Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Bangladesh

Children under 15 in Bangladesh in 2025 — 48,569,949 people. Ranked 9 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 122.6%.

2025 48.57M people −0.02% vs 2024
World rank 9of 217
Period maximum 52.01M people2008
Period minimum 21.82M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Bangladesh, 1960–202520M30M40M50M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21,816,549 people1962: 23,336,289 people1964: 25,123,124 people1966: 26,964,146 people1968: 28,862,452 people1970: 30,684,512 people1972: 32,033,327 people1974: 34,057,367 people1976: 35,842,925 people1978: 37,589,704 people1980: 39,455,888 people1982: 41,603,750 people1984: 43,639,505 people1986: 45,403,782 people1988: 46,678,375 people1990: 47,683,136 people1992: 48,457,704 people1994: 49,051,034 people1996: 49,413,530 people1998: 49,766,618 people2000: 50,215,540 people2002: 50,894,836 people2004: 51,526,671 people2006: 51,852,362 people2008: 52,006,995 people2010: 51,825,406 people2012: 51,214,229 people2014: 50,242,811 people2016: 49,153,855 people2018: 48,639,192 people2020: 48,656,232 people2022: 48,732,187 people2024: 48,578,250 people2025: 48,569,949 people
Change over the period: +26.75M (+122.63%) Average annual rate: 1.24 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 48.57M people
World 2.01B people
South Asia 416M people
Southern Asia computed 548M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 48.57M −8,301 −0.02%
2024 48.58M −51,301 −0.11%
2023 48.63M −102,636 −0.21%
2022 48.73M −13,788 −0.03%
2021 48.75M +89,743 +0.18%
2020 48.66M +46,193 +0.1%
2019 48.61M −29,153 −0.06%
2018 48.64M −140,418 −0.29%
2017 48.78M −374,245 −0.76%
2016 49.15M −545,551 −1.1%
2015 49.7M −543,405 −1.08%
2014 50.24M −510,701 −1.01%
2013 50.75M −460,717 −0.9%
2012 51.21M −365,021 −0.71%
2011 51.58M −246,156 −0.47%
2010 51.83M −147,703 −0.28%
2009 51.97M −33,886 −0.07%
2008 52.01M +56,286 +0.11%
2007 51.95M +98,347 +0.19%
2006 51.85M +132,219 +0.26%
2005 51.72M +193,472 +0.38%
2004 51.53M +282,495 +0.55%
2003 51.24M +349,340 +0.69%
2002 50.89M +386,832 +0.77%
2001 50.51M +292,464 +0.58%
2000 50.22M +213,041 +0.43%
1999 50M +235,881 +0.47%
1998 49.77M +202,209 +0.41%
1997 49.56M +150,879 +0.31%
1996 49.41M +146,148 +0.3%
1995 49.27M +216,348 +0.44%
1994 49.05M +268,611 +0.55%
1993 48.78M +324,719 +0.67%
1992 48.46M +367,229 +0.76%
1991 48.09M +407,339 +0.85%
1990 47.68M +482,354 +1.02%
1989 47.2M +522,407 +1.12%
1988 46.68M +576,287 +1.25%
1987 46.1M +698,306 +1.54%
1986 45.4M +835,707 +1.88%
1985 44.57M +928,570 +2.13%
1984 43.64M +987,507 +2.32%
1983 42.65M +1.05M +2.52%
1982 41.6M +1.1M +2.72%
1981 40.5M +1.04M +2.65%
1980 39.46M +952,920 +2.47%
1979 38.5M +913,264 +2.43%
1978 37.59M +881,176 +2.4%
1977 36.71M +865,603 +2.41%
1976 35.84M +861,346 +2.46%
1975 34.98M +924,212 +2.71%
1974 34.06M +1.01M +3.04%
1973 33.05M +1.02M +3.18%
1972 32.03M +734,975 +2.35%
1971 31.3M +613,840 +2%
1970 30.68M +863,734 +2.9%
1969 29.82M +958,326 +3.32%
1968 28.86M +955,700 +3.42%
1967 27.91M +942,606 +3.5%
1966 26.96M +914,262 +3.51%
1965 26.05M +926,760 +3.69%
1964 25.12M +927,104 +3.83%
1963 24.2M +859,731 +3.68%
1962 23.34M +791,092 +3.51%
1961 22.55M +728,648 +3.34%
1960 21.82M

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 0 to 14 inclusive. The absolute number answers a different question than the share — not how young the country is, but how many children are in it, and it is this number that is needed to gauge the load on schools, pediatric care and child nutrition. The world total for the group has almost stopped growing: fertility is falling faster than population is rising.

Important: Estimates of the UN Population Division rather than census counts: values are interpolated for the years between censuses.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.