Japan vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, total

Japan
13.86 million
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
246.37 million
in 2025
Japan rank
29th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
27th

Population ages 0-14, total over time

  • Japan
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M250.0M196019922025

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 246.37 million against 13.86 million in Japan, a difference of 232.51 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 17.8 times Japan's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 29th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 218 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 25.26 million 74.68 million 49.42 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1970s 26.10 million 99.98 million 73.88 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 25.93 million 133.61 million 107.68 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 20.04 million 171.87 million 151.83 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 17.68 million 190.50 million 172.83 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 16.42 million 219.90 million 203.48 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 14.66 million 242.75 million 228.09 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 0-14, total, Japan or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 246.37 million against 13.86 million in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 0-14, total between Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
232.51 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for population ages 0-14, total?
Japan ranks 29th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 27th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi, published as Population ages 0-14, total. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, total. Statizoid, drawing on Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-0-14-total/japan/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-0-14-total/japan/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/">Japan vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Population ages 0-14, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population ages 0-14, total
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publi
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.