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 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[1] | ||
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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% |
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References
- ^ "Age structure - the World Factbook".
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