Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Germany

Children under 15 in Germany in 2025 — 11,593,513 people. Ranked 38 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 25.2%.

2025 11.59M people −0.2% vs 2024
World rank 38of 217
Period maximum 18.12M people1969
Period minimum 10.67M people2013

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Germany, 1960–202510M12M14M16M18M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 15,498,034 people1962: 16,310,351 people1964: 17,031,389 people1966: 17,584,323 people1968: 17,982,314 people1970: 18,103,237 people1972: 17,917,148 people1974: 17,339,997 people1976: 16,386,898 people1978: 15,377,059 people1980: 14,451,564 people1982: 13,616,142 people1984: 12,757,002 people1986: 12,260,854 people1988: 12,247,071 people1990: 12,778,230 people1992: 13,158,880 people1994: 13,297,791 people1996: 13,231,540 people1998: 13,074,318 people2000: 12,869,059 people2002: 12,589,860 people2004: 12,174,459 people2006: 11,706,428 people2008: 11,366,534 people2010: 11,200,096 people2012: 10,769,667 people2014: 10,672,795 people2016: 10,974,190 people2018: 11,244,193 people2020: 11,444,371 people2022: 11,572,139 people2024: 11,617,292 people2025: 11,593,513 people
Change over the period: −3.9M (−25.19%) Average annual rate: -0.45 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Germany 11.59M people
World 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia 160M people
Western Europe computed 30.09M people
High-income countries computed 216M people
Children under 15 — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.59M −23,779 −0.2%
2024 11.62M +27,393 +0.24%
2023 11.59M +17,760 +0.15%
2022 11.57M +43,050 +0.37%
2021 11.53M +84,718 +0.74%
2020 11.44M +91,714 +0.81%
2019 11.35M +108,464 +0.96%
2018 11.24M +121,025 +1.09%
2017 11.12M +148,978 +1.36%
2016 10.97M +183,298 +1.7%
2015 10.79M +118,097 +1.11%
2014 10.67M +1,321 +0.01%
2013 10.67M −98,193 −0.91%
2012 10.77M −130,880 −1.2%
2011 10.9M −299,549 −2.67%
2010 11.2M −67,358 −0.6%
2009 11.27M −99,080 −0.87%
2008 11.37M −138,680 −1.21%
2007 11.51M −201,214 −1.72%
2006 11.71M −246,019 −2.06%
2005 11.95M −222,012 −1.82%
2004 12.17M −216,696 −1.75%
2003 12.39M −198,705 −1.58%
2002 12.59M −157,983 −1.24%
2001 12.75M −121,216 −0.94%
2000 12.87M −81,528 −0.63%
1999 12.95M −123,731 −0.95%
1998 13.07M −115,766 −0.88%
1997 13.19M −41,456 −0.31%
1996 13.23M −41,845 −0.32%
1995 13.27M −24,406 −0.18%
1994 13.3M +33,469 +0.25%
1993 13.26M +105,442 +0.8%
1992 13.16M +150,176 +1.15%
1991 13.01M +230,474 +1.8%
1990 12.78M +287,976 +2.31%
1989 12.49M +243,183 +1.99%
1988 12.25M +75,729 +0.62%
1987 12.17M −89,512 −0.73%
1986 12.26M −177,155 −1.42%
1985 12.44M −318,993 −2.5%
1984 12.76M −420,975 −3.19%
1983 13.18M −438,165 −3.22%
1982 13.62M −429,314 −3.06%
1981 14.05M −406,108 −2.81%
1980 14.45M −434,129 −2.92%
1979 14.89M −491,366 −3.2%
1978 15.38M −502,090 −3.16%
1977 15.88M −507,749 −3.1%
1976 16.39M −511,320 −3.03%
1975 16.9M −441,779 −2.55%
1974 17.34M −336,374 −1.9%
1973 17.68M −240,777 −1.34%
1972 17.92M −108,572 −0.6%
1971 18.03M −77,517 −0.43%
1970 18.1M −13,266 −0.07%
1969 18.12M +134,189 +0.75%
1968 17.98M +175,400 +0.99%
1967 17.81M +222,591 +1.27%
1966 17.58M +266,630 +1.54%
1965 17.32M +286,304 +1.68%
1964 17.03M +340,986 +2.04%
1963 16.69M +380,052 +2.33%
1962 16.31M +382,200 +2.4%
1961 15.93M +430,117 +2.78%
1960 15.5M

Western Europe, 2025

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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.