Countries by population aged 0 to 14
The Central African Republic had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2017, at 49%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.6%. The median was 25.2% and the figure for the World was 26.4%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2017
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2017 (%) | Change on 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 49 | 0 pts |
| 2 | Niger | 48.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 48.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 4 | Burundi | 47.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 5 | Mali | 47.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Somalia | 47.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 7 | Uganda | 46.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Mozambique | 45.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 45.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 11 | Angola | 45.3 | -0 pts |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 45.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 13 | South Sudan | 45 | +1.3 pts |
| 14 | Malawi | 44.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 15 | Zambia | 44.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 16 | Mauritania | 44.2 | -0 pts |
| 17 | Tanzania | 44 | -0.3 pts |
| 18 | Nigeria | 43.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 43.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 20 | Benin | 43.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 21 | Gambia | 43.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 22 | Cameroon | 43 | -0.1 pts |
| 23 | Guinea | 42.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 24 | Sudan | 42.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 25 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 26 | Liberia | 42.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 42.1 | 0 pts |
| 28 | Eritrea | 41.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 41.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 30 | Senegal | 41.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 32 | Yemen | 41.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 33 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 41.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 34 | Madagascar | 41.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 41 | -0.4 pts |
| 36 | Kenya | 41 | -0.5 pts |
| 37 | Rwanda | 40.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 38 | Togo | 40.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 39 | Iraq | 39.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 40 | Palestine | 39.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 39.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 42 | Syria | 39.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 43 | Comoros | 39.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 38.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 45 | Pakistan | 38.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.3 | -0 pts |
| 47 | Samoa | 38.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 48 | Ghana | 38.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 49 | Nauru | 38 | -0.2 pts |
| 50 | Timor-Leste | 37.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 51 | Namibia | 36.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 52 | Gabon | 36.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 53 | Lesotho | 36.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 54 | Tonga | 36.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 36.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 36.2 | -0 pts |
| 57 | Eswatini | 36 | -0.4 pts |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 35.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 59 | Guatemala | 35.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 60 | Kiribati | 35 | -0 pts |
| 61 | Jordan | 34.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 62 | Egypt | 34.1 | -0 pts |
| 63 | Botswana | 33.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 64 | Honduras | 33.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 65 | Haiti | 33.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 66 | Micronesia | 33.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 67 | Djibouti | 32.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 68 | Laos | 32.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 69 | Philippines | 32.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 71 | Nepal | 32.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 72 | Bolivia | 31.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 73 | Cambodia | 31.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 74 | Tuvalu | 31.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 31.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 76 | American Samoa | 31 | -0.4 pts |
| 77 | Mongolia | 30.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 78 | Libya | 30.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 79 | Belize | 30.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 30.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 30.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 82 | Guyana | 30 | -0.1 pts |
| 83 | Algeria | 29.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 84 | Paraguay | 29.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 85 | Fiji | 29.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 28.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 28.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 28.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 28.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 90 | South Africa | 28.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 91 | Israel | 28.2 | -0 pts |
| 92 | Ecuador | 28 | -0.6 pts |
| 93 | Suriname | 27.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 94 | India | 27.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 95 | Venezuela | 27.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 96 | Morocco | 27.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 97 | El Salvador | 27.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 98 | Panama | 27.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 99 | Mexico | 27.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 100 | Lebanon | 26.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 101 | Peru | 26.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 102 | Indonesia | 26.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 103 | Myanmar | 25.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 104 | Bhutan | 25.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 105 | Guam | 25.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 106 | Saint Martin | 25.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 107 | Malaysia | 25.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 25.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 109 | Tunisia | 25 | +0.1 pts |
| 110 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 111 | Argentina | 24.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 112 | Vietnam | 24.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 24.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 23.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 115 | Iran | 23.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 116 | New Caledonia | 23.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 117 | Türkiye | 23.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 118 | Colombia | 23.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 119 | French Polynesia | 23.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23 | -0.3 pts |
| 121 | Brunei | 22.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 122 | Maldives | 22.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 123 | Oman | 22.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 124 | Jamaica | 22.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 125 | Grenada | 21.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 21.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 127 | Brazil | 21.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 128 | Kuwait | 21.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 129 | Seychelles | 21 | -0.2 pts |
| 130 | Faroe Islands | 21 | 0 pts |
| 131 | Ireland | 20.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 132 | Greenland | 20.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Uruguay | 20.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 134 | Bahamas | 20.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 135 | Armenia | 20.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 136 | Georgia | 20.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 138 | Palau | 19.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 139 | Dominica | 19.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 19.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 142 | Bahrain | 19.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 143 | Iceland | 19.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 144 | New Zealand | 19.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 145 | North Korea | 19.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Chile | 19.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | Moldova | 19.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 149 | United States | 18.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | Aruba | 18.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 151 | Australia | 18.8 | -0 pts |
| 152 | Sint Maarten | 18.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 153 | British Virgin Islands | 18.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 154 | Barbados | 18.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 155 | Montenegro | 18.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 156 | China | 18.4 | 0 pts |
| 157 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 18.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 158 | Albania | 18.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 159 | Curaçao | 18.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 160 | Gibraltar | 18.2 | 0 pts |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 18 | +0.1 pts |
| 162 | France | 17.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 163 | Mauritius | 17.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 164 | Norway | 17.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 165 | Sweden | 17.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 17.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 168 | Russia | 17.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 169 | Thailand | 17.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 170 | Cayman Islands | 17.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 171 | Belgium | 17 | -0 pts |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 16.8 | -0 pts |
| 173 | Belarus | 16.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 174 | Denmark | 16.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 175 | Cuba | 16.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 176 | Estonia | 16.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Netherlands | 16.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 178 | Finland | 16.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 16.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 180 | Canada | 16.2 | -0 pts |
| 181 | Cyprus | 15.9 | -0 pts |
| 182 | Romania | 15.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | Isle of Man | 15.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 184 | Latvia | 15.7 | +0.3 pts |
| 185 | Czechia | 15.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 186 | Slovakia | 15.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 187 | Ukraine | 15.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 188 | Puerto Rico | 15.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 189 | Poland | 15.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 190 | Slovenia | 15 | +0.1 pts |
| 191 | Switzerland | 14.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 192 | Bermuda | 14.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 193 | Lithuania | 14.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 194 | Spain | 14.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 195 | Andorra | 14.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 14.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 197 | Croatia | 14.6 | -0 pts |
| 198 | Hungary | 14.5 | 0 pts |
| 199 | Greece | 14.4 | -0 pts |
| 200 | Austria | 14.4 | 0 pts |
| 201 | San Marino | 14.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 202 | Serbia | 14.3 | -0 pts |
| 203 | Bulgaria | 14.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 204 | Malta | 14 | -0.1 pts |
| 205 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | -0.2 pts |
| 206 | Portugal | 13.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 207 | Qatar | 13.7 | 0 pts |
| 208 | Macao | 13.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 209 | Germany | 13.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 210 | Italy | 13.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | South Korea | 13 | -0.3 pts |
| 212 | Japan | 12.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 213 | Singapore | 12.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 214 | Monaco | 12.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.6 | +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?
The Central African Republic, with 49% in 2017, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.6% in 2017.
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.