Countries in Europe by children under 15

Countries in Europe by children under 15, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	% under 15	Region
1	Moldova	19.5%	Eastern Europe
2	Ireland	18.1%	Northern Europe
3	Montenegro	17.9%	Southern Europe
4	Iceland	17.5%	Northern Europe
=5	Russia	17.0%	Eastern Europe
=5	United Kingdom	17.0%	Northern Europe
7	Sweden	16.7%	Northern Europe
8	Albania	16.6%	Southern Europe
9	North Macedonia	16.5%	Southern Europe
10	France	16.2%	Western Europe
=11	Belarus	15.9%	Eastern Europe
=11	Norway	15.9%	Northern Europe
=13	Belgium	15.7%	Western Europe
=13	Luxembourg	15.7%	Western Europe
=15	Denmark	15.6%	Northern Europe
=15	Romania	15.6%	Eastern Europe
=15	Slovakia	15.6%	Eastern Europe
18	Estonia	15.3%	Northern Europe
19	Latvia	15.2%	Northern Europe
20	Czechia	15.1%	Eastern Europe
=21	Netherlands	14.9%	Western Europe
=21	Switzerland	14.9%	Western Europe
=23	Lithuania	14.5%	Northern Europe
=23	Poland	14.5%	Eastern Europe
=23	Slovenia	14.5%	Southern Europe
=26	Bulgaria	14.4%	Eastern Europe
=26	Hungary	14.4%	Eastern Europe
=28	Finland	14.3%	Northern Europe
=28	Serbia	14.3%	Southern Europe
30	Liechtenstein	14.2%	Western Europe
31	Austria	14.1%	Western Europe
32	Germany	13.9%	Western Europe
33	Monaco	13.8%	Western Europe
=34	Croatia	13.7%	Southern Europe
=34	Ukraine	13.7%	Eastern Europe
=36	Greece	12.9%	Southern Europe
=36	Malta	12.9%	Southern Europe
38	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.8%	Southern Europe
39	Portugal	12.7%	Southern Europe
40	Spain	12.6%	Southern Europe
41	San Marino	11.9%	Southern Europe
42	Italy	11.7%	Southern Europe
43	Andorra	11.6%	Southern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	% under 15	Status
Faroe Islands	19.9%	Territory of Denmark
Isle of Man	13.9%	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in Europe has the largest share of children?

Moldova has the largest share of children in Europe: 19.5% under 15 (2025). Next come Ireland (18.1% under 15) and Montenegro (17.9% under 15).

Which country in Europe has the smallest share of children?

Andorra, with 11.6% under 15 (2025).

What is the typical children under 15 of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 14.9% under 15: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

The share of the population aged 0 to 14. Source: World Bank, 2025. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.