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 64 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 2023. Source is The World Factbook.
| Country | % of population by age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 14 | 15 to 64 | 65+ | |
 Afghanistan
|
39.80% | 57.35% | 2.85% |
 Albania
|
17.90% | 67.53% | 14.57% |
 Algeria
|
28.78% | 64.29% | 6.93% |
 American Samoa
|
25.91% | 65.89% | 8.20% |
 Andorra
|
12.31% | 68.17% | 19.52% |
 Angola
|
47.18% | 50.49% | 2.33% |
 Anguilla
|
21.00% | 67.88% | 11.12% |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
21.97% | 67.94% | 10.09% |
 Argentina
|
18.51% | 68.43% | 13.06% |
 Armenia
|
17.98% | 67.53% | 14.49% |
 Aruba (Netherlands)
|
17.32% | 66.11% | 16.58% |
 Australia
|
18.53% | 64.89% | 16.59% |
 Austria
|
14.08% | 65.11% | 20.81% |
 Azerbaijan
|
21.78% | 69.64% | 8.58% |
 Bahamas
|
21.37% | 68.80% | 9.83% |
 Bahrain
|
18.14% | 77.83% | 4.03% |
 Bangladesh
|
25.38% | 67.09% | 7.53% |
 Barbados
|
16.78% | 67.56% | 15.66% |
 Belarus
|
15.83% | 66.81% | 17.36% |
 Belgium
|
17.03% | 63.06% | 19.91% |
 Belize
|
30.93% | 64.15% | 4.92% |
 Benin
|
45.37% | 52.18% | 2.45% |
 Bermuda
|
16.45% | 61.66% | 21.89% |
 Bhutan
|
23.49% | 69.97% | 6.54% |
 Bolivia
|
29.14% | 64.03% | 6.84% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
13.14% | 69.00% | 17.86% |
 Botswana
|
29.17% | 64.88% | 5.95% |
 Brazil
|
19.15% | 69.84% | 11.01% |
 British Virgin Islands
|
16.56% | 71.87% | 11.58% |
 Brunei
|
21.83% | 71.07% | 7.10% |
 Bulgaria
|
14.03% | 65.17% | 20.81% |
 Burkina Faso
|
42.19% | 54.62% | 3.19% |
 Burundi
|
42.67% | 54.03% | 3.30% |
 Cape Verde
|
26.68% | 67.18% | 6.14% |
 Cambodia
|
29.47% | 65.39% | 5.14% |
 Cameroon
|
41.69% | 55.12% | 3.19% |
 Canada
|
15.65% | 63.48% | 20.87% |
 Cayman Islands
|
17.48% | 66.48% | 16.04% |
 Central African Republic
|
38.84% | 57.71% | 3.45% |
 Chad
|
46.24% | 51.27% | 2.49% |
 Chile
|
19.04% | 67.27% | 13.69% |
 China
|
16.48% | 69.40% | 14.11% |
 Colombia
|
23.45% | 66.66% | 9.89% |
 Comoros
|
33.45% | 62.00% | 4.55% |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
45.99% | 51.52% | 2.49% |
 Republic of the Congo
|
40.44% | 56.15% | 3.41% |
 Cook Islands
|
18.43% | 66.23% | 15.34% |
 Costa Rica
|
21.49% | 68.59% | 9.92% |
 Croatia
|
13.98% | 63.39% | 22.63% |
 Cuba
|
16.39% | 66.81% | 16.80% |
 Curaçao
|
19.30% | 62.70% | 18.00% |
 Cyprus
|
15.63% | 70.36% | 14.01% |
 Czech Republic
|
14.68% | 64.18% | 21.13% |
 Denmark
|
16.24% | 63.13% | 20.63% |
 Djibouti
|
28.65% | 67.21% | 4.15% |
 Dominica
|
20.82% | 65.82% | 13.36% |
 Dominican Republic
|
25.92% | 67.09% | 6.99% |
 Ecuador
|
24.49% | 66.44% | 9.07% |
 Egypt
|
34.37% | 60.27% | 5.36% |
 El Salvador
|
25.40% | 66.39% | 8.21% |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
36.05% | 59.01% | 4.94% |
 Eritrea
|
36.27% | 59.73% | 4.00% |
 Estonia
|
15.56% | 62.27% | 22.17% |
 Eswatini (Swaziland)
|
32.16% | 63.88% | 3.97% |
 Ethiopia
|
38.91% | 57.55% | 3.54% |
 Faroe Islands
|
19.90% | 61.94% | 18.16% |
 Fiji
|
25.17% | 66.31% | 8.52% |
 Finland
|
16.25% | 60.50% | 23.25% |
 France
|
18.04% | 60.53% | 21.42% |
 French Polynesia
|
20.62% | 68.79% | 10.59% |
 Gabon
|
35.04% | 60.76% | 4.20% |
 Gambia
|
