Population aged 0-14
Where does the largest share of children live?
Central African Republic leads with 48.7 %; 217 countries have data.
No data for -6 of 211 countries
| # | Country | Value · % | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.7 | 2025 |
| 2 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 46.6 | 2025 |
| 3 | Niger | 46.2 | 2025 |
| 4 | Chad | 46.0 | 2025 |
| 5 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 45.9 | 2025 |
| 6 | Mali | 45.8 | 2025 |
| 7 | Mozambique | 44.2 | 2025 |
| 8 | Angola | 44.1 | 2025 |
| 9 | Burundi | 44.0 | 2025 |
| 10 | Uganda | 43.1 | 2025 |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 42.6 | 2025 |
| 12 | Mauritania | 42.4 | 2025 |
| 13 | Tanzania | 42.3 | 2025 |
| 14 | Benin | 41.3 | 2025 |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 41.2 | 2025 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 41.1 | 2025 |
| 17 | Yemen, Rep. | 41.0 | 2025 |
| 18 | Zambia | 41.0 | 2025 |
| 19 | Guinea | 40.5 | 2025 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 40.5 | 2025 |
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.5 | 2025 |
| 22 | Togo | 40.4 | 2025 |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 40.3 | 2025 |
| 24 | Sudan | 40.2 | 2025 |
| 25 | Malawi | 40.1 | 2025 |
| 26 | Congo, Rep. | 39.9 | 2025 |
| 27 | Gambia, The | 39.7 | 2025 |
| 28 | Liberia | 39.1 | 2025 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 38.9 | 2025 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 38.8 | 2025 |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.3 | 2025 |
| 32 | Samoa | 38.1 | 2025 |
| 33 | South Sudan | 38.0 | 2025 |
| 34 | Vanuatu | 38.0 | 2025 |
| 35 | Senegal | 37.7 | 2025 |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 37.7 | 2025 |
| 37 | West Bank and Gaza | 37.6 | 2025 |
| 38 | Eritrea | 37.6 | 2025 |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.5 | 2025 |
| 40 | Naoero | 37.2 | 2025 |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.1 | 2025 |
| 42 | Rwanda | 37.0 | 2025 |
| 43 | Comoros | 36.9 | 2025 |
| 44 | Namibia | 36.7 | 2025 |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 36.6 | 2025 |
| 46 | Kenya | 36.3 | 2025 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 36.2 | 2025 |
| 48 | Gabon | 36.2 | 2025 |
| 49 | Iraq | 36.0 | 2025 |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 35.9 | 2025 |
| 51 | Ghana | 35.4 | 2025 |
| 52 | Tonga | 34.9 | 2025 |
| 53 | Kiribati | 34.4 | 2025 |
| 54 | Lesotho | 34.1 | 2025 |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 33.9 | 2025 |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 33.1 | 2025 |
| 57 | Timor-Leste | 33.1 | 2025 |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 33.0 | 2025 |
| 59 | Eswatini | 33.0 | 2025 |
| 60 | Botswana | 32.0 | 2025 |
| 61 | Kyrgyz Republic | 31.9 | 2025 |
| 62 | Mongolia | 31.6 | 2025 |
| 63 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 31.6 | 2025 |
| 64 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 31.5 | 2025 |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 31.3 | 2025 |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 31.2 | 2025 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 31.0 | 2025 |
| 68 | Haiti | 30.8 | 2025 |
| 69 | Honduras | 30.3 | 2025 |
| 70 | Jordan | 30.2 | 2025 |
| 71 | Algeria | 29.9 | 2025 |
| 72 | Lao PDR | 29.8 | 2025 |
| 73 | Cambodia | 29.5 | 2025 |
