Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — BRICS

Children under 15 in BRICS in 2025 — 744,722,883 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 31.6%.

2025 745M people −1.75% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 884M people1996
Period minimum 566M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — BRICS, 1960–2025500M600M700M800M900M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 565,976,844 people1962: 581,442,753 people1964: 620,605,215 people1966: 652,172,314 people1968: 677,697,891 people1970: 706,163,216 people1972: 733,024,084 people1974: 759,107,468 people1976: 785,546,537 people1978: 793,238,737 people1980: 794,453,034 people1982: 803,526,595 people1984: 811,150,005 people1986: 820,024,406 people1988: 835,957,759 people1990: 854,816,598 people1992: 871,091,326 people1994: 881,060,066 people1996: 884,176,506 people1998: 879,182,014 people2000: 870,475,185 people2002: 854,595,956 people2004: 835,934,721 people2006: 818,605,582 people2008: 812,055,158 people2010: 809,872,094 people2012: 810,825,939 people2014: 813,712,256 people2016: 813,692,600 people2018: 811,963,975 people2020: 801,621,721 people2022: 782,438,161 people2024: 757,954,232 people2025: 744,722,883 people
Change over the period: +179M (+31.58%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2025

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

BRICS 745M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 745M −13.23M −1.75%
2024 758M −12.71M −1.65%
2023 771M −11.78M −1.5%
2022 782M −10.34M −1.3%
2021 793M −8.84M −1.1%
2020 802M −6.44M −0.8%
2019 808M −3.9M −0.48%
2018 812M −1.79M −0.22%
2017 814M +64,757 +0.01%
2016 814M −178,379 −0.02%
2015 814M +158,723 +0.02%
2014 814M +1.2M +0.15%
2013 813M +1.69M +0.21%
2012 811M +1.27M +0.16%
2011 810M −316,922 −0.04%
2010 810M −880,162 −0.11%
2009 811M −1.3M −0.16%
2008 812M −2.48M −0.3%
2007 815M −4.07M −0.5%
2006 819M −7.55M −0.91%
2005 826M −9.78M −1.17%
2004 836M −9.2M −1.09%
2003 845M −9.46M −1.11%
2002 855M −9.08M −1.05%
2001 864M −6.8M −0.78%
2000 870M −5.07M −0.58%
1999 876M −3.63M −0.41%
1998 879M −3.07M −0.35%
1997 882M −1.92M −0.22%
1996 884M +604,248 +0.07%
1995 884M +2.51M +0.29%
1994 881M +4.25M +0.48%
1993 877M +5.72M +0.66%
1992 871M +6.95M +0.8%
1991 864M +9.32M +1.09%
1990 855M +10.21M +1.21%
1989 845M +8.65M +1.03%
1988 836M +8.25M +1%
1987 828M +7.69M +0.94%
1986 820M +5.27M +0.65%
1985 815M +3.6M +0.44%
1984 811M +2.72M +0.34%
1983 808M +4.9M +0.61%
1982 804M +6M +0.75%
1981 798M +3.08M +0.39%
1980 794M +1.75M +0.22%
1979 793M −531,922 −0.07%
1978 793M +67,789 +0.01%
1977 793M +7.62M +0.97%
1976 786M +12.77M +1.65%
1975 773M +13.67M +1.8%
1974 759M +13.93M +1.87%
1973 745M +12.16M +1.66%
1972 733M +12.55M +1.74%
1971 720M +14.31M +2.03%
1970 706M +13.96M +2.02%
1969 692M +14.51M +2.14%
1968 678M +12.86M +1.93%
1967 665M +12.66M +1.94%
1966 652M +15.46M +2.43%
1965 637M +16.11M +2.6%
1964 621M +19.14M +3.18%
1963 601M +20.03M +3.44%
1962 581M +11.3M +1.98%
1961 570M +4.16M +0.74%
1960 566M

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.