Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Mozambique

Children under 15 in Mozambique in 2025 — 15,737,976 people. Ranked 27 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 471.9%.

2025 15.74M people +2.17% vs 2024
World rank 27of 217
Period maximum 15.74M people2025
Period minimum 2.75M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Mozambique, 1960–202505M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,751,659 people1962: 2,885,656 people1964: 3,040,146 people1966: 3,210,491 people1968: 3,386,044 people1970: 3,568,874 people1972: 3,788,212 people1974: 4,049,150 people1976: 4,353,755 people1978: 4,732,794 people1980: 5,130,157 people1982: 5,408,788 people1984: 5,648,079 people1986: 5,859,039 people1988: 5,867,719 people1990: 5,980,109 people1992: 6,200,359 people1994: 6,802,141 people1996: 7,397,917 people1998: 7,780,196 people2000: 8,168,710 people2002: 8,572,054 people2004: 8,989,928 people2006: 9,431,549 people2008: 9,926,682 people2010: 10,524,078 people2012: 11,160,339 people2014: 11,806,637 people2016: 12,462,969 people2018: 13,166,481 people2020: 13,909,432 people2022: 14,680,067 people2024: 15,403,894 people2025: 15,737,976 people
Change over the period: +12.99M (+471.94%) Average annual rate: 2.72 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 15.74M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Eastern Africa computed 206M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 15.74M +334,082 +2.17%
2024 15.4M +350,524 +2.33%
2023 15.05M +373,303 +2.54%
2022 14.68M +386,388 +2.7%
2021 14.29M +384,247 +2.76%
2020 13.91M +375,851 +2.78%
2019 13.53M +367,100 +2.79%
2018 13.17M +357,848 +2.79%
2017 12.81M +345,664 +2.77%
2016 12.46M +332,753 +2.74%
2015 12.13M +323,579 +2.74%
2014 11.81M +322,728 +2.81%
2013 11.48M +323,570 +2.9%
2012 11.16M +320,172 +2.95%
2011 10.84M +316,089 +3%
2010 10.52M +308,193 +3.02%
2009 10.22M +289,203 +2.91%
2008 9.93M +259,536 +2.68%
2007 9.67M +235,597 +2.5%
2006 9.43M +224,160 +2.43%
2005 9.21M +217,461 +2.42%
2004 8.99M +211,508 +2.41%
2003 8.78M +206,366 +2.41%
2002 8.57M +202,878 +2.42%
2001 8.37M +200,466 +2.45%
2000 8.17M +196,983 +2.47%
1999 7.97M +191,531 +2.46%
1998 7.78M +184,436 +2.43%
1997 7.6M +197,843 +2.67%
1996 7.4M +209,706 +2.92%
1995 7.19M +386,070 +5.68%
1994 6.8M +418,779 +6.56%
1993 6.38M +183,003 +2.95%
1992 6.2M +110,605 +1.82%
1991 6.09M +109,645 +1.83%
1990 5.98M +75,630 +1.28%
1989 5.9M +36,760 +0.63%
1988 5.87M −16,252 −0.28%
1987 5.88M +24,932 +0.43%
1986 5.86M +102,115 +1.77%
1985 5.76M +108,845 +1.93%
1984 5.65M +115,650 +2.09%
1983 5.53M +123,641 +2.29%
1982 5.41M +137,745 +2.61%
1981 5.27M +140,886 +2.75%
1980 5.13M +179,569 +3.63%
1979 4.95M +217,794 +4.6%
1978 4.73M +200,904 +4.43%
1977 4.53M +178,135 +4.09%
1976 4.35M +158,986 +3.79%
1975 4.19M +145,619 +3.6%
1974 4.05M +134,840 +3.44%
1973 3.91M +126,098 +3.33%
1972 3.79M +116,234 +3.17%
1971 3.67M +103,104 +2.89%
1970 3.57M +92,970 +2.67%
1969 3.48M +89,860 +2.65%
1968 3.39M +88,588 +2.69%
1967 3.3M +86,965 +2.71%
1966 3.21M +86,169 +2.76%
1965 3.12M +84,176 +2.77%
1964 3.04M +79,003 +2.67%
1963 2.96M +75,487 +2.62%
1962 2.89M +72,330 +2.57%
1961 2.81M +61,667 +2.24%
1960 2.75M

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.