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DEFINITION:
This entry provides 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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Mariana Islands | 79.9% | 2008 | ||
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 78.6% | 2008 | ||
| 3 | Qatar | 76.8% | 2008 | ||
| 4 | Singapore | 76.5% | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Macau | 75.8% | 2008 | ||
| =6 | Hong Kong | 74.4% | 2008 | ||
| =6 | British Virgin Islands | 74.4% | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Moldova | 72.9% | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Maldives | 72.7% | 2008 | ||
| 10 | Andorra | 72.5% | 2008 | ||
| =11 | Taiwan | 72.3% | 2008 | ||
| =11 | Iran | 72.3% | 2008 | ||
| 13 | South Korea | 72% | 2008 | ||
| 14 | China | 71.9% | 2008 | ||
| 15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.8% | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Slovakia | 71.7% | 2008 | ||
| =16 | Barbados | 71.7% | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Poland | 71.4% | 2008 | ||
| =19 | Czech Republic | 71.2% | 2008 | ||
| =19 | Russia | 71.2% | 2008 | ||
| 21 | Cayman Islands | 71.1% | 2008 | ||
| 22 | Belarus | 70.9% | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Saint Helena | 70.7% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.6% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | Kuwait | 70.6% | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Cuba | 70.5% | 2008 | ||
| =27 | Thailand | 70.3% | 2008 | ||
| =27 | Aruba | 70.3% | 2008 | ||
| =27 | Armenia | 70.3% | 2008 | ||
| =30 | Mauritius | 70.1% | 2008 | ||
| =30 | Slovenia | 70.1% | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Ukraine | 70% | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Greenland | 69.9% | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 69.86% | 2008 | |||
| =34 | Bahrain | 69.8% | 2008 | ||
| =34 | Liechtenstein | 69.8% | 2008 | ||
| =36 | Romania | 69.7% | 2008 | ||
| =36 | Latvia | 69.7% | 2008 | ||
| =36 | Malta | 69.7% | 2008 | ||
| =36 | Tunisia | 69.7% | 2008 | ||
| =40 | Brunei | 69.6% | 2008 | ||
| =40 | Kazakhstan | 69.6% | 2008 | ||
| 42 | Lithuania | 69.5% | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Palau | 69.4% | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Hungary | 69.3% | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Bermuda | 69.1% | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Seychelles | 69.1% | 2008 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 68.9% | 2008 | |||
| 47 | Burma | 68.9% | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Canada | 68.8% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Algeria | 68.7% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Guyana | 68.7% | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Turkey | 68.6% | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Azerbaijan | 68.6% | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Vietnam | 68.6% | 2008 | ||
| =51 | Bulgaria | 68.6% | 2008 | ||
| =51 | French Polynesia | 68.6% | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 68.52% | 2008 | |||
| 56 | Cyprus | 68.5% | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.4% | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 68.27% | 2008 | |||
| =58 | Switzerland | 68.2% | 2008 | ||
| =58 | North Korea | 68.2% | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 68.09% | 2008 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 68.03% | 2008 | |||
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 68% | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 67.97% | 2008 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 67.97% | 2008 | |||
| 61 | Australia | 67.9% | 2008 | ||
| 62 | Netherlands | 67.8% | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Mongolia | 67.7% | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 67.64% | 2008 | |||
| =64 | Anguilla | 67.6% | 2008 | ||
| =64 | Spain | 67.6% | 2008 | ||
| =64 | Chile | 67.6% | 2008 | ||
| =67 | Jersey | 67.5% | 2008 | ||
| =67 | Netherlands Antilles | 67.5% | 2008 | ||
| =67 | Guernsey | 67.5% | 2008 | ||
| =67 | Estonia | 67.5% | 2008 | ||
| =67 | Austria | 67.5% | 2008 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 67.39% | 2008 | |||
