Africa Rankings
Population Ages 0-14
percent of total
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Central African Republic | 48.68% |
2 | 3 |  Somalia | 46.55% |
3 | 2 |  Niger | 46.23% |
4 | 5 |  Chad | 45.96% |
5 | 6 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.95% |
6 | 4 |  Mali | 45.79% |
7 | 8 |  Mozambique | 44.17% |
8 | 7 |  Burundi | 43.98% |
9 | 9 |  Uganda | 43.11% |
10 | 10 |  Mauritania | 42.38% |
11 | 11 |  Tanzania | 42.34% |
12 | 13 |  Benin | 41.26% |
13 | 12 |  Burkina Faso | 41.17% |
14 | 15 |  Cameroon | 41.12% |
15 | 14 |  Zambia | 40.97% |
16 | 17 |  Guinea | 40.55% |
17 | 16 |  Nigeria | 40.52% |
18 | 19 |  Ivory Coast | 40.46% |
19 | 20 |  Togo | 40.43% |
20 | 18 |  Zimbabwe | 40.28% |
21 | 22 |  Sudan | 40.21% |
22 | 21 |  Malawi | 40.13% |
23 | 23 |  Republic of the Congo | 39.94% |
24 | 24 |  Gambia | 39.72% |
25 | 25 |  Liberia | 39.08% |
26 | 26 |  Madagascar | 38.94% |
27 | 27 |  Ethiopia | 38.78% |
28 | 28 |  Guinea-Bissau | 38.33% |
29 | 29 |  Senegal | 37.74% |
30 | 31 |  Sierra Leone | 37.65% |
31 | 30 |  Eritrea | 37.59% |
32 | 32 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 37.46% |
33 | 34 |  Equatorial Guinea | 37.09% |
34 | 33 |  Rwanda | 37.02% |
35 | 35 |  Comoros | 36.87% |
36 | 36 |  Namibia | 36.65% |
37 | 37 |  Kenya | 36.26% |
38 | 38 |  Gabon | 36.24% |
39 | 39 |  Ghana | 35.43% |
40 | 40 |  Lesotho | 34.10% |
41 | 41 |  Swaziland | 33.00% |
42 | 42 |  Botswana | 31.96% |
43 | 43 |  Egypt | 31.56% |
44 | 44 |  Algeria | 29.93% |
45 | 45 |  Djibouti | 28.80% |
46 | 46 |  Libya | 26.85% |
47 | 47 |  South Africa | 25.72% |
48 | 48 |  Morocco | 25.20% |
49 | 49 |  Cape Verde | 24.69% |
50 | 50 |  Tunisia | 23.56% |
51 | 51 |  Seychelles | 19.77% |
52 | 52 |  Mauritius | 14.54% |