Percent children - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Population ages 0-14, percent of total, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 26.11 percent. The highest value was in the Central African Republic: 49.17 percent and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 10.7 percent. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. 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, 2023 Global rank Available data
C.A. Republic 49.17 1 1960 - 2023
Niger 46.97 2 1960 - 2023
Chad 46.74 3 1960 - 2023
Somalia 46.68 4 1960 - 2023
Mali 46.46 5 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 46.09 6 1960 - 2023
Burundi 45.36 7 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 44.75 8 1960 - 2023
Angola 44.57 9 1960 - 2023
Uganda 43.94 10 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 43.23 11 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 43.04 12 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 42.72 13 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 42.4 14 1960 - 2023
Zambia 41.96 15 1960 - 2023
Benin 41.84 16 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 41.76 17 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 41.49 18 1960 - 2023
Malawi 41.32 19 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 41.32 20 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 41.28 21 1960 - 2023
Guinea 41.24 22 1960 - 2023
Yemen 41.23 23 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 40.88 24 1960 - 2023
Gambia 40.73 25 1960 - 2023
Sudan 40.65 26 1960 - 2023
Liberia 40 27 1960 - 2023
Togo 39.88 28 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 39.57 29 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 39.37 30 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 39.24 31 1960 - 2023
Samoa 38.73 32 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 38.68 33 1960 - 2023
Senegal 38.63 34 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 38.61 35 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 38.53 36 1960 - 2023
Palestine 38.37 37 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 38.28 38 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 37.73 39 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 37.48 40 1960 - 2023
Kenya 37.45 41 1960 - 2023
Comoros 37.4 42 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 37.36 43 1960 - 2023
Namibia 37.29 44 1960 - 2023
Iraq 37.09 45 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 37.04 46 1960 - 2023
Gabon 36.66 47 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 36.51 48 1960 - 2023
Ghana 36.18 49 1960 - 2023
Tonga 35.62 50 1960 - 2023
Kiribati 34.93 51 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 34.92 52 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 33.8 53 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 33.67 54 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 32.67 55 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 32.64 56 1960 - 2023
Tuvalu 32.6 57 1960 - 2023
Egypt 32.44 58 1960 - 2023
Botswana 32.28 59 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 32.14 60 1960 - 2023
Micronesia 32.13 61 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 31.67 62 1960 - 2023
Haiti 31.57 63 1960 - 2023
Jordan 31.23 64 1960 - 2023
Honduras 31 65 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 30.87 66 1960 - 2023
Algeria 30.64 67 1960 - 2023
Laos 30.56 68 1960 - 2023
Syria 30.34 69 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 30.14 70 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 30.11 71 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 29.57 72 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 29.54 73 1960 - 2023
Guyana 29.32 74 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 29.2 75 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 28.78 76 1960 - 2023
Nepal 28.71 77 1960 - 2023
Philippines 28.61 78 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 28.36 79 1960 - 2023
Libya 27.96 80 1960 - 2023
Israel 27.61 81 1960 - 2023
Fiji 27.39 82 1960 - 2023
Belize 26.99 83 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 26.91 84 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 26.72 85 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 26.37 86 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 26.15 87 1960 - 2023
South Africa 26.08 88 1960 - 2023
Morocco 26.04 89 1960 - 2023
