Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Malaysia

Children under 15 in Malaysia in 2025 — 7,666,577 people. Ranked 53 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 112%.

2025 7.67M people −1.03% vs 2024
World rank 53of 217
Period maximum 8.19M people2018
Period minimum 3.62M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Malaysia, 1960–20252M4M6M8M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,615,762 people1962: 3,876,253 people1964: 4,113,453 people1966: 4,292,534 people1968: 4,422,291 people1970: 4,530,978 people1972: 4,633,191 people1974: 4,732,192 people1976: 4,832,118 people1978: 4,938,552 people1980: 5,083,871 people1982: 5,335,017 people1984: 5,637,514 people1986: 5,983,590 people1988: 6,332,336 people1990: 6,638,103 people1992: 6,887,516 people1994: 7,134,145 people1996: 7,402,284 people1998: 7,661,468 people2000: 7,847,676 people2002: 7,991,092 people2004: 8,081,628 people2006: 8,110,175 people2008: 8,093,296 people2010: 8,006,660 people2012: 8,000,867 people2014: 8,034,304 people2016: 8,106,987 people2018: 8,186,872 people2020: 8,120,287 people2022: 7,922,255 people2024: 7,746,734 people2025: 7,666,577 people
Change over the period: +4.05M (+112.03%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Malaysia 7.67M people
World 2.01B people
East Asia & Pacific 420M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 164M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 7.67M −80,157 −1.03%
2024 7.75M −82,212 −1.05%
2023 7.83M −93,309 −1.18%
2022 7.92M −97,522 −1.22%
2021 8.02M −100,510 −1.24%
2020 8.12M −64,002 −0.78%
2019 8.18M −2,583 −0.03%
2018 8.19M +31,932 +0.39%
2017 8.15M +47,953 +0.59%
2016 8.11M +43,708 +0.54%
2015 8.06M +28,975 +0.36%
2014 8.03M +18,654 +0.23%
2013 8.02M +14,783 +0.18%
2012 8M +9,017 +0.11%
2011 7.99M −14,810 −0.18%
2010 8.01M −44,582 −0.55%
2009 8.05M −42,054 −0.52%
2008 8.09M −17,165 −0.21%
2007 8.11M +286 +0%
2006 8.11M +9,252 +0.11%
2005 8.1M +19,295 +0.24%
2004 8.08M +36,051 +0.45%
2003 8.05M +54,485 +0.68%
2002 7.99M +68,863 +0.87%
2001 7.92M +74,553 +0.95%
2000 7.85M +81,110 +1.04%
1999 7.77M +105,098 +1.37%
1998 7.66M +126,410 +1.68%
1997 7.54M +132,774 +1.79%
1996 7.4M +134,904 +1.86%
1995 7.27M +133,235 +1.87%
1994 7.13M +127,717 +1.82%
1993 7.01M +118,912 +1.73%
1992 6.89M +117,777 +1.74%
1991 6.77M +131,636 +1.98%
1990 6.64M +146,839 +2.26%
1989 6.49M +158,928 +2.51%
1988 6.33M +171,062 +2.78%
1987 6.16M +177,684 +2.97%
1986 5.98M +177,086 +3.05%
1985 5.81M +168,990 +3%
1984 5.64M +156,890 +2.86%
1983 5.48M +145,607 +2.73%
1982 5.34M +132,915 +2.56%
1981 5.2M +118,231 +2.33%
1980 5.08M +86,448 +1.73%
1979 5M +58,871 +1.19%
1978 4.94M +54,318 +1.11%
1977 4.88M +52,116 +1.08%
1976 4.83M +50,400 +1.05%
1975 4.78M +49,526 +1.05%
1974 4.73M +49,810 +1.06%
1973 4.68M +49,191 +1.06%
1972 4.63M +49,972 +1.09%
1971 4.58M +52,241 +1.15%
1970 4.53M +53,197 +1.19%
1969 4.48M +55,490 +1.25%
1968 4.42M +60,153 +1.38%
1967 4.36M +69,604 +1.62%
1966 4.29M +80,857 +1.92%
1965 4.21M +98,224 +2.39%
1964 4.11M +115,222 +2.88%
1963 4M +121,978 +3.15%
1962 3.88M +128,046 +3.42%
1961 3.75M +132,445 +3.66%
1960 3.62M

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.