Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Ecuador

Children under 15 in Ecuador in 2025 — 4,371,098 people. Ranked 75 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 116.9%.

2025 4.37M people −1.44% vs 2024
World rank 75of 217
Period maximum 4.75M people2013
Period minimum 2.02M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Ecuador, 1960–20252M3M4M5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,015,404 people1962: 2,152,227 people1964: 2,287,085 people1966: 2,425,280 people1968: 2,571,619 people1970: 2,723,123 people1972: 2,877,189 people1974: 3,030,261 people1976: 3,179,970 people1978: 3,324,525 people1980: 3,463,214 people1982: 3,596,945 people1984: 3,726,662 people1986: 3,847,161 people1988: 3,952,745 people1990: 4,056,497 people1992: 4,160,233 people1994: 4,255,407 people1996: 4,343,196 people1998: 4,423,479 people2000: 4,490,439 people2002: 4,554,934 people2004: 4,612,254 people2006: 4,652,625 people2008: 4,684,808 people2010: 4,723,942 people2012: 4,752,130 people2014: 4,741,334 people2016: 4,704,312 people2018: 4,671,821 people2020: 4,631,084 people2022: 4,548,078 people2024: 4,435,185 people2025: 4,371,098 people
Change over the period: +2.36M (+116.88%) Average annual rate: 1.2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Ecuador 4.37M people
World 2.01B people
South America computed 91.21M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.37M −64,087 −1.44%
2024 4.44M −60,679 −1.35%
2023 4.5M −52,214 −1.15%
2022 4.55M −45,231 −0.98%
2021 4.59M −37,775 −0.82%
2020 4.63M −26,303 −0.56%
2019 4.66M −14,434 −0.31%
2018 4.67M −12,694 −0.27%
2017 4.68M −19,797 −0.42%
2016 4.7M −20,707 −0.44%
2015 4.73M −16,315 −0.34%
2014 4.74M −11,134 −0.23%
2013 4.75M +338 +0.01%
2012 4.75M +12,113 +0.26%
2011 4.74M +16,075 +0.34%
2010 4.72M +19,044 +0.4%
2009 4.7M +20,090 +0.43%
2008 4.68M +16,485 +0.35%
2007 4.67M +15,698 +0.34%
2006 4.65M +18,395 +0.4%
2005 4.63M +21,976 +0.48%
2004 4.61M +26,563 +0.58%
2003 4.59M +30,757 +0.68%
2002 4.55M +32,209 +0.71%
2001 4.52M +32,286 +0.72%
2000 4.49M +32,339 +0.73%
1999 4.46M +34,621 +0.78%
1998 4.42M +38,448 +0.88%
1997 4.39M +41,835 +0.96%
1996 4.34M +43,732 +1.02%
1995 4.3M +44,057 +1.04%
1994 4.26M +45,800 +1.09%
1993 4.21M +49,374 +1.19%
1992 4.16M +51,696 +1.26%
1991 4.11M +52,040 +1.28%
1990 4.06M +52,184 +1.3%
1989 4M +51,568 +1.3%
1988 3.95M +51,560 +1.32%
1987 3.9M +54,024 +1.4%
1986 3.85M +58,011 +1.53%
1985 3.79M +62,488 +1.68%
1984 3.73M +64,711 +1.77%
1983 3.66M +65,006 +1.81%
1982 3.6M +66,179 +1.87%
1981 3.53M +67,552 +1.95%
1980 3.46M +68,713 +2.02%
1979 3.39M +69,976 +2.1%
1978 3.32M +71,538 +2.2%
1977 3.25M +73,017 +2.3%
1976 3.18M +74,298 +2.39%
1975 3.11M +75,411 +2.49%
1974 3.03M +76,246 +2.58%
1973 2.95M +76,826 +2.67%
1972 2.88M +77,111 +2.75%
1971 2.8M +76,955 +2.83%
1970 2.72M +76,257 +2.88%
1969 2.65M +75,247 +2.93%
1968 2.57M +73,974 +2.96%
1967 2.5M +72,365 +2.98%
1966 2.43M +70,482 +2.99%
1965 2.35M +67,713 +2.96%
1964 2.29M +66,464 +2.99%
1963 2.22M +68,394 +3.18%
1962 2.15M +69,360 +3.33%
1961 2.08M +67,463 +3.35%
1960 2.02M

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.