Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Mali

Children under 15 in Mali in 2025 — 11,539,524 people. Ranked 39 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 430.1%.

2025 11.54M people +2.17% vs 2024
World rank 39of 217
Period maximum 11.54M people2025
Period minimum 2.18M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Mali, 1960–202505M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,176,853 people1962: 2,247,957 people1964: 2,325,956 people1966: 2,407,779 people1968: 2,495,983 people1970: 2,593,758 people1972: 2,703,164 people1974: 2,828,107 people1976: 2,969,081 people1978: 3,126,592 people1980: 3,303,917 people1982: 3,496,246 people1984: 3,694,816 people1986: 3,896,101 people1988: 4,097,949 people1990: 4,298,053 people1992: 4,496,273 people1994: 4,697,440 people1996: 4,894,372 people1998: 5,114,273 people2000: 5,386,432 people2002: 5,702,434 people2004: 6,075,506 people2006: 6,510,860 people2008: 6,989,852 people2010: 7,515,217 people2012: 8,077,213 people2014: 8,641,606 people2016: 9,205,542 people2018: 9,765,029 people2020: 10,274,845 people2022: 10,786,476 people2024: 11,294,982 people2025: 11,539,524 people
Change over the period: +9.36M (+430.1%) Average annual rate: 2.6 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mali 11.54M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Western Africa computed 189M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 11.54M +244,542 +2.17%
2024 11.29M +251,798 +2.28%
2023 11.04M +256,708 +2.38%
2022 10.79M +256,509 +2.44%
2021 10.53M +255,122 +2.48%
2020 10.27M +250,305 +2.5%
2019 10.02M +259,511 +2.66%
2018 9.77M +276,717 +2.92%
2017 9.49M +282,770 +3.07%
2016 9.21M +282,598 +3.17%
2015 8.92M +281,338 +3.26%
2014 8.64M +282,780 +3.38%
2013 8.36M +281,613 +3.49%
2012 8.08M +281,264 +3.61%
2011 7.8M +280,732 +3.74%
2010 7.52M +269,311 +3.72%
2009 7.25M +256,054 +3.66%
2008 6.99M +245,321 +3.64%
2007 6.74M +233,671 +3.59%
2006 6.51M +223,866 +3.56%
2005 6.29M +211,488 +3.48%
2004 6.08M +194,330 +3.3%
2003 5.88M +178,742 +3.13%
2002 5.7M +164,225 +2.97%
2001 5.54M +151,777 +2.82%
2000 5.39M +142,233 +2.71%
1999 5.24M +129,926 +2.54%
1998 5.11M +115,709 +2.31%
1997 5M +104,192 +2.13%
1996 4.89M +98,041 +2.04%
1995 4.8M +98,891 +2.11%
1994 4.7M +100,829 +2.19%
1993 4.6M +100,338 +2.23%
1992 4.5M +99,727 +2.27%
1991 4.4M +98,493 +2.29%
1990 4.3M +99,076 +2.36%
1989 4.2M +101,028 +2.47%
1988 4.1M +100,837 +2.52%
1987 4M +101,011 +2.59%
1986 3.9M +101,126 +2.66%
1985 3.79M +100,159 +2.71%
1984 3.69M +99,663 +2.77%
1983 3.6M +98,907 +2.83%
1982 3.5M +97,385 +2.87%
1981 3.4M +94,944 +2.87%
1980 3.3M +91,312 +2.84%
1979 3.21M +86,013 +2.75%
1978 3.13M +80,896 +2.66%
1977 3.05M +76,615 +2.58%
1976 2.97M +72,460 +2.5%
1975 2.9M +68,514 +2.42%
1974 2.83M +64,486 +2.33%
1973 2.76M +60,457 +2.24%
1972 2.7M +56,374 +2.13%
1971 2.65M +53,032 +2.04%
1970 2.59M +50,171 +1.97%
1969 2.54M +47,604 +1.91%
1968 2.5M +45,358 +1.85%
1967 2.45M +42,846 +1.78%
1966 2.41M +40,720 +1.72%
1965 2.37M +41,103 +1.77%
1964 2.33M +40,818 +1.79%
1963 2.29M +37,181 +1.65%
1962 2.25M +35,476 +1.6%
1961 2.21M +35,628 +1.64%
1960 2.18M

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.