The followinglist of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of theirpopulation. The population is divided into three groups:
The age structure of a country has a strong impact on society and the economy. If the proportion of 0–14-year-olds is very high, there may be a so-calledyouth bulge. If, on the other hand, the proportion of over 65 is very high, the social systems of a country can be heavily burdened.
All numbers are for the year 2024. Source isThe World Factbook.
| Country | % of population by age[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 14 | 15 to 64 | 65+ | |
 Afghanistan | 40% | 56.1% | 2.4% |
 Albania | 18% | 66.9% | 15.1% |
 Algeria | 30.8% | 62.3% | 6.9% |
 American Samoa | 25.3% | 66% | 8.7% |
 Andorra | 12% | 67.7% | 20.4% |
 Angola | 46.9% | 50.7% | 2.4% |
 Anguilla | 20.8% | 67.5% | 11.7% |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 21.8% | 67.6% | 10.5% |
 Argentina | 23.3% | 63.9% | 12.8% |
 Armenia | 17.7% | 67% | 15.3% |
 Aruba (Netherlands) | 17.2% | 65.7% | 17.1% |
 Australia | 18.3% | 64.7% | 17% |
 Austria | 14.1% | 64.7% | 21.2% |
 Azerbaijan | 22.3% | 68.7% | 9% |
 Bahamas | 21.4% | 70% | 8.6% |
 Bahrain | 18.1% | 77.7% | 4.3% |
 Bangladesh | 25.1% | 67.1% | 7.8% |
 Barbados | 16.6% | 67% | 16.3% |
 Belarus | 16.1% | 66.1% | 17.8% |
 Belgium | 16.9% | 62.8% | 20.2% |
 Belize | 27.7% | 66.7% | 5.5% |
 Benin | 45.3% | 52.2% | 2.5% |
 Bermuda | 16.4% | 60.9% | 22.7% |
 Bhutan | 23.1% | 70.2% | 6.7% |
 Bolivia | 28.5% | 64.5% | 7% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.1% | 68.3% | 18.6% |
 Botswana | 28.7% | 65.2% | 6.1% |
 Brazil | 19.6% | 69.5% | 10.9% |
 British Virgin Islands | 16.6% | 71.3% | 12.1% |
 Brunei | 21.7% | 70.8% | 7.5% |
 Bulgaria | 13.8% | 65.2% | 21% |
 Burkina Faso | 41.6% | 55.1% | 3.2% |
 Burundi | 42.3% | 54.4% | 3.4% |
 Cape Verde | 26.4% | 67.2% | 6.4% |
 Cambodia | 28.9% | 65.8% | 5.3% |
 Cameroon | 41.5% | 55.3% | 3.2% |
 Canada | 15.5% | 63.4% | 21% |
 Cayman Islands | 17.4% | 65.9% | 16.7% |
 Central African Republic | 38.5% | 58% | 3.5% |
 Chad | 45.8% | 51.7% | 2.5% |
 Chile | 19.2% | 67.3% | 13.6% |
 China | 16.3% | 69.3% | 14.4% |
 Colombia | 22.3% | 66.5% | 11.2% |
 Comoros | 32.6% | 62.8% | 4.6% |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.7% | 51.8% | 2.5% |
 Republic of the Congo | 37.8% | 57.8% | 4.3% |
 Cook Islands | 18.2% | 65.9% | 16% |
 Costa Rica | 18.8% | 70.2% | 11.1% |
 Croatia | 13.8% | 63.1% | 23.1% |
 Cuba | 16.3% | 66.5% | 17.2% |
 Curaçao | 19.2% | 62.3% | 18.5% |
 Cyprus | 15.6% | 70% | 14.4% |
 Czech Republic | 15.7% | 63.8% | 20.5% |
 Denmark | 16.2% | 62.9% | 20.8% |
 Djibouti | 28.4% | 67.4% | 4.2% |
 Dominica | 20.7% | 65.6% | 13.7% |
 Dominican Republic | 25.5% | 66.9% | 7.6% |
 Ecuador | 26.8% | 64.1% | 9.1% |
 Egypt | 33.8% | 60.6% | 5.6% |
 El Salvador | 25.3% | 66.3% | 8.4% |
 Equatorial Guinea | 35.6% | 59.4% | 5% |
 Eritrea | 35.7% | 60.3% | 4% |
 Estonia | 15.2% | 62.2% | 22.6% |
 Eswatini (Swaziland) | 31.6% | 64.3% | 4% |
