Countries by population aged 0 to 14
The Central African Republic had the highest population aged 0 to 14 of 215 countries in 2021, at 49%. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 11.1%. The median was 24.2% and the figure for the World was 25.6%. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2021 (%) | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 49 | +0.1 pts |
| 2 | Chad | 47.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 3 | Niger | 47.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 4 | Mali | 47 | -0.3 pts |
| 5 | Somalia | 47 | -0.1 pts |
| 6 | Burundi | 46.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.1 | 0 pts |
| 8 | Mozambique | 45.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 9 | Angola | 44.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 10 | Uganda | 44.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 43.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 12 | Mauritania | 43.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 43.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 14 | Tanzania | 43.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 15 | Zambia | 42.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 16 | Malawi | 42.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 17 | Benin | 42.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 18 | Nigeria | 42.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 19 | Cameroon | 42.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 20 | Côte d’Ivoire | 42 | -0.2 pts |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 41.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 22 | Guinea | 41.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 23 | South Sudan | 41.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 24 | Gambia | 41.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 25 | Republic of the Congo | 41.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 26 | Yemen | 41.4 | 0 pts |
| 27 | Sudan | 41.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 28 | Togo | 41.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 29 | Liberia | 41 | -0.4 pts |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 31 | Madagascar | 40.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 40.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 33 | Eritrea | 39.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 34 | Senegal | 39.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 39.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 36 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 39.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 37 | Palestine | 39 | -0.3 pts |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 39 | -0 pts |
| 39 | Samoa | 38.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 40 | Kenya | 38.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 41 | Rwanda | 38.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 42 | Nauru | 38.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 38.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 44 | Iraq | 38.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 45 | Comoros | 38 | -0.3 pts |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 47 | Pakistan | 37.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 48 | Namibia | 37.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 49 | Ghana | 36.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 50 | Gabon | 36.8 | 0 pts |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 36.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 52 | Tonga | 35.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 53 | Lesotho | 35.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 35.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 55 | Kiribati | 35.2 | -0 pts |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 34.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 34.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 58 | Eswatini | 34.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 59 | Syria | 33.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 60 | Guatemala | 33.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 61 | Egypt | 33.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 33 | +0.1 pts |
| 63 | Mongolia | 32.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 64 | Botswana | 32.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 65 | Micronesia | 32.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 66 | Jordan | 32.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 67 | Haiti | 32.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 68 | Honduras | 31.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 31.6 | -0 pts |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 31.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 71 | Laos | 31.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 72 | Algeria | 30.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 73 | Bolivia | 30.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 74 | Cambodia | 30.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 75 | Djibouti | 30.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 30.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 30.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 78 | Philippines | 30 | -0.7 pts |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 29.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 80 | Guyana | 29.4 | -0 pts |
| 81 | Nepal | 29.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 29.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 83 | Paraguay | 29 | -0.1 pts |
| 84 | Libya | 29 | -0.5 pts |
| 85 | American Samoa | 28.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 86 | Belize | 28.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 87 | Fiji | 28 | -0.3 pts |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 28 | -0.4 pts |
| 89 | Israel | 27.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 90 | Lebanon | 27.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 27.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 92 | Venezuela | 27.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 93 | Morocco | 26.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 94 | Oman | 26.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 95 | South Africa | 26.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 96 | Suriname | 26.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 97 | Panama | 26 | -0.3 pts |
| 98 | El Salvador | 26 | -0.3 pts |
| 99 | Ecuador | 26 | -0.4 pts |
| 100 | Guam | 25.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 101 | India | 25.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 102 | Mexico | 25.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 103 | Indonesia | 25.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 25.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 105 | Peru | 25.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 106 | Tunisia | 25 | -0.1 pts |
| 107 | Myanmar | 24.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 108 | Vietnam | 24.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 109 | Iran | 23.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 110 | Malaysia | 23.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 111 | Argentina | 23.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 23.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 23 | -0.3 pts |
| 115 | Bhutan | 22.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 116 | Türkiye | 22.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 22 | -0.3 pts |
| 119 | Brunei | 21.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 120 | Colombia | 21.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 121 | Georgia | 21.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 122 | Saint Martin | 21.1 | +1.7 pts |
| 123 | French Polynesia | 20.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 124 | Greenland | 20.8 | -0 pts |
| 125 | Maldives | 20.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 126 | Faroe Islands | 20.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 127 | Grenada | 20.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 128 | Brazil | 20.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 129 | Seychelles | 20.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 20.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 131 | Moldova | 20.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 132 | Kuwait | 20.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 133 | Armenia | 20 | -0.1 pts |
| 134 | Jamaica | 20 | -0.5 pts |
| 135 | Ireland | 19.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 136 | Uruguay | 19.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 137 | Bahrain | 19.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 138 | Bahamas | 19.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 139 | North Korea | 19.1 | -0 pts |
| 140 | Palau | 19.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 141 | New Zealand | 18.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 143 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 144 | Iceland | 18.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Dominica | 18.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 147 | Montenegro | 18.5 | 0 pts |
| 148 | Saint Lucia | 18.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 149 | Australia | 18.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 150 | United States | 18.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 151 | Chile | 18.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 152 | Gibraltar | 18.1 | 0 pts |
| 153 | Aruba | 17.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 154 | Barbados | 17.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 17.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 156 | Russia | 17.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 157 | Sweden | 17.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 158 | China | 17.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 159 | Albania | 17.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | France | 17.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 161 | North Macedonia | 17.2 | 0 pts |
| 162 | Belarus | 17.1 | 0 pts |
| 163 | Norway | 17 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Belgium | 16.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 165 | Sint Maarten | 16.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 167 | United Arab Emirates | 16.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 168 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 16.5 | 0 pts |
| 169 | British Virgin Islands | 16.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 170 | Estonia | 16.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 16.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 172 | Denmark | 16.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Romania | 16.1 | -0 pts |
| 174 | Czechia | 16.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 175 | Latvia | 16 | 0 pts |
| 176 | Cyprus | 16 | 0 pts |
| 177 | Curaçao | 15.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 178 | Luxembourg | 15.9 | -0 pts |
| 179 | Slovakia | 15.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 180 | Mauritius | 15.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 181 | Thailand | 15.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 182 | Cuba | 15.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 183 | Canada | 15.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Qatar | 15.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 185 | Netherlands | 15.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 186 | Poland | 15.5 | -0 pts |
| 187 | Finland | 15.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 188 | Slovenia | 15.2 | 0 pts |
| 189 | Ukraine | 15.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 190 | Lithuania | 15.1 | -0 pts |
| 191 | Switzerland | 15.1 | 0 pts |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 15 | -0.2 pts |
| 193 | Hungary | 14.6 | 0 pts |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 195 | Bulgaria | 14.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 196 | Macao | 14.4 | 0 pts |
| 197 | Croatia | 14.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 198 | Austria | 14.4 | -0 pts |
| 199 | Bermuda | 14.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 200 | Serbia | 14.3 | 0 pts |
| 201 | Greece | 14 | -0.1 pts |
| 202 | Spain | 13.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 203 | Germany | 13.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 204 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 205 | Malta | 13.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 206 | San Marino | 13.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 207 | Portugal | 13.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 208 | Andorra | 13 | -0.4 pts |
| 209 | Puerto Rico | 12.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 210 | Monaco | 12.8 | -0 pts |
| 211 | Italy | 12.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 212 | Singapore | 12.2 | -0 pts |
| 213 | Japan | 12 | -0.2 pts |
| 214 | South Korea | 11.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 11.1 | -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 49% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest population aged 0 to 14?
Hong Kong, with 11.1% in 2021.
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.