| 74 | Bolivia | 29.4 | 2025 |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 29.1 | 2025 |
| 76 | Guyana | 28.9 | 2025 |
| 77 | Djibouti | 28.8 | 2025 |
| 78 | Syrian Arab Republic | 28.4 | 2025 |
| 79 | Paraguay | 28.4 | 2025 |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 28.3 | 2025 |
| 81 | Nepal | 28.1 | 2025 |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 27.6 | 2025 |
| 83 | Israel | 27.2 | 2025 |
| 84 | Philippines | 27.1 | 2025 |
| 85 | Libya | 26.8 | 2025 |
| 86 | Fiji | 26.8 | 2025 |
| 87 | American Samoa | 26.3 | 2025 |
| 88 | Belize | 26.3 | 2025 |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 26.2 | 2025 |
| 90 | Guam | 25.9 | 2025 |
| 91 | South Africa | 25.7 | 2025 |
| 92 | Lebanon | 25.6 | 2025 |
| 93 | Suriname | 25.3 | 2025 |
| 94 | Morocco | 25.2 | 2025 |
| 95 | Venezuela, RB | 24.9 | 2025 |
| 96 | Cabo Verde | 24.7 | 2025 |
| 97 | Panama | 24.5 | 2025 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 24.4 | 2025 |
| 99 | Oman | 24.3 | 2025 |
| 100 | Indonesia | 24.2 | 2025 |
| 101 | India | 24.2 | 2025 |
| 102 | Mexico | 24.1 | 2025 |
| 103 | Myanmar | 24.1 | 2025 |
| 104 | Ecuador | 23.9 | 2025 |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 23.6 | 2025 |
| 106 | Peru | 23.6 | 2025 |
| 107 | Tunisia | 23.6 | 2025 |
| 108 | Viet Nam | 22.9 | 2025 |
| 109 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 22.0 | 2025 |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 21.7 | 2025 |
| 111 | Malaysia | 21.3 | 2025 |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 21.2 | 2025 |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 21.2 | 2025 |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 21.1 | 2025 |
| 115 | St. Martin (French part) | 21.1 | 2025 |
| 116 | Turkiye | 21.0 | 2025 |
| 117 | Argentina | 21.0 | 2025 |
| 118 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.9 | 2025 |
| 119 | Greenland | 20.7 | 2025 |
| 120 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.6 | 2025 |
| 121 | Georgia | 20.5 | 2025 |
| 122 | Bhutan | 20.4 | 2025 |
| 123 | Colombia | 20.0 | 2025 |
| 124 | Kosovo | 20.0 | 2025 |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 19.9 | 2025 |
| 126 | Seychelles | 19.8 | 2025 |
| 127 | Moldova | 19.5 | 2025 |
| 128 | Brazil | 19.4 | 2025 |
| 129 | Maldives | 19.0 | 2025 |
| 130 | Grenada | 19.0 | 2025 |
| 131 | Armenia | 19.0 | 2025 |
| 132 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 18.9 | 2025 |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 18.5 | 2025 |
| 134 | Bahrain | 18.4 | 2025 |
| 135 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 18.3 | 2025 |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 18.3 | 2025 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 18.3 | 2025 |
| 138 | Ireland | 18.1 | 2025 |
| 139 | Kuwait | 18.0 | 2025 |
| 140 | Palau | 17.9 | 2025 |
| 141 | Uruguay | 17.9 | 2025 |
| 142 | Montenegro | 17.9 | 2025 |
| 143 | New Zealand | 17.9 | 2025 |
| 144 | Australia | 17.7 | 2025 |
| 145 | Dominica | 17.6 | 2025 |
| 146 | Gibraltar | 17.6 | 2025 |
| 147 | Bahamas, The | 17.5 | 2025 |
| 148 | Iceland | 17.5 | 2025 |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5 | 2025 |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.5 | 2025 |
| 151 | St. Lucia | 17.2 | 2025 |
| 152 | United States | 17.1 | 2025 |
| 153 | Barbados | 17.1 | 2025 |
| 154 | Russian Federation | 17.0 | 2025 |
