Population aged 0–14 by country
United States: 17.1% in 2025, 10th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 152nd of all 217 with data.
Highest: 
Central African Republic (48.7%, 2025) · Lowest: 
South Korea (10.2%, 2025) · 217 countries and territories with data.
Children aged 0–14 as a share of the total population.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.7% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Somalia | 46.6% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Niger | 46.2% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Chad | 46.0% | 2025 |
| 5 |  DR Congo | 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 | 41.0% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Zambia | 41.0% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Guinea | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Nigeria | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Côte 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 |  Republic of the Congo | 39.9% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Gambia | 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 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 37.5% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Nauru | 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 |  Kyrgyzstan | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Egypt | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Micronesia | 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 |  Laos | 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 |  Syria | 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 | 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 |  Vietnam | 22.9% | 2025 |
| 109 |  Iran | 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 |  Türkiye | 21.0% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 |
| 118 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.9% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Greenland | 20.7% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Brunei | 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 |  North Korea | 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 | 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 |  Russia | 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 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 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 |  Slovakia | 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 |  Curaçao | 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 | 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 | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Japan | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 216 |  Hong Kong | 10.3% | 2025 |
| 217 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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