Which country in North America has the largest share of children?

Guatemala has the largest share of children in North America: 31.0% under 15 (2025). Next come Haiti (30.8% under 15) and Honduras (30.3% under 15).

Which country in North America has the smallest share of children?

Cuba, with 15.0% under 15 (2025).

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

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 18.3% 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.

Countries in North America by children under 15

The share of the population aged 0 to 14. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2025

See it on the map

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Highest

31.0%

Guatemala

Median country

18.3%

half above, half below

Lowest

15.0%

Cuba

Countries in North America by children under 15, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	% under 15	Region
1	Guatemala	31.0%	Central America
2	Haiti	30.8%	Caribbean
3	Honduras	30.3%	Central America
4	Nicaragua	28.3%	Central America
5	Belize	26.3%	Central America
6	Dominican Republic	26.2%	Caribbean
7	Panama	24.5%	Central America
8	El Salvador	24.4%	Central America
9	Mexico	24.1%	Central America
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.9%	Caribbean
11	Grenada	19.0%	Caribbean
=12	Costa Rica	18.3%	Central America
=12	Jamaica	18.3%	Caribbean
=12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18.3%	Caribbean
15	Dominica	17.6%	Caribbean
=16	Antigua and Barbuda	17.5%	Caribbean
=16	Bahamas	17.5%	Caribbean
=16	Trinidad and Tobago	17.5%	Caribbean
19	Saint Lucia	17.2%	Caribbean
=20	Barbados	17.1%	Caribbean
=20	United States	17.1%	Northern America
=22	Canada	15.0%	Northern America
=22	Cuba	15.0%	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	% under 15	Status
Saint Martin	21.1%	Territory of France
Greenland	20.7%	Territory of Denmark
Aruba	16.5%	Territory of Netherlands
US Virgin Islands	16.5%	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	16.1%	Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands	16.0%	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	14.8%	Territory of Netherlands
Curaçao	14.6%	Territory of Netherlands
British Virgin Islands	14.1%	Territory of United Kingdom
Bermuda	13.4%	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	11.2%	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in North America has the largest share of children?: Guatemala has the largest share of children in North America: 31.0% under 15 (2025). Next come Haiti (30.8% under 15) and Honduras (30.3% under 15).
Which country in North America has the smallest share of children?: Cuba, with 15.0% under 15 (2025).
What is the typical children under 15 of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 18.3% 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.