| Indicator | Children as percentage of total population |
| Time | 2006 |
  |
| Country | | |
| Algeria | | 35.43 |
| Angola | | 55.68 |
| Benin | | 51 |
| Botswana | | 43.56 |
| Burkina Faso | | 55.68 |
| Burundi | | 54.47 |
| Cameroon | | 50.82 |
| Cape Verde | | 48 |
| Central African Republic | | 49 |
| Chad | | 55.28 |
| Comoros | | 56.43 |
| Congo | | 48.32 |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | | 52.11 |
| Côte d''Ivoire | | 46.59 |
| Djibouti | | 46 |
| Egypt | | 38.81 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | 48.2 |
| Eritrea | | 50.65 |
| Ethiopia | | 55.21 |
| Gabon | | 39.57 |
| Gambia | | 52.27 |
| Ghana | | 46.25 |
| Guinea | | 46.69 |
| Guinea-Bissau | | 63.5 |
| Kenya | | 52.32 |
| Lesotho | | 52.89 |
| Liberia | | 56.53 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | | 36.51 |
| Madagascar | | 54.01 |
| Malawi | | 56.92 |
| Mali | | 46.96 |
| Mauritania | | 44.22 |
| Mauritius | | 27.69 |
| Morocco | | 35.13 |
| Mozambique | | 53.64 |
| Namibia | | 44.86 |
| Niger | | 51.77 |
| Nigeria | | 54.8 |
| Rwanda | | 53.23 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | 37.5 |
| Senegal | | 49.48 |
| Seychelles | | 44 |
| Sierra Leone | | 49.6 |
| South Africa | | 38.79 |
| Sudan | | 42.95 |
| Swaziland | | 48.73 |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | | 53.22 |
| Togo | | 50.67 |
| Tunisia | | 31.93 |
| Uganda | | 60.75 |
| Zambia | | 51.8 |
| Zimbabwe | | 47.32 |
| Africa | | 48.97 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | | 51.48 |