Percent children - Country rankings

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Population ages 0-14, percent of total, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 185 countries was 26.96 percent.The highest value was in Niger: 49.54 percent and the lowest value was in South Korea: 12.27 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: United Nations Population Division
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Countries Percent children, 2021 Global rank Available data
Niger 49.54 1 1960 - 2021
Mali 46.73 2 1960 - 2021
Chad 46.23 3 1960 - 2021
Angola 46.15 4 1960 - 2021
Somalia 45.98 5 1960 - 2021
DR Congo 45.61 6 1960 - 2021
Uganda 45.55 7 1960 - 2021
Burundi 45.05 8 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso 44.09 9 1960 - 2021
Gambia 43.82 10 1960 - 2021
Mozambique 43.8 11 1960 - 2021
Zambia 43.57 12 1960 - 2021
Nigeria 43.31 13 1960 - 2021
Tanzania 43.29 14 1960 - 2021
C.A. Republic 43.03 15 1960 - 2021
Guinea 42.71 16 1960 - 2021
Malawi 42.51 17 1960 - 2021
Senegal 42.29 18 1960 - 2021
Cameroon 41.78 19 1960 - 2021
Benin 41.72 20 1960 - 2021
G.-Bissau 41.69 21 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast 41.35 22 1960 - 2021
Zimbabwe 41.32 23 1960 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 41.28 24 1960 - 2021
Afghanistan 41.2 25 1960 - 2021
R. of Congo 40.95 26 1960 - 2021
Togo 40.3 27 1960 - 2021
Liberia 40.03 28 1960 - 2021
Sierra Leone 40.01 29 1960 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 39.89 30 1960 - 2021
Madagascar 39.82 31 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia 39.56 32 1960 - 2021
Mauritania 39.5 33 1960 - 2021
Sudan 39.46 34 1960 - 2021
Rwanda 39.24 35 1960 - 2021
Comoros 38.75 36 1960 - 2021
Yemen 38.42 37 1960 - 2021
Vanuatu 38.15 38 1960 - 2021
Kenya 37.99 39 1960 - 2021
Palestine 37.95 40 1960 - 2021
Gabon 37.36 41 1960 - 2021
Tajikistan 37.35 42 1960 - 2021
Iraq 37.3 43 1960 - 2021
Samoa 37.1 44 1960 - 2021
Swaziland 36.95 45 1960 - 2021
Ghana 36.89 46 1960 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 36.83 47 1960 - 2021
Namibia 36.68 48 1960 - 2021
Kiribati 35.83 49 1960 - 2021
Papua N.G. 34.85 50 1960 - 2021
Pakistan 34.63 51 1960 - 2021
Tonga 34.36 52 1960 - 2021
Egypt 33.83 53 1960 - 2021
Botswana 33.02 54 1960 - 2021
Guatemala 32.88 55 1960 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 32.56 56 1960 - 2021
Lesotho 32.14 57 1960 - 2021
Haiti 32.11 58 1960 - 2021
Jordan 32.1 59 1960 - 2021
Laos 31.62 60 1960 - 2021
Mongolia 31.2 61 1960 - 2021
Micronesia 30.97 62 1960 - 2021
Algeria 30.92 63 1960 - 2021
Cambodia 30.7 64 1960 - 2021
Syria 30.69 65 1960 - 2021
Turkmenistan 30.63 66 1960 - 2021
Honduras 30.11 67 1960 - 2021
Bolivia 29.8 68 1960 - 2021
Philippines 29.53 69 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan 29.18 70 1960 - 2021
Nicaragua 29.11 71 1960 - 2021
Fiji 28.91 72 1960 - 2021
Belize 28.76 73 1960 - 2021
Uzbekistan 28.75 74 1960 - 2021
Paraguay 28.63 75 1960 - 2021
Djibouti 28.6 76 1960 - 2021
South Africa 28.59 77 1960 - 2021
Nepal 28.07 78 1960 - 2021
Israel 27.72 79 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde 27.67 80 1960 - 2021
Guyana 27.48 81 1960 - 2021
Libya 27.4 82 1960 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 27.17 83 1960 - 2021
Ecuador 27.17 84 1960 - 2021
Venezuela 26.54 85 1960 - 2021
Morocco 26.48 86 1960 - 2021
