Africa Rankings
Population Ages 0-14
percent of total
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 | Central African Republic | 49.00% |
2 | 2 | Niger | 46.60% |
3 | 4 | Somalia | 46.59% |
4 | 5 | Mali | 46.14% |
5 | 3 | Chad | 46.06% |
6 | 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.03% |
7 | 7 | Burundi | 44.70% |
8 | 8 | Mozambique | 44.48% |
9 | 9 | Uganda | 43.54% |
10 | 10 | Mauritania | 42.71% |
11 | 11 | Tanzania | 42.54% |
12 | 12 | Burkina Faso | 41.80% |
13 | 14 | Benin | 41.55% |
14 | 13 | Zambia | 41.46% |
15 | 15 | Cameroon | 41.44% |
16 | 16 | Nigeria | 41.01% |
17 | 20 | Guinea | 40.90% |
18 | 17 | Zimbabwe | 40.87% |
19 | 19 | Ivory Coast | 40.87% |
20 | 18 | Malawi | 40.71% |
21 | 23 | Sudan | 40.47% |
22 | 21 | Republic of the Congo | 40.45% |
23 | 22 | Gambia | 40.25% |
24 | 24 | Liberia | 39.53% |
25 | 25 | Togo | 39.53% |
26 | 26 | Madagascar | 39.26% |
27 | 27 | Ethiopia | 39.06% |
28 | 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 38.79% |
29 | 30 | Senegal | 38.18% |
30 | 29 | Eritrea | 38.14% |
31 | 31 | Sierra Leone | 38.09% |
32 | 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 37.83% |
33 | 33 | Rwanda | 37.36% |
34 | 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 37.29% |
35 | 36 | Comoros | 37.12% |
36 | 37 | Namibia | 36.98% |
37 | 35 | Kenya | 36.84% |
38 | 38 | Gabon | 36.48% |
39 | 39 | Ghana | 35.82% |
40 | 40 | Lesotho | 34.52% |
41 | 41 | Swaziland | 33.35% |
42 | 43 | Botswana | 32.13% |
43 | 42 | Egypt | 31.99% |
44 | 44 | Algeria | 30.33% |
45 | 45 | Djibouti | 29.17% |
46 | 46 | Libya | 27.41% |
47 | 48 | South Africa | 25.88% |
48 | 49 | Morocco | 25.63% |
49 | 47 | Cape Verde | 25.55% |
50 | 50 | Tunisia | 24.04% |
51 | 51 | Seychelles | 19.95% |
52 | 52 | Mauritius | 14.81% |