Children In The World By Country 2024

1.	Niger	48.90%
2.	Chad	47.66%
3.	Mali	47.39%
4.	Somalia	47.25%
5.	DR Congo	46.53%
6.	Burundi	46.29%
7.	Uganda	45.19%
8.	Angola	45.18%
9.	Burkina Faso	44.09%
10.	Mozambique	43.68%
11.	Tanzania	43.61%
12.	Gambia	43.50%
13.	Afghanistan	43.42%
14.	Nigeria	43.29%
15.	Zambia	43.26%
16.	Malawi	43.16%
17.	Benin	42.58%
18.	Cameroon	42.43%
19.	Mauritania	42.01%
20.	Guinea	41.83%
21.	Ivory Coast	41.80%
22.	Senegal	41.76%
23.	DR Congo	41.40%
24.	Sudan	41.09%
25.	Liberia	41.01%
26.	Zimbabwe	40.89%
27.	Togo	40.25%
28.	Sao Tome and Principe	40.04%
29.	Ethiopia	39.96%
30.	Yemen	39.87%
31.	Eritrea	39.78%
32.	Vanuatu	39.62%
33.	Madagascar	39.40%
34.	Sierra Leone	39.39%
35.	Palestine	39.14%
36.	Rwanda	38.89%
37.	Kenya	38.40%
38.	Comoros	38.26%
39.	Iraq	38.12%
40.	Samoa	37.72%
41.	Ghana	37.25%
42.	Pakistan	36.94%
43.	Gabon	36.42%
44.	Tajikistan	36.41%
45.	Namibia	36.21%
46.	Kiribati	36.17%
47.	Tonga	34.62%
48.	Kyrgyzstan	34.46%
49.	Lesotho	34.10%
50.	Egypt	33.05%
51.	Syria	33.02%
52.	Guatemala	32.93%
53.	Botswana	32.91%
54.	Jordan	32.61%
55.	Mongolia	32.43%
56.	Haiti	32.36%
57.	Tuvalu	31.63%
58.	Turkmenistan	31.22%
59.	Bolivia	31.12%
60.	Laos	31.02%
61.	Djibouti	30.77%
62.	Algeria	30.71%
63.	Micronesia	30.70%
64.	Philippines	30.64%
65.	Honduras	30.57%
66.	Nicaragua	30.08%
67.	Uzbekistan	30.07%
68.	Kazakhstan	29.53%
69.	Nepal	29.39%
70.	Cambodia	29.30%
71.	Paraguay	29.02%
72.	Fiji	28.91%
73.	Libya	28.86%
74.	Guyana	28.71%
75.	South Africa	28.67%
76.	Belize	28.24%
77.	Israel	28.17%
78.	Venezuela	28.17%
79.	Lebanon	27.62%
80.	Dominica	27.36%
81.	Morocco	26.85%
82.	Oman	26.77%
83.	Cape Verde	26.61%
84.	Suriname	26.48%
85.	Bangladesh	26.45%
86.	Panama	26.41%
87.	Peru	26.33%
88.	Saudi Arabia	26.18%
89.	Ecuador	26.10%
90.	El Salvador	25.76%
91.	India	25.69%
92.	Indonesia	25.48%
93.	Mexico	24.95%
94.	Tunisia	24.92%
95.	Grenada	24.07%
96.	Azerbaijan	23.92%
97.	Iran	23.81%
98.	Turkey	23.48%
99.	Argentina	23.36%
100.	Sri Lanka	23.21%
101.	Seychelles	23.16%
102.	Malaysia	22.96%
103.	Bhutan	22.80%
104.	Vietnam	22.55%
105.	Brunei	22.35%
106.	Maldives	21.72%
107.	Colombia	21.60%
108.	Kuwait	21.12%
109.	Georgia	21.09%
110.	Palau	20.96%
111.	Costa Rica	20.55%
112.	Brazil	20.54%
113.	Armenia	20.42%
114.	Bahrain	20.38%
115.	Jamaica	20.30%
116.	Ireland	19.91%
117.	Dominica	19.86%
118.	Moldova	19.81%
119.	Bahamas	19.62%
120.	Uruguay	19.44%
121.	North Korea	18.95%
122.	New Zealand	18.89%
123.	Iceland	18.63%
124.	Chile	18.46%
125.	Australia	18.37%
126.	Saint Lucia	18.29%
127.	United States	18.24%
128.	Montenegro	18.18%
129.	Russia	17.72%
130.	Sweden	17.71%
131.	China	17.67%
132.	United Kingdom	17.66%
133.	France	17.37%
134.	Barbados	17.16%
135.	Gibraltar	17.10%
136.	Norway	16.97%
137.	Belarus	16.84%
138.	Aruba	16.80%
139.	Belgium	16.69%
140.	Mauritius	16.64%
141.	Estonia	16.47%
142.	Albania	16.28%
143.	Denmark	16.17%
144.	North Macedonia	16.07%
145.	Romania	16.03%
146.	Cyprus	15.98%
147.	Luxembourg	15.91%
148.	Thailand	15.80%
149.	Qatar	15.77%
150.	Canada	15.73%
151.	Latvia	15.63%
152.	Netherlands	15.50%
153.	Finland	15.43%
154.	Poland	15.37%
155.	Ukraine	15.22%
156.	Slovenia	15.19%
157.	Lithuania	15.18%
158.	Switzerland	15.07%
159.	Bermuda	14.90%
160.	Hungary	14.55%
161.	Liechtenstein	14.55%
162.	Austria	14.39%
163.	Serbia	14.27%
164.	Croatia	14.14%
165.	Spain	14.11%
166.	Greece	14.06%
167.	Bulgaria	13.99%
168.	Germany	13.87%
169.	Puerto Rico	13.65%
170.	Portugal	13.34%
171.	Malta	13.13%
172.	San Marino	13.10%
173.	Andorra	13.07%
174.	Monaco	12.81%
175.	Italy	12.65%
176.	Hong Kong	12.17%
177.	Singapore	11.99%
178.	South Korea	11.89%
179.	Japan	11.77%

