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Children under 15 in Liberia
1960 – 2025 · 66 data points
4 of 42 · Countries
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
39.1%
−0.4 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
4 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−3.3 pp
vs World
+14.7 pp
World: 24.4% · 2025
Children under 15, 1960 – 2025 percent · Liberia · World
−3.3 pp since 2015
0%
20%
40%
60%
1960
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Liberia
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
Compared with Children under 15 · percent
Liberia
39.1%
World
24.4%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Liberia · 1960 – 2025
Latest value
39.1% · 2025
First value
41.1% · 1960
Highest
44.3% · 1986
Lowest
39.1% · 2025
Data points
66
By year
All years · 1960 – 2025
| Year | Liberia | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.1% | −0.4 pp | 24.4% |
| 2024 | 39.5% | −0.5 pp | 24.7% |
| 2023 | 40.0% | −0.5 pp | 25.0% |
| 2022 | 40.5% | −0.5 pp | 25.3% |
| 2021 | 41.0% | −0.4 pp | 25.6% |
| 2020 | 41.4% | −0.3 pp | 25.8% |
| 2019 | 41.7% | −0.2 pp | 26.0% |
| 2018 | 42.0% | −0.2 pp | 26.2% |
| 2017 | 42.1% | −0.1 pp | 26.4% |
| 2016 | 42.3% | −0.1 pp | 26.5% |
| 2015 | 42.4% | −0.1 pp | 26.6% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | +0.0 pp | 26.8% |
| 2013 | 42.5% | +0.1 pp | 26.9% |
| 2012 | 42.4% | −0.3 pp | 27.0% |
| 2011 | 42.7% | −0.4 pp | 27.1% |
| 2010 | 43.1% | −0.0 pp | 27.3% |
| 2009 | 43.1% | −0.0 pp | 27.5% |
| 2008 | 43.2% | −0.0 pp | 27.6% |
| 2007 | 43.2% | +0.1 pp | 27.9% |
| 2006 | 43.1% | +0.1 pp | 28.1% |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +0.0 pp | 28.5% |
| 2004 | 42.9% | +0.0 pp | 28.8% |
| 2003 | 42.9% | −0.0 pp | 29.2% |
| 2002 | 42.9% | −0.0 pp | 29.6% |
| 2001 | 43.0% | −0.1 pp | 30.0% |
| 2000 | 43.0% | −0.1 pp | 30.4% |
| 1999 | 43.1% | −0.1 pp | 30.8% |
| 1998 | 43.2% | −0.1 pp | 31.1% |
| 1997 | 43.3% | −0.1 pp | 31.5% |
| 1996 | 43.4% | −0.1 pp | 31.8% |
| 1995 | 43.6% | −0.2 pp | 32.1% |
| 1994 | 43.8% | −0.2 pp | 32.3% |
| 1993 | 43.9% | −0.1 pp | 32.5% |
| 1992 | 44.1% | −0.1 pp | 32.7% |
| 1991 | 44.2% | +0.1 pp | 32.9% |
| 1990 | 44.1% | +0.0 pp | 33.0% |
| 1989 | 44.1% | −0.1 pp | 33.2% |
| 1988 | 44.2% | −0.1 pp | 33.3% |
| 1987 | 44.3% | −0.0 pp | 33.6% |
| 1986 | 44.3% | +0.0 pp | 33.8% |
| 1985 | 44.2% | +0.0 pp | 34.0% |
| 1984 | 44.2% | −0.0 pp | 34.3% |
| 1983 | 44.2% | +0.0 pp | 34.6% |
| 1982 | 44.2% | +0.1 pp | 34.9% |
| 1981 | 44.1% | +0.1 pp | 35.2% |
| 1980 | 44.0% | +0.1 pp | 35.5% |
| 1979 | 43.9% | +0.1 pp | 35.8% |
| 1978 | 43.8% | +0.1 pp | 36.3% |
| 1977 | 43.7% | +0.1 pp | 36.7% |
| 1976 | 43.6% | +0.1 pp | 36.9% |
| 1975 | 43.5% | +0.1 pp | 37.1% |
| 1974 | 43.4% | +0.1 pp | 37.2% |
| 1973 | 43.3% | +0.1 pp | 37.3% |
| 1972 | 43.2% | +0.1 pp | 37.5% |
| 1971 | 43.0% | +0.1 pp | 37.6% |
| 1970 | 42.9% | +0.1 pp | 37.7% |
| 1969 | 42.8% | +0.2 pp | 37.8% |
| 1968 | 42.6% | +0.2 pp | 37.9% |
| 1967 | 42.4% | +0.2 pp | 38.0% |
| 1966 | 42.2% | +0.2 pp | 38.0% |
| 1965 | 42.0% | +0.3 pp | 38.0% |
| 1964 | 41.7% | +0.3 pp | 38.0% |
| 1963 | 41.4% | +0.2 pp | 37.8% |
| 1962 | 41.2% | +0.1 pp | 37.6% |
| 1961 | 41.1% | +0.0 pp | 37.5% |
| 1960 | 41.1% | 37.4% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Children under 15 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Hong Kong SAR China | 11.5% | |
| 41 | Germany | 13.3% | |
| 40 | South Korea | 13.4% | |
| 39 | Italy | 13.6% | |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 14.0% | |
| 37 | Greece | 14.4% | |
| 36 | Lithuania | 14.7% | |
| 35 | Spain | 14.9% | |
| 34 | Poland | 15.1% | |
| 33 | Czechia | 15.4% | |
| 32 | Romania | 15.7% | |
| 31 | Canada | 16.2% | |
| 30 | Finland | 16.3% | |
| 29 | Netherlands | 16.4% | |
| 28 | Russia | 17.2% | |
| 27 | Norway | 17.9% | |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 18.0% | |
| 25 | France | 18.1% | |
| 24 | China | 18.3% | |
| 23 | United States | 19.1% | |
| 22 | Chile | 19.7% | |
| 21 | Brazil | 22.0% | |
| 20 | Türkiye | 23.6% | |
| 19 | Colombia | 23.9% | |
| 18 | Argentina | 24.7% | |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 24.9% | |
| 16 | Lebanon | 26.4% | |
| 15 | Indonesia | 26.8% | |
| 14 | Mexico | 27.6% | |
| 13 | India | 28.4% | |
| 12 | Ecuador | 28.5% | |
| 11 | Algeria | 29.5% | |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 30.6% | |
| 9 | Philippines | 32.9% | |
| 8 | Egypt | 34.1% | |
| 7 | Honduras | 34.3% | |
| 6 | Gabon | 36.6% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 41.4% | |
| 4 | Yemen | 41.7% | |
| 3 | Congo - Brazzaville | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Liberia | 42.3% | |
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 45.9% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016
What it means
The share of residents who are children.
How it is calculated
Residents aged 0–14 divided by the total population.
People
Liberia in numbers
Population
5.7M
2025
Population growth
2.09%
2025
Population density
58.3
2024
Median age
18.4
2023
Residents 65 and over
3.3%
2025
Life expectancy
62.3
2024
Births per woman
3.86
2024
Birth rate
30.6
2024
Infant mortality
63.2
2024
Net migration
-0.9
2023
Born abroad
1.3%
2024
Urban population
56.1%
2025