Cameroon's population ages 0-14 (% of total population) was 41.12% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.04 percentage points from 43.16% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41.12% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 42.54% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 43.16% | 2015 |
| Highest | 46.19% | 1991 |
| Lowest | 39.54% | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 42.29% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 39.54% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Cameroon's population ages 0-14 (% of total population) fell 0.32 percentage points on 2024 (from 41.44% to 41.12%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.08 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.52 percentage points in 1983 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.32 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.22 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 96% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 40.8% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.47%, against 0.62% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Cameroon had the 17th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 41.12% | 2025 |
| World | 24.41% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.38% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 29.5% | 2025 |
Closest to Cameroon in the 2025 ranking
- Tanzania — 13th of 217: 42.34%
- Benin — 14th of 217: 41.26%
- Burkina Faso — 15th of 217: 41.17%
- Yemen, Rep. — 17th of 217: 41.02%
- Zambia — 18th of 217: 40.97%
- Guinea — 19th of 217: 40.55%
What this measures
Population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.
Limitations: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.12 |
| 2024 | 41.44 |
| 2023 | 41.76 |
| 2022 | 42.06 |
| 2021 | 42.32 |
| 2020 | 42.54 |
| 2019 | 42.74 |
| 2018 | 42.9 |
| 2017 | 42.98 |
| 2016 | 43.04 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 44.1% (2025)
- Benin — 41.26% (2025)
- Botswana — 31.96% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 41.17% (2025)
- Burundi — 43.98% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 24.7% (2025)
- Central African Republic — 48.68% (2025)
- Chad — 45.96% (2025)
- Comoros — 36.87% (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 45.95% (2025)
More health data for Cameroon
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.86% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.25% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 6.09 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 40.66% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 6.19 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.58% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 12.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.72% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) — 14.04% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cameroon's population ages 0-14 (% of total population)?
- 41.12% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1.58 percentage points from 39.54% in 1960. The highest value was 46.19% in 1991 and the lowest 39.54% in 1960.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects., United Nations Population Division, uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: United Nations Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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