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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."
People Statistics > Age structure > 0-14 years (most recent) by country
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0000-00-00
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2011
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Uganda :
49.9 %
2011
Ugandan People
# 2
Niger :
49.6 %
2011
Nigerien People
# 3
Gaza Strip :
48.5 %
0000-00-00
People
# 4
Mali :
47.3 %
2011
Malian People
# 5
Zambia :
46.7 %
2011
Zambian People
# 6
Mayotte :
46.5 %
2011
Mahoran People
# 7
Ethiopia :
46.3 %
2011
Ethiopian People
= 8
Chad :
46 %
2011
Chadian People
= 8
Burundi :
46 %
2011
Burundian People
# 10
Mozambique :
45.9 %
2011
Mozambican People
# 11
Burkina Faso :
45.8 %
2011
Burkinabe People
# 12
Congo, Republic of the :
45.6 %
2011
Congolese People
# 13
Malawi :
45.1 %
2011
Malawian People
= 14
Somalia :
44.7 %
2011
Somali People
= 14
São Tomé and Príncipe :
44.7 %
2011
Sao Tomean People
= 14
Benin :
44.7 %
2011
Beninese People
# 17
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
44.4 %
2011
Congolese People
# 18
Liberia :
44.3 %
2011
Liberian People
# 19
West Bank :
43.4 %
0000-00-00
People
# 20
Senegal :
43.3 %
2011
Senegalese People
# 21
Angola :
43.2 %
2011
Angolan People
# 22
Madagascar :
43.1 %
2011
Malagasy People
# 23
Yemen :
43 %
2011
Yemeni People
# 24
Rwanda :
42.9 %
2011
Rwandan People
# 25
Guinea :
42.5 %
2011
Guinean People
# 26
Afghanistan :
42.3 %
2011
Afghan People
= 27
Gabon :
42.2 %
2011
Gabonese People
= 27
Kenya :
42.2 %
2011
Kenyan People
= 29
Eritrea :
42.1 %
2011
Eritrean People
= 29
Sudan :
42.1 %
2011
Sudanese People
= 31
Tokelau :
42 %
2009
Tokelauan People
= 31
Tanzania :
42 %
2011
Tanzanian People
# 33
Zimbabwe :
41.9 %
2011
Zimbabwean People
# 34
Sierra Leone :
41.8 %
2011
Sierra Leonean People
# 35
Comoros :
41.6 %
2011
Comoran People
# 36
Equatorial Guinea :
41.5 %
2011
Equatorial Guinean People
# 37
Central African Republic :
41 %
2011
Central African People
= 38
Nigeria :
40.9 %
2011
Nigerian People
= 38
Togo :
40.9 %
2011
Togolese People
# 40
Cameroon :
40.5 %
2011
Cameroonian People
= 41
Guinea-Bissau :
40.4 %
2011
Guinean People
= 41
Mauritania :
40.4 %
2011
Mauritanian People
# 43
Gambia, The :
40 %
2011
Gambian People
# 44
Côte d'Ivoire :
39.8 %
2011
Ivoirian People
# 45
Marshall Islands :
38.2 %
2011
Marshallese People
# 46
Guatemala :
38.1 %
2011
Guatemalan People
# 47
Iraq :
38 %
2011
Iraqi People
= 48
Solomon Islands :
37.8 %
2011
Solomon Islander People
= 48
Swaziland :
37.8 %
2011
Swazi People
# 50
Tonga :
37.2 %
2011
Tongan People
# 51
Belize :
36.8 %
2011
Belizean People
= 52
Honduras :
36.7 %
2011
Honduran People
= 52
Laos :
36.7 %
2011
Lao People
# 54
Ghana :
36.5 %
2011
Ghanaian People
# 55
Papua New Guinea :
36.4 %
2011
Papua New Guinean People
# 56
Haiti :
35.9 %
2011
