Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Guatemala

Children under 15 in Guatemala in 2025 — 5,798,095 people. Ranked 65 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 205.8%.

2025 5.8M people −0.24% vs 2024
World rank 65of 217
Period maximum 5.88M people2019
Period minimum 1.9M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Guatemala, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,895,913 people1962: 2,016,879 people1964: 2,132,330 people1966: 2,249,123 people1968: 2,366,772 people1970: 2,486,764 people1972: 2,614,621 people1974: 2,747,932 people1976: 2,863,130 people1978: 2,989,814 people1980: 3,141,410 people1982: 3,304,821 people1984: 3,490,091 people1986: 3,686,689 people1988: 3,889,365 people1990: 4,100,517 people1992: 4,304,005 people1994: 4,513,231 people1996: 4,730,815 people1998: 4,934,761 people2000: 5,128,318 people2002: 5,306,521 people2004: 5,447,731 people2006: 5,555,725 people2008: 5,638,949 people2010: 5,695,586 people2012: 5,746,878 people2014: 5,793,390 people2016: 5,838,514 people2018: 5,873,243 people2020: 5,867,587 people2022: 5,838,760 people2024: 5,812,199 people2025: 5,798,095 people
Change over the period: +3.9M (+205.82%) Average annual rate: 1.73 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Guatemala 5.8M people
World 2.01B people
Central America computed 46.63M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.8M −14,104 −0.24%
2024 5.81M −12,716 −0.22%
2023 5.82M −13,845 −0.24%
2022 5.84M −15,663 −0.27%
2021 5.85M −13,164 −0.22%
2020 5.87M −7,667 −0.13%
2019 5.88M +2,011 +0.03%
2018 5.87M +13,670 +0.23%
2017 5.86M +21,059 +0.36%
2016 5.84M +22,853 +0.39%
2015 5.82M +22,271 +0.38%
2014 5.79M +22,446 +0.39%
2013 5.77M +24,066 +0.42%
2012 5.75M +25,804 +0.45%
2011 5.72M +25,488 +0.45%
2010 5.7M +26,412 +0.47%
2009 5.67M +30,225 +0.54%
2008 5.64M +37,798 +0.67%
2007 5.6M +45,426 +0.82%
2006 5.56M +50,390 +0.92%
2005 5.51M +57,604 +1.06%
2004 5.45M +66,165 +1.23%
2003 5.38M +75,045 +1.41%
2002 5.31M +85,634 +1.64%
2001 5.22M +92,569 +1.81%
2000 5.13M +95,752 +1.9%
1999 5.03M +97,805 +1.98%
1998 4.93M +100,323 +2.08%
1997 4.83M +103,623 +2.19%
1996 4.73M +106,932 +2.31%
1995 4.62M +110,652 +2.45%
1994 4.51M +107,106 +2.43%
1993 4.41M +102,120 +2.37%
1992 4.3M +100,985 +2.4%
1991 4.2M +102,503 +2.5%
1990 4.1M +105,485 +2.64%
1989 4M +105,667 +2.72%
1988 3.89M +103,472 +2.73%
1987 3.79M +99,204 +2.69%
1986 3.69M +97,914 +2.73%
1985 3.59M +98,684 +2.83%
1984 3.49M +97,729 +2.88%
1983 3.39M +87,541 +2.65%
1982 3.3M +80,958 +2.51%
1981 3.22M +82,453 +2.62%
1980 3.14M +78,475 +2.56%
1979 3.06M +73,121 +2.45%
1978 2.99M +68,871 +2.36%
1977 2.92M +57,813 +2.02%
1976 2.86M +54,647 +1.95%
1975 2.81M +60,551 +2.2%
1974 2.75M +65,182 +2.43%
1973 2.68M +68,129 +2.61%
1972 2.61M +65,177 +2.56%
1971 2.55M +62,680 +2.52%
1970 2.49M +60,616 +2.5%
1969 2.43M +59,376 +2.51%
1968 2.37M +58,856 +2.55%
1967 2.31M +58,793 +2.61%
1966 2.25M +58,795 +2.68%
1965 2.19M +57,998 +2.72%
1964 2.13M +57,150 +2.75%
1963 2.08M +58,301 +2.89%
1962 2.02M +60,102 +3.07%
1961 1.96M +60,864 +3.21%
1960 1.9M

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.