Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Laos

Children under 15 in Laos in 2025 — 2,349,291 people. Ranked 93 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 165.1%.

2025 2.35M people +0.12% vs 2024
World rank 93of 217
Period maximum 2.4M people2005
Period minimum 886,228 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Laos, 1960–2025500,0001M1.5M2M2.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 886,228 people1962: 929,925 people1964: 977,927 people1966: 1,025,314 people1968: 1,074,024 people1970: 1,127,729 people1972: 1,186,626 people1974: 1,250,536 people1976: 1,316,427 people1978: 1,380,706 people1980: 1,446,706 people1982: 1,520,000 people1984: 1,602,615 people1986: 1,692,666 people1988: 1,788,983 people1990: 1,891,907 people1992: 2,001,615 people1994: 2,113,946 people1996: 2,213,165 people1998: 2,291,598 people2000: 2,347,625 people2002: 2,383,194 people2004: 2,400,458 people2006: 2,387,094 people2008: 2,336,750 people2010: 2,298,771 people2012: 2,275,941 people2014: 2,260,251 people2016: 2,270,254 people2018: 2,296,781 people2020: 2,322,023 people2022: 2,337,011 people2024: 2,346,362 people2025: 2,349,291 people
Change over the period: +1.46M (+165.09%) Average annual rate: 1.51 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Laos 2.35M people
World 2.01B people
East Asia & Pacific 420M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 164M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.35M +2,929 +0.12%
2024 2.35M +4,119 +0.18%
2023 2.34M +5,232 +0.22%
2022 2.34M +6,364 +0.27%
2021 2.33M +8,624 +0.37%
2020 2.32M +11,711 +0.51%
2019 2.31M +13,531 +0.59%
2018 2.3M +13,965 +0.61%
2017 2.28M +12,562 +0.55%
2016 2.27M +9,809 +0.43%
2015 2.26M +194 +0.01%
2014 2.26M −7,807 −0.34%
2013 2.27M −7,883 −0.35%
2012 2.28M −9,827 −0.43%
2011 2.29M −13,003 −0.57%
2010 2.3M −16,821 −0.73%
2009 2.32M −21,158 −0.91%
2008 2.34M −24,410 −1.03%
2007 2.36M −25,934 −1.09%
2006 2.39M −14,338 −0.6%
2005 2.4M +974 +0.04%
2004 2.4M +6,492 +0.27%
2003 2.39M +10,772 +0.45%
2002 2.38M +15,499 +0.65%
2001 2.37M +20,070 +0.85%
2000 2.35M +25,120 +1.08%
1999 2.32M +30,907 +1.35%
1998 2.29M +36,292 +1.61%
1997 2.26M +42,141 +1.9%
1996 2.21M +47,354 +2.19%
1995 2.17M +51,865 +2.45%
1994 2.11M +55,691 +2.71%
1993 2.06M +56,640 +2.83%
1992 2M +55,567 +2.86%
1991 1.95M +54,141 +2.86%
1990 1.89M +52,285 +2.84%
1989 1.84M +50,639 +2.83%
1988 1.79M +49,059 +2.82%
1987 1.74M +47,258 +2.79%
1986 1.69M +45,731 +2.78%
1985 1.65M +44,320 +2.77%
1984 1.6M +42,454 +2.72%
1983 1.56M +40,161 +2.64%
1982 1.52M +37,766 +2.55%
1981 1.48M +35,528 +2.46%
1980 1.45M +33,635 +2.38%
1979 1.41M +32,365 +2.34%
1978 1.38M +32,007 +2.37%
1977 1.35M +32,272 +2.45%
1976 1.32M +32,819 +2.56%
1975 1.28M +33,072 +2.64%
1974 1.25M +32,514 +2.67%
1973 1.22M +31,396 +2.65%
1972 1.19M +30,060 +2.6%
1971 1.16M +28,837 +2.56%
1970 1.13M +27,568 +2.51%
1969 1.1M +26,137 +2.43%
1968 1.07M +24,930 +2.38%
1967 1.05M +23,780 +2.32%
1966 1.03M +22,733 +2.27%
1965 1M +24,654 +2.52%
1964 977,927 +25,194 +2.64%
1963 952,733 +22,808 +2.45%
1962 929,925 +22,003 +2.42%
1961 907,922 +21,694 +2.45%
1960 886,228

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.