Haitian People
= 57
Pakistan :
35.4 %
2011
Pakistani People
= 57
Samoa :
35.4 %
2011
Samoan People
# 59
Jordan :
35.3 %
2011
Jordanian People
# 60
Syria :
35.2 %
2011
Syrian People
# 61
Djibouti :
35 %
2011
Djiboutian People
= 62
Bolivia :
34.6 %
2011
Bolivian People
= 62
Philippines :
34.6 %
2011
Philippine People
= 62
Nepal :
34.6 %
2011
Nepalese People
# 65
Bangladesh :
34.3 %
2011
Bangladeshi People
# 66
Namibia :
34.2 %
2011
Namibian People
= 67
Tajikistan :
33.9 %
2011
Tajikistani People
= 67
Kiribati :
33.9 %
2011
- People
= 67
Botswana :
33.9 %
2011
Motswana -Batswana People
# 70
East Timor :
33.8 %
2011
Timorese People
# 71
Micronesia, Federated States of :
33.6 %
2011
Micronesian People
# 72
Lesotho :
33.5 %
2011
Basotho People
# 73
Nauru :
33 %
2011
Nauruan People
# 74
Libya :
32.8 %
2011
Libyan People
# 75
Egypt :
32.7 %
2011
Egyptian People
# 76
Cape Verde :
32.6 %
2011
Cape Verdean People
# 77
Cambodia :
32.2 %
2011
Cambodian People
= 78
Guyana :
31.9 %
2011
Guyanese People
= 78
American Samoa :
31.9 %
2011
American Samoan People
# 80
Nicaragua :
31.7 %
2011
Nicaraguan People
# 81
Oman :
31.2 %
2011
Omani People
= 82
El Salvador :
30.6 %
2011
Salvadoran People
= 82
Tuvalu :
30.6 %
2011
Tuvaluan People
# 84
Réunion :
30.4 %
0000-00-00
People
= 85
Jamaica :
30.1 %
2011
Jamaican People
= 85
Ecuador :
30.1 %
2011
Ecuadorian People
# 87
India :
29.7 %
2011
Indian People
= 88
Vanuatu :
29.6 %
2011
- People
= 88
Malaysia :
29.6 %
2011
Malaysian People
= 90
Venezuela :
29.5 %
2011
Venezuelan People
= 90
Dominican Republic :
29.5 %
2011
Dominican People
# 92
Saudi Arabia :
29.4 %
2011
Saudi People
= 93
Kyrgyzstan :
29.3 %
2011
Kyrgyzstani People
= 93
French Guiana :
29.3 %
0000-00-00
People
= 95
Fiji :
28.9 %
2011
Fijian People
= 95
Bhutan :
28.9 %
2011
Bhutanese People
# 97
Panama :
28.6 %
2011
Panamanian People
= 98
South Africa :
28.5 %
2011
South African People
= 98
Paraguay :
28.5 %
2011
Paraguayan People
= 98
Peru :
28.5 %
2011
Peruvian People
# 101
Mexico :
28.2 %
2011
Mexican People
# 102
Morocco :
27.8 %
2011
Moroccan People
# 103
Israel :
27.6 %
2011
Israeli People
= 104
Turkmenistan :
27.5 %
2011
Turkmen People
= 104
Burma :
27.5 %
2011
Burmese People
= 106
Indonesia :
27.3 %
2011
Indonesian People
= 106
Mongolia :
27.3 %
2011
Mongolian People
# 108
Guam :
27 %
2011
Guamanian People
= 109
Saint Martin :
26.9 %
2011
People
= 109
Montserrat :
26.9 %
2011
Montserratian People
# 111
Colombia :
26.7 %
2011
Colombian People
# 112
Turkey :
26.6 %
2011
Turkish People
# 113
Uzbekistan :
26.5 %
2011
Uzbekistani People
# 114
Suriname :
26.4 %
2011
Surinamese People
# 115
Brazil :
26.2 %
2011
Brazilian People
# 116
Northern Mariana Islands :
26 %
2011
NA People
= 117
Antigua and Barbuda :
25.8 %
2011
Barbudan People
= 117
Kuwait :
25.8 %
2011
Kuwaiti People
# 119
Brunei :
25.5 %
2011
Bruneian People
= 120
Argentina :
25.4 %
