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:

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]
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 23.51% 63.83% 12.66%
 Armenia 17.98% 67.53% 14.49%
 Aruba (Netherlands) 17.32% 66.11% 16.58%
 Australia 18.43% 64.89% 16.69%
 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 19.77% 69.72% 10.51%
 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% 63.85% 20.50%
 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 19.34% 67.56% 13.09%
 China 16.48% 69.40% 14.11%
 Colombia 22.45% 66.66% 10.89%
 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 24.77% 68.42% 6.80%
 Indonesia 24.22% 68.10% 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 25.96% 61.66% 12.38%
 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 11.53% 70.10% 18.38%
 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 49.70% 47.60% 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 16.86% 65.99% 17.15%
 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 27.29% 66.17% 6.54%
 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 15.90% 65.95% 18.15%
 United Arab Emirates 16.23% 81.77% 2.00%
 United Kingdom 16.91% 64.03% 19.06%
 United States 18.15% 63.72% 18.12%
 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 24.70% 65.20% 10.10%

Visual statistic

Visualization based on data above

References

  1. ^ "Age structure - the World Factbook".