People > Age structure > 15-24 years: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Age structure, which provides the distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group as follows: 0-14 years (children), 15-24 years (early working age), 25-54 years (prime working age), 55-64 years (mature working age), 65 years and over (elderly). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Maldives	24.2%	2013
2	Namibia	23.1%	2013
3	Nepal	22.6%	2013
=4	Zimbabwe	22.5%	2013
=4	Nicaragua	22.5%	2013
6	Swaziland	22.4%	2013
7	Guatemala	22.2%	2013
8	Djibouti	22%	2013
9	Afghanistan	21.9%	2013
=10	Botswana	21.8%	2013
=10	Cape Verde	21.8%	2013
=10	Jamaica	21.8%	2013
=10	West Bank	21.8%	2013
14	Pakistan	21.6%	2013
15	Haiti	21.5%	2013
=16	Laos	21.3%	2013
=16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.3%	2013
=18	Cambodia	21.2%	2013
=18	Uganda	21.2%	2013
=18	Kiribati	21.2%	2013
=18	Honduras	21.2%	2013
=22	Belize	21.1%	2013
=22	Uzbekistan	21.1%	2013
=22	The Gambia	21.1%	2013
=22	Yemen	21.1%	2013
=22	Mozambique	21.1%	2013
27	Cote d'Ivoire	21%	2013
=28	Gaza Strip	20.9%	2013
=28	American Samoa	20.9%	2013
=28	El Salvador	20.9%	2013
=28	Tuvalu	20.9%	2013
=32	Turkmenistan	20.8%	2013
=32	Syria	20.8%	2013
=32	Paraguay	20.8%	2013
35	Guyana	20.7%	2013
=36	Congo, Republic of the	20.6%	2013
=36	Madagascar	20.6%	2013
=36	Malawi	20.6%	2013
=36	South Africa	20.6%	2013
=36	Bhutan	20.6%	2013
	failed states average (profile)	20.54%	2013
41	Senegal	20.5%	2013
=42	Tajikistan	20.4%	2013
=42	Federated States of Micronesia	20.4%	2013
=42	Chad	20.4%	2013
=45	Cameroon	20.3%	2013
=45	Gabon	20.3%	2013
=45	Angola	20.3%	2013
	South Asia average (profile)	20.22%	2013
=48	Central African Republic	20.2%	2013
=48	Oman	20.2%	2013
=48	Lesotho	20.2%	2013
=48	Guinea-Bissau	20.2%	2013
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	20.12%	2013
52	Samoa	20.1%	2013
=53	Burkina Faso	20%	2013
=53	Sudan	20%	2013
=53	Mauritania	20%	2013
=53	Eritrea	20%	2013
=53	Solomon Islands	20%	2013
=53	Togo	20%	2013
=53	Zambia	20%	2013
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	19.97%	2013
=60	Ethiopia	19.9%	2013
=60	Jordan	19.9%	2013
=60	Bolivia	19.9%	2013
=60	Benin	19.9%	2013
	Former French colonies average (profile)	19.85%	2013
64	Iran	19.8%	2013
=65	East Timor	19.7%	2013
=65	Vanuatu	19.7%	2013
=65	Western Sahara	19.7%	2013
=65	Burundi	19.7%	2013
=65	South Sudan	19.7%	2013
=70	Sao Tome and Principe	19.6%	2013
=70	Saudi Arabia	19.6%	2013
=70	Albania	19.6%	2013
=70	Iraq	19.6%	2013
74	Papua New Guinea	19.5%	2013
=75	Tanzania	19.4%	2013
=75	Guinea	19.4%	2013
=75	Equatorial Guinea	19.4%	2013
=75	Peru	19.4%	2013
=75	Kyrgyzstan	19.4%	2013
80	Nigeria	19.3%	2013
81	Tonga	19.2%	2013
=82	Rwanda	19.1%	2013
=82	Philippines	19.1%	2013
	Muslim countries average (profile)	19.01%	2013
=84	Sierra Leone	19%	2013
=84	Mongolia	19%	2013
=84	Mali	19%	2013
87	Somalia	18.9%	2013
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	18.8%	2013
=88	Bangladesh	18.8%	2013
=88	Venezuela	18.8%	2013
=88	Ghana	18.8%	2013
=88	Kenya	18.8%	2013
=92	Ecuador	18.7%	2013
=92	Comoros	18.7%	2013
	Hot countries average (profile)	18.67%	2013
=94	Libya	18.6%	2013
=94	Burma	18.6%	2013
=96	Dominican Republic	18.5%	2013
=96	Kosovo	18.5%	2013
98	Vietnam	18.4%	2013
	Former British colonies average (profile)	18.33%	2013
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	18.32%	2013
99	Azerbaijan	18.3%	2013
=100	Colombia	18.2%	2013
=100	India	18.2%	2013
=100	Niger	18.2%	2013
=100	Singapore	18.2%	2013
=104	Wallis and Futuna	18.1%	2013
=104	Mexico	18.1%	2013
=104	Cook Islands	18.1%	2013
=104	Algeria	18.1%	2013
=108	Morocco	18%	2013
=108	Egypt	18%	2013
	OPEC countries average (profile)	17.93%	2013
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	17.91%	2013
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	17.82%	2013
=110	Liberia	17.8%	2013
=110	Costa Rica	17.8%	2013
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	17.78%	2013
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	17.73%	2013
112	Armenia	17.7%	2013
=113	Nauru	17.6%	2013
=113	Palau	17.6%	2013
	Religious countries average (profile)	17.55%	2013
=115	Lebanon	17.5%	2013
