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Population 0-24 (% of total population) by country

Population ages 0 to 24 is the percentage of the total population that is in the age group 0 to 24.

Countries reporting
52
Highest
68.5%
Uganda
Lowest
38.4%
Mauritius
Median
61.3%
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
3,016

What the numbers show

Population 0-24 (% of total population) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 68.5% in Uganda; the lowest is 38.4% in Mauritius.

The median across all reporting countries is 61.3%, and the mean is 59.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 2.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 22.5%).

Population 0-24: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uganda 68.5% 2011 down 0.3% rising
2 Niger 67.5% 2011 up 2.0% flat
3 Mali 66.8% 2011 down 1.5% rising
4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 66.3% 2011 down 1.0% rising
5 Malawi 66.3% 2011 up 1.0% flat
6 Angola 66.2% 2011 down 1.3% rising
7 Zambia 65.6% 2011 down 0.8% flat
8 Burkina Faso 65.3% 2011 down 2.8% rising
9 Chad 65.1% 2011 down 0.4% rising
10 Tanzania, United Republic of 64.5% 2011 down 0.8% flat
11 Gambia 64.3% 2011 down 3.7% rising
12 Senegal 64.2% 2011 down 2.9% rising
13 Mozambique 63.7% 2011 up 0.1% flat
14 Somalia 63.7% 2011 up 0.5% flat
15 Zimbabwe 63.3% 2011 down 2.5% flat
16 Benin 63.3% 2011 down 2.3% rising
17 Rwanda 63.0% 2011 down 5.7% flat
18 Kenya 63.0% 2011 down 4.6% flat
19 Guinea 62.8% 2011 down 1.1% rising
20 Madagascar 62.8% 2011 down 1.9% flat
21 Eswatini 62.6% 2011 down 10.8% rising
22 Liberia 62.4% 2011 down 2.8% flat
23 Sierra Leone 62.3% 2011 down 0.7% rising
24 Ethiopia 62.3% 2011 down 3.6% flat
25 Nigeria 62.3% 2011 down 1.7% flat
26 Eritrea 61.5% 2011 down 9.0% flat
27 Guinea-Bissau 61.1% 2011 down 2.0% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 61.1% 2011 down 1.8% flat
29 Cameroon 61.0% 2011 down 3.3% rising
30 Central African Republic 60.8% 2011 down 1.9% rising
31 Sao Tome and Principe 60.5% 2011 down 8.2% rising
32 Comoros 60.3% 2011 down 4.7% flat
33 Lesotho 60.3% 2011 down 5.0% flat
34 Togo 60.0% 2011 down 5.6% flat
35 Burundi 59.8% 2011 down 9.5% flat
36 Congo 59.7% 2011 down 3.3% flat
37 Sudan 59.7% 2011 down 22.5% falling
38 Mauritania 59.6% 2011 down 5.0% flat
39 Ghana 58.2% 2011 down 4.7% falling
40 Equatorial Guinea 58.0% 2011 up 1.4% flat
41 Namibia 57.3% 2011 down 5.2% flat
42 Djibouti 56.4% 2011 down 7.9% falling
43 Gabon 56.1% 2011 down 6.6% rising
44 Cape Verde 54.1% 2011 down 12.7% falling
45 Botswana 54.0% 2011 down 10.0% falling
46 Egypt 50.6% 2011 down 10.2% falling
47 South Africa 49.4% 2011 down 9.0% falling
48 Libya 47.3% 2011 down 15.7% falling
49 Morocco 46.9% 2011 down 13.1% falling
50 Algeria 46.7% 2011 down 16.5% falling
51 Tunisia 41.6% 2011 down 15.4% falling
52 Mauritius 38.4% 2011 down 12.5% 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
Population 0-24 (% of total population)
Unit
% of total population
Source
World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, national statistical offices, household surveys conducted
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 3,016 data points, 1960–2011
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Population ages 0 to 24 is the percentage of the total population that is in the age group 0 to 24.