Canada: Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Canada's population ages 0-14 (% of total population) fell 0.13 percentage points on 2024 (from 15.11% to 14.98%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.16 percentage points in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.84 percentage points in 1971. 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 0.15 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.

How it compares

In 2025, Canada had the 180th 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.

Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking

• Czechia — 177th of 217: 15.09%
• Cuba — 178th of 217: 15.02%
• Qatar — 179th of 217: 15%
• Netherlands — 181st of 217: 14.93%
• Switzerland — 182nd of 217: 14.88%
• Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 183rd of 217: 14.81%

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

Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) in nearby economies

• Bermuda — 13.35% (2025)
• United States — 17.1% (2025)

More health data for Canada

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.57% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.87% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 3.05 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 14.53% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 3.19 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 15.44% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 6.24 million (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 4.85% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population) — 5.17% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's population ages 0-14 (% of total population)?

14.98% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 18.77 percentage points from 33.75% in 1960. The highest value was 33.95% in 1962 and the lowest 14.98% in 2025.

How does Canada rank?

180th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in population ages 0-14 (% of total population) unusual for Canada?

In 2025, Canada's population ages 0-14 (% of total population) fell 0.13 percentage points on 2024 (from 15.11% to 14.98%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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