Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 0-14, total. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
217
Highest
3.93 % change on previous year
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
-5.79 % change on previous year
Saint Martin (French part)
Median
-0.3225 % change on previous year
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
17,195

What the numbers show

Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 3.93 % change on previous year in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is -5.79 % change on previous year in Saint Martin (French part).

The median across all reporting countries is -0.3225 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.3966 % change on previous year.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 1,385.5%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 12,318.2%).

Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 3.93 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.1% volatile
2 Saudi Arabia 3.87 % change on previous year 2025 down 1.6% volatile
3 Qatar 3.52 % change on previous year 2025 down 36.4% volatile
4 Somalia 3.31 % change on previous year 2025 down 0.5% volatile
5 Chad 3.24 % change on previous year 2025 down 1.1% rising
6 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3.07 % change on previous year 2025 down 9.9% rising
7 Central African Republic 2.75 % change on previous year 2025 up 115.6% falling
8 Yemen 2.66 % change on previous year 2025 up 4.3% falling
9 Uzbekistan 2.51 % change on previous year 2025 up 6.7% volatile
10 Angola 2.46 % change on previous year 2025 down 34.9% rising
11 Niger 2.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.9% rising
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.42 % change on previous year 2025 down 11.9% falling
13 Oman 2.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 53.1% volatile
14 Mozambique 2.17 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.9% falling
15 Mali 2.16 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.5% rising
16 Mauritania 2.03 % change on previous year 2025 down 34.7% falling
17 Afghanistan 2.02 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.6% volatile
18 Equatorial Guinea 1.88 % change on previous year 2025 down 51.6% volatile
19 Ethiopia 1.85 % change on previous year 2025 up 35.3% falling
20 Cameroon 1.79 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.9% falling
21 Sudan 1.75 % change on previous year 2025 down 13.1% falling
22 Uganda 1.72 % change on previous year 2025 down 22.4% falling
23 Benin 1.71 % change on previous year 2025 down 38.9% falling
24 Georgia 1.69 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.5% volatile
25 Gibraltar 1.67 % change on previous year 2025 up 36.3% volatile
26 Zambia 1.6 % change on previous year 2025 down 36.2% falling
27 Madagascar 1.59 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.6% falling
28 Ukraine 1.52 % change on previous year 2025 up 45.3% volatile
29 Gabon 1.46 % change on previous year 2025 down 50.6% falling
30 Guinea 1.46 % change on previous year 2025 down 27.1% falling
31 Monaco 1.44 % change on previous year 2025 up 462.6% volatile
32 Côte d'Ivoire 1.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 59.3% falling
33 Vanuatu 1.32 % change on previous year 2025 down 50.4% falling
34 Luxembourg 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 1.0% volatile
35 Syrian Arab Republic 1.27 % change on previous year 2025 up 155.8% volatile
36 Rwanda 1.26 % change on previous year 2025 down 28.9% volatile
37 Singapore 1.26 % change on previous year 2025 up 475.6% volatile
38 Togo 1.23 % change on previous year 2025 up 257.8% falling
39 Solomon Islands 1.23 % change on previous year 2025 down 58.9% falling
40 Comoros 1.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.7% volatile
41 Liechtenstein 1.16 % change on previous year 2025 up 444.2% volatile
42 Namibia 1.16 % change on previous year 2025 down 55.0% falling
43 Senegal 1.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 56.4% falling
44 Malawi 1.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 47.0% falling
45 Palestine, State of 1.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.2% volatile
46 Congo 1.12 % change on previous year 2025 down 63.5% falling
47 Botswana 1.08 % change on previous year 2025 down 14.1% volatile
48 Cayman Islands 1.04 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.4% falling
