Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Greenland

Children under 15 in Greenland in 2025 — 11,787 people. Ranked 199 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.4%.

2025 11,787 people −0.31% vs 2024
World rank 199of 217
Period maximum 20,149 people1970
Period minimum 11,630 people2018

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Greenland, 1960–202510,00012,50015,00017,50020,00022,50019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14,265 people1962: 15,579 people1964: 17,028 people1966: 18,526 people1968: 19,348 people1970: 20,149 people1972: 20,052 people1974: 19,233 people1976: 17,630 people1978: 15,801 people1980: 14,699 people1982: 13,720 people1984: 13,162 people1986: 13,123 people1988: 13,697 people1990: 14,370 people1992: 14,775 people1994: 15,221 people1996: 15,419 people1998: 15,377 people2000: 15,138 people2002: 14,804 people2004: 14,417 people2006: 13,779 people2008: 13,104 people2010: 12,710 people2012: 12,338 people2014: 11,975 people2016: 11,757 people2018: 11,630 people2020: 11,766 people2022: 11,787 people2024: 11,824 people2025: 11,787 people
Change over the period: −2,478 (−17.37%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Greenland 11,787 people
World 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia 160M people
Northern Europe computed 18.22M people
High-income countries computed 216M people
Children under 15 — Greenland, by year Greenland All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11,787 −37 −0.31%
2024 11,824 −6 −0.05%
2023 11,830 +43 +0.36%
2022 11,787 −21 −0.18%
2021 11,808 +42 +0.36%
2020 11,766 +57 +0.49%
2019 11,709 +79 +0.68%
2018 11,630 −51 −0.44%
2017 11,681 −76 −0.65%
2016 11,757 −89 −0.75%
2015 11,846 −129 −1.08%
2014 11,975 −141 −1.16%
2013 12,116 −222 −1.8%
2012 12,338 −216 −1.72%
2011 12,554 −156 −1.23%
2010 12,710 −176 −1.37%
2009 12,886 −218 −1.66%
2008 13,104 −316 −2.35%
2007 13,420 −359 −2.61%
2006 13,779 −364 −2.57%
2005 14,143 −274 −1.9%
2004 14,417 −198 −1.35%
2003 14,615 −189 −1.28%
2002 14,804 −169 −1.13%
2001 14,973 −165 −1.09%
2000 15,138 −141 −0.92%
1999 15,279 −98 −0.64%
1998 15,377 −34 −0.22%
1997 15,411 −8 −0.05%
1996 15,419 +18 +0.12%
1995 15,401 +180 +1.18%
1994 15,221 +272 +1.82%
1993 14,949 +174 +1.18%
1992 14,775 +168 +1.15%
1991 14,607 +237 +1.65%
1990 14,370 +333 +2.37%
1989 14,037 +340 +2.48%
1988 13,697 +345 +2.58%
1987 13,352 +229 +1.75%
1986 13,123 +30 +0.23%
1985 13,093 −69 −0.52%
1984 13,162 −202 −1.51%
1983 13,364 −356 −2.59%
1982 13,720 −501 −3.52%
1981 14,221 −478 −3.25%
1980 14,699 −520 −3.42%
1979 15,219 −582 −3.68%
1978 15,801 −842 −5.06%
1977 16,643 −987 −5.6%
1976 17,630 −859 −4.65%
1975 18,489 −744 −3.87%
1974 19,233 −494 −2.5%
1973 19,727 −325 −1.62%
1972 20,052 −66 −0.33%
1971 20,118 −31 −0.15%
1970 20,149 +394 +1.99%
1969 19,755 +407 +2.1%
1968 19,348 +417 +2.2%
1967 18,931 +405 +2.19%
1966 18,526 +588 +3.28%
1965 17,938 +910 +5.34%
1964 17,028 +697 +4.27%
1963 16,331 +752 +4.83%
1962 15,579 +673 +4.51%
1961 14,906 +641 +4.49%
1960 14,265

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.