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Top 10 countries and regions with the largest shares of children under 15 in 2023

Daily Tens #108 · Thursday, October 29, 2026 · Ranked by residents aged 0–14 as a percentage of total population

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  1. 1 Central African Republic
  2. 2 Niger
  3. 3 Chad
  4. 4 Somalia
  5. 5 Mali
  6. 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo
  7. 7 Burundi
  8. 8 Mozambique
  9. 9 Angola
  10. 10 Uganda

Sources & methodology

Metric
Residents aged 0–14 as a percentage of total population
Data through
2023; World Bank snapshot checked November 2026
Source
World Bank — World Development Indicators
Notes
Age structure reflects births, deaths and migration. This is not the total number of children. Reporting economies only: aggregates and null observations excluded. Equal values use ISO 3-letter code order.

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