38.86% | 57.57% | 3.57% |
 Gaza Strip
|
39.75% | 57.34% | 2.91% |
 Georgia
|
18.41% | 63.65% | 17.95% |
 Germany
|
13.75% | 62.97% | 23.28% |
 Ghana
|
37.72% | 57.92% | 4.36% |
 Gibraltar
|
19.99% | 62.62% | 17.39% |
 Greece
|
14.02% | 62.66% | 23.31% |
 Greenland
|
20.46% | 67.66% | 11.89% |
 Grenada
|
22.23% | 65.51% | 12.26% |
 Guam (US)
|
26.64% | 62.85% | 10.51% |
 Guatemala
|
31.98% | 62.78% | 5.24% |
 Guernsey
|
14.38% | 64.48% | 21.14% |
 Guinea
|
40.96% | 55.05% | 4.00% |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
42.51% | 54.38% | 3.11% |
 Guyana
|
23.65% | 68.49% | 7.86% |
 Haiti
|
29.68% | 65.76% | 4.56% |
 Honduras
|
27.92% | 66.18% | 5.91% |
 Hong Kong
|
13.04% | 66.02% | 20.94% |
 Hungary
|
14.24% | 63.97% | 21.79% |
 Iceland
|
19.98% | 63.39% | 16.63% |
 India
|
24.47% | 68.72% | 6.81% |
 Indonesia
|
24.62% | 67.70% | 7.68% |
 Iran
|
23.51% | 69.82% | 6.67% |
 Iraq
|
35.24% | 61.17% | 3.59% |
 Ireland
|
20.39% | 65.04% | 14.57% |
 Isle of Man
|
16.15% | 62.09% | 21.77% |
 Israel
|
25.46% | 61.66% | 12.88% |
 Italy
|
12.08% | 64.61% | 23.31% |
 Ivory Coast
|
36.65% | 60.40% | 2.95% |
 Jamaica
|
24.11% | 65.80% | 10.08% |
 Japan
|
12.29% | 58.49% | 29.22% |
 Jersey
|
16.89% | 65.19% | 17.91% |
 Jordan
|
31.42% | 64.53% | 4.05% |
 Kazakhstan
|
25.26% | 65.29% | 9.44% |
 Kenya
|
36.45% | 60.26% | 3.28% |
 Kiribati
|
27.06% | 67.77% | 5.17% |
 North Korea
|
20.24% | 69.16% | 10.60% |
 South Korea
|
11.3% | 69.4% | 19.3% |
 Kosovo
|
23.10% | 68.75% | 8.15% |
 Kuwait
|
23.32% | 73.28% | 3.40% |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
29.54% | 63.86% | 6.60% |
 Laos
|
30.63% | 64.73% | 4.65% |
 Latvia
|
14.92% | 63.37% | 21.71% |
 Lebanon
|
19.21% | 71.69% | 9.10% |
 Lesotho
|
32.40% | 62.21% | 5.39% |
 Liberia
|
42.69% | 54.50% | 2.82% |
 Libya
|
32.81% | 62.80% | 4.39% |
 Liechtenstein
|
15.27% | 64.38% | 20.35% |
 Lithuania
|
15.30% | 63.11% | 21.59% |
 Luxembourg
|
16.73% | 67.38% | 15.88% |
 Macau
|
14.42% | 70.73% | 14.86% |
 Madagascar
|
37.47% | 58.72% | 3.81% |
 Malawi
|
38.54% | 57.64% | 3.82% |
 Malaysia
|
22.46% | 69.42% | 8.12% |
 Maldives
|
22.25% | 71.97% | 5.78% |
 Mali
|
47.05% | 49.88% | 3.07% |
 Malta
|
14.53% | 62.83% | 22.65% |
 Marshall Islands
|
30.65% | 63.83% | 5.52% |
 Mauritania
|
36.11% | 59.58% | 4.31% |
 Mauritius
|
15.30% | 71.35% | 13.36% |
 Mexico
|
23.76% | 68.22% | 8.02% |
 Federated States of Micronesia
|
27.41% | 67.13% | 5.46% |
 Moldova
|
18.01% | 66.37% | 15.62% |
 Monaco
|
9.40% | 54.42% | 36.18% |
 Mongolia
|
26.16% | 68.24% | 5.60% |
 Montenegro
|
17.93% | 64.65% | 17.42% |
 Montserrat
|
15.92% | 76.60% | 7.48% |
 Morocco
|
26.01% | 65.92% | 8.06% |
 Mozambique
|
45.00% | 52.10% | 2.90% |
 Myanmar
|
24.89% | 68.30% | 6.80% |
 Namibia
|
34.38% | 61.68% | 3.94% |
 Nauru
|
30.13% | 65.65% | 4.22% |
 Nepal
|
26.32% | 67.52% | 6.16% |
 Netherlands
|
16.06% | 63.08% | 20.86% |
 New Caledonia
|
20.96% | 68.45% | 10.59% |
 New Zealand
|
19.15% | 64.36% | 16.49% |
 Nicaragua
|
24.16% | 69.36% | 6.48% |
 Niger
|
49.50% | 47.80% | 2.70% |
 Nigeria
|
40.69% | 55.95% | 3.36% |
 North Macedonia
|
16.06% | 68.69% | 15.25% |
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
22.61% | 67.95% | 9.43% |
 Norway
|
