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% |