Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — India

Children under 15 in India in 2025 — 354,186,169 people. Ranked 1 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 100.2%.

2025 354M people −0.87% vs 2024
World rank 1of 217
Period maximum 390M people2010
Period minimum 177M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — India, 1960–2025100M200M300M400M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 176,938,244 people1962: 188,220,929 people1964: 199,495,689 people1966: 208,626,765 people1968: 217,183,636 people1970: 225,762,508 people1972: 234,521,728 people1974: 243,798,058 people1976: 253,397,499 people1978: 263,111,810 people1980: 273,549,976 people1982: 285,099,388 people1984: 297,195,853 people1986: 309,789,593 people1988: 322,026,543 people1990: 333,535,230 people1992: 344,270,138 people1994: 354,211,596 people1996: 362,724,782 people1998: 369,975,223 people2000: 376,124,150 people2002: 381,748,169 people2004: 386,011,104 people2006: 388,558,967 people2008: 389,442,234 people2010: 389,736,560 people2012: 388,914,981 people2014: 386,290,188 people2016: 381,480,646 people2018: 375,663,468 people2020: 369,524,878 people2022: 363,307,647 people2024: 357,277,018 people2025: 354,186,169 people
Change over the period: +177M (+100.18%) Average annual rate: 1.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

India 354M people
World 2.01B people
South Asia 416M people
Southern Asia computed 548M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 354M −3.09M −0.87%
2024 357M −3.06M −0.85%
2023 360M −2.97M −0.82%
2022 363M −3.04M −0.83%
2021 366M −3.17M −0.86%
2020 370M −3.18M −0.85%
2019 373M −2.95M −0.79%
2018 376M −2.97M −0.78%
2017 379M −2.84M −0.75%
2016 381M −2.49M −0.65%
2015 384M −2.32M −0.6%
2014 386M −1.69M −0.43%
2013 388M −938,760 −0.24%
2012 389M −550,853 −0.14%
2011 389M −270,726 −0.07%
2010 390M +52,918 +0.01%
2009 390M +241,408 +0.06%
2008 389M +301,577 +0.08%
2007 389M +581,690 +0.15%
2006 389M +1.03M +0.27%
2005 388M +1.52M +0.39%
2004 386M +1.94M +0.51%
2003 384M +2.32M +0.61%
2002 382M +2.69M +0.71%
2001 379M +2.94M +0.78%
2000 376M +3M +0.81%
1999 373M +3.14M +0.85%
1998 370M +3.48M +0.95%
1997 366M +3.77M +1.04%
1996 363M +4.07M +1.13%
1995 359M +4.44M +1.25%
1994 354M +4.82M +1.38%
1993 349M +5.12M +1.49%
1992 344M +5.28M +1.56%
1991 339M +5.46M +1.64%
1990 334M +5.68M +1.73%
1989 328M +5.83M +1.81%
1988 322M +6.01M +1.9%
1987 316M +6.23M +2.01%
1986 310M +6.32M +2.08%
1985 303M +6.28M +2.11%
1984 297M +6.15M +2.11%
1983 291M +5.95M +2.09%
1982 285M +5.84M +2.09%
1981 279M +5.71M +2.09%
1980 274M +5.42M +2.02%
1979 268M +5.02M +1.91%
1978 263M +4.84M +1.87%
1977 258M +4.88M +1.92%
1976 253M +4.82M +1.94%
1975 249M +4.78M +1.96%
1974 244M +4.73M +1.98%
1973 239M +4.54M +1.94%
1972 235M +4.41M +1.92%
1971 230M +4.34M +1.92%
1970 226M +4.28M +1.93%
1969 221M +4.3M +1.98%
1968 217M +4.29M +2.02%
1967 213M +4.26M +2.04%
1966 209M +4.39M +2.15%
1965 204M +4.74M +2.38%
1964 199M +5.45M +2.81%
1963 194M +5.83M +3.1%
1962 188M +5.7M +3.12%
1961 183M +5.58M +3.16%
1960 177M

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.