| 155 | United Kingdom | 17.0 | 2025 |
| 156 | Sweden | 16.7 | 2025 |
| 157 | Albania | 16.6 | 2025 |
| 158 | Chile | 16.5 | 2025 |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 16.5 | 2025 |
| 160 | Aruba | 16.5 | 2025 |
| 161 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 16.5 | 2025 |
| 162 | France | 16.2 | 2025 |
| 163 | Cyprus | 16.1 | 2025 |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 16.1 | 2025 |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 16.0 | 2025 |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.0 | 2025 |
| 167 | Norway | 15.9 | 2025 |
| 168 | Belarus | 15.9 | 2025 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 15.7 | 2025 |
| 170 | Belgium | 15.7 | 2025 |
| 171 | Slovak Republic | 15.6 | 2025 |
| 172 | Denmark | 15.6 | 2025 |
| 173 | Romania | 15.6 | 2025 |
| 174 | China | 15.4 | 2025 |
| 175 | Estonia | 15.3 | 2025 |
| 176 | Latvia | 15.2 | 2025 |
| 177 | Czechia | 15.1 | 2025 |
| 178 | Cuba | 15.0 | 2025 |
| 179 | Qatar | 15.0 | 2025 |
| 180 | Canada | 15.0 | 2025 |
| 181 | Netherlands | 14.9 | 2025 |
| 182 | Switzerland | 14.9 | 2025 |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.8 | 2025 |
| 184 | Curacao | 14.6 | 2025 |
| 185 | Mauritius | 14.5 | 2025 |
| 186 | Lithuania | 14.5 | 2025 |
| 187 | Slovenia | 14.5 | 2025 |
| 188 | Poland | 14.5 | 2025 |
| 189 | Thailand | 14.4 | 2025 |
| 190 | Bulgaria | 14.4 | 2025 |
| 191 | Hungary | 14.4 | 2025 |
| 192 | Finland | 14.3 | 2025 |
| 193 | Serbia | 14.3 | 2025 |
| 194 | Liechtenstein | 14.2 | 2025 |
| 195 | Austria | 14.1 | 2025 |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 14.1 | 2025 |
| 197 | Channel Islands | 14.0 | 2025 |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 13.9 | 2025 |
| 199 | Germany | 13.9 | 2025 |
| 200 | Monaco | 13.8 | 2025 |
| 201 | Macao SAR, China | 13.7 | 2025 |
| 202 | Croatia | 13.7 | 2025 |
| 203 | Ukraine | 13.7 | 2025 |
| 204 | Bermuda | 13.4 | 2025 |
| 205 | Malta | 12.9 | 2025 |
| 206 | Greece | 12.9 | 2025 |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.8 | 2025 |
| 208 | Portugal | 12.7 | 2025 |
| 209 | Spain | 12.6 | 2025 |
| 210 | San Marino | 11.9 | 2025 |
| 211 | Singapore | 11.7 | 2025 |
| 212 | Italy | 11.7 | 2025 |
| 213 | Andorra | 11.6 | 2025 |
| 214 | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.2 | 2025 |
| 215 | Japan | 11.2 | 2025 |
| 216 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.3 | 2025 |
| 217 | Korea, Rep. | 10.2 | 2025 |
By region
Europe & Central Asia
Tajikistan
35.9%
58 countries
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central African Republic
48.7%
48 countries
Latin America & Caribbean
Guatemala
31.0%
42 countries
East Asia & Pacific
Samoa
38.1%
37 countries
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Afghanistan
42.6%
23 countries
South Asia
Nepal
28.1%
6 countries
North America
United States
17.1%
3 countries
What changed
Fell the most
- Singapore-33 pts1960 to 2025
- Korea, Rep.-31 pts1960 to 2025
- Puerto Rico (US)-31 pts1960 to 2025
- Mauritius-30 pts1960 to 2025
- Hong Kong SAR, China-30 pts1960 to 2025
Rose the most
- Central African Republic+8 pts1960 to 2025
- Mali+6 pts1960 to 2025
- Chad+5 pts1960 to 2025
- Gabon+5 pts1960 to 2025
- Sao Tome and Principe+5 pts1960 to 2025
Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.
Source: World Bank Open Data · 2025–2025