Countries by population aged 0 to 14, 2023
The Central African Republic had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2023, at 49.2%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 10.7%. The median was 23.6% and the figure for the World was 25%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2023 (%) | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 49.2 | -0 pts |
| 2 | Niger | 47 | -0.4 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 46.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 4 | Somalia | 46.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 5 | Mali | 46.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.1 | -0 pts |
| 7 | Burundi | 45.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 8 | Mozambique | 44.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 9 | Angola | 44.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 10 | Uganda | 43.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 43.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 12 | Mauritania | 43 | -0.3 pts |
| 13 | Tanzania | 42.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 42.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 15 | Zambia | 42 | -0.5 pts |
| 16 | Benin | 41.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 17 | Cameroon | 41.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 18 | Nigeria | 41.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 41.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 20 | Malawi | 41.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 21 | Côte d’Ivoire | 41.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 22 | Guinea | 41.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 23 | Yemen | 41.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 24 | Togo | 41.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 40.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 26 | Gambia | 40.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 27 | Sudan | 40.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 28 | Liberia | 40 | -0.5 pts |
| 29 | South Sudan | 39.9 | -1 pts |
| 30 | Madagascar | 39.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 39.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 33 | Samoa | 38.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 34 | Eritrea | 38.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 35 | Senegal | 38.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 38.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 38.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 38 | Palestine | 38.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 39 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 38.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 40 | Nauru | 38.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Rwanda | 37.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 43 | Kenya | 37.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 44 | Comoros | 37.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 37.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 46 | Namibia | 37.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 47 | Iraq | 37.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 48 | Pakistan | 37 | -0.3 pts |
| 49 | Gabon | 36.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 36.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 51 | Ghana | 36.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 52 | Tonga | 35.6 | -0 pts |
| 53 | Kiribati | 34.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Lesotho | 34.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 34.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 56 | Timor-Leste | 34.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 33.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 58 | Eswatini | 33.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 60 | Mongolia | 32.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 32.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 62 | Egypt | 32.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 63 | Botswana | 32.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 64 | Guatemala | 32.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 65 | Micronesia | 32.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 31.7 | -0 pts |
| 67 | Haiti | 31.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 68 | Jordan | 31.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 69 | Honduras | 31 | -0.4 pts |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 30.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 71 | Algeria | 30.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 72 | Laos | 30.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 73 | Syria | 30.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 74 | Bolivia | 30.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 75 | Cambodia | 30.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 76 | Djibouti | 29.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 29.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 78 | Guyana | 29.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 29.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 80 | Paraguay | 28.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 81 | Nepal | 28.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 82 | Philippines | 28.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 28.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 84 | Libya | 28 | -0.5 pts |
| 85 | Israel | 27.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | American Samoa | 27.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 87 | Fiji | 27.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 88 | Belize | 27 | -0.6 pts |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 26.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 90 | Lebanon | 26.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 91 | Cape Verde | 26.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 92 | Venezuela | 26.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 93 | South Africa | 26.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Morocco | 26 | -0.4 pts |
| 95 | Guam | 26 | 0 pts |
| 96 | Suriname | 25.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Panama | 25.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 98 | Oman | 25.2 | -1 pts |
| 99 | El Salvador | 25.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 100 | India | 25.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 101 | Ecuador | 25 | -0.5 pts |
| 102 | Indonesia | 24.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 103 | Mexico | 24.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 104 | Myanmar | 24.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 105 | Tunisia | 24.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Peru | 24.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 107 | Saudi Arabia | 24.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 108 | Vietnam | 23.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 109 | Iran | 22.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 110 | Northern Mariana Islands | 22.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 22.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 22.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 113 | Malaysia | 22.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 114 | Argentina | 22.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 115 | Türkiye | 21.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 21.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 118 | Bhutan | 21.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 119 | Saint Martin | 21.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 120 | Georgia | 21 | -0.2 pts |
| 121 | Brunei | 21 | -0.2 pts |
| 122 | Greenland | 20.8 | -0 pts |
| 123 | Colombia | 20.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 20.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Seychelles | 20.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 126 | Maldives | 20 | -0.3 pts |
| 127 | Moldova | 20 | -0.2 pts |
| 128 | Brazil | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 129 | Grenada | 19.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 130 | French Polynesia | 19.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 131 | Armenia | 19.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 19.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 133 | Jamaica | 19.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 134 | Ireland | 19 | -0.4 pts |
| 135 | Bahrain | 19 | -0.1 pts |
| 136 | North Korea | 19 | -0 pts |
| 137 | Uruguay | 18.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 138 | Kuwait | 18.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 139 | Palau | 18.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 140 | New Zealand | 18.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 142 | Montenegro | 18.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 143 | Bahamas | 18.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 144 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 145 | Dominica | 18.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Iceland | 18.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 147 | Australia | 18 | -0.2 pts |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | -0.3 pts |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 17.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 150 | Gibraltar | 17.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 151 | United States | 17.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 152 | Russia | 17.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 153 | Barbados | 17.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 154 | United Kingdom | 17.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 155 | Chile | 17.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 156 | Sweden | 17.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 157 | Aruba | 17.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 17.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 159 | Albania | 17 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | France | 16.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 161 | Belarus | 16.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 162 | China | 16.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 163 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 16.5 | 0 pts |
| 164 | Norway | 16.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 166 | Cayman Islands | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 167 | Belgium | 16.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 168 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 169 | Cyprus | 16.1 | 0 pts |
| 170 | Estonia | 16 | -0.3 pts |
| 171 | Slovakia | 15.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 172 | Romania | 15.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Denmark | 15.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 15.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 175 | Latvia | 15.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 176 | Czechia | 15.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 177 | Sint Maarten | 15.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 178 | Cuba | 15.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 179 | Canada | 15.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 180 | Curaçao | 15.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 181 | Netherlands | 15.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 182 | Qatar | 15.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 183 | British Virgin Islands | 15.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 184 | Mauritius | 15.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 185 | Poland | 15.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 186 | Thailand | 15.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 187 | Switzerland | 15 | -0.1 pts |
| 188 | Finland | 14.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 189 | Slovenia | 14.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 190 | Lithuania | 14.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 191 | Bulgaria | 14.5 | -0 pts |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 14.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 193 | Hungary | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 194 | Serbia | 14.4 | -0 pts |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 14.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 196 | Austria | 14.3 | -0 pts |
| 197 | Ukraine | 14.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 198 | Croatia | 14.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 199 | Macao | 14.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 200 | Germany | 13.9 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Bermuda | 13.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 202 | Greece | 13.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 203 | Spain | 13.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 204 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 205 | Monaco | 13.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 206 | Malta | 13.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 207 | Portugal | 12.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 208 | San Marino | 12.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 209 | Andorra | 12.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 210 | Italy | 12.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | Puerto Rico | 12 | -0.4 pts |
| 212 | Singapore | 11.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 213 | Japan | 11.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 214 | South Korea | 11 | -0.4 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 10.7 | -0.2 pts |
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About this ranking
Residents aged 0 to 14 as a percentage of total population, at mid-year.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population ages 0-14, % of total population (SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest population aged 0 to 14?
The Central African Republic, with 49.2% in 2023, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 10.7% in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Population ages 0-14, % of total population (SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-11.