Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Latin America & Caribbean

Children under 15 in Latin America & Caribbean in 2025 — 147,601,314 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 56.7%.

2025 148M people −0.97% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 168M people2000
Period minimum 94.22M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–202580M100M120M140M160M180M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 94,222,060 people1962: 100,147,218 people1964: 105,988,450 people1966: 111,569,558 people1968: 116,832,880 people1970: 121,796,016 people1972: 126,508,304 people1974: 131,014,870 people1976: 135,231,544 people1978: 139,284,362 people1980: 143,226,626 people1982: 146,881,668 people1984: 150,629,388 people1986: 154,212,971 people1988: 157,459,386 people1990: 160,362,767 people1992: 162,753,791 people1994: 164,706,164 people1996: 166,181,834 people1998: 167,099,664 people2000: 167,549,790 people2002: 167,342,517 people2004: 166,542,596 people2006: 165,324,992 people2008: 163,959,217 people2010: 162,475,550 people2012: 161,015,353 people2014: 159,525,910 people2016: 157,962,963 people2018: 156,267,223 people2020: 154,254,164 people2022: 151,752,773 people2024: 149,053,116 people2025: 147,601,314 people
Change over the period: +53.38M (+56.65%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 148M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 148M −1.45M −0.97%
2024 149M −1.38M −0.92%
2023 150M −1.32M −0.87%
2022 152M −1.27M −0.83%
2021 153M −1.23M −0.8%
2020 154M −1.1M −0.71%
2019 155M −910,538 −0.58%
2018 156M −852,973 −0.54%
2017 157M −842,767 −0.53%
2016 158M −806,728 −0.51%
2015 159M −756,219 −0.47%
2014 160M −747,877 −0.47%
2013 160M −741,566 −0.46%
2012 161M −713,106 −0.44%
2011 162M −747,091 −0.46%
2010 162M −761,872 −0.47%
2009 163M −721,795 −0.44%
2008 164M −690,124 −0.42%
2007 165M −675,651 −0.41%
2006 165M −642,202 −0.39%
2005 166M −575,402 −0.35%
2004 167M −467,642 −0.28%
2003 167M −332,279 −0.2%
2002 167M −185,149 −0.11%
2001 168M −22,124 −0.01%
2000 168M +151,048 +0.09%
1999 167M +299,078 +0.18%
1998 167M +405,419 +0.24%
1997 167M +512,411 +0.31%
1996 166M +667,501 +0.4%
1995 166M +808,169 +0.49%
1994 165M +921,170 +0.56%
1993 164M +1.03M +0.63%
1992 163M +1.13M +0.7%
1991 162M +1.26M +0.78%
1990 160M +1.39M +0.88%
1989 159M +1.51M +0.96%
1988 157M +1.58M +1.02%
1987 156M +1.66M +1.08%
1986 154M +1.75M +1.15%
1985 152M +1.83M +1.21%
1984 151M +1.88M +1.26%
1983 149M +1.87M +1.27%
1982 147M +1.8M +1.24%
1981 145M +1.86M +1.3%
1980 143M +1.96M +1.39%
1979 141M +1.98M +1.42%
1978 139M +2.01M +1.47%
1977 137M +2.04M +1.51%
1976 135M +2.08M +1.56%
1975 133M +2.14M +1.63%
1974 131M +2.22M +1.72%
1973 129M +2.29M +1.81%
1972 127M +2.33M +1.88%
1971 124M +2.38M +1.95%
1970 122M +2.44M +2.05%
1969 119M +2.52M +2.16%
1968 117M +2.59M +2.27%
1967 114M +2.67M +2.4%
1966 112M +2.76M +2.54%
1965 109M +2.82M +2.66%
1964 106M +2.89M +2.8%
1963 103M +2.95M +2.95%
1962 100M +2.97M +3.06%
1961 97.18M +2.96M +3.14%
1960 94.22M

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.