Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per square kilometre by country
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
3.05 units per square kilometre
Macau, China
Lowest
0.0006 units per square kilometre
Australia
Median
0.0212 units per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,278
What the numbers show
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per square kilometre is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 3.05 units per square kilometre in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.0006 units per square kilometre in Australia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0212 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0654 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,918.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 73 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 53.3%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 39.2%).
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau, China | 3.05 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 2 | Singapore | 0.9504 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 3 | Hong Kong, China | 0.7584 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0.3741 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 5 | Bahrain | 0.3726 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 0.3539 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 7 | Palestine, State of | 0.3445 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 8 | Burundi | 0.2418 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 0.219 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 10 | Rwanda | 0.2134 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 11 | Comoros | 0.1709 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 12 | Lebanon | 0.1508 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 13 | Haiti | 0.1333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 14 | India | 0.1212 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 0.1189 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 0.1181 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 17 | Barbados | 0.1148 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 18 | Philippines | 0.1102 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 19 | Gambia | 0.1086 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 20 | Uganda | 0.1066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 0.1038 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritius | 0.0965 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 0.0925 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0921 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 0.083 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 26 | Netherlands | 0.0815 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Guam | 0.0802 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0.0768 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 0.0756 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 30 | Togo | 0.0682 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 0.0633 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 0.0626 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 33 | Nepal | 0.0595 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 0.0582 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0562 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 0.0544 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Ghana | 0.0537 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0528 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 0.0525 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 40 | Benin | 0.0524 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 41 | Tonga | 0.0518 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 42 | Kuwait | 0.0505 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 43 | Jamaica | 0.0502 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 44 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0494 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 0.0452 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 0.0449 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 47 | Puerto Rico | 0.0439 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 48 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0416 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 49 | Luxembourg | 0.0409 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 50 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0405 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 51 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0404 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 52 | Jordan | 0.0402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 0.0397 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 54 | Qatar | 0.0393 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 55 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.039 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 56 | Iraq | 0.0385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.0373 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 58 | Indonesia | 0.037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.0363 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0.0357 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 0.0357 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 0.0342 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 63 | Switzerland | 0.0337 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 64 | Germany | 0.0337 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 65 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0321 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 66 | Timor-Leste | 0.0319 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Yemen | 0.0308 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 68 | Samoa | 0.0302 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0301 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 70 | Cambodia | 0.0297 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 0.0295 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 0.0279 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 0.0275 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 0.0273 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 75 | Lesotho | 0.0266 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 76 | China | 0.0251 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 0.0251 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 78 | Uzbekistan | 0.025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 79 | Türkiye | 0.0248 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 80 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0247 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 81 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0245 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 82 | Italy | 0.0244 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea | 0.0242 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 84 | Eswatini | 0.0241 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 85 | Malaysia | 0.0238 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Denmark | 0.0236 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Cyprus | 0.0234 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 88 | Liberia | 0.0228 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 89 | Morocco | 0.022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 90 | Czechia | 0.022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 91 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0215 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 92 | France | 0.0214 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 93 | Madagascar | 0.0212 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 94 | Thailand | 0.0212 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 0.0204 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 96 | Myanmar | 0.0203 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 0.0193 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 0.0192 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 99 | Mozambique | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 100 | Poland | 0.0191 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 101 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0186 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.0183 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 104 | Ecuador | 0.0181 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Albania | 0.0175 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 0.0175 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 0.0166 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 108 | Nicaragua | 0.0166 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 109 | Cuba | 0.0165 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 0.016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 111 | Austria | 0.0158 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 113 | Hungary | 0.0154 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 0.0152 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 115 | Djibouti | 0.0147 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 116 | Portugal | 0.0147 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 117 | Ireland | 0.0143 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Fiji | 0.0139 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.0137 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 120 | South Africa | 0.0136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 121 | Romania | 0.0132 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 122 | Angola | 0.0131 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 123 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 124 | Spain | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.0124 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 0.0117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 128 | Serbia | 0.0116 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.0115 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 130 | Eritrea | 0.0111 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 131 | Sudan | 0.0109 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 132 | Greece | 0.0108 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 0.0107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 0.0101 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 135 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0101 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia | 0.0098 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 137 | Colombia | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 138 | Niger | 0.0097 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 139 | Ukraine | 0.0093 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 140 | Bulgaria | 0.0091 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 141 | Mali | 0.0091 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 142 | Montenegro | 0.0086 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 143 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0084 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0082 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 146 | Belarus | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 147 | Congo | 0.0074 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 148 | Bahamas | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 149 | South Sudan | 0.0072 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 150 | Chad | 0.0072 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 151 | Lithuania | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 152 | United States of America | 0.0066 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 153 | Peru | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 155 | Estonia | 0.0051 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 156 | Brazil | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 157 | Paraguay | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 158 | Turkmenistan | 0.005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 159 | Belize | 0.0049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 160 | Latvia | 0.0047 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 161 | Chile | 0.0046 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 163 | Bhutan | 0.0044 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 164 | Oman | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 165 | Central African Republic | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 167 | Argentina | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 168 | Uruguay | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 169 | New Zealand | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 170 | Gabon | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 172 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 173 | Finland | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 174 | Norway | 0.0025 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 176 | Mauritania | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 177 | Russian Federation | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 178 | Botswana | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 179 | Namibia | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 180 | Libya | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 181 | Guyana | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 182 | Suriname | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 183 | Mongolia | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 184 | Iceland | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 185 | Canada | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 186 | Australia | 0.0006 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Chagai 0.1319 units per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0208 units per square kilometre
- World 0.0156 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) International Labour Organization
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.