Charting Children Globally

As we traverse the globe to understand the distribution and percentage of children within each country's total population, a unique snapshot of societal structures, cultural norms, and economic realities emerges. The demographics of children, defined as those under the age of 18, offers critical insights into the present state and future trajectories of global health, education, and overall well-being. Analyzing the data, we observe a stark contrast between countries in terms of their children's compositions. In many African nations, the percentage of children exceeds 40%, while in several highly developed countries, the percentage of children falls below 20%. These varying percentages point towards diverse factors like fertility rates, mortality rates, access to contraception, cultural beliefs, economic prosperity, and the effectiveness of public health and education systems in different countries. Key findings from the data include:

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest percentages of children within their total population. Niger tops the list with 48.90% of its population comprised of children, followed closely by Chad, Mali, and Somalia.
Countries with more developed economies tend to have lower percentages of children. For instance, the United States has a children population making up 18.24%, and the figures are even lower in Europe, with Italy registering a mere 12.65%.
In several highly developed Asia-Pacific countries, the proportion of children is remarkably low, including South Korea (11.89%), Japan (11.77%), and Singapore (11.99%). This could be due to a combination of an aging population, low fertility rates, and high societal and economic pressures.
The countries like Afghanistan that have substantial proportions of children, about 43.42%, are often marked by conflict, political instabilities, and economic challenges, reiterating the close links between demographics and social, economic, and political contexts.
Despite being one of the most populous nations, India has only 25.69% of its population as children. This might be attributed to the continuous efforts towards family planning and overall population control in the country. Understanding these numbers is essential in shaping policies, strategies, and measures that ensure the rights, well-being, and development of children globally are met, such that every child, regardless of where they are born, has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Argentina

