Population ages 0-14 (% of total) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Rank	Country	Value
Population ages 0-14 (% of total) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)
1	Niger	49.94
2	Uganda	48.86
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.67
4	Burkina Faso	46.31
5	Zambia	46.24
6	Malawi	46.18
7	Afghanistan	46.09
8	Chad	45.71
9	Timor-Leste	44.97
10	Angola	44.96
11	Somalia	44.89
12	West Bank and Gaza	44.87
13	Tanzania	44.70
14	Mali	44.17
15	Mozambique	43.98
16	Yemen	43.76
17	Senegal	43.56
18	Ethiopia	43.52
19	Sierra Leone	43.39
20	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	43.33
21	Benin	43.05
22	Madagascar	42.90
23	Kenya	42.81
24	Guinea	42.79
25	Liberia	42.73
26	Guinea-Bissau	42.64
27	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	42.56
28	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	42.56
29	Nigeria	42.53
30	Gambia	42.29
31	Rwanda	42.27
32	Guatemala	41.89
33	Eritrea	41.52
34	Iraq	41.08
35	Equatorial Guinea	40.96
36	Cameroon	40.92
37	Sao Tome and Principe	40.65
38	Ivory Coast	40.64
39	Central African Republic	40.64
40	Republic of the Congo	40.46
41	Least developed countries: UN classification	40.16
42	Togo	39.89
43	Zimbabwe	39.89
44	Papua New Guinea	39.78
45	Mauritania	39.50
46	Low income	39.42
47	Western Samoa	39.41
48	Swaziland	39.34
49	Sudan	39.11
50	Solomon Islands	39.05
51	Lesotho	38.84
52	Mayotte	38.77
53	Vanuatu	38.59
54	Ghana	38.42
55	Burundi	38.38
56	Comoros	38.14
57	Laos	37.53
58	Tonga	37.45
59	Honduras	37.38
60	Micronesia	36.96
61	Pakistan	36.93
62	Tajikistan	36.92
63	Namibia	36.85
64	Nepal	36.55
65	Haiti	36.33
66	Bolivia	36.25
67	Cape Verde	36.19
68	Gabon	36.14
69	Djibouti	36.08
70	Belize	35.17
71	Nicaragua	35.12
72	Syria	35.01
73	Jordan	34.47
74	Paraguay	33.98
75	Philippines	33.87
76	Arab World	33.87
77	Botswana	33.29
78	Cambodia	33.28
79	Saudi Arabia	32.40
80	Egypt	32.31
81	El Salvador	32.27
82	South Asia	32.18
83	Oman	31.45
84	Bangladesh	31.45
85	Dominican Republic	31.45
86	Fiji	31.34
87	India	31.26
88	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	31.19
89	Ecuador	31.06
90	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	30.92
91	Bhutan	30.54
92	South Africa	30.51
93	Peru	30.32
94	Libya	30.13
95	Venezuela	29.81
96	Guyana	29.65
97	Malaysia	29.50
98	Turkmenistan	29.50
99	Jamaica	29.43
100	Kyrgyzstan	29.38
101	Uzbekistan	29.30
102	Panama	29.27
103	Colombia	29.16
104	Low & middle income	29.04
105	Suriname	28.91
106	Mexico	28.49
107	Morocco	28.39
108	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	28.17
109	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	28.09
110	Maldives	27.97
111	Lower middle income	27.89
112	Guam	27.80
113	Grenada	27.77
114	Israel	27.74
115	Algeria	27.31
116	Middle income	27.21
117	Indonesia	27.01
118	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	26.90
119	Brunei Darussalam	26.82
120	Turkey	26.81
121	Burma	26.80
122	Bahrain	26.36
123	St. Lucia	26.26
124	French Polynesia	26.12
125	Mongolia	26.02
126	Brazil	25.93
127	Costa Rica	25.85
128	Vietnam	25.74
129	New Caledonia	25.53
130	Bahamas	25.50
131	Lebanon	25.29
132	Argentina	25.14
133	Upper middle income	24.64
134	Sri Lanka	24.26
135	Azerbaijan	24.21
136	Iran	24.06
137	Kazakhstan	23.72
138	High income: nonOECD	23.72
139	Albania	23.55
140	Kuwait	23.37
141	Tunisia	23.24
142	Uruguay	22.76
143	Chile	22.70
144	Mauritius	22.64
145	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	22.53
146	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	21.77
147	Thailand	21.70
148	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	21.09
149	Netherlands Antilles	20.86
150	Ireland	20.67
151	Trinidad and Tobago	20.66
152	Iceland	20.56
153	New Zealand	20.44
154	Puerto Rico	20.33
155	United States	20.33
156	Armenia	20.31
157	China	20.19
158	North America	19.95
159	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	19.48
160	Montenegro	19.39
161	Aruba	19.38
162	United Arab Emirates	19.16
163	Australia	19.02
164	Norway	18.97
165	OECD members	18.72
166	France	18.40
167	Denmark	18.21
168	Macedonia	18
169	Cyprus	17.80
170	Luxembourg	17.79
171	Netherlands	17.78
172	Serbia	17.71
173	Cuba	17.69
174	High income	17.45
175	United Kingdom	17.44
176	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	17.40
177	Barbados	17.29
178	High income: OECD	17.04
179	Moldova	16.85
180	Georgia	16.84
181	Belgium	16.80
182	South Korea	16.78
183	North Korea	16.78
184	Finland	16.67
185	Sweden	16.56
186	Canada	16.52
187	Singapore	16.30
188	Qatar	16.03
189	European Union	15.58
190	Malta	15.58
191	Channel Islands	15.58
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15.43
193	Euro area	15.40
194	Slovakia	15.37
195	Switzerland	15.33
196	Portugal	15.28
197	Romania	15.24
198	Estonia	15.14
199	Croatia	15.12
200	Poland	14.96
201	Austria	14.95
202	Lithuania	14.91
203	Hungary	14.83
204	Spain	14.82
205	Russia	14.82
206	Belarus	14.73
207	Greece	14.22
208	Italy	14.18
209	Czech Republic	14.07
210	Ukraine	13.89
211	Slovenia	13.84
212	Latvia	13.76
213	Germany	13.52
214	Bulgaria	13.43
215	Japan	13.32
216	Macau	12.92
217	Hong Kong	12.01

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