2011
Argentine People
= 120
Grenada :
25.4 %
2011
Grenadian People
# 122
Vietnam :
25.2 %
2011
Vietnamese People
= 123
Wallis and Futuna :
25.1 %
2011
Futunan, People
= 123
Cook Islands :
25.1 %
2011
Cook Islander People
= 125
New Caledonia :
24.9 %
2011
New Caledonian People
= 125
Sri Lanka :
24.9 %
2011
Sri Lankan People
# 127
Costa Rica :
24.6 %
2011
Costa Rican People
# 128
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
24.5 %
2011
Saint Vincentian People
# 129
Bahamas, The :
24.4 %
2011
Bahamian People
= 130
Algeria :
24.2 %
2011
Algerian People
= 130
Netherlands Antilles :
24.2 %
0000-00-00
Dutch Antillean People
# 132
Iran :
24.1 %
2011
Iranian People
= 133
Guadeloupe :
24 %
0000-00-00
People
= 133
Anguilla :
24 %
2011
Anguillan People
# 135
French Polynesia :
23.5 %
2011
French Polynesian People
= 136
Azerbaijan :
23.2 %
2011
Azerbaijani People
= 136
Tunisia :
23.2 %
2011
Tunisian People
# 138
Lebanon :
23 %
2011
Lebanese People
# 139
Dominica :
22.9 %
2011
Dominican People
= 140
Saint Lucia :
22.8 %
2011
Saint Lucian People
= 140
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
22.8 %
2011
Nevisian People
# 142
Turks and Caicos Islands :
22.7 %
2011
Turks and Caicos Islands People
= 143
Korea, North :
22.4 %
2011
Korean People
= 143
Martinique :
22.4 %
0000-00-00
People
= 145
Chile :
22.3 %
2011
Chilean People
= 145
Greenland :
22.3 %
2011
Greenlandic People
# 147
Uruguay :
22.2 %
2011
Uruguayan People
# 148
Seychelles :
21.9 %
2011
Seychellois People
= 149
Mauritius :
21.8 %
2011
Mauritian People
= 149
Qatar :
21.8 %
2011
Qatari People
# 151
Kazakhstan :
21.6 %
2011
Kazakhstani People
= 152
Palau :
21.5 %
2011
Palauan People
= 152
Maldives :
21.5 %
2011
Maldivian People
# 154
Albania :
21.4 %
2011
Albanian People
# 155
Ireland :
21.1 %
2011
Irish People
# 156
Faroe Islands :
21 %
2011
Faroese People
# 157
Bahrain :
20.5 %
2011
Bahraini People
= 158
Gibraltar :
20.4 %
2011
Gibraltar People
= 158
New Zealand :
20.4 %
2011
New Zealand People
= 158
United Arab Emirates :
20.4 %
2011
Emirati People
= 161
Iceland :
20.2 %
2011
Icelandic People
= 161
Norfolk Island :
20.2 %
2009
Norfolk Islander People
# 163
United States :
20.1 %
2011
American People
# 164
Thailand :
19.9 %
2011
Thai People
# 165
British Virgin Islands :
19.6 %
2011
British Virgin Islander People
= 166
Trinidad and Tobago :
19.5 %
2011
Tobagonian People
= 166
Virgin Islands :
19.5 %
2011
Virgin Islander People
# 168
Cayman Islands :
19 %
2011
Caymanian People
# 169
Barbados :
18.9 %
2011
Barbadian People
= 170
Saint Barthelemy :
18.8 %
2011
People
= 170
Puerto Rico :
18.8 %
2011
Puerto Rican People
= 170
Saint Helena :
18.8 %
0000-00-00
Saint Helenian People
= 173
France :
18.5 %
2011
French People
= 173
Macedonia, Republic of :
18.5 %
2011
Macedonian People
# 175
Aruba :
18.4 %
2011
Aruban People
# 176
Australia :
18.3 %
2011
Australian People