| =72 | Ireland | 67.3% | 2008 | ||
| =72 | Martinique | 67.3% | 2006 | ||
| =74 | European Union | 67.2% | 2008 | ||
| =74 | Croatia | 67.2% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | Georgia | 67.1% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | United Kingdom | 67.1% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | United States | 67.1% | 2008 | ||
| =76 | Guadeloupe | 67.1% | 2006 | ||
| 80 | Iceland | 67% | 2008 | ||
| =81 | The Bahamas | 66.9% | 2008 | ||
| =81 | Albania | 66.9% | 2008 | ||
| =81 | Serbia and Montenegro | 66.9% | 2005 | ||
| =84 | Finland | 66.8% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Costa Rica | 66.8% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Lebanon | 66.8% | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Brazil | 66.8% | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 66.79% | 2008 | |||
| =88 | Luxembourg | 66.6% | 2008 | ||
| =88 | Gibraltar | 66.6% | 2008 | ||
| =88 | Greece | 66.6% | 2008 | ||
| 91 | New Zealand | 66.5% | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 66.49% | 2008 | |||
| =92 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 66.3% | 2008 | ||
| =92 | Italy | 66.3% | 2008 | ||
| =92 | Belgium | 66.3% | 2008 | ||
| =92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.3% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Norway | 66.2% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Virgin Islands | 66.2% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Portugal | 66.2% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Suriname | 66.2% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Germany | 66.2% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Uzbekistan | 66% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | San Marino | 66% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Puerto Rico | 66% | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Denmark | 65.9% | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 65.8% | 2008 | ||
| 106 | Indonesia | 65.7% | 2008 | ||
| =107 | Sweden | 65.6% | 2008 | ||
| =107 | New Caledonia | 65.6% | 2008 | ||
| 109 | South Africa | 65.5% | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 65.43% | 2008 | |||
| 110 | Tuvalu | 65.4% | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 65.3% | 2008 | ||
| =112 | France | 65.2% | 2008 | ||
| =112 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 65.2% | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 65.18% | 2008 | |||
| =114 | Dominica | 65.1% | 2008 | ||
| =114 | Colombia | 65.1% | 2008 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 64.83% | 2008 | |||
| =116 | Fiji | 64.8% | 2008 | ||
| =116 | Guam | 64.8% | 2008 | ||
| =116 | Montserrat | 64.8% | 2008 | ||
| =116 | Vanuatu | 64.8% | 2008 | ||
| =116 | French Guiana | 64.8% | 2006 | ||
| =121 | Grenada | 64.7% | 2008 | ||
| =121 | Japan | 64.7% | 2008 | ||
| =121 | Peru | 64.7% | 2008 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 64.65% | 2008 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 64.6% | 2008 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 64.33% | 2008 | |||
| =124 | Mexico | 64.3% | 2008 | ||
| =124 | Morocco | 64.3% | 2008 | ||
| =126 | Kyrgyzstan | 64% | 2008 | ||
| =126 | Uruguay | 64% | 2008 | ||
| =126 | Faroe Islands | 64% | 2008 | ||
| =126 | Reunion | 64% | 2006 | ||
| 130 | Norfolk Island | 63.9% | 2007 | ||
| =131 | Venezuela | 63.8% | 2008 | ||
| =131 | Panama | 63.8% | 2008 | ||
| =133 | Bhutan | 63.7% | 2008 | ||
| =133 | Jordan | 63.7% | 2008 | ||
| =135 | Egypt | 63.5% | 2008 | ||
| =135 | Argentina | 63.5% | 2008 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 63.32% | 2008 | |||
| =137 | India | 63.3% | 2008 | ||
| =137 | Malaysia | 63.3% | 2008 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 63.29% | 2008 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 63.26% | 2008 | |||
| 139 | Cambodia | 63.2% | 2008 | ||
| 140 | Bangladesh | 63.1% | 2008 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 62.89% | 2008 | |||
| 141 | Ecuador | 62.7% | 2008 | ||
| 142 | Libya | 62.6% | 2008 | ||
| 143 | Nauru | 62.5% | 2008 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 62.41% | 2008 | |||
| =144 | Monaco | 62.4% | 2008 | ||