Suriname 25.95 90 1960 - 2023
Panama 25.28 91 1960 - 2023
Oman 25.23 92 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 25.21 93 1960 - 2023
India 25.06 94 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 25 95 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 24.93 96 1960 - 2023
Mexico 24.92 97 1960 - 2023
Burma 24.52 98 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 24.43 99 1960 - 2023
Peru 24.36 100 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 24.1 101 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 23.61 102 1960 - 2023
Iran 22.84 103 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 22.36 104 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 22.34 105 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 22.29 106 1960 - 2023
Argentina 22.19 107 1960 - 2023
Turkey 21.84 108 1960 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 21.65 109 1960 - 2023
N. Caledonia 21.53 110 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 21.46 111 1960 - 2023
Georgia 21.04 112 1960 - 2023
Brunei 21.02 113 1960 - 2023
Colombia 20.6 114 1960 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 20.16 115 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 20.14 116 1960 - 2023
Maldives 20.05 117 1960 - 2023
Moldova 19.99 118 1960 - 2023
Brazil 19.94 119 1960 - 2023
Grenada 19.85 120 1960 - 2023
Armenia 19.55 121 1960 - 2023
Costa Rica 19.33 122 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 19.13 123 1960 - 2023
Ireland 19.02 124 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 18.99 125 1960 - 2023
North Korea 18.98 126 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 18.69 127 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 18.6 128 1960 - 2023
Palau 18.54 129 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 18.37 130 1960 - 2023
Bahamas 18.33 131 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 18.33 132 1960 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 18.22 133 1960 - 2023
Dominica 18.11 134 1960 - 2023
Iceland 18.06 135 1960 - 2023
Australia 18.03 136 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 18.03 137 1960 - 2023
Saint Lucia 17.87 138 1960 - 2023
Gibraltar 17.79 139 1960 - 2023
USA 17.59 140 1960 - 2023
Russia 17.51 141 1960 - 2023
Barbados 17.49 142 1960 - 2023
UK 17.41 143 1960 - 2023
Chile 17.38 144 1960 - 2023
Sweden 17.25 145 1960 - 2023
Aruba 17.19 146 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 17.07 147 1960 - 2023
Albania 17.04 148 1960 - 2023
France 16.78 149 1960 - 2023
Belarus 16.68 150 1960 - 2023
China 16.59 151 1960 - 2023
Norway 16.51 152 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 16.34 153 1960 - 2023
Belgium 16.29 154 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 16.05 155 1960 - 2023
Estonia 15.97 156 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 15.91 157 1960 - 2023
Romania 15.88 158 1960 - 2023
Denmark 15.87 159 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 15.82 160 1960 - 2023
Latvia 15.69 161 1960 - 2023
Czechia 15.67 162 1960 - 2023
Canada 15.3 163 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 15.17 164 1960 - 2023
Qatar 15.16 165 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 15.12 166 1960 - 2023
Poland 15.1 167 1960 - 2023
Thailand 15.09 168 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 15.01 169 1960 - 2023
Finland 14.94 170 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 14.93 171 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 14.89 172 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 14.54 173 1960 - 2023
Hungary 14.49 174 1960 - 2023
Liechtenstein 14.35 175 1960 - 2023
Serbia 14.35 176 1960 - 2023
Austria 14.3 177 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 14.3 178 1960 - 2023
Croatia 14.14 179 1960 - 2023
Macao 14.09 180 1960 - 2023
Germany 13.92 181 1960 - 2023
Bermuda 13.88 182 1960 - 2023
Greece 13.59 183 1960 - 2023
Spain 13.26 184 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 13.22 185 1960 - 2023
Monaco 13.18 186 1960 - 2023
Malta 13.15 187 1960 - 2023
Portugal 12.89 188 1960 - 2023
San Marino 12.7 189 1960 - 2023
Andorra 12.25 190 1960 - 2023
Italy 12.14 191 1960 - 2023
Puerto Rico 12 192 1960 - 2023
Singapore 11.79 193 1960 - 2023
Japan 11.65 194 1960 - 2023
South Korea 10.97 195 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 10.7 196 1960 - 2023



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.