# 177
Luxembourg :
18.2 %
2011
Luxembourg People
= 178
Norway :
18 %
2011
Norwegian People
= 178
Bermuda :
18 %
2011
Bermudian People
= 180
Armenia :
17.6 %
2011
Armenian People
= 180
Denmark :
17.6 %
2011
Danish People
= 180
China :
17.6 %
2011
Chinese People
= 183
Cuba :
17.3 %
2011
Cuban People
= 183
United Kingdom :
17.3 %
2011
British People
# 185
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
17.1 %
2011
French People
# 186
Netherlands :
17 %
2011
Dutch People
= 187
San Marino :
16.6 %
2011
Sammarinese People
= 187
Man, Isle of :
16.6 %
2011
Manx People
# 189
Jersey :
16.5 %
2011
Channel Islander People
= 190
Portugal :
16.2 %
2011
Portuguese People
= 190
Cyprus :
16.2 %
2011
Cypriot People
# 192
Liechtenstein :
16.1 %
2011
Liechtenstein People
# 193
Finland :
16 %
2011
Finnish People
# 194
Belgium :
15.9 %
2011
Belgian People
= 195
Canada :
15.7 %
2011
Canadian People
= 195
Malta :
15.7 %
2011
Maltese People
= 195
Korea, South :
15.7 %
2011
Korean People
= 198
Taiwan :
15.6 %
2011
Taiwan People
= 198
Slovakia :
15.6 %
2011
Slovak People
= 198
Georgia :
15.6 %
2011
Georgian People
= 198
Andorra :
15.6 %
2011
Andorran People
# 202
Moldova :
15.5 %
2011
Moldovan People
# 203
Sweden :
15.4 %
2011
Swedish People
= 204
Switzerland :
15.2 %
2011
Swiss People
= 204
Russia :
15.2 %
2011
Russian People
= 206
Croatia :
15.1 %
2011
Croatian People
= 206
Estonia :
15.1 %
2011
Estonian People
= 206
Spain :
15.1 %
2011
Spanish People
= 206
Serbia and Montenegro :
15.1 %
2011
Serbian People
# 210
Macau :
15 %
2011
Chinese People
= 211
Guernsey :
14.9 %
2011
Channel Islander People
= 211
Hungary :
14.9 %
2011
Hungarian People
# 213
Romania :
14.8 %
2011
Romanian People
# 214
Poland :
14.7 %
2011
Polish People
= 215
Greece :
14.2 %
2011
Greek People
= 215
Belarus :
14.2 %
2011
Belarusian People
= 217
Austria :
14 %
2011
Austrian People
= 217
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
14 %
2011
Herzegovinian People
# 219
Bulgaria :
13.9 %
2011
Bulgarian People
= 220
Italy :
13.8 %
2011
Italian People
= 220
Lithuania :
13.8 %
2011
Lithuanian People
= 220
Singapore :
13.8 %
2011
Singapore People
# 223
Ukraine :
13.7 %
2011
Ukrainian People
= 224
Latvia :
13.5 %
2011
Latvian People
= 224
Czech Republic :
13.5 %
2011
Czech People
# 226
Slovenia :
13.4 %
2011
Slovenian People
# 227
Germany :
13.3 %
2011
German People
# 228
Japan :
13.1 %
2011
Japanese People
# 229
Monaco :
12.3 %
2011
Monegasque People
# 230
Hong Kong :
11.6 %
2011
Hong Kong People
Weighted average:
27.5 %
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
15.44 %
DEFINITION: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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"Age structure > 0-14 years by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/peo_age_str_014_yea-age-structure-0-14-years&int=-1
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