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Current Countries with the Youngest Population in the World

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This map shows current countries with the youngest population in the world. Youngest population means the distribution of the population in age group 0-14 years.

Current Youngest Population in the World: 0-14 years: 26.3% (male 944,987,919/female 884,268,378) (2011 est.)

The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Population

Country	0-14 years %	0-14 years - male	0-14 years - female	Year / Note
Afghanistan	42.3	6,464,070	6,149,468	2011 est.
Albania	21.4	337,364	303,669	2011 est.
Algeria	24.2	4,319,295	4,144,863	2011 est.
American Samoa	31.9	10,910	10,518	2011 est.
Andorra	15.6	6,799	6,440	2011 est.
Angola	43.2	2,910,981	2,856,527	2011 est.
Anguilla	24	1,861	1,764	2011 est.
Antigua and Barbuda	25.8	11,530	11,174	2011 est.
Argentina	25.4	5,429,488	5,181,289	2011 est.
Armenia	17.6	279,304	242,621	2011 est.
Aruba	18.4	9,847	9,729	2011 est.
Australia	18.3	2,040,848	1,937,544	2011 est.
Austria	14	590,855	563,300	2011 est.
Azerbaijan	23.2	1,029,931	912,639	2011 est.
Bahamas, The	24.4	38,834	37,715	2011 est.
Bahrain	20.5	126,313	122,359	2011 est.
Bangladesh	34.3	27,551,594	26,776,647	2011 est.
Barbados	18.9	27,127	27,127	2011 est.
Belarus	14.2	699,048	660,130	2011 est.
Belgium	15.9	846,706	812,486	2011 est.
Belize	36.8	60,327	57,933	2011 est.
Benin	44.7	2,126,973	2,042,340	2011 est.
Bermuda	18	6,212	6,129	2011 est.
Bhutan	28.9	104,622	100,383	2011 est.
Bolivia	34.6	1,785,453	1,719,173	2011 est.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	333,989	313,234	2011 est.
Botswana	33.9	356,346	343,452	2011 est.
Brazil	26.2	27,219,651	26,180,040	2011 est.
British Virgin Islands	19.6	2,526	2,457	2011 est.
Brunei	25.5	52,944	49,729	2011 est.
Bulgaria	13.9	506,403	480,935	2011 est.
Burkina Faso	45.8	3,849,350	3,828,483	2011 est.
Burma	27.5	7,560,859	7,278,652	2011 est.
Burundi	46	2,360,214	2,335,541	2011 est.
Cambodia	32.2	2,375,155	2,356,305	2011 est.
Cameroon	40.5	4,027,381	3,956,219	2011 est.
Canada	15.7	2,736,737	2,602,342	2011 est.
Cape Verde	32.6	84,545	83,718	2011 est.
Cayman Islands	19	4,924	4,858	2011 est.
Central African Republic	41	1,021,144	1,007,819	2011 est.
Chad	46	2,510,656	2,441,780	2011 est.
Chile	22.3	1,928,210	1,840,839	2011 est.
China	17.6	126,634,384	108,463,142	2011 est.
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia	26.7	6,109,495	5,834,273	2011 est.
Comoros	41.6	166,141	164,788	2011 est.
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	44.4	16,031,347	15,811,818	2011 est.
Congo, Republic of the	45.6	973,332	960,100	2011 est.
Cook Islands	25.1	1,479	1,308	2011 est.
Costa Rica	24.6	574,876	549,664	2011 est.
Cote d'Ivoire	39.8	4,312,133	4,240,500	2011 est.
Croatia	15.1	346,553	328,677	2011 est.
Cuba	17.3	984,607	931,167	2011 est.
Curacao	21.1	15,337	14,589	2010
Cyprus	16.2	93,280	88,022	2011 est.
Czech Republic	13.5	704,495	666,191	2011 est.
Denmark	17.6	500,265	474,829	2011 est.
Djibouti	35	132,592	132,114	2011 est.
Dominica	22.9	8,551	8,188	2011 est.
Dominican Republic	29.5	1,493,251	1,441,735	2011 est.
Ecuador	30.1	2,301,840	2,209,971	2011 est.
Egypt	32.7	13,725,282	13,112,157	2011 est.
El Salvador	30.6	953,842	905,688	2011 est.
Equatorial Guinea	41.5	140,946	136,294	2011 est.
Eritrea	42.1	1,256,384	1,244,569	2011 est.
Estonia	15.1	99,919	94,066	2011 est.
Ethiopia	46.3	20,990,369	21,067,961	2011 est.
European Union	15.44	38,992,677	36,940,450	2009 est.
