Under 15
Under 15, 2025: from 10.2% (South Korea) to 48.7% (Central African Republic), median 22.4%.
Ranking
| Rank | Country | Value (% of population) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 48.7% | 2025 |
| 2 | Somalia | 46.5% | 2025 |
| 3 | Niger | 46.2% | 2025 |
| 4 | Chad | 46.0% | 2025 |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.0% | 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 | 40.6% | 2025 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 40.5% | 2025 |
| 21 | Ivory Coast | 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 | The 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 | Eritrea | 37.6% | 2025 |
| 37 | Palestine | 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 | Gabon | 36.2% | 2025 |
| 47 | Pakistan | 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 | East Timor | 33.1% | 2025 |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 33.0% | 2025 |
| 59 | Eswatini | 33.0% | 2025 |
| 60 | Botswana | 32.0% | 2025 |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 31.9% | 2025 |
| 62 | Egypt | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 62 | Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 |
| 64 | Federated States of 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 | 26.9% | 2025 |
| 86 | Fiji | 26.8% | 2025 |
| 87 | American Samoa | 26.4% | 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 | Cape Verde | 24.7% | 2025 |
| 97 | Panama | 24.5% | 2025 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 24.4% | 2025 |
| 99 | Oman | 24.3% | 2025 |
| 100 | Indonesia | 24.3% | 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 | Saint Martin | 21.1% | 2025 |
| 116 | Argentina | 21.0% | 2025 |
| 116 | Turkey | 21.0% | 2025 |
| 118 | Saint 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 |
| 123 | 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 | Saint 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 |
| 142 | New Zealand | 17.9% | 2025 |
| 144 | Australia | 17.7% | 2025 |
| 145 | Dominica | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 146 | Gibraltar | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 147 | The Bahamas | 17.6% | 2025 |
| 148 | Iceland | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.5% | 2025 |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 17.3% | 2025 |
| 152 | United States of America | 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 | 16.6% | 2025 |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 16.5% | 2025 |
| 160 | Aruba | 16.5% | 2025 |
| 161 | United States 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 | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 170 | Belgium | 15.7% | 2025 |
| 171 | Slovakia | 15.6% | 2025 |
| 172 | Denmark | 15.6% | 2025 |
| 172 | Romania | 15.6% | 2025 |
| 174 | People's Republic of China | 15.4% | 2025 |
| 175 | Estonia | 15.3% | 2025 |
| 176 | Latvia | 15.2% | 2025 |
| 177 | Czech Republic | 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 | 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 | 14.2% | 2025 |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 14.1% | 2025 |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 13.9% | 2025 |
| 198 | Germany | 13.9% | 2025 |
| 199 | Monaco | 13.8% | 2025 |
| 200 | Macau | 13.7% | 2025 |
| 201 | Croatia | 13.7% | 2025 |
| 202 | Ukraine | 13.7% | 2025 |
| 203 | Bermuda | 13.4% | 2025 |
| 204 | Malta | 12.9% | 2025 |
| 205 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.9% | 2025 |
| 205 | Greece | 12.9% | 2025 |
| 207 | Portugal | 12.7% | 2025 |
| 208 | Spain | 12.6% | 2025 |
| 209 | San Marino | 11.9% | 2025 |
| 210 | Singapore | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 211 | Italy | 11.7% | 2025 |
| 212 | Andorra | 11.6% | 2025 |
| 213 | Japan | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 213 | Puerto Rico | 11.2% | 2025 |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 10.3% | 2025 |
| 216 | South Korea | 10.2% | 2025 |
Source
Under 15 — World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · datacatalog.worldbank.org · source updated Oct 8, 2026
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