Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands), per capita by country
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
0.0005 thousands per person
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0001 thousands per person
Hong Kong
Median
0.0002 thousands per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
11,792
What the numbers show
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands), per capita is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 0.0005 thousands per person in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0001 thousands per person in Hong Kong.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 thousands per person, and the mean is 0.0003 thousands per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 189 fell. The largest increase was in Macao (up 17.2%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 31.1%).
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 4 | Chad | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 5 | Mali | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0005 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 9 | Mozambique | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 10 | Angola | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 11 | Uganda | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 13 | Mauritania | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 16 | Benin | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 18 | Zambia | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 19 | Yemen | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Nigeria | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 25 | Sudan | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 26 | Congo | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 28 | Liberia | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 29 | Palestine | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 30 | Madagascar | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 34 | South Sudan | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 38 | Eritrea | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 39 | Nauru | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 41 | Rwanda | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 43 | Comoros | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 46 | Kenya | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 47 | Pakistan | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 48 | Gabon | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 49 | Iraq | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 50 | Tajikistan | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 51 | Ghana | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 52 | Tonga | 0.0004 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 53 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 54 | Kiribati | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 55 | Lesotho | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 57 | East Timor | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 60 | Botswana | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 62 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 63 | Egypt | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 64 | Mongolia | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 65 | Turkmenistan | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 66 | Guatemala | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 68 | Haiti | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 69 | Jordan | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 70 | Honduras | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 72 | Laos | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 73 | Cambodia | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 74 | Bolivia | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 76 | Guyana | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 77 | Djibouti | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 81 | Syria | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 83 | Philippines | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 84 | Libya | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 85 | Fiji | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 86 | American Samoa | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 88 | Belize | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 89 | Guam | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 90 | Lebanon | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 91 | South Africa | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 92 | Israel | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 94 | Morocco | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 95 | Venezuela | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 0.0003 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 99 | Indonesia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 100 | India | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 102 | Myanmar | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 103 | Ecuador | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 104 | Oman | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 106 | Peru | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 107 | Moldova | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2020 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 109 | Vietnam | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 110 | Iran | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 114 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 115 | Turkey | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 116 | Malaysia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 117 | Seychelles | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 118 | Argentina | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 121 | Brunei | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 123 | Greenland | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 126 | Georgia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 127 | Albania | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 128 | Brazil | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 130 | Maldives | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 132 | North Korea | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 133 | Bahrain | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 136 | Jamaica | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 138 | Montenegro | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 139 | Armenia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 141 | Palau | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 142 | Uruguay | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 143 | Iceland | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 144 | Dominica | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 145 | New Zealand | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 146 | Bahamas | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 147 | Ireland | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 149 | Curacao | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 150 | Gibraltar | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 151 | United States | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 153 | Australia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 154 | Russia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Sweden | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 158 | Chile | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 160 | Aruba | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 161 | Norway | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 162 | Cyprus | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 163 | Belarus | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 165 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 166 | Slovakia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 167 | France | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 168 | China | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 169 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 170 | Belgium | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 171 | Qatar | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 172 | Denmark | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 173 | Romania | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 175 | Latvia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 176 | Poland | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 177 | Estonia | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 178 | Cuba | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 179 | Netherlands | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 180 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 thousands per person | 2025 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 181 | Mauritius | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 184 | Switzerland | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 185 | Serbia | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 186 | Hungary | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 187 | Thailand | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 188 | Macao | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 189 | Slovenia | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 190 | Lithuania | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 191 | Canada | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 192 | Finland | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 193 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 194 | Isle of Man | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 195 | Germany | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 196 | Austria | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 197 | Liechtenstein | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 198 | Croatia | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 199 | Monaco | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 200 | Ukraine | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 201 | Bermuda | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 202 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 203 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 204 | Greece | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 205 | Spain | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 206 | Portugal | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 207 | Malta | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 208 | San Marino | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 209 | Italy | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 210 | Andorra | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 211 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 212 | Japan | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 213 | Singapore | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 214 | South Korea | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 215 | Hong Kong | 0.0001 thousands per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population aged 14 years or younger UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population aged 14 years or younger (thousands) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.