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.36%

#99

Armenia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.42%

#113

Aruba

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.80%

#138

Australia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.37%

#125

Austria

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.39%

#162

Azerbaijan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.92%

#96

Bahamas

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

19.62%

#119

Bahrain

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.38%

#114

Bangladesh

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.45%

#85

Barbados

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.16%

#134

Belarus

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.84%

#137

Belgium

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.69%

#139

Belize

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.24%

#76

Benin

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

42.58%

#17

Bermuda

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.90%

#159

Bhutan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

22.80%

#103

Bolivia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

31.12%

#59

Botswana

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

32.91%

#53

Brazil

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.54%

#112

Brunei

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

22.35%

#105

Bulgaria

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.99%

#167

Burkina Faso

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

44.09%

Burundi

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

46.29%

Cambodia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

29.30%

#70

Cameroon

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

42.43%

#18

Canada

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.73%

#150

Cape Verde

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.61%

#83

Chad

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

47.66%

Chile

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.46%

#124

China

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.67%

#131

Colombia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

21.60%

#107

Comoros

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

38.26%

#38

Costa Rica

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.55%

#111

Croatia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.14%

#164

Cyprus

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.98%

#146

DR Congo

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

27.36%

#80

Ecuador

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.10%

#89

Egypt

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

33.05%

#50

El Salvador

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

25.76%

#90

Eritrea

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.78%

#31

Estonia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.47%

#141

Ethiopia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.96%

#29

Fiji

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.91%

#72

Finland

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.43%

#153

France

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.37%

#133

Gabon

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

36.42%

#43

Gambia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.50%

#12

Georgia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

21.09%

#109

Germany

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.87%

#168

Ghana

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

37.25%

#41

Gibraltar

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.10%

#135

Greece

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.06%

#166

Grenada

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

24.07%

#95

Guatemala

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

32.93%

#52

Guinea

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

41.83%

#20

Guyana

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.71%

#74

Haiti

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

32.36%

#56

Honduras

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

30.57%

#65

Hong Kong

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

12.17%

#176

Hungary

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.55%

#160

Iceland

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.63%

#123

India

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

25.69%

#91

Indonesia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

25.48%

#92

Iran

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.81%

#97

Iraq

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

38.12%

#39

Ireland

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

19.91%

#116

Israel

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.17%

#77

Italy

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

12.65%

#175

Ivory Coast

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

41.80%

#21

Jamaica

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.30%

#115

Japan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

11.77%

#179

Jordan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

32.61%

#54

Kazakhstan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

29.53%

#68

Kenya

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

38.40%

#37

Kiribati

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

36.17%

#46

Kuwait

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

21.12%

#108

Kyrgyzstan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

34.46%

#48

Laos

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

31.02%

#60

Latvia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.63%

#151

Lebanon

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

27.62%

#79

Lesotho

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

34.10%

#49

Liberia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

41.01%

#25

Libya

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.86%

#73

Liechtenstein

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.55%

#161

Lithuania

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.18%

#157

Luxembourg

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.91%

#147

Madagascar

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.40%

#33

Malawi

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.16%

#16

Malaysia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

22.96%

#102

Maldives

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

21.72%

#106

Mali

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

47.39%

Malta

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.13%

#171

Mauritania

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

42.01%

#19

Mauritius

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.64%

#140

Mexico

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

24.95%

#93

Micronesia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

30.70%

#63

Moldova

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

19.81%

#118

Monaco

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

12.81%

#174

Mongolia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

32.43%

#55

Montenegro

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.18%

#128

Morocco

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.85%

#81

Mozambique

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.68%

#10

Namibia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

36.21%

#45

Nepal

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

29.39%

#69

Netherlands

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.50%

#152

New Zealand

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.89%

#122

Nicaragua

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

30.08%

#66

Niger

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

48.90%

Nigeria

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.29%

#14

North Korea

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.95%

#121

North Macedonia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.07%

#144

Norway

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.97%

#136

Oman

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.77%

#82

Pakistan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

36.94%

#42

Palau

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

20.96%

#110

Palestine

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.14%

#35

Panama

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.41%

#86

Paraguay

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

29.02%

#71

Peru

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.33%

#87

Philippines

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

30.64%

#64

Poland

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.37%

#154

Portugal

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.34%

#170

Puerto Rico

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.65%

#169

Qatar

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.77%

#149

Romania

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

16.03%

#145

Russia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.72%

#129

Rwanda

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

38.89%

#36

Saint Lucia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.29%

#126

Samoa

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

37.72%

#40

San Marino

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

13.10%

#172

Sao Tome and Principe

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

40.04%

#28

Saudi Arabia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.18%

#88

Senegal

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

41.76%

#22

Serbia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.27%

#163

Seychelles

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.16%

#101

Sierra Leone

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.39%

#34

Singapore

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

11.99%

#177

Slovenia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.19%

#156

Somalia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

47.25%

South Africa

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.67%

#75

South Korea

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

11.89%

#178

Spain

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

14.11%

#165

Sri Lanka

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.21%

#100

Sudan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

41.09%

#24

Suriname

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

26.48%

#84

Sweden

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.71%

#130

Switzerland

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.07%

#158

Syria

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

33.02%

#51

Tajikistan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

36.41%

#44

Tanzania

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.61%

#11

Thailand

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.80%

#148

Togo

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

40.25%

#27

Tonga

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

34.62%

#47

Tunisia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

24.92%

#94

Turkey

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

23.48%

#98

Turkmenistan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

31.22%

#58

Tuvalu

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

31.63%

#57

Uganda

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

45.19%

Ukraine

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

15.22%

#155

United Kingdom

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

17.66%

#132

United States

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

18.24%

#127

Uruguay

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

19.44%

#120

Uzbekistan

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

30.07%

#67

Vanuatu

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.62%

#32

Venezuela

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

28.17%

#78

Vietnam

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

22.55%

#104

Yemen

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

39.87%

#30

Zambia

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

43.26%

#15

Zimbabwe

Metric

Value

Rank

% Of Children

40.89%

#26

Additional Demographic Datasets