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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 | Monaco | 22.8% | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Japan | 21.6% | 2008 | ||
| =3 | Germany | 20% | 2008 | ||
| =3 | Italy | 20% | 2008 | ||
| 5 | Greece | 19.1% | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Sweden | 18.3% | 2008 | ||
| =7 | Spain | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| =7 | Guernsey | 17.9% | 2008 | ||
| 9 | Austria | 17.7% | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Bulgaria | 17.6% | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Estonia | 17.6% | 2008 | ||
| 12 | Belgium | 17.5% | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Portugal | 17.4% | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 17.36% | 2008 | |||
| 14 | San Marino | 17.2% | 2008 | ||
| 15 | European Union | 17.1% | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Croatia | 17% | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Latvia | 16.9% | 2008 | ||
| =18 | Georgia | 16.6% | 2008 | ||
| =18 | Finland | 16.6% | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Gibraltar | 16.5% | 2008 | ||
| =21 | Slovenia | 16.3% | 2008 | ||
| =21 | France | 16.3% | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 16.26% | 2008 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 16.14% | 2008 | |||
| 23 | Ukraine | 16.1% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | Switzerland | 16% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | Lithuania | 16% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | United Kingdom | 16% | 2008 | ||
| =24 | Jersey | 16% | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Norfolk Island | 15.9% | 2007 | ||
| 29 | Denmark | 15.7% | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Hungary | 15.6% | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 15.56% | 2008 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 15.34% | 2008 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 15.15% | 2008 | |||
| 31 | Czech Republic | 15.1% | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Norway | 15% | 2008 | ||
| =32 | Serbia and Montenegro | 15% | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Canada | 14.9% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Belarus | 14.7% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14.7% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Luxembourg | 14.7% | 2008 | ||
| =35 | Romania | 14.7% | 2008 | ||
| 39 | Netherlands | 14.6% | 2008 | ||
| =40 | Faroe Islands | 14.1% | 2008 | ||
| =40 | Russia | 14.1% | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 13.91% | 2008 | |||
| 42 | Malta | 13.9% | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Puerto Rico | 13.5% | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Poland | 13.4% | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Uruguay | 13.3% | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Australia | 13.3% | 2008 | ||
| =45 | Liechtenstein | 13.3% | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 13.26% | 2008 | |||
| 48 | Hong Kong | 13% | 2008 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 12.99% | 2008 | |||
| =49 | Bermuda | 12.8% | 2008 | ||
| =49 | Virgin Islands | 12.8% | 2008 | ||
| 51 | United States | 12.7% | 2008 | ||
| 52 | New Zealand | 12.6% | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Slovakia | 12.3% | 2008 | ||
| =54 | Iceland | 12% | 2008 | ||
| =54 | Cyprus | 12% | 2008 | ||
| =54 | Andorra | 12% | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Ireland | 11.8% | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 11.3% | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 11.2% | 2008 | |||
| 59 | Armenia | 11% | 2008 | ||
| =60 | Cuba | 10.9% | 2008 | ||
| =60 | Moldova | 10.9% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Argentina | 10.8% | 2008 | ||
| =62 | Saint Helena | 10.8% | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Martinique | 10.6% | 2006 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 10.6% | 2008 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 10.57% | 2008 | |||
| =65 | Taiwan | 10.5% | 2008 | ||
| =65 | South Korea | 10.5% | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Aruba | 10.4% | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Dominica | 10.2% | 2008 | ||
| 69 | Israel | 9.8% | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 9.73% | 2008 | |||
| 70 | Albania | 9.5% | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Netherlands Antilles | 9.3% | 2008 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 9.23% | 2008 | |||
| =72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.2% | 2008 | ||
| =72 | Guadeloupe | 9.2% | 2006 | ||
| =74 | Cayman Islands | 9% | 2008 | ||
| =74 | Saint Lucia | 9% | 2008 | ||
| =74 | Barbados | 9% | 2008 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 8.98% | 2008 | |||
| =77 | North Korea | 8.8% | 2008 | ||
| =77 | Chile | 8.8% | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Singapore | 8.7% | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Thailand | 8.5% | 2008 | ||
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 8.2% | 2008 | ||
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.1% | 2008 | ||
| 83 | China | 8% | 2008 | ||
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 7.9% | 2008 | ||
| 85 | Macau | 7.7% | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Anguilla | 7.6% | 2008 | ||
| =87 | Jamaica | 7.4% | 2008 | ||
| =87 | Montserrat | 7.4% | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Lebanon | 7.1% | 2008 | ||
| =89 | New Caledonia | 7.1% | 2008 | ||
| =89 | Tunisia | 7.1% | 2008 | ||
| =92 | Turkey | 7% | 2008 | ||
| =92 | Guam | 7% | 2008 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 6.98% | 2008 | |||
| 94 | Mauritius | 6.9% | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 6.89% | 2008 | |||
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 6.8% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | Panama | 6.7% | 2008 | ||
| =96 | The Bahamas | 6.7% | 2008 | ||
| =98 | Greenland | 6.6% | 2008 | ||
| =98 | French Polynesia | 6.6% | 2008 | ||
| =98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.6% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Cape Verde | 6.5% | 2008 | ||
| =101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.5% | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 6.44% | 2008 | |||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 6.35% | 2008 | |||
| =103 | Suriname | 6.3% | 2008 | ||
| =103 | Brazil | 6.3% | 2008 | ||
| =103 | French Guiana | 6.3% | 2006 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 6.21% | 2008 | |||
