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GEOGRAPHY
Social - Countries
Countries with the Highest Proportion of Children
This list features the countries with the highest proportion of youth (0-17 age group) in their population as of 2024.
RANK | COUNTRY | POPULATION | CHILDREN % |
1 | Niger | 27,032,412 | 55.5% |
2 | Central African Republic | 5,330,690 | 55.5% |
3 | Chad | 20,299,123 | 54.2% |
4 | Mali | 24,478,595 | 54.0% |
5 | Somalia | 19,009,151 | 53.8% |
6 | DR Congo | 109,276,265 | 53.0% |
7 | Burundi | 14,047,786 | 52.3% |
8 | Uganda | 50,015,092 | 51.7% |
9 | Angola | 37,885,849 | 51.4% |
10 | South Sudan | 11,943,408 | 50.6% |
11 | Burkina Faso | 23,548,781 | 50.3% |
References
Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK), World Population Day 2024. Available at: https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=World-Population-Day-2024-53680&dil=2 (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
Worldometer, Population by Country (2025). Available at: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/ (Accessed: 6 July 2025).
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