49 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9978 % change on previous year 2025 down 34.4% volatile
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.9859 % change on previous year 2025 up 140.1% volatile
51 Guinea-Bissau 0.9739 % change on previous year 2025 down 52.4% volatile
52 Cyprus 0.9734 % change on previous year 2025 up 8.3% volatile
53 Liberia 0.9492 % change on previous year 2025 down 49.4% volatile
54 Gambia 0.9173 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.3% falling
55 Sierra Leone 0.8834 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.1% volatile
56 Malta 0.881 % change on previous year 2025 down 47.5% volatile
57 Nigeria 0.8538 % change on previous year 2025 down 63.8% falling
58 Burundi 0.7913 % change on previous year 2025 down 78.6% rising
59 Papua New Guinea 0.7467 % change on previous year 2025 down 58.8% falling
60 Ghana 0.7453 % change on previous year 2025 down 61.5% falling
61 Tajikistan 0.7413 % change on previous year 2025 down 69.4% volatile
62 Turkmenistan 0.7288 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.6% volatile
63 Burkina Faso 0.6869 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.4% falling
64 Australia 0.6216 % change on previous year 2025 down 54.9% volatile
65 Iraq 0.5783 % change on previous year 2025 down 73.1% volatile
66 Eritrea 0.5577 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.6% volatile
67 South Africa 0.5293 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.1% volatile
68 Switzerland 0.5095 % change on previous year 2025 down 49.4% volatile
69 Kiribati 0.4993 % change on previous year 2025 down 6.8% volatile
70 Honduras 0.4736 % change on previous year 2025 up 450.9% volatile
71 Paraguay 0.4442 % change on previous year 2025 up 50.4% volatile
72 Armenia 0.4339 % change on previous year 2025 down 48.6% volatile
73 Zimbabwe 0.4309 % change on previous year 2025 down 60.7% volatile
74 Kazakhstan 0.407 % change on previous year 2025 down 88.0% volatile
75 Pakistan 0.3516 % change on previous year 2025 down 69.3% falling
76 Kenya 0.3478 % change on previous year 2025 down 70.6% falling
77 Portugal 0.3404 % change on previous year 2025 up 115.7% volatile
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.316 % change on previous year 2025 down 90.5% volatile
79 Israel 0.2998 % change on previous year 2025 down 85.6% falling
80 Guam 0.2822 % change on previous year 2025 up 122.6% volatile
81 Belize 0.2264 % change on previous year 2025 up 357.1% volatile
82 Seychelles 0.1941 % change on previous year 2025 down 84.3% volatile
83 Cambodia 0.1812 % change on previous year 2025 down 83.4% volatile
84 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1796 % change on previous year 2025 down 57.4% volatile
85 Egypt 0.1767 % change on previous year 2025 down 92.7% falling
86 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.1729 % change on previous year 2025 up 118.4% volatile
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1249 % change on previous year 2025 up 1,385.5% volatile
88 Iceland 0.1223 % change on previous year 2025 up 162.0% volatile
89 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0802 % change on previous year 2025 down 88.3% volatile
90 Canada 0.0685 % change on previous year 2025 down 90.4% volatile
91 Djibouti 0.0393 % change on previous year 2025 down 74.5% volatile
92 Faroe Islands 0 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.0% volatile
93 Eswatini -0.0055 % change on previous year 2025 up 99.1% volatile
94 Bangladesh -0.0171 % change on previous year 2025 up 98.4% volatile
95 Algeria -0.0211 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.6% volatile
96 Netherlands -0.0895 % change on previous year 2025 up 90.1% volatile
97 New Caledonia -0.1059 % change on previous year 2025 up 86.8% volatile
98 Lesotho -0.1139 % change on previous year 2025 down 108.8% volatile
99 Haiti -0.1678 % change on previous year 2025 down 151.1% volatile
100 Brunei Darussalam -0.1847 % change on previous year 2025 up 70.3% volatile
101 Guyana -0.1943 % change on previous year 2025 down 124.5% volatile
102 Germany -0.2049 % change on previous year 2025 down 118.5% volatile
103 Austria -0.2405 % change on previous year 2025 down 121.0% volatile
104 Guatemala -0.2426 % change on previous year 2025 down 163.1% volatile
105 Nicaragua -0.2509 % change on previous year 2025 down 233.2% volatile
106 Panama -0.2678 % change on previous year 2025 down 133.2% volatile
107 Myanmar -0.2756 % change on previous year 2025 up 23.4% volatile