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1. C.A. Republic
2. Niger
3. Chad
4. Somalia
5. Mali
6. DR Congo
7. Burundi
8. Mozambique
9. Angola
10. Uganda
11. Afghanistan
12. Mauritania
13. Tanzania
14. Burkina Faso
15. Zambia
16. Benin
17. Cameroon
18. Nigeria
19. Malawi
20. Zimbabwe
21. Ivory Coast
22. Guinea
23. Yemen
24. R. of Congo
25. Gambia
26. Sudan
27. Liberia
28. Togo
29. Madagascar
30. Ethiopia
31. G.-Bissau
32. Samoa
33. Eritrea
34. Senegal
35. Vanuatu
36. Sierra Leone
37. Palestine
38. S.T.&Principe
39. Rwanda
40. Eq. Guinea
41. Kenya
42. Comoros
43. Solomon Isl.
44. Namibia
45. Iraq
46. Pakistan
47. Gabon
48. Tajikistan
49. Ghana
50. Tonga
51. Kiribati
52. Lesotho
53. Papua N.G.
54. Swaziland
55. Kyrgyzstan
56. Mongolia
57. Tuvalu
58. Egypt
59. Botswana
60. Guatemala
61. Micronesia
62. Turkmenistan
63. Haiti
64. Jordan
65. Honduras
66. Uzbekistan
67. Algeria
68. Laos
69. Syria
70. Bolivia
71. Cambodia
72. Djibouti
73. Kazakhstan
74. Guyana
75. Nicaragua
76. Paraguay
77. Nepal
78. Philippines
79. Bangladesh
80. Libya
81. Israel
82. Fiji
83. Belize
84. Domin. Rep.
85. Lebanon
86. Cape Verde
87. Venezuela
88. South Africa
89. Morocco
90. Suriname
91. Panama
92. Oman
93. El Salvador
94. India
95. Ecuador
96. Indonesia
97. Mexico
98. Burma
99. Tunisia
100. Peru
101. Saudi Arabia
102. Vietnam
103. Iran
104. Sri Lanka
105. Azerbaijan
106. Malaysia
107. Argentina
108. Turkey
109. St. Vincent & ...
110. N. Caledonia
111. Bhutan
112. Georgia
113. Brunei
114. Colombia
115. Faroe Isl.
116. Seychelles
117. Maldives
118. Moldova
119. Brazil
120. Grenada
121. Armenia
122. Costa Rica
123. Jamaica
124. Ireland
125. Bahrain
126. North Korea
127. Uruguay
128. Kuwait
129. Palau
130. New Zealand
131. Bahamas
132. Montenegro
133. Ant.& Barb.
134. Dominica
135. Iceland
136. Australia
137. Tr.&Tobago
138. Saint Lucia
139. Gibraltar
140. USA
141. Russia
142. Barbados
143. UK
144. Chile
145. Sweden
146. Aruba
147. North Macedonia
148. Albania
149. France
150. Belarus
151. China
152. Norway
153. UA Emirates
154. Belgium
155. Cyprus
156. Estonia
157. Slovakia
158. Romania
159. Denmark
160. Luxembourg
161. Latvia
162. Czechia
163. Canada
164. Netherlands
165. Qatar
166. Mauritius
167. Poland
168. Thailand
169. Switzerland
170. Finland
171. Slovenia
172. Lithuania
173. Bulgaria
174. Hungary
175. Liechtenstein
176. Serbia
177. Austria
178. Ukraine
179. Croatia
180. Macao
181. Germany
182. Bermuda
183. Greece
184. Spain
185. Bosnia & Herz.
186. Monaco
187. Malta
188. Portugal
189. San Marino
190. Andorra
191. Italy
192. Puerto Rico
193. Singapore
194. Japan
195. South Korea
196. Hong Kong
49.17
46.97
46.74
46.68
46.46
46.09
45.36
44.75
44.57
43.94
43.23
43.04
42.72
42.40
41.96
41.84
41.76
41.49
41.32
41.32
41.28
41.24
41.23
40.88
40.73
40.65
40.00
39.88
39.57
39.37
39.24
38.73
38.68
38.63
38.61
38.53
38.37
38.28
37.73
37.48
37.45
37.40
37.36
37.29
37.09
37.04
36.66
36.51
36.18
35.62
34.93
34.92
33.80
33.67
32.67
32.64
32.60
32.44
32.28
32.14
32.13
31.67
31.57
31.23
31.00
30.87
30.64
30.56
30.34
30.14
30.11
29.57
29.54
29.32
29.20
28.78
28.71
28.61
28.36
27.96
27.61
27.39
26.99
26.91
26.72
26.37
26.15
26.08
26.04
25.95
25.28
25.23
25.21
25.06
25.00
24.93
24.92
24.52
24.43
24.36
24.10
23.61
22.84
22.36
22.34
22.29
22.19
21.84
21.65
21.53
21.46
21.04
21.02
20.60
20.16
20.14
20.05
19.99
19.94
19.85
19.55
19.33
19.13
19.02
18.99
18.98
18.69
18.60
18.54
18.37
18.33
18.33
18.22
18.11
18.06
18.03
18.03
17.87
17.79
17.59
17.51
17.49
17.41
17.38
17.25
17.19
17.07
17.04
16.78
16.68
16.59
16.51
16.34
16.29
16.05
15.97
15.91
15.88
15.87
15.82
15.69
15.67
15.30
15.17
15.16
15.12
15.10
15.09
15.01
14.94
14.93
14.89
14.54
14.49
14.35
14.35
14.30
14.30
14.14
14.09
13.92
13.88
13.59
13.26
13.22
13.18
13.15
12.89
12.70
12.25
12.14
12.00
11.79
11.65
10.97
10.70
0
12.3
24.6
36.9
49.17


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