Suriname 26.41 87 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh 26.31 88 1960 - 2021
El Salvador 26.31 89 1960 - 2021
Panama 26.24 90 1960 - 2021
India 25.78 91 1960 - 2021
Indonesia 25.62 92 1960 - 2021
Mexico 25.49 93 1960 - 2021
Burma 25.11 94 1960 - 2021
Iran 24.84 95 1960 - 2021
Peru 24.67 96 1960 - 2021
Bhutan 24.55 97 1960 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 24.54 98 1960 - 2021
Lebanon 24.47 99 1960 - 2021
Argentina 24.27 100 1960 - 2021
Tunisia 24.22 101 1960 - 2021
Grenada 23.76 102 1960 - 2021
Seychelles 23.74 103 1960 - 2021
Turkey 23.57 104 1960 - 2021
Sri Lanka 23.43 105 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan 23.41 106 1960 - 2021
Malaysia 23.27 107 1960 - 2021
Vietnam 23.17 108 1960 - 2021
Jamaica 23.15 109 1960 - 2021
Oman 22.86 110 1960 - 2021
Brunei 21.92 111 1960 - 2021
Colombia 21.89 112 1960 - 2021
N. Caledonia 21.75 113 1960 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 21.73 114 1960 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 21.58 115 1960 - 2021
Bahamas 21.3 116 1960 - 2021
Kuwait 21.15 117 1960 - 2021
Armenia 20.79 118 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica 20.58 119 1960 - 2021
Ireland 20.47 120 1960 - 2021
Brazil 20.45 121 1960 - 2021
Georgia 20.26 122 1960 - 2021
Uruguay 20.22 123 1960 - 2021
Maldives 19.87 124 1960 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 19.82 125 1960 - 2021
North Korea 19.75 126 1960 - 2021
Australia 19.32 127 1960 - 2021
New Zealand 19.29 128 1960 - 2021
Iceland 19.15 129 1960 - 2021
Chile 19.01 130 1960 - 2021
Russia 18.49 131 1960 - 2021
USA 18.24 132 1960 - 2021
Bahrain 18.06 133 1960 - 2021
Montenegro 17.97 134 1960 - 2021
Saint Lucia 17.72 135 1960 - 2021
Sweden 17.66 136 1960 - 2021
UK 17.62 137 1960 - 2021
China 17.6 138 1960 - 2021
France 17.49 139 1960 - 2021
Aruba 17.31 140 1960 - 2021
Belarus 17.28 141 1960 - 2021
Norway 17.13 142 1960 - 2021
Albania 17.08 143 1960 - 2021
Belgium 16.96 144 1960 - 2021
Latvia 16.77 145 1960 - 2021
Barbados 16.55 146 1960 - 2021
Estonia 16.49 147 1960 - 2021
Cyprus 16.45 148 1960 - 2021
Mauritius 16.4 149 1960 - 2021
Thailand 16.3 150 1960 - 2021
Denmark 16.28 151 1960 - 2021
North Macedonia 16.21 152 1960 - 2021
Ukraine 15.91 153 1960 - 2021
Czechia 15.81 154 1960 - 2021
Moldova 15.81 155 1960 - 2021
Canada 15.75 156 1960 - 2021
Finland 15.65 157 1960 - 2021
Luxembourg 15.6 158 1960 - 2021
Slovakia 15.59 159 1960 - 2021
Lithuania 15.56 160 1960 - 2021
Netherlands 15.55 161 1960 - 2021
Romania 15.49 162 1960 - 2021
Poland 15.25 163 1960 - 2021
Serbia 15.24 164 1960 - 2021
Slovenia 15.11 165 1960 - 2021
Switzerland 15.02 166 1960 - 2021
UA Emirates 14.89 167 1960 - 2021
Puerto Rico 14.86 168 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria 14.67 169 1960 - 2021
Macao 14.62 170 1960 - 2021
Austria 14.47 171 1960 - 2021
Croatia 14.47 172 1960 - 2021
Hungary 14.45 173 1960 - 2021
Malta 14.42 174 1960 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 14.27 175 1960 - 2021
Spain 14.22 176 1960 - 2021
Germany 14.04 177 1960 - 2021
Qatar 13.66 178 1960 - 2021
Greece 13.42 179 1960 - 2021
Hong Kong 13.01 180 1960 - 2021
Portugal 12.87 181 1960 - 2021
Italy 12.79 182 1960 - 2021
Singapore 12.41 183 1960 - 2021
Japan 12.3 184 1960 - 2021
South Korea 12.27 185 1960 - 2021

Economic outlook around the world

Definition: Total population below the age of 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