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Faroe Islands	21	5,362	4,975	2011 est.
Fiji	28.9	130,409	124,870	2011 est.
Finland	16	429,450	414,570	2011 est.
France	18.5	6,180,905	5,886,849	2011 est.
French Polynesia	23.5	35,376	33,840	2011 est.
Gabon	42.2	333,746	330,959	2011 est.
Gambia, The	40	360,732	358,440	2011 est.
Gaza Strip	43.9	374,110	354,088	2011 est.
Georgia	15.6	383,856	333,617	2011 est.
Germany	13.3	5,569,390	5,282,245	2011 est.
Ghana	36.5	4,568,273	4,468,939	2011 est.
Gibraltar	20.4	3,040	2,862	2011 est.
Greece	14.2	787,143	741,356	2011 est.
Greenland	22.3	6,514	6,330	2011 est.
Grenada	25.4	14,152	13,390	2011 est.
Guam	27	25,577	23,836	2011 est.
Guatemala	38.1	2,678,340	2,582,472	2011 est.
Guernsey	14.9	5,036	4,670	2011 est.
Guinea	42.5	2,278,048	2,229,602	2011 est.
Guinea-Bissau	40.4	321,889	323,202	2011 est.
Guyana	31.9	120,981	116,654	2011 est.
Haiti	35.9	1,748,677	1,742,199	2011 est.
Honduras	36.7	1,528,271	1,464,428	2011 est.
Hong Kong	11.6	431,728	394,898	2011 est.
Hungary	14.9	767,824	721,242	2011 est.
Iceland	20.2	31,929	31,034	2011 est.
India	29.7	187,450,635	165,415,758	2011 est.
Indonesia	27.3	34,165,213	32,978,841	2011 est.
Iran	24.1	9,608,342	9,128,427	2011 est.
Iraq	38	5,882,682	5,678,741	2011 est.
Ireland	21.1	503,921	483,454	2011 est.
Isle of Man	16.6	7,362	6,664	2011 est.
Israel	27.6	1,057,113	1,008,978	2011 est.
Italy	13.8	4,315,292	4,124,624	2011 est.
Jamaica	30.1	438,888	424,383	2011 est.
Japan	13.1	8,521,571	8,076,173	2011 est.
Jersey	16.5	8,067	7,507	2011 est.
Jordan	35.3	1,180,595	1,114,533	2011 est.
Kazakhstan	21.6	1,709,929	1,637,132	2011 est.
Kenya	42.2	8,730,845	8,603,270	2011 est.
Kiribati	33.9	17,385	16,750	2011 est.
Korea, North	22.4	2,766,006	2,700,378	2011 est.
Korea, South	15.7	3,980,541	3,650,631	2011 est.
Kosovo	27.2	258,078	237,987	2011 est.
Kuwait	25.8	348,816	321,565	2011 est.
Kyrgyzstan	29.3	834,024	801,750	2011 est.
Laos	36.7	1,197,579	1,181,523	2011 est.
Latvia	13.5	152,706	145,756	2011 est.
Lebanon	23	487,930	464,678	2011 est.
Lesotho	33.5	323,934	321,727	2011 est.
Liberia	44.3	843,182	834,922	2011 est.
Libya	32.8	1,104,590	1,057,359	2011 est.
Liechtenstein	16.1	2,809	2,856	2011 est.
Lithuania	13.8	250,146	236,984	2011 est.
Luxembourg	18.2	47,274	44,366	2011 est.
Macau	15	45,635	40,523	2011 est.
Macedonia	18.5	198,643	184,775	2011 est.
Madagascar	43.1	4,762,589	4,693,259	2011 est.
Malawi	45.1	3,586,696	3,571,298	2011 est.
Malaysia	29.6	4,374,495	4,132,009	2011 est.
Maldives	21.5	43,332	41,642	2011 est.
Mali	47.3	3,372,717	3,325,188	2011 est.
Malta	15.7	32,829	31,198	2011 est.
Marshall Islands	38.2	13,062	12,576	2011 est.
Mauritania	40.4	665,314	660,352	2011 est.
Mauritius	21.8	145,185	139,579	2011 est.
Mexico	28.2	16,395,974	15,714,182	2011 est.
Micronesia, Federated States of	33.6	18,223	17,639	2011 est.
Moldova	15.5	344,101	325,995	2011 est.
Monaco	12.3	1,930	1,841	2011 est.
Mongolia	27.3	437,241	419,693	2011 est.
Montenegro	15.5	50,060	52,823	2011 est.
Montserrat	26.9	717	665	2011 est.
Morocco	27.8	4,514,623	4,382,487	2011 est.
Mozambique	45.9	5,295,776	5,245,485	2011 est.
Namibia	34.2	371,078	364,232	2011 est.
Nauru	33	1,398	1,682	2011 est.
Nepal	34.6	5,177,264	4,983,864	2011 est.
Netherlands	17	1,466,218	1,398,463	2011 est.
New Caledonia	24.9	32,653	31,236	2011 est.
New Zealand	20.4	448,106	426,348	2011 est.
Nicaragua	31.7	913,905	879,818	2011 est.
Niger	49.6	4,129,164	4,045,412	2011 est.
Nigeria	40.9	32,476,681	31,064,539	2011 est.
Niue
Norfolk Island	20.2			2009 est.
Northern Mariana Islands	26	6,349	5,625	2011 est.
Norway	18	431,111	412,864	2011 est.