=115	Suriname	17.5%	2013
=115	The Bahamas	17.5%	2013
=115	Brunei	17.5%	2013
=115	Marshall Islands	17.5%	2013
=120	Panama	17.4%	2013
=120	Fiji	17.4%	2013
122	Dominica	17.2%	2013
=123	Indonesia	17.1%	2013
=123	French Polynesia	17.1%	2013
=123	Grenada	17.1%	2013
=123	New Caledonia	17.1%	2013
=127	Turkey	17%	2013
=127	Malaysia	17%	2013
=127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17%	2013
=130	Guam	16.9%	2013
=130	Saint Lucia	16.9%	2013
=130	Kazakhstan	16.9%	2013
133	Greenland	16.8%	2013
=134	Brazil	16.7%	2013
=134	Antigua and Barbuda	16.7%	2013
136	Chile	16.6%	2013
137	Tunisia	16.5%	2013
=138	Gibraltar	16.4%	2013
=138	North Korea	16.4%	2013
	Christian countries average (profile)	16.37%	2013
140	Uruguay	16%	2013
	Catholic countries average (profile)	15.98%	2013
141	Bahrain	15.9%	2013
=142	Argentina	15.8%	2013
=142	Cyprus	15.8%	2013
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	15.75%	2013
=144	Mauritius	15.7%	2013
=144	Israel	15.7%	2013
	Emerging markets average (profile)	15.66%	2013
=146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.6%	2013
=146	Faroe Islands	15.6%	2013
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	15.52%	2013
=148	China	15.4%	2013
=148	Kuwait	15.4%	2013
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	15.37%	2013
=150	Thailand	15.1%	2013
=150	Sri Lanka	15.1%	2013
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	15.04%	2013
=152	Turks and Caicos Islands	15%	2013
=152	Moldova	15%	2013
=154	Jersey	14.9%	2013
=154	Northern Mariana Islands	14.9%	2013
156	British Virgin Islands	14.8%	2013
=157	Puerto Rico	14.6%	2013
=157	Seychelles	14.6%	2013
=157	Iceland	14.6%	2013
160	Macau	14.5%	2013
=161	Anguilla	14.3%	2013
=161	Republic of Macedonia	14.3%	2013
163	New Zealand	14.1%	2013
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	14.04%	2013
164	Georgia	14%	2013
=165	Qatar	13.9%	2013
=165	Cuba	13.9%	2013
	Cold countries average (profile)	13.88%	2013
=167	Barbados	13.8%	2013
=167	United Arab Emirates	13.8%	2013
=169	Taiwan	13.7%	2013
=169	United States	13.7%	2013
=171	South Korea	13.6%	2013
=171	Trinidad and Tobago	13.6%	2013
=171	Aruba	13.6%	2013
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	13.52%	2013
174	Montserrat	13.5%	2013
=175	Norway	13.4%	2013
=175	Australia	13.4%	2013
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	13.4%	2013
=177	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13%	2013
=177	Denmark	13%	2013
=177	Lithuania	13%	2013
=180	Canada	12.9%	2013
=180	Cayman Islands	12.9%	2013
=180	Sweden	12.9%	2013
=180	Malta	12.9%	2013
184	United Kingdom	12.8%	2013
	Europe average (profile)	12.66%	2013
=185	Slovakia	12.6%	2013
=185	Luxembourg	12.6%	2013
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	12.34%	2013
	NATO countries average (profile)	12.33%	2013
=187	Finland	12.3%	2013
=187	Bermuda	12.3%	2013
=187	Belarus	12.3%	2013
=187	Poland	12.3%	2013
=191	Netherlands	12.2%	2013
=191	Croatia	12.2%	2013
=193	Guernsey	12.1%	2013
=193	Ukraine	12.1%	2013
	Southern Europe average (profile)	12.06%	2013
195	Ireland	12%	2013
=196	France	11.9%	2013
=196	Isle of Man	11.9%	2013
=196	Estonia	11.9%	2013
=196	Hungary	11.9%	2013
=196	Serbia	11.9%	2013
=196	Latvia	11.9%	2013
	European Union average (profile)	11.9%	2013
=202	Romania	11.8%	2013
=202	Austria	11.8%	2013
=202	Belgium	11.8%	2013
	Western Europe average (profile)	11.77%	2013
	Eurozone average (profile)	11.76%	2013
=205	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	11.7%	2013
=205	Liechtenstein	11.7%	2013
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	11.67%	2013
207	Switzerland	11.6%	2013
208	Russia	11.5%	2013
=209	Montenegro	11.4%	2013
=209	Portugal	11.4%	2013
211	Czech Republic	11.1%	2013
212	Saint Martin	11%	2013
213	Germany	10.8%	2013
214	Hong Kong	10.7%	2013
=215	Virgin Islands	10.6%	2013
=215	San Marino	10.6%	2013
217	Bulgaria	10.5%	2013
218	Slovenia	10.3%	2013
219	Italy	9.9%	2013
220	Greece	9.8%	2013
=221	Spain	9.7%	2013
=221	Japan	9.7%	2013
223	Monaco	9.4%	2013
224	Andorra	9.1%	2013
225	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.5%	2013
226	Saint Barthelemy	6.8%	2013

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