1
🇨🇫Central African Republic
48.7%
2
🇸🇴Somalia
46.6%
3
🇳🇪Niger
46.2%
4
🇹🇩Chad
46.0%
5
🇨🇩DR Congo
46.0%
6
🇲🇱Mali
45.8%
7
🇲🇿Mozambique
44.2%
8
🇦🇴Angola
44.1%
9
🇧🇮Burundi
44.0%
10
🇺🇬Uganda
43.1%
11
🇦🇫Afghanistan
42.6%
12
🇲🇷Mauritania
42.4%
13
🇹🇿Tanzania
42.3%
14
🇧🇯Benin
41.3%
15
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
41.2%
16
🇨🇲Cameroon
41.1%
17
🇾🇪Yemen
41.0%
18
🇿🇲Zambia
41.0%
19
🇬🇳Guinea
40.5%
20
🇳🇬Nigeria
40.5%
21
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
40.5%
22
🇹🇬Togo
40.4%
23
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
40.3%
24
🇸🇩Sudan
40.2%
25
🇲🇼Malawi
40.1%
26
🇨🇬Congo
39.9%
27
🇬🇲Gambia
39.7%
28
🇱🇷Liberia
39.1%
29
🇲🇬Madagascar
38.9%
30
🇪🇹Ethiopia
38.8%
31
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
38.3%
32
🇼🇸Samoa
38.1%
33
🇸🇸South Sudan
38.0%
34
🇻🇺Vanuatu
38.0%
35
🇸🇳Senegal
37.7%
36
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
37.7%
37
🇪🇷Eritrea
37.6%
38
🇵🇸Palestine
37.6%
39
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
37.5%
40
🇳🇷Nauru
37.2%
41
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
37.1%
42
🇷🇼Rwanda
37.0%
43
🇰🇲Comoros
36.9%
44
🇳🇦Namibia
36.7%
45
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
36.6%
46
🇰🇪Kenya
36.3%
47
🇵🇰Pakistan
36.2%
48
🇬🇦Gabon
36.2%
49
🇮🇶Iraq
36.0%
50
🇹🇯Tajikistan
35.9%
Highlights
As of 2025, Central African Republic ranks first with 48.7%, followed by Somalia (46.6%) and Niger (46.2%).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 48.7% (Central African Republic) to 10.2% (South Korea), with a median of 22.9%.
All of the top 10 are in Africa.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population ages 0-14 (% of total population), 2025. Unit: % aged 0–14.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026