List of countries by age structure

The following list of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of their population. The population is divided into three groups:

• Ages 0 to 14 years: children.
• Ages 15 to 65 years: working population or adults.
• Over the age of 65: elderly, senior citizens.

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-called youth bulge. If, on the other hand, the proportion of over 65 is very high, the social systems of a country can be heavily burdened.

List

All numbers are for the year 2024. Source is The World Factbook.

Country	% of population by age
	0 to 14	15 to 64	65+
Abkhazia	~18.8%	~16.5%	~15.7%
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%
French Guiana	31%	69%	24.96%
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%

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