Female population aged 0-14 years (2026)

India leads the world in female population aged 0-14 years at 168.6K thousands in 2026, followed by China (98K thousands) and Nigeria (47.8K thousands). Pakistan (45.4K thousands) and Indonesia (33.4K thousands) close out the top 5. Next up, United States of America (28.7K thousands) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (26.6K thousands). Ethiopia (26.2K thousands), Bangladesh (23.6K thousands), and Brazil (20K thousands) round out the top ten. The gap across this list is wide — India has 8.4× the value of Brazil (20K thousands). Five of the top ten are in Asia, with three from Southern. Among these countries, China saw the largest year-over-year change at -3.9%.