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Top 10 Countries with the Youngest Populations

Where the largest share of people are children under 15.

  • Updated 1 h ago
  • 📏 Ranked by population aged 0–14 (% of total)
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Central African Republic

    Data year 2024

    48.7%

    No change

  2. Somalia, Fed. Rep.

    Data year 2025

    46.6%

    No change

  3. Niger

    Data year 2024

    46.2%

    No change
  1. 4ChadData year 202446.0%No change
  2. 5Congo, Dem. Rep.Data year 202445.9%No change
  3. 6MaliData year 202445.8%No change
  4. 7MozambiqueData year 202444.2%No change
  5. 8AngolaData year 202544.1%No change
  6. 9BurundiData year 202344.0%No change
  7. 10UgandaData year 202443.1%No change
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  1. 11AfghanistanData year 202442.6%No change
  2. 12MauritaniaData year 202442.4%No change
  3. 13TanzaniaData year 202442.3%No change
  4. 14BeninData year 202341.3%No change
  5. 15Burkina FasoData year 202441.2%No change
  6. 16CameroonData year 202441.1%No change
  7. 17Yemen, Rep.Data year 202341.0%No change
  8. 18ZambiaData year 202441.0%No change
  9. 19GuineaData year 202440.5%No change
  10. 20NigeriaData year 202440.5%No change
  11. 21Cote d'IvoireData year 202440.5%No change
  12. 22TogoData year 202340.4%No change
  13. 23ZimbabweData year 202440.3%No change
  14. 24SudanData year 202440.2%No change
  15. 25MalawiData year 202540.1%No change
  16. 26Congo, Rep.Data year 202439.9%No change
  17. 27Gambia, TheData year 202339.7%No change
  18. 28LiberiaData year 202439.1%No change
  19. 29MadagascarData year 202538.9%No change
  20. 30EthiopiaData year 202438.8%No change
  21. 31Guinea-BissauData year 202438.3%No change
  22. 32SamoaData year 202438.1%No change
  23. 33South SudanData year 202538.0%No change
  24. 34VanuatuData year 202438.0%No change
  25. 35SenegalData year 202337.7%No change
  26. 36Sierra LeoneData year 202537.7%No change
  27. 37West Bank and GazaData year 202137.6%No change
  28. 38EritreaData year 202337.6%No change
  29. 39Sao Tome and PrincipeData year 202437.5%No change
  30. 40NaoeroData year 202337.2%No change
  31. 41Equatorial GuineaData year 202437.1%No change
  32. 42RwandaData year 202337.0%No change
  33. 43ComorosData year 202436.9%No change
  34. 44NamibiaData year 202436.7%No change
  35. 45Solomon IslandsData year 202336.6%No change
  36. 46KenyaData year 202436.3%No change
  37. 47PakistanData year 202436.2%No change
  38. 48GabonData year 202436.2%No change
  39. 49IraqData year 202436.0%No change
  40. 50TajikistanData year 202335.9%No change

How this list is ranked

Population aged 0–14 (% of total) (World Bank indicator SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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