 Moldova 19.79
128 Brazil 19.67
129 Maldives 19.59
130 Grenada 19.44
131 Armenia 19.24
132 French Polynesia 19.10
133 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 18.95
134 Costa Rica 18.80
135 Bahrain 18.72
136 Jamaica 18.70
137 Ireland 18.56
138 Uruguay 18.29
139 Palau 18.24
140 Kuwait 18.22
141 St. Kitts and Nevis 18.19
142 Montenegro 18.13
143 New Zealand 18.12
144 Bahamas, The 17.91
145 Dominica 17.87
146 Australia 17.84
147 Antigua and Barbuda 17.80
148 Iceland 17.76
149 Trinidad and Tobago 17.76
150 Gibraltar 17.65
151 St. Lucia 17.54
152 United States 17.32
153 Russian Federation 17.28
154 Barbados 17.24
155 United Kingdom 17.19
156 Sweden 16.99
157 Chile 16.97
158 Aruba 16.84
159 Albania 16.84
160 North Macedonia 16.82
161 France 16.51
162 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 16.50
163 Belarus 16.30
164 Norway 16.19
165 Cayman Islands 16.19
166 United Arab Emirates 16.11
167 Cyprus 16.07
168 Turks and Caicos Islands 16.07
169 China 16.01
170 Belgium 16.00
171 Luxembourg 15.78
172 Slovak Republic 15.76
173 Romania 15.72
174 Denmark 15.70
175 Estonia 15.64
176 Latvia 15.41
177 Czechia 15.40
178 Cuba 15.29
179 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 15.14
180 Canada 15.11
181 Qatar 15.07
182 Netherlands 15.03
183 Switzerland 14.95
184 Curacao 14.93
185 Mauritius 14.81
186 Poland 14.81
187 Thailand 14.75
188 Slovenia 14.71
189 Lithuania 14.71
190 Finland 14.63
191 British Virgin Islands 14.49
192 Bulgaria 14.47
193 Hungary 14.40
194 Serbia 14.31
195 Liechtenstein 14.26
196 Austria 14.23
197 Isle of Man 14.22
198 Channel Islands 14.20
199 Croatia 13.92
200 Germany 13.91
201 Macao SAR, China 13.91
202 Ukraine 13.89
203 Bermuda 13.61
204 Monaco 13.47
205 Greece 13.22
206 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.04
207 Malta 13.03
208 Spain 12.92
209 Portugal 12.80
210 San Marino 12.26
211 Italy 11.89
212 Andorra 11.89
213 Singapore 11.69
214 Puerto Rico (US) 11.63
215 Japan 11.44
216 Korea, Rep. 10.57
217 Hong Kong SAR, China 10.51

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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