Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Colombia

Children under 15 in Colombia in 2025 — 10,681,345 people. Ranked 41 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 46.3%.

2025 10.68M people −0.37% vs 2024
World rank 41of 217
Period maximum 12.82M people2004
Period minimum 7.3M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Colombia, 1960–20256M8M10M12M14M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7,301,458 people1962: 7,818,164 people1964: 8,336,057 people1966: 8,810,241 people1968: 9,231,438 people1970: 9,577,387 people1972: 9,842,578 people1974: 10,043,652 people1976: 10,208,406 people1978: 10,360,468 people1980: 10,510,198 people1982: 10,696,842 people1984: 10,914,677 people1986: 11,124,470 people1988: 11,366,285 people1990: 11,635,475 people1992: 11,909,997 people1994: 12,196,610 people1996: 12,413,780 people1998: 12,565,916 people2000: 12,697,105 people2002: 12,785,004 people2004: 12,820,849 people2006: 12,745,011 people2008: 12,550,566 people2010: 12,295,613 people2012: 12,006,615 people2014: 11,670,862 people2016: 11,345,086 people2018: 11,120,681 people2020: 10,968,840 people2022: 10,840,797 people2024: 10,721,183 people2025: 10,681,345 people
Change over the period: +3.38M (+46.29%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Colombia 10.68M people
World 2.01B people
South America computed 91.21M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 10.68M −39,838 −0.37%
2024 10.72M −55,847 −0.52%
2023 10.78M −63,767 −0.59%
2022 10.84M −61,490 −0.56%
2021 10.9M −66,553 −0.61%
2020 10.97M −72,176 −0.65%
2019 11.04M −79,665 −0.72%
2018 11.12M −96,538 −0.86%
2017 11.22M −127,867 −1.13%
2016 11.35M −157,611 −1.37%
2015 11.5M −168,165 −1.44%
2014 11.67M −171,018 −1.44%
2013 11.84M −164,735 −1.37%
2012 12.01M −150,562 −1.24%
2011 12.16M −138,436 −1.13%
2010 12.3M −130,654 −1.05%
2009 12.43M −124,299 −0.99%
2008 12.55M −108,972 −0.86%
2007 12.66M −85,473 −0.67%
2006 12.75M −55,106 −0.43%
2005 12.8M −20,732 −0.16%
2004 12.82M +8,210 +0.06%
2003 12.81M +27,635 +0.22%
2002 12.79M +38,341 +0.3%
2001 12.75M +49,558 +0.39%
2000 12.7M +60,905 +0.48%
1999 12.64M +70,284 +0.56%
1998 12.57M +74,374 +0.6%
1997 12.49M +77,762 +0.63%
1996 12.41M +94,756 +0.77%
1995 12.32M +122,414 +1%
1994 12.2M +142,564 +1.18%
1993 12.05M +144,049 +1.21%
1992 11.91M +137,434 +1.17%
1991 11.77M +137,088 +1.18%
1990 11.64M +137,512 +1.2%
1989 11.5M +131,678 +1.16%
1988 11.37M +124,584 +1.11%
1987 11.24M +117,231 +1.05%
1986 11.12M +106,173 +0.96%
1985 11.02M +103,620 +0.95%
1984 10.91M +109,762 +1.02%
1983 10.8M +108,073 +1.01%
1982 10.7M +98,659 +0.93%
1981 10.6M +87,985 +0.84%
1980 10.51M +78,243 +0.75%
1979 10.43M +71,487 +0.69%
1978 10.36M +74,089 +0.72%
1977 10.29M +77,973 +0.76%
1976 10.21M +79,725 +0.79%
1975 10.13M +85,029 +0.85%
1974 10.04M +94,107 +0.95%
1973 9.95M +106,967 +1.09%
1972 9.84M +122,920 +1.26%
1971 9.72M +142,271 +1.49%
1970 9.58M +163,010 +1.73%
1969 9.41M +182,939 +1.98%
1968 9.23M +202,131 +2.24%
1967 9.03M +219,066 +2.49%
1966 8.81M +232,501 +2.71%
1965 8.58M +241,683 +2.9%
1964 8.34M +254,741 +3.15%
1963 8.08M +263,152 +3.37%
1962 7.82M +260,213 +3.44%
1961 7.56M +256,493 +3.51%
1960 7.3M

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.