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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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.

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Indicator
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
50 places, 3,800 data points, 1950–2025
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