| 106 | Reunion | 6.2% | 2006 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 6.18% | 2008 | |||
| =107 | Mexico | 6.1% | 2008 | ||
| =107 | Seychelles | 6.1% | 2008 | ||
| =107 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.1% | 2008 | ||
| 110 | Costa Rica | 6% | 2008 | ||
| =111 | Dominican Republic | 5.8% | 2008 | ||
| =111 | Indonesia | 5.8% | 2008 | ||
| =111 | Vietnam | 5.8% | 2008 | ||
| =114 | Samoa | 5.6% | 2008 | ||
| =114 | Peru | 5.6% | 2008 | ||
| =114 | British Virgin Islands | 5.6% | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Colombia | 5.5% | 2008 | ||
| =118 | Iran | 5.4% | 2008 | ||
| =118 | Bhutan | 5.4% | 2008 | ||
| =118 | Guyana | 5.4% | 2008 | ||
| =118 | Burma | 5.4% | 2008 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 5.38% | 2008 | |||
| 122 | South Africa | 5.3% | 2008 | ||
| =123 | Ecuador | 5.2% | 2008 | ||
| =123 | El Salvador | 5.2% | 2008 | ||
| =123 | Tuvalu | 5.2% | 2008 | ||
| =123 | Morocco | 5.2% | 2008 | ||
| =123 | India | 5.2% | 2008 | ||
| =128 | Venezuela | 5.1% | 2008 | ||
| =128 | Paraguay | 5.1% | 2008 | ||
| =130 | Uzbekistan | 5% | 2008 | ||
| =130 | Lesotho | 5% | 2008 | ||
| =130 | Algeria | 5% | 2008 | ||
| =130 | Tokelau | 5% | 2006 | ||
| 134 | Malaysia | 4.9% | 2008 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 4.89% | 2008 | |||
| 135 | Palau | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 4.71% | 2008 | |||
| =136 | Bolivia | 4.7% | 2008 | ||
| =136 | Egypt | 4.7% | 2008 | ||
| 138 | Fiji | 4.6% | 2008 | ||
| =139 | Turkmenistan | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| =139 | Tonga | 4.3% | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 4.21% | 2008 | |||
| =141 | Libya | 4.2% | 2008 | ||
| =141 | Pakistan | 4.2% | 2008 | ||
| =141 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.2% | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 4.14% | 2008 | |||
| =144 | Central African Republic | 4.1% | 2008 | ||
| =144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.1% | 2008 | ||
| =144 | Philippines | 4.1% | 2008 | ||
| =144 | Jordan | 4.1% | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 4.01% | 2008 | |||
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 4% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Vanuatu | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Maldives | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Zimbabwe | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Botswana | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Gabon | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =149 | Mongolia | 3.9% | 2008 | ||
| =155 | Bahrain | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| =155 | American Samoa | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| =155 | Nepal | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| =155 | Namibia | 3.8% | 2008 | ||
| =159 | Tajikistan | 3.7% | 2008 | ||
| =159 | Guatemala | 3.7% | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 3.68% | 2008 | |||
| =161 | Swaziland | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Cambodia | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Ghana | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =161 | West Bank | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =161 | Djibouti | 3.6% | 2008 | ||
| =167 | Bangladesh | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| =167 | Belize | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| =167 | Eritrea | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| =167 | Haiti | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| =167 | Honduras | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
| =172 | Guinea | 3.4% | 2008 | ||
| =172 | Solomon Islands | 3.4% | 2008 | ||
| =172 | Kiribati | 3.4% | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.33% | 2008 | |||
| =175 | East Timor | 3.3% | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Syria | 3.3% | 2008 | ||
| =175 | Nicaragua | 3.3% | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 3.27% | 2008 | |||
| =178 | Cameroon | 3.2% | 2008 | ||
| =178 | Sierra Leone | 3.2% | 2008 | ||
| =178 | Brunei | 3.2% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Madagascar | 3.1% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Laos | 3.1% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Mali | 3.1% | 2008 | ||
| =181 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.1% | 2008 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 3.09% | 2008 | |||
| =185 | Nigeria | 3% | 2008 | ||
| =185 | Senegal | 3% | 2008 | ||
| =185 | Iraq | 3% | 2008 | ||
| =185 | Grenada | 3% | 2008 | ||
| =185 | Comoros | 3% | 2008 | ||
| =190 | Federated States of Micronesia | 2.9% | 2008 | ||
| =190 | Chad | 2.9% | 2008 | ||
| =190 | Kuwait | 2.9% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Liberia | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Tanzania | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Congo, Republic of the | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | The Gambia | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Oman | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Mozambique | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =193 | Marshall Islands | 2.8% | 2008 | ||
| =201 | Ethiopia | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| =201 | Gaza Strip | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| =201 | Malawi | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| =201 | Togo | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| =201 | Angola | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Yemen | 2.6% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Kenya | 2.6% | 2008 | ||
| =206 | Benin | 2.6% | 2008 | ||
| =209 | Burkina Faso | 2.5% | 2008 | ||
| =209 | Sudan | 2.5% | 2008 | ||
| =209 | Somalia | 2.5% | 2008 | ||
| =209 | Burundi | 2.5% | 2008 | ||
| =209 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.5% | 2008 | ||
| =214 | Afghanistan | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| =214 | Rwanda | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| =214 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| =214 | Niger | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| =214 | Zambia | 2.4% | 2008 | ||
| 219 | Western Sahara | 2.3% | 2008 | ||
| =220 | Mauritania | 2.2% | 2008 | ||
| =220 | Uganda | 2.2% | 2008 | ||
| 222 | Nauru | 2.1% | 2008 | ||
| 223 | Mayotte | 1.8% | 2008 | ||
| 224 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.7% | 2008 | ||
| 225 | Qatar | 1.4% | 2008 | ||
| 226 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9% | 2008 |