108 Greenland -0.3129 % change on previous year 2025 up 71.0% volatile
109 Denmark -0.3225 % change on previous year 2025 up 25.5% volatile
110 Suriname -0.3332 % change on previous year 2025 down 29.3% volatile
111 Timor-Leste -0.3585 % change on previous year 2025 down 230.6% volatile
112 Colombia -0.3722 % change on previous year 2025 up 74.2% volatile
113 South Sudan -0.3873 % change on previous year 2025 down 227.3% volatile
114 Peru -0.4535 % change on previous year 2025 down 392.7% volatile
115 Samoa -0.4639 % change on previous year 2025 down 155.4% volatile
116 Fiji -0.5114 % change on previous year 2025 down 14.8% volatile
117 Dominican Republic -0.6265 % change on previous year 2025 down 5,864.4% volatile
118 Bulgaria -0.6417 % change on previous year 2025 down 21.4% volatile
119 Indonesia -0.6486 % change on previous year 2025 down 248.3% volatile
120 Micronesia, Federated States of -0.6548 % change on previous year 2025 up 15.0% volatile
121 New Zealand -0.6836 % change on previous year 2025 down 213.9% volatile
122 Mongolia -0.7376 % change on previous year 2025 down 117.3% volatile
123 United States of America -0.7848 % change on previous year 2025 down 487.6% volatile
124 Morocco -0.7884 % change on previous year 2025 down 297.6% volatile
125 United States Virgin Islands -0.7956 % change on previous year 2025 up 55.1% volatile
126 Hungary -0.838 % change on previous year 2025 down 400.8% volatile
127 Bahrain -0.8589 % change on previous year 2025 down 116.7% volatile
128 India -0.8652 % change on previous year 2025 down 44.2% volatile
129 Ireland -0.8762 % change on previous year 2025 down 321.3% volatile
130 Sint Maarten -0.884 % change on previous year 2025 down 262.9% volatile
131 Mexico -0.8917 % change on previous year 2025 down 283.2% volatile
132 Serbia -0.936 % change on previous year 2025 down 160.5% volatile
133 Norway -0.9547 % change on previous year 2025 down 747.3% volatile
134 Iran, Islamic Republic of -0.9553 % change on previous year 2025 down 144.5% volatile
135 Barbados -0.9753 % change on previous year 2025 up 12.9% volatile
136 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -0.9886 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.6% volatile
137 Viet Nam -0.9892 % change on previous year 2025 down 173.6% volatile
138 Naoero -0.9971 % change on previous year 2025 down 145.9% volatile
139 Libya -1.03 % change on previous year 2025 down 183.0% volatile
140 Malaysia -1.03 % change on previous year 2025 down 386.8% volatile
141 Brazil -1.04 % change on previous year 2025 down 1.2% volatile
142 Andorra -1.1 % change on previous year 2025 up 64.6% volatile
143 Belgium -1.14 % change on previous year 2025 down 306.6% volatile
144 Romania -1.18 % change on previous year 2025 down 144.5% volatile
145 Aruba -1.22 % change on previous year 2025 down 484.4% volatile
146 El Salvador -1.28 % change on previous year 2025 up 29.7% volatile
147 Spain -1.33 % change on previous year 2025 down 199.3% volatile
148 Croatia -1.33 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.2% volatile
149 Lithuania -1.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 93.7% volatile
150 Tuvalu -1.35 % change on previous year 2025 down 83.5% volatile
151 Slovakia -1.36 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,153.1% volatile
152 Sweden -1.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 165.3% volatile
153 Antigua and Barbuda -1.4 % change on previous year 2025 up 11.2% volatile
154 Slovenia -1.42 % change on previous year 2025 down 260.3% volatile
155 Tunisia -1.42 % change on previous year 2025 down 180.2% volatile
156 Montenegro -1.42 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,758.3% volatile
157 Nepal -1.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 18.6% volatile
158 Saint Lucia -1.44 % change on previous year 2025 up 38.4% volatile
159 Ecuador -1.44 % change on previous year 2025 down 320.0% volatile
160 France -1.46 % change on previous year 2025 down 637.9% volatile
161 Trinidad and Tobago -1.55 % change on previous year 2025 down 391.5% volatile
162 Lebanon -1.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 154.0% volatile
163 Russian Federation -1.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 159.5% volatile
164 Türkiye -1.57 % change on previous year 2025 down 312.9% volatile
165 Macau, China -1.6 % change on previous year 2025 down 129.1% volatile
166 Bahamas -1.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 104.3% volatile
