Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Nepal

Children under 15 in Nepal in 2025 — 8,308,466 people. Ranked 51 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 101.7%.

2025 8.31M people −1.44% vs 2024
World rank 51of 217
Period maximum 10.31M people2004
Period minimum 4.12M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Nepal, 1960–20254M6M8M10M12M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4,118,493 people1962: 4,274,002 people1964: 4,426,124 people1966: 4,603,415 people1968: 4,799,659 people1970: 5,014,988 people1972: 5,250,737 people1974: 5,499,170 people1976: 5,768,044 people1978: 6,052,472 people1980: 6,354,744 people1982: 6,670,553 people1984: 7,006,378 people1986: 7,356,029 people1988: 7,720,306 people1990: 8,109,432 people1992: 8,530,633 people1994: 8,982,668 people1996: 9,427,049 people1998: 9,779,739 people2000: 10,051,613 people2002: 10,235,883 people2004: 10,312,211 people2006: 10,269,664 people2008: 10,108,181 people2010: 9,843,318 people2012: 9,556,216 people2014: 9,307,328 people2016: 9,086,050 people2018: 8,879,657 people2020: 8,711,984 people2022: 8,598,828 people2024: 8,429,548 people2025: 8,308,466 people
Change over the period: +4.19M (+101.74%) Average annual rate: 1.09 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Nepal 8.31M people
World 2.01B people
South Asia 416M people
Southern Asia computed 548M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.31M −121,082 −1.44%
2024 8.43M −96,853 −1.14%
2023 8.53M −72,427 −0.84%
2022 8.6M −55,307 −0.64%
2021 8.65M −57,849 −0.66%
2020 8.71M −79,299 −0.9%
2019 8.79M −88,374 −1%
2018 8.88M −100,652 −1.12%
2017 8.98M −105,741 −1.16%
2016 9.09M −108,557 −1.18%
2015 9.19M −112,721 −1.21%
2014 9.31M −121,053 −1.28%
2013 9.43M −127,835 −1.34%
2012 9.56M −138,281 −1.43%
2011 9.69M −148,821 −1.51%
2010 9.84M −141,741 −1.42%
2009 9.99M −123,122 −1.22%
2008 10.11M −95,674 −0.94%
2007 10.2M −65,809 −0.64%
2006 10.27M −37,391 −0.36%
2005 10.31M −5,156 −0.05%
2004 10.31M +24,836 +0.24%
2003 10.29M +51,492 +0.5%
2002 10.24M +78,753 +0.78%
2001 10.16M +105,517 +1.05%
2000 10.05M +126,861 +1.28%
1999 9.92M +145,013 +1.48%
1998 9.78M +164,215 +1.71%
1997 9.62M +188,475 +2%
1996 9.43M +215,477 +2.34%
1995 9.21M +228,904 +2.55%
1994 8.98M +227,389 +2.6%
1993 8.76M +224,646 +2.63%
1992 8.53M +216,120 +2.6%
1991 8.31M +205,081 +2.53%
1990 8.11M +197,370 +2.49%
1989 7.91M +191,756 +2.48%
1988 7.72M +185,778 +2.47%
1987 7.53M +178,499 +2.43%
1986 7.36M +175,714 +2.45%
1985 7.18M +173,937 +2.48%
1984 7.01M +170,488 +2.49%
1983 6.84M +165,337 +2.48%
1982 6.67M +160,014 +2.46%
1981 6.51M +155,795 +2.45%
1980 6.35M +152,597 +2.46%
1979 6.2M +149,675 +2.47%
1978 6.05M +144,907 +2.45%
1977 5.91M +139,521 +2.42%
1976 5.77M +135,707 +2.41%
1975 5.63M +133,167 +2.42%
1974 5.5M +126,772 +2.36%
1973 5.37M +121,661 +2.32%
1972 5.25M +120,156 +2.34%
1971 5.13M +115,593 +2.3%
1970 5.01M +109,988 +2.24%
1969 4.91M +105,341 +2.19%
1968 4.8M +100,860 +2.15%
1967 4.7M +95,384 +2.07%
1966 4.6M +90,797 +2.01%
1965 4.51M +86,494 +1.95%
1964 4.43M +78,075 +1.8%
1963 4.35M +74,047 +1.73%
1962 4.27M +77,664 +1.85%
1961 4.2M +77,845 +1.89%
1960 4.12M

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.