Countries With the Lowest Population 0-14

Every country with a figure for population 0-14, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Korea, Rep. (10.2%), Hong Kong SAR, China (10.3%) and Japan (11.2%). The middle country of the 217 has 22%.

What this measures

Population ages 0-14 (% of total), in % of population. Source: World Bank. For this measure, no agreed better direction.

The two age shares and the median age are treated as measuring the same thing. Each is a reading of the same age pyramid. So the young share against the old share, at -0.86, is not a finding about anything.

This measure mostly follows how rich a country is, so this ranking is close to a ranking by national income. Each country’s page also ranks it against countries with similar incomes, which is often the fairer comparison.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2025–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on population 0-14

• Countries With the Highest Population 0-14
• Population 0-14 by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Lowest European Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest African Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest Indigenous American Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest East Asian Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest South Asian Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest Middle Eastern Ancestry
• Countries With the Lowest Ethnic Diversity
• Countries With the Lowest Median Ages

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.