Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Lower-middle-income countries

Children under 15 in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 945,245,087 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 162.2%.

2025 945M people −0.08% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 947M people2022
Period minimum 360M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–2025200M400M600M800M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 360,452,156 people1962: 383,787,287 people1964: 407,478,836 people1966: 428,661,555 people1968: 449,335,610 people1970: 469,848,994 people1972: 490,187,367 people1974: 511,771,040 people1976: 533,731,524 people1978: 556,548,370 people1980: 582,116,282 people1982: 610,945,183 people1984: 641,179,718 people1986: 672,146,583 people1988: 701,990,858 people1990: 731,418,602 people1992: 758,148,199 people1994: 781,435,000 people1996: 801,123,153 people1998: 817,145,662 people2000: 830,683,279 people2002: 844,245,741 people2004: 857,306,485 people2006: 869,515,669 people2008: 882,144,889 people2010: 895,712,734 people2012: 909,314,293 people2014: 922,155,572 people2016: 931,975,262 people2018: 939,576,770 people2020: 944,567,167 people2022: 946,574,048 people2024: 945,979,230 people2025: 945,245,087 people
Change over the period: +585M (+162.24%) Average annual rate: 1.49 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 945M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 945M −734,143 −0.08%
2024 946M −362,878 −0.04%
2023 946M −231,940 −0.02%
2022 947M +446,001 +0.05%
2021 946M +1.56M +0.17%
2020 945M +2.1M +0.22%
2019 942M +2.89M +0.31%
2018 940M +3.54M +0.38%
2017 936M +4.06M +0.44%
2016 932M +4.56M +0.49%
2015 927M +5.26M +0.57%
2014 922M +6.29M +0.69%
2013 916M +6.55M +0.72%
2012 909M +6.75M +0.75%
2011 903M +6.85M +0.76%
2010 896M +6.88M +0.77%
2009 889M +6.69M +0.76%
2008 882M +6.37M +0.73%
2007 876M +6.26M +0.72%
2006 870M +6.09M +0.71%
2005 863M +6.12M +0.71%
2004 857M +6.48M +0.76%
2003 851M +6.58M +0.78%
2002 844M +6.7M +0.8%
2001 838M +6.86M +0.83%
2000 831M +6.7M +0.81%
1999 824M +6.83M +0.84%
1998 817M +7.57M +0.93%
1997 810M +8.45M +1.06%
1996 801M +9.37M +1.18%
1995 792M +10.32M +1.32%
1994 781M +11.12M +1.44%
1993 770M +12.17M +1.6%
1992 758M +13.06M +1.75%
1991 745M +13.67M +1.87%
1990 731M +15.06M +2.1%
1989 716M +14.37M +2.05%
1988 702M +14.7M +2.14%
1987 687M +15.14M +2.25%
1986 672M +15.44M +2.35%
1985 657M +15.52M +2.42%
1984 641M +15.3M +2.44%
1983 626M +14.93M +2.44%
1982 611M +14.64M +2.46%
1981 596M +14.19M +2.44%
1980 582M +13.35M +2.35%
1979 569M +12.22M +2.2%
1978 557M +11.49M +2.11%
1977 545M +11.33M +2.12%
1976 534M +11.06M +2.12%
1975 523M +10.9M +2.13%
1974 512M +10.89M +2.18%
1973 501M +10.69M +2.18%
1972 490M +10.27M +2.14%
1971 480M +10.07M +2.14%
1970 470M +10.19M +2.22%
1969 460M +10.32M +2.3%
1968 449M +10.34M +2.36%
1967 439M +10.33M +2.41%
1966 429M +10.44M +2.5%
1965 418M +10.74M +2.64%
1964 407M +11.61M +2.93%
1963 396M +12.08M +3.15%
1962 384M +11.73M +3.15%
1961 372M +11.6M +3.22%
1960 360M

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.