Percentage of children as a proportion of total population by country
Countries reporting
36
Highest
37.13
Guatemala
Lowest
18.15
British Virgin Islands
Median
24.93
Years covered
76
1950–2025
Data points
3,800
What the numbers show
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 37.13 in Guatemala; the lowest is 18.15 in British Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 24.93, and the mean is 26.46.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 37.13 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 2 | Haiti | 36.76 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 3 | Honduras | 36.07 | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 4 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 35.15 | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 5 | Guyana | 34.34 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 33.98 | 2025 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 33.5 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 8 | Belize | 31.58 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 31.42 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 10 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 30.7 | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 11 | Suriname | 30.49 | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 12 | El Salvador | 29.66 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 13 | Panama | 29.41 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 29.17 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 15 | Ecuador | 29.16 | 2025 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 28.6 | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 17 | Argentina | 25.79 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.53 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 19 | Colombia | 24.33 | 2025 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 20 | Brazil | 23.48 | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 21 | Grenada | 23.47 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 22 | Jamaica | 22.77 | 2025 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 22.55 | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 24 | Uruguay | 22 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 21.93 | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.77 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 27 | Dominica | 21.59 | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 21.32 | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.28 | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 30 | Barbados | 20.99 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 31 | Anguilla | 20.47 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 32 | Chile | 20.29 | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 33 | Montserrat | 19.94 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 34 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 19.37 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 35 | Cuba | 18.32 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 36 | British Virgin Islands | 18.15 | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG - Central America 30.41
- UNDEV - Central America 30.41
- SDGRC - ECLAC Latin America 26.93
- Latin America and the Caribbean 26.91
- UNFPA - Latin America and the Caribbean 26.9
- SDG - Caribbean 26.87
- UNDEV - Caribbean 26.86
- WB - Latin America & Caribbean 26.84
- SDG - Latin America and the Caribbean 26.83
- UNDEV - Latin America and the Caribbean 26.83
- SDGRC - ECLAC 26.83
- SDG - South America 25.32
- UNDEV - South America 25.32
- SDGRC - ECLAC Caribbean 21.8