The share of children and adolescents in the population — a measure of how young a country is.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2025.
Top-20 · % of population
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Central African Republic
|
48.7 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Somalia
|
46.6 | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Niger
|
46.2 | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Chad
|
46 | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
45.9 | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Mali
|
45.8 | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Mozambique
|
44.2 | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Angola
|
44.1 | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Burundi
|
44 | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Uganda
|
43.1 | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Afghanistan
|
42.6 | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Mauritania
|
42.4 | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Tanzania
|
42.3 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Benin
|
41.3 | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Burkina Faso
|
41.2 | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Cameroon
|
41.1 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Yemen
|
41 | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Zambia
|
41 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Guinea
|
40.5 | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Nigeria
|
40.5 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
40.5 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Togo
|
40.4 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Zimbabwe
|
40.3 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Sudan
|
40.2 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Malawi
|
40.1 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Republic of the Congo
|
39.9 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Gambia
|
39.7 | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Liberia
|
39.1 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Madagascar
|
38.9 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Ethiopia
|
38.8 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
38.3 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Samoa
|
38.1 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
South Sudan
|
38 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Vanuatu
|
38 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Senegal
|
37.7 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Sierra Leone
|
37.7 | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Palestine
|
37.6 | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Eritrea
|
37.6 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
37.5 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Nauru
|
37.2 | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
37.1 | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Rwanda
|
37 | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Comoros
|
36.9 | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Namibia
|
36.7 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Solomon Islands
|
36.6 | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Kenya
|
36.3 | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Pakistan
|
36.2 | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Gabon
|
36.2 | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Iraq
|
36 | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Tajikistan
|
35.9 | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Ghana
|
35.4 | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Tonga
|
34.9 | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Kiribati
|
34.4 | 2025 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Lesotho
|
34.1 | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Marshall Islands
|
33.9 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Papua New Guinea
|
33.1 | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Timor-Leste
|
33.1 | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Tuvalu
|
33 | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Eswatini
|
33 | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Botswana
|
32 | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
31.9 | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Mongolia
|
31.6 | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Egypt
|
31.6 | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Micronesia
|
31.5 | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Uzbekistan
|
31.3 | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Turkmenistan
|
31.2 | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Guatemala
|
31 | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Haiti
|
30.8 | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Honduras
|
30.3 | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Jordan
|
30.2 | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Algeria
|
29.9 | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Laos
|
29.8 | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Cambodia
|
29.5 | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Bolivia
|
29.4 | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Kazakhstan
|
29.1 | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Guyana
|
28.9 | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Djibouti
|
28.8 | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Syria
|
28.4 | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Paraguay
|
28.4 | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Nicaragua
|
28.3 | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Nepal
|
28.1 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Bangladesh
|
27.6 | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Israel
|
27.2 | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Philippines
|
27.1 | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Libya
|
26.8 | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Fiji
|
26.8 | 2025 | 86 | |
| 87 |
American Samoa
|
26.3 | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Belize
|
26.3 | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Dominican Republic
|
26.2 | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Guam
|
25.9 | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
South Africa
|
25.7 | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Lebanon
|
25.6 | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Suriname
|
25.3 | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Morocco
|
25.2 | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Venezuela
|
24.9 | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Cabo Verde
|
24.7 | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Panama
|
24.5 | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
El Salvador
|
24.4 | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Oman
|
24.3 | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Indonesia
|
24.2 | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
India
|
24.2 | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Mexico
|
24.1 | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Myanmar
|
24.1 | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Ecuador
|
23.9 | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Saudi Arabia
|
23.6 | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Peru
|
23.6 | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Tunisia
|
23.6 | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Vietnam
|
22.9 | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Iran
|
22 | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Sri Lanka
|
21.7 | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Malaysia
|
21.3 | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
21.2 | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Azerbaijan
