Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Cameroon

Children under 15 in Cameroon in 2025 — 12,285,606 people. Ranked 35 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 502.2%.

2025 12.29M people +1.79% vs 2024
World rank 35of 217
Period maximum 12.29M people2025
Period minimum 2.04M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Cameroon, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,040,004 people1962: 2,145,573 people1964: 2,268,827 people1966: 2,400,204 people1968: 2,545,784 people1970: 2,711,139 people1972: 2,894,361 people1974: 3,093,166 people1976: 3,306,087 people1978: 3,535,484 people1980: 3,790,015 people1982: 4,066,052 people1984: 4,333,732 people1986: 4,619,586 people1988: 4,923,122 people1990: 5,232,169 people1992: 5,544,036 people1994: 5,847,635 people1996: 6,132,255 people1998: 6,401,942 people2000: 6,696,610 people2002: 6,998,512 people2004: 7,338,418 people2006: 7,720,970 people2008: 8,139,348 people2010: 8,595,287 people2012: 9,074,575 people2014: 9,565,306 people2016: 10,095,747 people2018: 10,641,249 people2020: 11,150,960 people2022: 11,621,846 people2024: 12,069,528 people2025: 12,285,606 people
Change over the period: +10.25M (+502.23%) Average annual rate: 2.8 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 12.29M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Middle Africa computed 98.02M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 12.29M +216,078 +1.79%
2024 12.07M +220,937 +1.86%
2023 11.85M +226,745 +1.95%
2022 11.62M +232,225 +2.04%
2021 11.39M +238,661 +2.14%
2020 11.15M +248,705 +2.28%
2019 10.9M +261,006 +2.45%
2018 10.64M +270,304 +2.61%
2017 10.37M +275,198 +2.73%
2016 10.1M +271,164 +2.76%
2015 9.82M +259,277 +2.71%
2014 9.57M +247,762 +2.66%
2013 9.32M +242,969 +2.68%
2012 9.07M +241,788 +2.74%
2011 8.83M +237,500 +2.76%
2010 8.6M +231,914 +2.77%
2009 8.36M +224,025 +2.75%
2008 8.14M +214,441 +2.71%
2007 7.92M +203,937 +2.64%
2006 7.72M +195,141 +2.59%
2005 7.53M +187,411 +2.55%
2004 7.34M +176,252 +2.46%
2003 7.16M +163,654 +2.34%
2002 7M +153,150 +2.24%
2001 6.85M +148,752 +2.22%
2000 6.7M +148,946 +2.27%
1999 6.55M +145,722 +2.28%
1998 6.4M +136,889 +2.18%
1997 6.27M +132,798 +2.17%
1996 6.13M +138,837 +2.32%
1995 5.99M +145,783 +2.49%
1994 5.85M +150,280 +2.64%
1993 5.7M +153,319 +2.77%
1992 5.54M +155,313 +2.88%
1991 5.39M +156,554 +2.99%
1990 5.23M +155,421 +3.06%
1989 5.08M +153,626 +3.12%
1988 4.92M +153,026 +3.21%
1987 4.77M +150,510 +3.26%
1986 4.62M +145,447 +3.25%
1985 4.47M +140,407 +3.24%
1984 4.33M +136,080 +3.24%
1983 4.2M +131,600 +3.24%
1982 4.07M +135,726 +3.45%
1981 3.93M +140,311 +3.7%
1980 3.79M +131,681 +3.6%
1979 3.66M +122,850 +3.47%
1978 3.54M +117,503 +3.44%
1977 3.42M +111,894 +3.38%
1976 3.31M +108,013 +3.38%
1975 3.2M +104,908 +3.39%
1974 3.09M +101,289 +3.39%
1973 2.99M +97,516 +3.37%
1972 2.89M +93,752 +3.35%
1971 2.8M +89,470 +3.3%
1970 2.71M +85,042 +3.24%
1969 2.63M +80,313 +3.15%
1968 2.55M +75,133 +3.04%
1967 2.47M +70,447 +2.94%
1966 2.4M +66,578 +2.85%
1965 2.33M +64,799 +2.86%
1964 2.27M +63,519 +2.88%
1963 2.21M +59,735 +2.78%
1962 2.15M +54,800 +2.62%
1961 2.09M +50,769 +2.49%
1960 2.04M

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.