Countries by population aged 0 to 14
Niger had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2015, at 49.2%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.5%. The median was 25.3% and the figure for the World was 26.6%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2015 (%) | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 49.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 49 | +0.6 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 48.5 | 0 pts |
| 4 | Uganda | 48.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 5 | Mali | 48 | 0 pts |
| 6 | Somalia | 47.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 7 | Burundi | 47 | +0.6 pts |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 46.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46 | 0 pts |
| 10 | Mozambique | 45.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 45.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 12 | Malawi | 45.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 13 | Angola | 45.3 | 0 pts |
| 14 | Zambia | 45.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 15 | Tanzania | 44.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 16 | Nigeria | 44.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 17 | Mauritania | 44.3 | 0 pts |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 43.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 19 | Sudan | 43.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 20 | Gambia | 43.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 21 | Benin | 43.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 22 | Guinea | 43.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 23 | Cameroon | 43.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 24 | South Sudan | 43.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 42.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 26 | Liberia | 42.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 27 | Senegal | 42.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 29 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 30 | Eritrea | 42.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | Togo | 42.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 32 | Kenya | 42 | -0.4 pts |
| 33 | Madagascar | 42 | -0.4 pts |
| 34 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 41.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 35 | Republic of the Congo | 41.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 36 | Yemen | 41.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 41.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 38 | Rwanda | 41.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 39 | Syria | 40.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 40 | Iraq | 40.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 41 | Palestine | 40.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 40 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Comoros | 39.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 44 | Timor-Leste | 39.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 45 | Pakistan | 38.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Ghana | 38.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 38.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.3 | 0 pts |
| 49 | Nauru | 38.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 50 | Samoa | 38.1 | -0 pts |
| 51 | Marshall Islands | 37.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 52 | Eswatini | 36.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 53 | Tonga | 36.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Lesotho | 36.6 | 0 pts |
| 55 | Gabon | 36.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 56 | Namibia | 36.5 | -0 pts |
| 57 | Guatemala | 36.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 36.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 36.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 60 | Kiribati | 35.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 61 | Honduras | 34.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 62 | Jordan | 34.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 63 | Botswana | 34.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 64 | Haiti | 34.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 65 | Egypt | 34.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 66 | Djibouti | 34 | -0.5 pts |
| 67 | Micronesia | 34 | -0.4 pts |
| 68 | Philippines | 33.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 69 | Laos | 33.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 70 | Nepal | 33 | -0.6 pts |
| 71 | Bolivia | 32.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 32.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 31.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 74 | Cambodia | 31.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 75 | American Samoa | 31.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 76 | Belize | 31.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 31.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 79 | Libya | 31 | -0.1 pts |
| 80 | Guyana | 30.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 81 | Paraguay | 30.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 29.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 83 | Fiji | 29.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Mongolia | 29.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 29.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 86 | Ecuador | 29 | -0.5 pts |
| 87 | Algeria | 29 | +0.5 pts |
| 88 | India | 28.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 28.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 90 | Suriname | 28.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 91 | El Salvador | 28.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 92 | South Africa | 28.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 93 | Uzbekistan | 28.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 94 | Israel | 28.2 | 0 pts |
| 95 | Venezuela | 28.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 96 | Morocco | 28.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 97 | Mexico | 28 | -0.4 pts |
| 98 | Panama | 27.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 27.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 100 | Peru | 27.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 101 | Indonesia | 27 | -0.2 pts |
| 102 | Bhutan | 27 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Myanmar | 26.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 104 | Saint Martin | 26.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 105 | Guam | 26.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 106 | Malaysia | 25.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 107 | Lebanon | 25.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 108 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 25.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 110 | Argentina | 24.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Tunisia | 24.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 24.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 113 | Colombia | 24.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 24.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 115 | French Polynesia | 24.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | Vietnam | 24 | 0 pts |
| 117 | Türkiye | 23.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 119 | Iran | 23.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 120 | Brunei | 23.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 23.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 122 | Jamaica | 23.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 123 | Maldives | 23.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 22.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Brazil | 22.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 126 | Grenada | 22.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 127 | Oman | 22.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 128 | Kuwait | 21.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 129 | Dominica | 21.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 130 | Seychelles | 21.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 131 | Ireland | 21.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 132 | Bahamas | 21.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 134 | Uruguay | 21.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 135 | Greenland | 21.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 136 | Faroe Islands | 21.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 20.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 138 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 139 | Bahrain | 20.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 140 | Palau | 20.3 | 0 pts |
| 141 | Iceland | 20.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 142 | Armenia | 20.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 143 | Chile | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 144 | New Zealand | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 145 | North Korea | 19.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 146 | Sint Maarten | 19.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 19.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 149 | Georgia | 19.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 150 | British Virgin Islands | 19.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 151 | United States | 19.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 152 | Barbados | 19.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 153 | Aruba | 19 | -0.1 pts |
| 154 | Albania | 19 | -0.4 pts |
| 155 | Australia | 18.9 | -0 pts |
| 156 | Mauritius | 18.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 157 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 158 | Curaçao | 18.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 159 | Montenegro | 18.6 | -0 pts |
| 160 | China | 18.3 | -0 pts |
| 161 | France | 18.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 162 | Moldova | 18.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 163 | Gibraltar | 18.2 | 0 pts |
| 164 | Thailand | 18.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 18 | -0.3 pts |
| 166 | Norway | 18 | -0.2 pts |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 17.9 | 0 pts |
| 168 | Cayman Islands | 17.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 169 | Sweden | 17.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 170 | Belgium | 17 | -0 pts |
| 171 | Denmark | 16.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 172 | Russia | 16.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 16.8 | -0 pts |
| 174 | Cuba | 16.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 175 | Netherlands | 16.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 16.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 177 | Puerto Rico | 16.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 178 | Finland | 16.4 | -0 pts |
| 179 | Canada | 16.2 | -0 pts |
| 180 | Belarus | 16.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 181 | Isle of Man | 16.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 182 | Estonia | 16 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | Cyprus | 16 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Romania | 15.7 | -0 pts |
| 185 | Slovakia | 15.3 | 0 pts |
| 186 | Andorra | 15.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 187 | Bermuda | 15.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 188 | Czechia | 15.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 189 | Latvia | 15.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 190 | Poland | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 191 | Ukraine | 15.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 192 | Spain | 15 | -0.1 pts |
| 193 | Liechtenstein | 15 | -0.1 pts |
| 194 | San Marino | 14.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 195 | Switzerland | 14.9 | -0 pts |
| 196 | Slovenia | 14.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 197 | Croatia | 14.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 198 | Lithuania | 14.6 | 0 pts |
| 199 | Hungary | 14.5 | 0 pts |
| 200 | Greece | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 201 | Serbia | 14.3 | 0 pts |
| 202 | Austria | 14.3 | 0 pts |
| 203 | Portugal | 14.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 204 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 205 | Malta | 14.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 206 | Qatar | 13.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Bulgaria | 13.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 208 | South Korea | 13.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 209 | Italy | 13.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 210 | Germany | 13.2 | 0 pts |
| 211 | Macao | 13.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 212 | Japan | 12.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 213 | Singapore | 12.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 214 | Monaco | 12.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.5 | -0.1 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 49.2% in 2015, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.5% in 2015.
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.