17.83% | 64.00% | 18.18% |
 Oman
|
29.88% | 66.17% | 3.95% |
 Pakistan
|
34.81% | 60.41% | 4.77% |
 Palau
|
17.49% | 71.82% | 10.69% |
 Panama
|
25.19% | 64.87% | 9.94% |
 Papua New Guinea
|
37.34% | 58.75% | 3.90% |
 Paraguay
|
22.40% | 68.54% | 9.06% |
 Peru
|
26.04% | 65.94% | 8.02% |
 Philippines
|
30.49% | 64.06% | 5.45% |
 Poland
|
14.53% | 64.87% | 20.60% |
 Portugal
|
12.85% | 65.18% | 21.96% |
 Puerto Rico (US)
|
12.84% | 62.98% | 24.18% |
 Qatar
|
13.08% | 85.51% | 1.41% |
 Romania
|
15.63% | 62.13% | 22.24% |
 Russia
|
17.26% | 65.79% | 16.85% |
 Rwanda
|
37.95% | 59.10% | 2.95% |
| Saint Barthelemy
|
14.10% | 63.80% | 22.11% |
 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
|
14.48% | 66.87% | 18.65% |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
19.40% | 68.54% | 12.05% |
 Saint Lucia
|
18.23% | 66.97% | 14.80% |
| Saint Martin
|
24.90% | 64.65% | 10.45% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
13.42% | 61.98% | 24.60% |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
19.05% | 68.55% | 12.40% |
 Samoa
|
27.33% | 65.72% | 6.94% |
 San Marino
|
14.34% | 64.58% | 21.08% |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
37.21% | 59.64% | 3.15% |
 Saudi Arabia
|
23.45% | 72.36% | 4.19% |
 Senegal
|
41.19% | 55.46% | 3.34% |
 Serbia
|
14.45% | 65.81% | 19.74% |
 Seychelles
|
17.95% | 72.58% | 9.47% |
 Sierra Leone
|
40.54% | 56.89% | 2.58% |
 Singapore
|
14.82% | 71.49% | 13.70% |
 Sint Maarten
|
18.52% | 67.18% | 14.29% |
 Slovakia
|
14.87% | 66.49% | 18.64% |
 Slovenia
|
14.55% | 62.73% | 22.72% |
 Solomon Islands
|
31.06% | 63.82% | 5.12% |
 Somalia
|
41.54% | 55.77% | 2.69% |
 South Africa
|
27.49% | 66.07% | 6.44% |
 South Sudan
|
41.93% | 55.48% | 2.59% |
 Spain
|
13.37% | 66.13% | 20.50% |
 Sri Lanka
|
21.95% | 66.22% | 11.83% |
 Sudan
|
40.47% | 56.35% | 3.19% |
 Suriname
|
22.77% | 69.96% | 7.27% |
 Sweden
|
17.26% | 62.05% | 20.69% |
 Switzerland
|
15.49% | 65.13% | 19.38% |
 Syria
|
33.27% | 62.58% | 4.15% |
 Taiwan
|
12.22% | 69.72% | 18.07% |
 Tajikistan
|
29.98% | 65.84% | 4.18% |
 Tanzania
|
41.50% | 55.15% | 3.35% |
 Thailand
|
16.00% | 69.53% | 14.47% |
 Timor-Leste
|
39.05% | 56.61% | 4.34% |
 Togo
|
38.98% | 56.76% | 4.26% |
 Tonga
|
29.92% | 62.79% | 7.29% |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
19.04% | 67.40% | 13.56% |
 Tunisia
|
24.77% | 65.26% | 9.98% |
 Turkey
|
22.12% | 68.58% | 9.31% |
 Turkmenistan
|
24.63% | 68.82% | 6.55% |
 Turks and Caicos Islands
|
20.70% | 73.24% | 6.06% |
 Tuvalu
|
29.27% | 63.30% | 7.43% |
 Uganda
|
47.30% | 50.31% | 2.39% |
 Ukraine
|
15.30% | 66.25% | 18.45% |
 United Arab Emirates
|
16.23% | 81.77% | 2.00% |
| United Kingdom
|
17.31% | 63.43% | 19.26% |
 United States
|
17.75% | 63.52% | 18.73% |
 Uruguay
|
19.02% | 65.55% | 15.43% |
 Uzbekistan
|
22.48% | 70.64% | 6.88% |
 Vanuatu
|
31.73% | 63.41% | 4.86% |
 Venezuela
|
25.13% | 65.98% | 8.90% |
 Vietnam
|
23.44% | 68.69% | 7.87% |
 US Virgin Islands (US)
|
19.07% | 60.04% | 20.89% |
| Wallis and Futuna
|
19.98% | 67.86% | 12.15% |
| West Bank
|
34.07% | 61.94% | 3.99% |
 Yemen
|
35.14% | 61.52% | 3.34% |
 Zambia
|
42.49% | 54.77% | 2.74% |
 Zimbabwe
|
38.16% | 57.32% | 4.52% |
| World | 24.60% | 65.20% | 10.20% |