Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Euro area

Children under 15 in the Euro area in 2025 — 50,152,821 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 28.3%.

2025 50.15M people −1.07% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 74.84M people1972
Period minimum 50.15M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Euro area, 1960–202550M60M70M80M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69,965,688 people1962: 71,241,167 people1964: 72,292,828 people1966: 73,401,150 people1968: 74,336,626 people1970: 74,764,239 people1972: 74,836,719 people1974: 74,277,858 people1976: 73,055,011 people1978: 71,321,298 people1980: 69,239,774 people1982: 67,100,887 people1984: 64,788,354 people1986: 62,652,098 people1988: 60,979,228 people1990: 59,946,998 people1992: 58,814,302 people1994: 57,868,077 people1996: 56,679,480 people1998: 55,651,458 people2000: 55,009,620 people2002: 54,473,829 people2004: 54,010,008 people2006: 53,571,633 people2008: 53,530,050 people2010: 53,767,334 people2012: 53,504,533 people2014: 53,150,732 people2016: 53,012,676 people2018: 52,803,862 people2020: 52,315,818 people2022: 51,610,019 people2024: 50,693,849 people2025: 50,152,821 people
Change over the period: −19.81M (−28.32%) Average annual rate: -0.51 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Euro area 50.15M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 50.15M −541,028 −1.07%
2024 50.69M −504,376 −0.99%
2023 51.2M −411,794 −0.8%
2022 51.61M −336,580 −0.65%
2021 51.95M −369,219 −0.71%
2020 52.32M −290,317 −0.55%
2019 52.61M −197,727 −0.37%
2018 52.8M −132,020 −0.25%
2017 52.94M −76,794 −0.14%
2016 53.01M −58,438 −0.11%
2015 53.07M −79,618 −0.15%
2014 53.15M −153,891 −0.29%
2013 53.3M −199,910 −0.37%
2012 53.5M −88,951 −0.17%
2011 53.59M −173,850 −0.32%
2010 53.77M +104,188 +0.19%
2009 53.66M +133,096 +0.25%
2008 53.53M +57,919 +0.11%
2007 53.47M −99,502 −0.19%
2006 53.57M −214,181 −0.4%
2005 53.79M −224,194 −0.42%
2004 54.01M −246,441 −0.45%
2003 54.26M −217,380 −0.4%
2002 54.47M −232,457 −0.42%
2001 54.71M −303,334 −0.55%
2000 55.01M −256,449 −0.46%
1999 55.27M −385,389 −0.69%
1998 55.65M −501,020 −0.89%
1997 56.15M −527,002 −0.93%
1996 56.68M −575,365 −1%
1995 57.25M −613,232 −1.06%
1994 57.87M −544,157 −0.93%
1993 58.41M −402,068 −0.68%
1992 58.81M −552,792 −0.93%
1991 59.37M −579,904 −0.97%
1990 59.95M −480,101 −0.79%
1989 60.43M −552,129 −0.91%
1988 60.98M −733,485 −1.19%
1987 61.71M −939,385 −1.5%
1986 62.65M −1.02M −1.6%
1985 63.67M −1.12M −1.73%
1984 64.79M −1.18M −1.79%
1983 65.97M −1.13M −1.68%
1982 67.1M −1.13M −1.66%
1981 68.23M −1.01M −1.46%
1980 69.24M −1.01M −1.43%
1979 70.25M −1.07M −1.51%
1978 71.32M −929,744 −1.29%
1977 72.25M −803,969 −1.1%
1976 73.06M −693,334 −0.94%
1975 73.75M −529,513 −0.71%
1974 74.28M −368,328 −0.49%
1973 74.65M −190,533 −0.25%
1972 74.84M +962 +0%
1971 74.84M +71,518 +0.1%
1970 74.76M +88,626 +0.12%
1969 74.68M +338,987 +0.46%
1968 74.34M +428,948 +0.58%
1967 73.91M +506,528 +0.69%
1966 73.4M +571,298 +0.78%
1965 72.83M +537,024 +0.74%
1964 72.29M +577,436 +0.81%
1963 71.72M +474,225 +0.67%
1962 71.24M +474,716 +0.67%
1961 70.77M +800,763 +1.14%
1960 69.97M

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.