|
21.2 | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
New Caledonia
|
21.1 | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Saint Martin
|
21.1 | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Türkiye
|
21 | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Argentina
|
21 | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
20.9 | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Greenland
|
20.7 | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
20.6 | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Georgia
|
20.5 | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Bhutan
|
20.4 | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Colombia
|
20 | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Kosovo
|
20 | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Faroe Islands
|
19.9 | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Seychelles
|
19.8 | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Moldova
|
19.5 | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Brazil
|
19.4 | 2025 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Maldives
|
19 | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Grenada
|
19 | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Armenia
|
19 | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
North Korea
|
18.9 | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
French Polynesia
|
18.5 | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Bahrain
|
18.4 | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18.3 | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Costa Rica
|
18.3 | 2025 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Jamaica
|
18.3 | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Ireland
|
18.1 | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Kuwait
|
18 | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Palau
|
17.9 | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Uruguay
|
17.9 | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Montenegro
|
17.9 | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
New Zealand
|
17.9 | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Australia
|
17.7 | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Dominica
|
17.6 | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Gibraltar
|
17.6 | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Bahamas
|
17.5 | 2025 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Iceland
|
17.5 | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
17.5 | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
17.5 | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Saint Lucia
|
17.2 | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
United States
|
17.1 | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Barbados
|
17.1 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Russia
|
17 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
United Kingdom
|
17 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Sweden
|
16.7 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Albania
|
16.6 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Chile
|
16.5 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
North Macedonia
|
16.5 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Aruba
|
16.5 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
16.5 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
France
|
16.2 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Cyprus
|
16.1 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Cayman Islands
|
16.1 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
United Arab Emirates
|
16 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
16 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Norway
|
15.9 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Belarus
|
15.9 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Luxembourg
|
15.7 | 2025 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Belgium
|
15.7 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Slovakia
|
15.6 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Denmark
|
15.6 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Romania
|
15.6 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
China
|
15.4 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Estonia
|
15.3 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Latvia
|
15.2 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Czechia
|
15.1 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Cuba
|
15 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Qatar
|
15 | 2025 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Canada
|
15 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Netherlands
|
14.9 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Switzerland
|
14.9 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Sint Maarten
|
14.8 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Curaçao
|
14.6 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Mauritius
|
14.5 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Lithuania
|
14.5 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Slovenia
|
14.5 | 2025 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Poland
|
14.5 | 2025 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Thailand
|
14.4 | 2025 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Bulgaria
|
14.4 | 2025 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Hungary
|
14.4 | 2025 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Finland
|
14.3 | 2025 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Serbia
|
14.3 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Liechtenstein
|
14.2 | 2025 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Austria
|
14.1 | 2025 | 195 | |
| 196 |
British Virgin Islands
|
14.1 | 2025 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Channel Islands
|
14 | 2025 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Isle of Man
|
13.9 | 2025 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Germany
|
13.9 | 2025 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Monaco
|
13.8 | 2025 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Macao
|
13.7 | 2025 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Croatia
|
13.7 | 2025 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Ukraine
|
13.7 | 2025 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Bermuda
|
13.4 | 2025 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Malta
|
12.9 | 2025 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Greece
|
12.9 | 2025 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
12.8 | 2025 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Portugal
|
12.7 | 2025 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Spain
|
12.6 | 2025 | 209 | |
| 210 |
San Marino
|
11.9 | 2025 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Singapore
|
11.7 | 2025 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Italy
|
11.7 | 2025 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Andorra
|
11.6 | 2025 | 213 | |
| 214 |
Puerto Rico
|
11.2 | 2025 | 214 | |
| 215 |
Japan
|
11.2 | 2025 | 215 | |
| 216 |
Hong Kong
|
10.3 | 2025 | 216 | |
| 217 |
South Korea
|
10.2 | 2025 | 217 |
The share of population aged 0 to 14. In sub-Saharan Africa this share exceeds 40%, while in East Asia and Europe it drops below 15%. A high share of children means fast growth of the labor force in the future, but also a heavy current load on the education system.
How many children and adolescents younger than 15 there are in a country.
Demography 1960–2025 Share of population aged 65 and overThe share of older people in the population — the main measure of a country's aging.
Demography 1960–2025 Age dependency ratioHow many dependents — children and older people — there are per 100 people of working age.
Demography 1960–2024 Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.