 Ethiopia | 38.7% | 58% | 3.4% |
 Faroe Islands | 20% | 61.5% | 18.5% |
 Fiji | 24.7% | 66.4% | 8.9% |
 Finland | 16.2% | 60.3% | 23.5% |
 France | 17.3% | 60.7% | 22% |
 French Polynesia | 20.3% | 68.7% | 11% |
 Gabon | 34.6% | 61.1% | 4.3% |
 Gambia | 38.2% | 58.1% | 3.7% |
 Gaza Strip | 38.8% | 58.3% | 2.9% |
 Georgia | 20.6% | 62.7% | 16.7% |
 Germany | 13.8% | 62.5% | 23.7% |
 Ghana | 37.4% | 58.2% | 4.4% |
 Gibraltar | 20% | 62.5% | 17.5% |
 Greece | 13.8% | 62.6% | 23.6% |
 Greenland | 20.4% | 67.1% | 12.5% |
 Grenada | 21.9% | 65.3% | 12.8% |
 Guam (US) | 26.4% | 62.7% | 10.9% |
 Guatemala | 31.5% | 63.2% | 5.4% |
 Guernsey | 14.3% | 64.1% | 21.5% |
 Guinea | 40.9% | 55.1% | 4% |
 Guinea-Bissau | 42.3% | 54.6% | 3.1% |
 Guyana | 23.5% | 68.4% | 8.1% |
 Haiti | 30.5% | 65.3% | 4.2% |
 Honduras | 28.7% | 65.7% | 5.6% |
 Hong Kong | 13.2% | 64.8% | 21.9% |
 Hungary | 14.6% | 63.9% | 21.5% |
 Iceland | 19.8% | 63.2% | 17.1% |
 India | 24.5% | 68.7% | 6.8% |
 Indonesia | 23.8% | 68.3% | 8% |
 Iran | 23.3% | 69.8% | 7% |
 Iraq | 34.6% | 61.7% | 3.6% |
 Ireland | 18.6% | 65.5% | 15.8% |
 Isle of Man | 16% | 61.9% | 22.1% |
 Israel | 27.5% | 60.3% | 12.3% |
 Italy | 11.9% | 64.5% | 23.6% |
 Ivory Coast | 36.1% | 60.9% | 3% |
 Jamaica | 23.8% | 65.7% | 10.4% |
 Japan | 12.1% | 58.4% | 29.5% |
 Jersey | 17% | 64.6% | 18.3% |
 Jordan | 30.9% | 64.9% | 4.2% |
 Kazakhstan | 27.6% | 62.8% | 9.6% |
 Kenya | 35.8% | 60.9% | 3.4% |
 Kiribati | 26.8% | 67.9% | 5.4% |
 North Korea | 19.9% | 68.9% | 11.2% |
 South Korea | 11.3% | 69.4% | 19.3% |
 Kosovo | 22.7% | 68.9% | 8.4% |
 Kuwait | 23% | 73.4% | 3.6% |
 Kyrgyzstan | 29.1% | 64% | 6.9% |
 Laos | 30.1% | 65% | 4.8% |
 Latvia | 14.7% | 63% | 22.2% |
 Lebanon | 18.9% | 71.6% | 9.5% |
 Lesotho | 32% | 62.7% | 5.4% |
 Liberia | 38.9% | 57.9% | 3.2% |
 Libya | 32.3% | 63.2% | 4.6% |
 Liechtenstein | 15.3% | 63.9% | 20.8% |
 Lithuania | 15.2% | 62.6% | 22.2% |
 Luxembourg | 16.7% | 67.1% | 16.1% |
 Macau | 14.4% | 69.9% | 15.7% |
 Madagascar | 37% | 59.1% | 3.9% |
 Malawi | 37.7% | 58.4% | 3.9% |
 Malaysia | 22.2% | 69.4% | 8.4% |
 Maldives | 22.4% | 71.5% | 6.1% |
 Mali | 46.8% | 50.1% | 3.1% |
 Malta | 14.5% | 62.4% | 23.1% |
 Marshall Islands | 30% | 64.3% | 5.7% |
 Mauritania | 35.7% | 59.9% | 4.4% |
 Mauritius | 15.1% | 71% | 13.9% |
 Mexico | 23.3% | 68.6% | 8.2% |
 Federated States of Micronesia | 27% | 67.3% | 5.7% |
 Moldova | 14.8% | 70.2% | 15% |
 Monaco | 9.1% | 53.8% | 37.1% |
 Mongolia | 25.7% | 68.4% | 5.9% |
 Montenegro | 17.7% | 64.4% | 17.9% |
 Montserrat | 15.8% | 76.1% | 8% |
 Morocco | 25.7% | 65.9% | 8.4% |
 Mozambique | 44.7% | 52.4% | 2.9% |
 Myanmar | 24.4% | 68.5% | 7.1% |
 Namibia | 34.1% | 62% | 3.9% |
 Nauru | 29.6% | 66% | 4.4% |
 Nepal | 25.8% | 67.8% | 6.4% |
 Netherlands | 15.2% | 64.1% | 20.7% |
 New Caledonia | 20.7% | 68.4% | 10.8% |
 New Zealand | 19% | 64.2% | 16.9% |
 Nicaragua | 25.1% | 68.9% | 6% |
 Niger | 49.5% | 47.8% | 2.7% |
 Nigeria | 40.4% | 56.2% | 3.4% |
 North Macedonia | 16% | 68.4% | 15.6% |