Oman	31.2	484,292	460,066	2011 est.
Pakistan	35.4	34,093,853	32,278,462	2011 est.
Palau	21.5	2,329	2,187	2011 est.
Panama	28.6	504,726	484,291	2011 est.
Papua New Guinea	36.4	1,145,946	1,106,705	2011 est.
Paraguay	28.5	936,298	905,285	2011 est.
Peru	28.5	4,245,023	4,101,220	2011 est.
Philippines	34.6	17,999,279	17,285,040	2011 est.
Pitcairn Islands
Poland	14.7	2,910,324	2,748,546	2011 est.
Portugal	16.2	910,012	835,025	2011 est.
Puerto Rico	18.8	383,748	367,484	2011 est.
Qatar	21.8	95,240	89,446	2011 est.
Romania	14.8	1,667,894	1,579,458	2011 est.
Russia	15.2	10,818,203	10,256,611	2011 est.
Rwanda	42.9	2,454,924	2,418,504	2011 est.
Saint Barthelemy	18.8	712	675	2011 est.
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	17.8	697	671	2011 est.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	22.8	5,701	5,755	2011 est.
Saint Lucia	22.8	18,925	17,945	2011 est.
Saint Martin	26.9	4,086	4,139	2011 est.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	17.1	518	487	2011 est.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24.5	12,842	12,638	2011 est.
Samoa	35.4	35,233	33,060	2011 est.
San Marino	16.6	2,821	2,474	2011 est.
Sao Tome and Principe	44.7	40,777	39,386	2011 est.
Saudi Arabia	29.4	3,939,377	3,754,020	2011 est.
Senegal	43.3	2,748,457	2,722,633	2011 est.
Serbia	15.1	567,757	532,604	2011 est.
Seychelles	21.9	9,987	9,501	2011 est.
Sierra Leone	41.8	1,113,528	1,130,112	2011 est.
Singapore	13.8	338,419	314,704	2011 est.
Sint Maarten	23.4	4,299	4,455	2010 est.
Slovakia	15.6	437,755	417,797	2011 est.
Slovenia	13.4	138,604	130,337	2011 est.
Solomon Islands	37.8	111,265	104,896	2011 est.
Somalia	44.7	2,217,890	2,217,063	2011 est.
South Africa	28.5	6,998,726	6,959,542	2011 est.
Spain	15.1	3,646,614	3,435,311	2011 est.
Sri Lanka	24.9	2,705,953	2,599,717	2011 est.
Sudan	42.1	9,696,726	9,286,894	2011 est.
Suriname	26.4	66,440	63,469	2011 est.
Svalbard
Swaziland	37.8	261,762	255,828	2011 est.
Sweden	15.4	722,558	680,933	2011 est.
Switzerland	15.2	602,894	560,175	2011 est.
Syria	35.2	4,066,109	3,865,817	2011 est.
Taiwan	15.6	1,875,359	1,732,007	2011 est.
Tajikistan	33.9	1,316,623	1,270,899	2011 est.
Tanzania	42	9,003,152	8,949,061	2011 est.
Thailand	19.9	6,779,723	6,466,625	2011 est.
Timor-Leste	33.8	202,431	195,895	2011 est.
Togo	40.9	1,387,537	1,381,040	2011 est.
Tokelau	42			2009 est.
Tonga	37.2	20,023	19,393	2011 est.
Trinidad and Tobago	19.5	122,044	116,859	2011 est.
Tunisia	23.2	1,274,348	1,193,131	2011 est.
Turkey	26.6	10,707,793	10,226,999	2011 est.
Turkmenistan	27.5	696,749	679,936	2011 est.
Turks and Caicos Islands	22.7	5,188	5,008	2011 est.
Tuvalu	30.6	1,656	1,569	2011 est.
Uganda	49.9	8,692,239	8,564,571	2011 est.
Ukraine	13.7	3,186,606	3,014,069	2011 est.
United Arab Emirates	20.4	537,925	513,572	note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2011 est.)
United Kingdom	17.3	5,575,119	5,301,301	2011 est.
United States	20.1	32,107,900	30,781,823	2011 est.
Uruguay	22.2	373,613	361,160	2011 est.
Uzbekistan	26.5	3,817,755	3,635,142	2011 est.
Vanuatu	29.6	33,968	32,550	2011 est.
Venezuela	29.5	4,149,781	4,002,931	2011 est.
Vietnam	25.2	11,945,354	10,868,610	2011 est.
Virgin Islands	19.5	10,886	10,470	2011 est.
Wallis and Futuna	25.1	2,018	1,846	2011 est.
West Bank	35.8	471,908	447,816	2011 est.
Western Sahara	38.9	99,797	97,700	2011 est.
World	26.3	944,987,919	884,268,378	2011 est.
Yemen	43	5,285,218	5,094,736	2011 est.
Zambia	46.7	3,253,125	3,228,844	2011 est.
Zimbabwe	41.9	2,555,916	2,504,947	2011 est.

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