Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Mercosur

Children under 15 in Mercosur in 2025 — 57,192,718 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.1%.

2025 57.19M people −1.15% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 69.13M people1995
Period minimum 41.42M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Mercosur, 1960–202540M50M60M70M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41,420,595 people1962: 43,869,352 people1964: 46,171,206 people1966: 48,188,954 people1968: 49,928,848 people1970: 51,497,024 people1972: 53,020,655 people1974: 54,538,988 people1976: 56,065,672 people1978: 57,717,213 people1980: 59,541,351 people1982: 61,580,725 people1984: 63,682,617 people1986: 65,582,845 people1988: 67,117,412 people1990: 68,245,324 people1992: 68,890,149 people1994: 69,118,192 people1996: 69,090,371 people1998: 68,883,680 people2000: 68,541,867 people2002: 67,943,326 people2004: 67,160,716 people2006: 66,385,748 people2008: 65,543,716 people2010: 64,576,258 people2012: 63,552,830 people2014: 62,555,237 people2016: 61,788,728 people2018: 61,121,951 people2020: 60,283,829 people2022: 59,103,198 people2024: 57,859,896 people2025: 57,192,718 people
Change over the period: +15.77M (+38.08%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mercosur 57.19M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 57.19M −667,178 −1.15%
2024 57.86M −631,863 −1.08%
2023 58.49M −611,439 −1.03%
2022 59.1M −598,479 −1%
2021 59.7M −582,152 −0.97%
2020 60.28M −490,277 −0.81%
2019 60.77M −347,845 −0.57%
2018 61.12M −308,983 −0.5%
2017 61.43M −357,794 −0.58%
2016 61.79M −373,703 −0.6%
2015 62.16M −392,806 −0.63%
2014 62.56M −472,230 −0.75%
2013 63.03M −525,363 −0.83%
2012 63.55M −517,564 −0.81%
2011 64.07M −505,864 −0.78%
2010 64.58M −496,980 −0.76%
2009 65.07M −470,478 −0.72%
2008 65.54M −435,094 −0.66%
2007 65.98M −406,938 −0.61%
2006 66.39M −387,976 −0.58%
2005 66.77M −386,992 −0.58%
2004 67.16M −403,969 −0.6%
2003 67.56M −378,641 −0.56%
2002 67.94M −327,265 −0.48%
2001 68.27M −271,276 −0.4%
2000 68.54M −200,385 −0.29%
1999 68.74M −141,428 −0.21%
1998 68.88M −113,453 −0.16%
1997 69M −93,238 −0.13%
1996 69.09M −42,840 −0.06%
1995 69.13M +15,019 +0.02%
1994 69.12M +74,876 +0.11%
1993 69.04M +153,167 +0.22%
1992 68.89M +258,715 +0.38%
1991 68.63M +386,110 +0.57%
1990 68.25M +510,928 +0.75%
1989 67.73M +616,984 +0.92%
1988 67.12M +715,170 +1.08%
1987 66.4M +819,397 +1.25%
1986 65.58M +913,003 +1.41%
1985 64.67M +987,225 +1.55%
1984 63.68M +1.04M +1.66%
1983 62.64M +1.06M +1.72%
1982 61.58M +1.04M +1.72%
1981 60.54M +998,486 +1.68%
1980 59.54M +940,648 +1.61%
1979 58.6M +883,490 +1.53%
1978 57.72M +841,836 +1.48%
1977 56.88M +809,705 +1.44%
1976 56.07M +775,771 +1.4%
1975 55.29M +750,913 +1.38%
1974 54.54M +755,245 +1.4%
1973 53.78M +763,088 +1.44%
1972 53.02M +760,239 +1.45%
1971 52.26M +763,392 +1.48%
1970 51.5M +773,469 +1.52%
1969 50.72M +794,707 +1.59%
1968 49.93M +837,583 +1.71%
1967 49.09M +902,311 +1.87%
1966 48.19M +975,495 +2.07%
1965 47.21M +1.04M +2.26%
1964 46.17M +1.12M +2.48%
1963 45.05M +1.18M +2.7%
1962 43.87M +1.22M +2.85%
1961 42.65M +1.23M +2.98%
1960 41.42M

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.