 Northern Mariana Islands | 22.1% | 67.7% | 10.2% |
 Norway | 16.3% | 64.5% | 19.1% |
 Oman | 29.8% | 66.2% | 4% |
 Pakistan | 34.4% | 60.7% | 4.9% |
 Palau | 17.5% | 71.3% | 11.2% |
 Panama | 25% | 64.8% | 10.1% |
 Papua New Guinea | 37.1% | 58.9% | 4% |
 Paraguay | 22.2% | 68.4% | 9.4% |
 Peru | 25.8% | 66.2% | 8% |
 Philippines | 30.2% | 64.3% | 5.6% |
 Poland | 14.2% | 65.9% | 19.8% |
 Portugal | 12.7% | 65% | 22.3% |
 Puerto Rico (US) | 12.5% | 62.6% | 24.9% |
 Qatar | 13.1% | 85.4% | 1.5% |
 Romania | 15.4% | 62% | 22.6% |
 Russia | 16.5% | 65.7% | 17.8% |
 Rwanda | 37.2% | 59.7% | 3.1% |
| Saint Barthelemy | 13.9% | 63.1% | 23% |
 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 14.3% | 66.5% | 19.2% |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.2% | 68.1% | 12.7% |
 Saint Lucia | 17.9% | 66.7% | 15.4% |
| Saint Martin | 24.7% | 64.5% | 10.8% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 13.1% | 61.6% | 25.3% |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.8% | 68.2% | 13% |
 Samoa | 26.9% | 65.9% | 7.2% |
 San Marino | 14.2% | 64.3% | 21.5% |
 São Tomé and Príncipe | 36.4% | 60.3% | 3.2% |
 Saudi Arabia | 22.9% | 72.7% | 4.4% |
 Senegal | 40.7% | 55.9% | 3.4% |
 Serbia | 14.4% | 65.6% | 20% |
 Seychelles | 17.7% | 72.4% | 10% |
 Sierra Leone | 40.1% | 57.4% | 2.5% |
 Singapore | 14.6% | 71.1% | 14.3% |
 Sint Maarten | 18.4% | 66.3% | 15.2% |
 Slovakia | 15.3% | 66.5% | 18.1% |
 Slovenia | 14.3% | 62.5% | 23.2% |
 Solomon Islands | 30.6% | 64.2% | 5.3% |
 Somalia | 41.4% | 55.8% | 2.8% |
 South Africa | 27.2% | 65.3% | 7.5% |
 South Sudan | 42.1% | 55.3% | 2.6% |
 Spain | 13% | 66.1% | 20.9% |
 Sri Lanka | 22.6% | 65% | 12.4% |
 Sudan | 40.1% | 56.7% | 3.2% |
 Suriname | 22.5% | 70% | 7.5% |
 Sweden | 17.1% | 62.1% | 20.8% |
 Switzerland | 15.1% | 64.6% | 20.3% |
 Syria | 33% | 62.8% | 4.2% |
 Taiwan | 12.1% | 69% | 18.8% |
 Tajikistan | 36.9% | 59.3% | 3.9% |
 Tanzania | 41.2% | 55.4% | 3.4% |
 Thailand | 15.8% | 69% | 15.1% |
 Timor-Leste | 38.7% | 56.8% | 4.5% |
 Togo | 38.7% | 57% | 4.3% |
 Tonga | 29.3% | 63.2% | 7.4% |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 18.7% | 67.2% | 14.1% |
 Tunisia | 24.4% | 65.2% | 10.4% |
 Turkey | 21.7% | 68.6% | 9.6% |
 Turkmenistan | 24.5% | 68.6% | 6.9% |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.4% | 73.2% | 6.4% |
 Tuvalu | 29.2% | 63.2% | 7.6% |
 Uganda | 47% | 50.6% | 2.4% |
 Ukraine | 12.3% | 67.8% | 19.9% |
 United Arab Emirates | 16.4% | 81.4% | 2.2% |
| United Kingdom | 16.7% | 63.9% | 19.3% |
 United States | 18.1% | 63.4% | 18.5% |
 Uruguay | 18.9% | 65.4% | 15.7% |
 Uzbekistan | 29.6% | 63.7% | 6.7% |
 Vanuatu | 31.1% | 63.8% | 5% |
 Venezuela | 25% | 65.9% | 9.1% |
 Vietnam | 23.2% | 68.5% | 8.3% |
 US Virgin Islands (US) | 18.7% | 59.8% | 21.5% |
| Wallis and Futuna | 19.8% | 67.5% | 12.7% |
| West Bank | 36.7% | 59.5% | 3.9% |
 Yemen | 34.4% | 62.2% | 3.4% |
 Zambia | 42.1% | 55.1% | 2.8% |
 Zimbabwe | 38.3% | 57.8% | 3.9% |
| World | 24.5% | 65.2% | 10.3% |