Population Ages 0-14

Africa Ranking

percent of totalSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Niger	49.54	2021	1	49.67
2	Mali	46.73	2021	2	47.01
3	Chad	46.23	2021	3	46.49
4	Somalia	45.98	2021	4	46.15
5 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.61	2021	6	45.8
6 ↓	Uganda	45.55	2021	5	46.02
7	Burundi	45.05	2021	7	45.25
8	Burkina Faso	44.09	2021	8	44.37
9 ↑	Gambia	43.82	2021	11	43.95
10 ↓	Mozambique	43.8	2021	9	44.06
11 ↓	Zambia	43.57	2021	10	44.02
12 ↑	Nigeria	43.31	2021	14	43.49
13 ↓	Tanzania	43.29	2021	12	43.55
14 ↓	Central African Republic	43.03	2021	13	43.54
15	Guinea	42.71	2021	15	43.05
16	Malawi	42.51	2021	16	42.99
17	Senegal	42.29	2021	17	42.59
18	Cameroon	41.78	2021	18	42.06
19	Benin	41.72	2021	19	41.94
20	Guinea-Bissau	41.69	2021	20	41.93
21 ↑	Ivory Coast	41.35	2021	23	41.51
22 ↓	Zimbabwe	41.32	2021	21	41.91
23 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	41.28	2021	22	41.76
24	Republic of the Congo	40.95	2021	24	41.27
25	Togo	40.3	2021	25	40.64
26 ↑	Eritrea	40.18	2011	32	39.48
27 ↓	Liberia	40.03	2021	26	40.37
28 ↓	Sierra Leone	40.01	2021	27	40.34
29 ↓	Madagascar	39.82	2021	28	40.06
30 ↓	Ethiopia	39.56	2021	29	39.92
31	Mauritania	39.5	2021	31	39.69
32 ↓	Sudan	39.46	2021	30	39.8
33	Rwanda	39.24	2021	33	39.47
34	Comoros	38.75	2021	34	39.02
35	Kenya	37.99	2021	35	38.59
36 ↑	Gabon	37.36	2021	37	37.26
37 ↓	Swaziland	36.95	2021	36	37.44
38	Ghana	36.89	2021	38	37.13
39 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	36.83	2021	40	36.78
40 ↓	Namibia	36.68	2021	39	36.84
41	Egypt	33.83	2021	41	33.92
42	Botswana	33.02	2021	42	33.4
43	Lesotho	32.14	2021	43	32.24
44	Algeria	30.92	2021	44	30.78
45	Djibouti	28.6	2021	45	28.91
46	South Africa	28.59	2021	46	28.8
47	Cape Verde	27.67	2021	47	28.08
48	Libya	27.4	2021	48	27.78
49	Morocco	26.48	2021	49	26.77
50	Tunisia	24.22	2021	50	24.29
51	Seychelles	23.74	2021	51	23.77
52	Mauritius	16.4	2021	52	16.78

Definition of Population Ages 0-14

Total population below the age of 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.