167 Finland -1.61 % change on previous year 2025 down 3,023.4% volatile
168 Tonga -1.78 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.4% volatile
169 Jordan -1.81 % change on previous year 2025 down 122.3% volatile
170 Philippines -1.82 % change on previous year 2025 down 4,638.2% volatile
171 Palau -1.86 % change on previous year 2025 down 578.1% volatile
172 North Macedonia -1.93 % change on previous year 2025 down 4.8% volatile
173 Dominica -1.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.5% volatile
174 Bhutan -1.99 % change on previous year 2025 down 187.5% volatile
175 Curaçao -1.99 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,253.4% volatile
176 Bermuda -1.99 % change on previous year 2025 up 22.8% volatile
177 Kuwait -1.99 % change on previous year 2025 down 149.9% volatile
178 Chile -2 % change on previous year 2025 down 628.6% volatile
179 Mauritius -2.01 % change on previous year 2025 up 12.3% volatile
180 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of -2.01 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,313.8% volatile
181 Italy -2.04 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.4% volatile
182 Grenada -2.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 87.6% volatile
183 Cuba -2.15 % change on previous year 2025 down 63.5% volatile
184 British Virgin Islands -2.17 % change on previous year 2025 down 181.6% volatile
185 Costa Rica -2.17 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.4% volatile
186 Czechia -2.19 % change on previous year 2025 down 259.3% volatile
187 Hong Kong, China -2.2 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,063.3% volatile
188 Bosnia and Herzegovina -2.2 % change on previous year 2025 up 18.5% volatile
189 Japan -2.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 105.0% volatile
190 Sri Lanka -2.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,227.6% volatile
191 Uruguay -2.22 % change on previous year 2025 down 356.8% volatile
192 Isle of Man -2.28 % change on previous year 2025 down 100.3% volatile
193 Jamaica -2.3 % change on previous year 2025 down 3.2% volatile
194 Thailand -2.34 % change on previous year 2025 down 66.7% volatile
195 Azerbaijan -2.38 % change on previous year 2025 down 184.4% volatile
196 Argentina -2.39 % change on previous year 2025 down 541.6% volatile
197 Latvia -2.43 % change on previous year 2025 down 345.0% volatile
198 Maldives -2.49 % change on previous year 2025 down 217.9% volatile
199 Albania -2.54 % change on previous year 2025 up 28.1% volatile
200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -2.65 % change on previous year 2025 down 33.4% volatile
201 Poland -2.66 % change on previous year 2025 down 12,318.2% volatile
202 Greece -2.7 % change on previous year 2025 down 99.0% volatile
203 Estonia -2.87 % change on previous year 2025 down 428.2% volatile
204 Cape Verde -2.89 % change on previous year 2025 down 101.9% volatile
205 San Marino -2.95 % change on previous year 2025 down 1,018.1% volatile
206 Republic of Moldova -3 % change on previous year 2025 down 256.7% volatile
207 Belarus -3 % change on previous year 2025 down 250.8% volatile
208 French Polynesia -3.17 % change on previous year 2025 down 181.7% volatile
209 Republic of Korea -3.57 % change on previous year 2025 down 39.5% volatile
210 Puerto Rico -3.88 % change on previous year 2025 up 24.9% volatile
211 China -3.91 % change on previous year 2025 down 844.5% volatile
212 American Samoa -3.97 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.1% volatile
213 Kosovo -4.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.1% volatile
213 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -4.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 75.1% volatile
215 Marshall Islands -5 % change on previous year 2025 down 31.5% volatile
216 Northern Mariana Islands -5.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 143.6% volatile
217 Saint Martin (French part) -5.79 % change on previous year 2025 down 235.3% volatile

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The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 0-14, total. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

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Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1961–2025
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The year-on-year percentage change in Population ages 0-14, total. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.