Countries by population aged 0 to 14
The Central African Republic had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2020, at 48.9%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.3%. The median was 24.4% and the figure for the World was 25.8%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 (%) | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 2 | Niger | 48 | -0.3 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 48 | -0.2 pts |
| 4 | Mali | 47.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 5 | Somalia | 47 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Burundi | 47 | -0.4 pts |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 8 | Uganda | 45.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 9 | Mozambique | 45.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 10 | Angola | 45 | -0.1 pts |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 44.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 44 | -0.5 pts |
| 13 | Mauritania | 43.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 14 | Tanzania | 43.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 15 | Zambia | 43.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 16 | Malawi | 43.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 17 | Nigeria | 42.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 18 | Benin | 42.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 19 | Cameroon | 42.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 20 | South Sudan | 42.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 42.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 22 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 23 | Guinea | 42.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 24 | Gambia | 42 | -0.4 pts |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 41.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 26 | Sudan | 41.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 27 | Liberia | 41.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 28 | Yemen | 41.4 | -0 pts |
| 29 | Togo | 40.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 40.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 32 | Eritrea | 40.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 33 | Madagascar | 40.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 34 | Senegal | 40.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 35 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 39.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 39.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Palestine | 39.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 38 | Kenya | 39.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 39 | Rwanda | 39.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 39 | 0 pts |
| 41 | Samoa | 38.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 42 | Iraq | 38.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 38.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 44 | Comoros | 38.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 45 | Nauru | 38 | +0.4 pts |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 47 | Pakistan | 37.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 48 | Ghana | 37.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 49 | Namibia | 37.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 50 | Gabon | 36.8 | 0 pts |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 36.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 52 | Timor-Leste | 36 | -0.6 pts |
| 53 | Lesotho | 35.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Tonga | 35.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 55 | Kiribati | 35.2 | 0 pts |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 34.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 57 | Eswatini | 34.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 58 | Syria | 34.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 34.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 60 | Guatemala | 33.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 61 | Egypt | 33.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 63 | Botswana | 32.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 64 | Jordan | 32.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 65 | Micronesia | 32.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 66 | Mongolia | 32.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 67 | Haiti | 32.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 68 | Honduras | 32.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 31.7 | -0 pts |
| 70 | Laos | 31.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 31.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 72 | Cambodia | 31.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 73 | Bolivia | 31 | -0.3 pts |
| 74 | Djibouti | 31 | -0.6 pts |
| 75 | Algeria | 30.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 76 | Philippines | 30.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 30.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 78 | Nepal | 30.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 29.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 80 | American Samoa | 29.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 81 | Guyana | 29.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 82 | Libya | 29.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 29.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 29.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 85 | Paraguay | 29.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 86 | Belize | 28.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 87 | Cape Verde | 28.4 | 0 pts |
| 88 | Fiji | 28.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 89 | Israel | 28 | -0.1 pts |
| 90 | Lebanon | 27.9 | 0 pts |
| 91 | Venezuela | 27.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 27.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 93 | South Africa | 27 | -0.4 pts |
| 94 | Morocco | 27 | -0.2 pts |
| 95 | Suriname | 26.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 96 | Ecuador | 26.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 97 | Panama | 26.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 98 | India | 26.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 99 | El Salvador | 26.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 100 | Mexico | 26 | -0.4 pts |
| 101 | Indonesia | 25.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 102 | Guam | 25.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 103 | Oman | 25.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 104 | Peru | 25.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 25.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 106 | Myanmar | 25.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 107 | Tunisia | 25.1 | -0 pts |
| 108 | Vietnam | 24.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 109 | Malaysia | 24 | -0.5 pts |
| 110 | Iran | 23.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Argentina | 23.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 23.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 114 | Bhutan | 23.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 23.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 116 | Türkiye | 22.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 22.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 119 | Colombia | 21.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 120 | Brunei | 21.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 21.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 122 | Maldives | 21.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 123 | Georgia | 21 | +0.2 pts |
| 124 | Grenada | 20.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Greenland | 20.9 | 0 pts |
| 126 | Brazil | 20.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 20.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 20.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 129 | Kuwait | 20.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 130 | Seychelles | 20.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 131 | Jamaica | 20.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 132 | Armenia | 20.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 133 | Ireland | 20.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 134 | Moldova | 20 | +0.2 pts |
| 135 | Bahrain | 19.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 136 | Uruguay | 19.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 137 | Bahamas | 19.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 138 | Saint Martin | 19.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 139 | Palau | 19.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 141 | North Korea | 19.1 | -0 pts |
| 142 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 143 | New Zealand | 19 | -0.1 pts |
| 144 | Dominica | 18.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 18.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 147 | Iceland | 18.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 148 | Australia | 18.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 149 | Montenegro | 18.4 | 0 pts |
| 150 | Chile | 18.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 151 | United States | 18.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 152 | Aruba | 18.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 153 | Barbados | 18.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 154 | Gibraltar | 18.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 18 | -0.1 pts |
| 156 | China | 18 | -0.2 pts |
| 157 | Sweden | 17.7 | -0 pts |
| 158 | Russia | 17.7 | 0 pts |
| 159 | Albania | 17.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | France | 17.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 161 | Sint Maarten | 17.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 17.2 | -0 pts |
| 163 | Norway | 17.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Belarus | 17 | +0.1 pts |
| 165 | British Virgin Islands | 17 | -0.5 pts |
| 166 | Belgium | 16.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 16.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 169 | Cayman Islands | 16.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 170 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 16.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 171 | Estonia | 16.4 | 0 pts |
| 172 | Mauritius | 16.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 173 | Curaçao | 16.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 174 | Denmark | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 175 | Thailand | 16.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 176 | Romania | 16.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Czechia | 16 | +0.1 pts |
| 178 | Latvia | 16 | +0.1 pts |
| 179 | Luxembourg | 16 | -0 pts |
| 180 | Cyprus | 15.9 | 0 pts |
| 181 | Canada | 15.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 182 | Slovakia | 15.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 183 | Cuba | 15.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Finland | 15.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 185 | Netherlands | 15.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 186 | Poland | 15.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 187 | Qatar | 15.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 188 | Ukraine | 15.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 189 | Isle of Man | 15.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 190 | Slovenia | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 191 | Lithuania | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 192 | Switzerland | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 193 | Liechtenstein | 14.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 194 | Hungary | 14.6 | 0 pts |
| 195 | Bermuda | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 196 | Croatia | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 197 | Bulgaria | 14.4 | 0 pts |
| 198 | Austria | 14.4 | -0 pts |
| 199 | Macao | 14.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 200 | Serbia | 14.3 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Spain | 14.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 202 | Greece | 14.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 203 | Germany | 13.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 204 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 205 | Andorra | 13.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 206 | San Marino | 13.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 207 | Puerto Rico | 13.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 208 | Portugal | 13.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 209 | Malta | 13.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 210 | Italy | 12.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 211 | Monaco | 12.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 212 | Japan | 12.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 213 | Singapore | 12.2 | -0 pts |
| 214 | South Korea | 12.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.3 | -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 48.9% in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.3% in 2020.
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.