Countries by population aged 0 to 14
Niger had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2016, at 49%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.5%. The median was 25% and the figure for the World was 26.5%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 (%) | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 49 | -0.2 pts |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 49 | -0 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 48.5 | -0 pts |
| 4 | Mali | 48 | -0 pts |
| 5 | Burundi | 47.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 6 | Somalia | 47.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 7 | Uganda | 47.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 45.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 10 | Mozambique | 45.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 45.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 12 | Angola | 45.3 | 0 pts |
| 13 | Malawi | 45.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 14 | Zambia | 44.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 15 | Mauritania | 44.2 | -0 pts |
| 16 | Tanzania | 44.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 17 | Nigeria | 44.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 18 | South Sudan | 43.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 43.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 20 | Gambia | 43.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 21 | Benin | 43.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 22 | Sudan | 43.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 23 | Guinea | 43.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 24 | Cameroon | 43 | -0.1 pts |
| 25 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 42.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 27 | Liberia | 42.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 28 | Senegal | 42.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 29 | Eritrea | 42.1 | -0 pts |
| 30 | Republic of the Congo | 42.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 42 | -0.3 pts |
| 32 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 41.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 33 | Yemen | 41.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 34 | Madagascar | 41.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 35 | Kenya | 41.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 41.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Togo | 41.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 38 | Rwanda | 40.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 39 | Syria | 40.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 40 | Iraq | 40.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 41 | Palestine | 39.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 39.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 43 | Comoros | 39.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 38.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 45 | Pakistan | 38.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | 38.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 47 | Ghana | 38.4 | -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 | 36.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 52 | Lesotho | 36.6 | -0 pts |
| 53 | Gabon | 36.6 | -0 pts |
| 54 | Namibia | 36.5 | 0 pts |
| 55 | Tonga | 36.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 56 | Eswatini | 36.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 36.3 | -0 pts |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 35.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 59 | Guatemala | 35.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 60 | Kiribati | 35 | -0.1 pts |
| 61 | Jordan | 34.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 62 | Honduras | 34.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 63 | Botswana | 34.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 64 | Egypt | 34.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 65 | Haiti | 33.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 66 | Micronesia | 33.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 67 | Djibouti | 33.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 68 | Philippines | 32.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 69 | Laos | 32.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 70 | Nepal | 32.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 71 | Bolivia | 32.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 73 | Cambodia | 31.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 74 | Nicaragua | 31.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 75 | Tuvalu | 31.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 76 | American Samoa | 31.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 77 | Belize | 31.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 78 | Libya | 30.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 30.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 80 | Mongolia | 30.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 81 | Guyana | 30.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 29.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 83 | Paraguay | 29.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 84 | Algeria | 29.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 85 | Fiji | 29.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 28.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 28.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 28.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 89 | Ecuador | 28.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 90 | India | 28.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 91 | South Africa | 28.3 | 0 pts |
| 92 | Suriname | 28.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 93 | Israel | 28.3 | 0 pts |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 28.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 95 | El Salvador | 28 | -0.6 pts |
| 96 | Venezuela | 27.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Morocco | 27.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 98 | Panama | 27.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 99 | Mexico | 27.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 100 | Peru | 27.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 101 | Indonesia | 26.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 102 | Bhutan | 26.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 103 | Lebanon | 26.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 104 | Myanmar | 26.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 105 | Saint Martin | 26 | -0.5 pts |
| 106 | Guam | 25.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 107 | Malaysia | 25.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 108 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25 | -0.2 pts |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 24.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 110 | Tunisia | 24.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 111 | Argentina | 24.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 24.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 113 | Vietnam | 24.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 114 | Colombia | 23.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 23.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 116 | Iran | 23.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 23.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 118 | French Polynesia | 23.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 119 | Türkiye | 23.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 121 | Brunei | 23.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 122 | Maldives | 22.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 123 | Jamaica | 22.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 124 | Oman | 22.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 22.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 126 | Grenada | 22.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 127 | Brazil | 22 | -0.4 pts |
| 128 | Kuwait | 21.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 129 | Seychelles | 21.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 130 | Ireland | 21.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 131 | Uruguay | 21 | -0.2 pts |
| 132 | Faroe Islands | 20.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Bahamas | 20.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 134 | Greenland | 20.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 135 | Dominica | 20.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 136 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 20.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 138 | Armenia | 20.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 139 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 140 | Palau | 20.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 141 | Bahrain | 20.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 142 | Iceland | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 143 | Georgia | 19.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 144 | Chile | 19.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 145 | New Zealand | 19.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | North Korea | 19.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | Sint Maarten | 19.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 149 | British Virgin Islands | 19.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 150 | United States | 19.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 151 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 19 | -0.6 pts |
| 152 | Aruba | 18.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 153 | Barbados | 18.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 154 | Australia | 18.9 | -0 pts |
| 155 | Moldova | 18.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 156 | Albania | 18.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 157 | Montenegro | 18.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 158 | Curaçao | 18.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 159 | Mauritius | 18.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 160 | China | 18.3 | -0 pts |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 18.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 162 | Gibraltar | 18.1 | -0 pts |
| 163 | France | 18.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 18 | +0.1 pts |
| 165 | Norway | 17.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 17.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 167 | Thailand | 17.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 168 | Sweden | 17.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 169 | Cayman Islands | 17.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 170 | Russia | 17.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 171 | Belgium | 17 | -0 pts |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 16.8 | -0 pts |
| 173 | Denmark | 16.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 174 | Cuba | 16.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 175 | Belarus | 16.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 176 | Netherlands | 16.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 177 | Luxembourg | 16.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 178 | Finland | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 179 | Canada | 16.2 | -0 pts |
| 180 | Estonia | 16.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 181 | Isle of Man | 16 | -0.1 pts |
| 182 | Cyprus | 15.9 | -0 pts |
| 183 | Puerto Rico | 15.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 184 | Romania | 15.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 185 | Czechia | 15.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 186 | Slovakia | 15.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 187 | Latvia | 15.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 188 | Ukraine | 15.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 189 | Poland | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 190 | Andorra | 15.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 191 | Bermuda | 15.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 192 | Spain | 14.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 193 | Slovenia | 14.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 194 | Switzerland | 14.9 | 0 pts |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 14.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 196 | Lithuania | 14.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 197 | San Marino | 14.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 198 | Croatia | 14.6 | -0 pts |
| 199 | Hungary | 14.5 | 0 pts |
| 200 | Greece | 14.4 | -0 pts |
| 201 | Austria | 14.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 202 | Serbia | 14.3 | -0 pts |
| 203 | Malta | 14.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 204 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 205 | Portugal | 14.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 206 | Bulgaria | 14 | +0.1 pts |
| 207 | Qatar | 13.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 208 | Italy | 13.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 209 | South Korea | 13.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 210 | Germany | 13.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 211 | Macao | 13.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 212 | Japan | 12.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 213 | Singapore | 12.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 214 | Monaco | 12.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.5 | -0 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?
Niger, with 49% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.5% in 2016.
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.