1. Niger
2. Mali
3. Chad
4. Angola
5. Somalia
6. DR Congo
7. Uganda
8. Burundi
9. Burkina Faso
10. Gambia
11. Mozambique
12. Zambia
13. Nigeria
14. Tanzania
15. C.A. Republic
16. Guinea
17. Malawi
18. Senegal
19. Cameroon
20. Benin
21. G.-Bissau
22. Ivory Coast
23. Zimbabwe
24. S.T.&Principe
25. Afghanistan
26. R. of Congo
27. Togo
28. Liberia
29. Sierra Leone
30. Solomon Isl.
31. Madagascar
32. Ethiopia
33. Mauritania
34. Sudan
35. Rwanda
36. Comoros
37. Yemen
38. Vanuatu
39. Kenya
40. Palestine
41. Gabon
42. Tajikistan
43. Iraq
44. Samoa
45. Swaziland
46. Ghana
47. Eq. Guinea
48. Namibia
49. Kiribati
50. Papua N.G.
51. Pakistan
52. Tonga
53. Egypt
54. Botswana
55. Guatemala
56. Kyrgyzstan
57. Lesotho
58. Haiti
59. Jordan
60. Laos
61. Mongolia
62. Micronesia
63. Algeria
64. Cambodia
65. Syria
66. Turkmenistan
67. Honduras
68. Bolivia
69. Philippines
70. Kazakhstan
71. Nicaragua
72. Fiji
73. Belize
74. Uzbekistan
75. Paraguay
76. Djibouti
77. South Africa
78. Nepal
79. Israel
80. Cape Verde
81. Guyana
82. Libya
83. Domin. Rep.
84. Ecuador
85. Venezuela
86. Morocco
87. Suriname
88. Bangladesh
89. El Salvador
90. Panama
91. India
92. Indonesia
93. Mexico
94. Burma
95. Iran
96. Peru
97. Bhutan
98. Saudi Arabia
99. Lebanon
100. Argentina
101. Tunisia
102. Grenada
103. Seychelles
104. Turkey
105. Sri Lanka
106. Azerbaijan
107. Malaysia
108. Vietnam
109. Jamaica
110. Oman
111. Brunei
112. Colombia
113. N. Caledonia
114. Ant.& Barb.
115. St. Vincent & ...
116. Bahamas
117. Kuwait
118. Armenia
119. Costa Rica
120. Ireland
121. Brazil
122. Georgia
123. Uruguay
124. Maldives
125. Tr.&Tobago
126. North Korea
127. Australia
128. New Zealand
129. Iceland
130. Chile
131. Russia
132. USA
133. Bahrain
134. Montenegro
135. Saint Lucia
136. Sweden
137. UK
138. China
139. France
140. Aruba
141. Belarus
142. Norway
143. Albania
144. Belgium
145. Latvia
146. Barbados
147. Estonia
148. Cyprus
149. Mauritius
150. Thailand
151. Denmark
152. North Macedonia
153. Ukraine
154. Czechia
155. Moldova
156. Canada
157. Finland
158. Luxembourg
159. Slovakia
160. Lithuania
161. Netherlands
162. Romania
163. Poland
164. Serbia
165. Slovenia
166. Switzerland
167. UA Emirates
168. Puerto Rico
169. Bulgaria
170. Macao
171. Austria
172. Croatia
173. Hungary
174. Malta
175. Bosnia & Herz.
176. Spain
177. Germany
178. Qatar
179. Greece
180. Hong Kong
181. Portugal
182. Italy
183. Singapore
184. Japan
185. South Korea
49.54
46.73
46.23
46.15
45.98
45.61
45.55
45.05
44.09
43.82
43.80
43.57
43.31
43.29
43.03
42.71
42.51
42.29
41.78
41.72
41.69
41.35
41.32
41.28
41.20
40.95
40.30
40.03
40.01
39.89
39.82
39.56
39.50
39.46
39.24
38.75
38.42
38.15
37.99
37.95
37.36
37.35
37.30
37.10
36.95
36.89
36.83
36.68
35.83
34.85
34.63
34.36
33.83
33.02
32.88
32.56
32.14
32.11
32.10
31.62
31.20
30.97
30.92
30.70
30.69
30.63
30.11
29.80
29.53
29.18
29.11
28.91
28.76
28.75
28.63
28.60
28.59
28.07
27.72
27.67
27.48
27.40
27.17
27.17
26.54
26.48
26.41
26.31
26.31
26.24
25.78
25.62
25.49
25.11
24.84
24.67
24.55
24.54
24.47
24.27
24.22
23.76
23.74
23.57
23.43
23.41
23.27
23.17
23.15
22.86
21.92
21.89
21.75
21.73
21.58
21.30
21.15
20.79
20.58
20.47
20.45
20.26
20.22
19.87
19.82
19.75
19.32
19.29
19.15
19.01
18.49
18.24
18.06
17.97
17.72
17.66
17.62
17.60
17.49
17.31
17.28
17.13
17.08
16.96
16.77
16.55
16.49
16.45
16.40
16.30
16.28
16.21
15.91
15.81
15.81
15.75
15.65
15.60
15.59
15.56
15.55
15.49
15.25
15.24
15.11
15.02
14.89
14.86
14.67
14.62
14.47
14.47
14.45
14.42
14.27
14.22
14.04
13.66
13.42
13.01
12.87
12.79
12.41
12.30
12.27
0
12.4
24.8
37.2
49.54
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