| =144 | Dominican Republic | 62.4% | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Israel | 62.2% | 2008 | ||
| 147 | Nicaragua | 62.1% | 2008 | ||
| 148 | Tonga | 62% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | American Samoa | 61.8% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Bolivia | 61.8% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Federated States of Micronesia | 61.8% | 2008 | ||
| 152 | Tajikistan | 61.7% | 2008 | ||
| 153 | East Timor | 61.6% | 2008 | ||
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 61.5% | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 61.37% | 2008 | |||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 61.03% | 2008 | |||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 61.02% | 2008 | |||
| 155 | Botswana | 60.9% | 2008 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 60.66% | 2008 | |||
| 156 | Jamaica | 60.6% | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Syria | 60.5% | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Philippines | 60.4% | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 60.22% | 2008 | |||
| 159 | Lesotho | 59.8% | 2008 | ||
| =160 | Saudi Arabia | 59.5% | 2008 | ||
| =160 | Namibia | 59.5% | 2008 | ||
| 162 | El Salvador | 59% | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Papua New Guinea | 58.7% | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Ghana | 58.7% | 2008 | ||
| =163 | Kiribati | 58.7% | 2008 | ||
| 166 | Marshall Islands | 58.6% | 2008 | ||
| 167 | West Bank | 58.3% | 2008 | ||
| 168 | Nepal | 58.2% | 2008 | ||
| 169 | Belize | 58.1% | 2008 | ||
| 170 | Pakistan | 58% | 2008 | ||
| =171 | Paraguay | 57.9% | 2008 | ||
| =171 | Iraq | 57.9% | 2008 | ||
| 173 | Honduras | 57.8% | 2008 | ||
| 174 | Cape Verde | 57.4% | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 56.85% | 2008 | |||
| =175 | Swaziland | 56.5% | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Samoa | 56.5% | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Solomon Islands | 56.5% | 2008 | ||
| 178 | Sudan | 56.4% | 2008 | ||
| 179 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.3% | 2008 | ||
| 180 | Guatemala | 56.2% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Laos | 55.9% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.9% | 2008 | ||
| =183 | Cameroon | 55.7% | 2008 | ||
| =183 | Rwanda | 55.7% | 2008 | ||
| 185 | Togo | 55.6% | 2008 | ||
| 186 | Nigeria | 55.3% | 2008 | ||
| 187 | Kenya | 55.2% | 2008 | ||
| 188 | Senegal | 55.1% | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 54.72% | 2008 | |||
| 189 | Haiti | 54.7% | 2008 | ||
| =190 | Central African Republic | 54.6% | 2008 | ||
| =190 | Comoros | 54.6% | 2008 | ||
| 192 | Oman | 54.5% | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 54.17% | 2008 | |||
| 193 | Gabon | 53.9% | 2008 | ||
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 53.8% | 2008 | ||
| =195 | Tanzania | 53.7% | 2008 | ||
| =195 | Guinea | 53.7% | 2008 | ||
| 197 | Angola | 53.6% | 2008 | ||
| =198 | The Gambia | 53.4% | 2008 | ||
| =198 | Eritrea | 53.4% | 2008 | ||
| 200 | Liberia | 53.3% | 2008 | ||
| 201 | Madagascar | 53.2% | 2008 | ||
| 202 | Djibouti | 53.1% | 2008 | ||
| =203 | Afghanistan | 53% | 2008 | ||
| =203 | Tokelau | 53% | 2006 | ||
| 205 | Somalia | 52.8% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Gaza Strip | 52.7% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Mozambique | 52.7% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Mayotte | 52.7% | 2008 | ||
| 209 | Western Sahara | 52.6% | 2008 | ||
| 210 | Mauritania | 52.5% | 2008 | ||
| =211 | Zimbabwe | 52.3% | 2008 | ||
| =211 | Zambia | 52.3% | 2008 | ||
| 213 | Sierra Leone | 52.2% | 2008 | ||
| 214 | Benin | 51.9% | 2008 | ||
| =215 | Ethiopia | 51.4% | 2008 | ||
| =215 | Malawi | 51.4% | 2008 | ||
| =217 | Yemen | 51.2% | 2008 | ||
| =217 | Burundi | 51.2% | 2008 | ||
| 219 | Burkina Faso | 51.1% | 2008 | ||
| 220 | Congo, Republic of the | 51% | 2008 | ||
| 221 | Niger | 50.6% | 2008 | ||
| 222 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50.4% | 2008 | ||
| 223 | Chad | 50.1% | 2008 | ||
| 224 | Sao Tome and Principe | 49.3% | 2008 | ||
| 225 | Mali | 48.7% | 2008 | ||
| 226 | Uganda | 47.8% | 2008 |
