Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Madagascar

Children under 15 in Madagascar in 2025 — 12,748,454 people. Ranked 33 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 451.4%.

2025 12.75M people +1.59% vs 2024
World rank 33of 217
Period maximum 12.75M people2025
Period minimum 2.31M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Madagascar, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,312,174 people1962: 2,491,882 people1964: 2,654,822 people1966: 2,785,510 people1968: 2,929,705 people1970: 3,094,054 people1972: 3,282,489 people1974: 3,490,555 people1976: 3,718,098 people1978: 3,967,689 people1980: 4,233,841 people1982: 4,498,345 people1984: 4,758,123 people1986: 5,010,544 people1988: 5,259,505 people1990: 5,533,217 people1992: 5,838,598 people1994: 6,179,557 people1996: 6,576,947 people1998: 7,030,976 people2000: 7,505,384 people2002: 7,975,020 people2004: 8,432,445 people2006: 8,878,135 people2008: 9,323,636 people2010: 9,764,089 people2012: 10,148,778 people2014: 10,496,491 people2016: 10,854,415 people2018: 11,254,304 people2020: 11,694,094 people2022: 12,134,160 people2024: 12,548,437 people2025: 12,748,454 people
Change over the period: +10.44M (+451.36%) Average annual rate: 2.66 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 12.75M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Eastern Africa computed 206M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 12.75M +200,017 +1.59%
2024 12.55M +203,541 +1.65%
2023 12.34M +210,736 +1.74%
2022 12.13M +217,674 +1.83%
2021 11.92M +222,392 +1.9%
2020 11.69M +222,555 +1.94%
2019 11.47M +217,235 +1.93%
2018 11.25M +206,533 +1.87%
2017 11.05M +193,356 +1.78%
2016 10.85M +182,448 +1.71%
2015 10.67M +175,476 +1.67%
2014 10.5M +172,688 +1.67%
2013 10.32M +175,025 +1.72%
2012 10.15M +184,022 +1.85%
2011 9.96M +200,667 +2.06%
2010 9.76M +217,105 +2.27%
2009 9.55M +223,348 +2.4%
2008 9.32M +223,353 +2.45%
2007 9.1M +222,148 +2.5%
2006 8.88M +221,489 +2.56%
2005 8.66M +224,201 +2.66%
2004 8.43M +227,261 +2.77%
2003 8.21M +230,164 +2.89%
2002 7.98M +234,367 +3.03%
2001 7.74M +235,269 +3.13%
2000 7.51M +236,140 +3.25%
1999 7.27M +238,268 +3.39%
1998 7.03M +232,743 +3.42%
1997 6.8M +221,286 +3.36%
1996 6.58M +206,906 +3.25%
1995 6.37M +190,484 +3.08%
1994 6.18M +176,288 +2.94%
1993 6M +164,671 +2.82%
1992 5.84M +156,040 +2.75%
1991 5.68M +149,341 +2.7%
1990 5.53M +140,946 +2.61%
1989 5.39M +132,766 +2.52%
1988 5.26M +126,478 +2.46%
1987 5.13M +122,483 +2.44%
1986 5.01M +124,398 +2.55%
1985 4.89M +128,023 +2.69%
1984 4.76M +129,122 +2.79%
1983 4.63M +130,656 +2.9%
1982 4.5M +131,631 +3.01%
1981 4.37M +132,873 +3.14%
1980 4.23M +134,033 +3.27%
1979 4.1M +132,119 +3.33%
1978 3.97M +127,591 +3.32%
1977 3.84M +122,000 +3.28%
1976 3.72M +116,412 +3.23%
1975 3.6M +111,131 +3.18%
1974 3.49M +106,296 +3.14%
1973 3.38M +101,770 +3.1%
1972 3.28M +97,034 +3.05%
1971 3.19M +91,401 +2.95%
1970 3.09M +85,073 +2.83%
1969 3.01M +79,276 +2.71%
1968 2.93M +74,342 +2.6%
1967 2.86M +69,853 +2.51%
1966 2.79M +65,981 +2.43%
1965 2.72M +64,707 +2.44%
1964 2.65M +75,405 +2.92%
1963 2.58M +87,535 +3.51%
1962 2.49M +89,693 +3.73%
1961 2.4M +90,015 +3.89%
1960 2.31M

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.