Countries by population aged 0 to 14
Niger had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2012, at 49.5%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.7%. The median was 26.2% and the figure for the World was 27%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2012
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2012 (%) | Change on 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 49.5 | -0 pts |
| 2 | Uganda | 49.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 48.7 | -0 pts |
| 4 | Somalia | 47.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 5 | Mali | 47.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 6 | Afghanistan | 47.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 46.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 8 | Malawi | 46.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46 | -0 pts |
| 10 | Zambia | 45.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 11 | Mozambique | 45.9 | 0 pts |
| 12 | Burundi | 45.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 45.6 | 0 pts |
| 14 | Angola | 45.2 | 0 pts |
| 15 | Tanzania | 45.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 44.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 17 | Sudan | 44.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 18 | Nigeria | 44.5 | 0 pts |
| 19 | Gambia | 44.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 20 | Mauritania | 44.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 21 | Guinea | 44 | -0.2 pts |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 43.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 23 | Benin | 43.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 24 | Cameroon | 43.6 | -0 pts |
| 25 | Togo | 43.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 26 | Madagascar | 43.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 27 | Kenya | 43.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 42.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 30 | Senegal | 42.7 | 0 pts |
| 31 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 32 | Yemen | 42.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 33 | Liberia | 42.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 34 | Eritrea | 42.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 35 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 42 | 0 pts |
| 36 | South Sudan | 41.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 37 | Rwanda | 41.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 38 | Palestine | 41.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 39 | Republic of the Congo | 41 | +0.3 pts |
| 40 | Iraq | 41 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 40.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 40.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 43 | Comoros | 40.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 39.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 45 | Pakistan | 39 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Ghana | 38.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.3 | 0 pts |
| 48 | Samoa | 38.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 38.2 | 0 pts |
| 50 | Guatemala | 38.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 51 | Eswatini | 38 | -0.4 pts |
| 52 | Nauru | 37.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 53 | Tonga | 37.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 54 | Papua New Guinea | 37 | -0.3 pts |
| 55 | Gabon | 37 | -0.2 pts |
| 56 | Honduras | 36.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 36.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 58 | Namibia | 36.6 | -0 pts |
| 59 | Syria | 36.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 60 | Lesotho | 36.5 | -0 pts |
| 61 | Kiribati | 36.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 62 | Djibouti | 35.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 63 | Haiti | 35.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 64 | Micronesia | 35.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 65 | Jordan | 35.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 66 | Laos | 34.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 67 | Philippines | 34.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 68 | Nepal | 34.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 69 | Botswana | 34.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 70 | Belize | 34 | -0.8 pts |
| 71 | Egypt | 33.9 | -0 pts |
| 72 | Bolivia | 33.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 33.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 74 | American Samoa | 33.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 75 | Bangladesh | 33 | -0.6 pts |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 32.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 77 | Cambodia | 32.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 78 | Libya | 31.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 79 | Paraguay | 31.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 80 | Guyana | 31.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 30.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 82 | El Salvador | 30.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 83 | Ecuador | 30.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 30.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 85 | India | 30.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 86 | Fiji | 30.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 30.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 88 | Suriname | 29.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 29.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 90 | Venezuela | 29.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 91 | Mexico | 29 | -0.4 pts |
| 92 | South Africa | 28.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 93 | Morocco | 28.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 94 | Panama | 28.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 95 | Peru | 28.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 96 | Bhutan | 28.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 28.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 98 | Israel | 28.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 99 | Mongolia | 28.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 100 | Algeria | 27.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 101 | Indonesia | 27.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 102 | Myanmar | 27.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 103 | Saint Martin | 27.3 | 0 pts |
| 104 | Malaysia | 27 | -0.4 pts |
| 105 | Guam | 27 | -0.4 pts |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 26.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 107 | Colombia | 26.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 26.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 26 | -0.3 pts |
| 110 | Lebanon | 25.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 111 | Jamaica | 25.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 112 | Argentina | 25.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 25.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 25.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 25.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 116 | Türkiye | 25.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 117 | Brunei | 24.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 119 | Maldives | 24.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 120 | Tunisia | 24.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 121 | Vietnam | 24 | -0.2 pts |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 23.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 123 | Brazil | 23.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 124 | Grenada | 23.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Iran | 23.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 126 | Oman | 22.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 22.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 129 | Dominica | 22.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 130 | Bahamas | 22.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 22.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 133 | Kuwait | 22.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 134 | Seychelles | 22 | -0.2 pts |
| 135 | Uruguay | 21.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 136 | Greenland | 21.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 137 | Ireland | 21.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 138 | Faroe Islands | 21.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 139 | Sint Maarten | 21.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 140 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 141 | North Korea | 20.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Chile | 20.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 143 | British Virgin Islands | 20.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 144 | Iceland | 20.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 145 | New Zealand | 20.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Albania | 20.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 147 | Palau | 20.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 148 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 20.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 149 | Mauritius | 20.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | -0.1 pts |
| 151 | Barbados | 19.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 152 | Bahrain | 19.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 153 | Aruba | 19.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 154 | United States | 19.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 155 | Armenia | 19.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 156 | Curaçao | 19.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 157 | Thailand | 19.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 158 | Australia | 18.9 | -0 pts |
| 159 | Montenegro | 18.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 18.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 161 | Georgia | 18.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | France | 18.5 | -0 pts |
| 163 | Norway | 18.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 18.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 165 | China | 18.3 | -0 pts |
| 166 | Gibraltar | 18.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 18.1 | -0 pts |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 17.8 | 0 pts |
| 169 | Denmark | 17.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 170 | Moldova | 17.3 | -0 pts |
| 171 | Cuba | 17.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Netherlands | 17.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 173 | Luxembourg | 17.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 174 | Belgium | 17 | 0 pts |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 16.8 | -0 pts |
| 176 | Sweden | 16.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Isle of Man | 16.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 178 | Finland | 16.4 | -0 pts |
| 179 | Bermuda | 16.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 180 | Cyprus | 16.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 181 | Canada | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 182 | Romania | 15.7 | -0 pts |
| 183 | Russia | 15.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | 15.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 185 | Estonia | 15.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 186 | Andorra | 15.5 | 0 pts |
| 187 | Slovakia | 15.4 | -0 pts |
| 188 | Belarus | 15.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 189 | South Korea | 15.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 190 | San Marino | 15.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 191 | Poland | 15.1 | -0 pts |
| 192 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 193 | Spain | 15.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 194 | Switzerland | 15 | -0.1 pts |
| 195 | Croatia | 15 | -0.2 pts |
| 196 | Portugal | 14.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 197 | Czechia | 14.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 198 | Lithuania | 14.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 199 | Malta | 14.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 200 | Greece | 14.7 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Qatar | 14.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 202 | Austria | 14.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 203 | Hungary | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 204 | Slovenia | 14.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 205 | Ukraine | 14.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 206 | Latvia | 14.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 207 | Serbia | 14.3 | -0 pts |
| 208 | Italy | 14 | -0 pts |
| 209 | Bulgaria | 13.6 | 0 pts |
| 210 | Singapore | 13.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 211 | Germany | 13.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 212 | Japan | 13.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 213 | Monaco | 13 | -0.1 pts |
| 214 | Macao | 12.3 | -0 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.7 | -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.
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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?
Niger, with 49.5% in 2012, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.7% in 2012.
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.