Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — OPEC

Children under 15 in OPEC in 2025 — 168,288,186 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 304.9%.

2025 168M people +0.55% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 168M people2025
Period minimum 41.57M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — OPEC, 1960–2025050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41,565,909 people1962: 44,123,123 people1964: 46,933,991 people1966: 49,714,681 people1968: 52,630,308 people1970: 55,705,528 people1972: 58,951,294 people1974: 62,448,975 people1976: 66,804,587 people1978: 71,487,762 people1980: 76,643,730 people1982: 82,264,343 people1984: 87,766,003 people1986: 93,453,160 people1988: 98,883,931 people1990: 103,530,603 people1992: 107,637,590 people1994: 111,033,402 people1996: 113,253,015 people1998: 114,733,236 people2000: 116,184,518 people2002: 118,274,511 people2004: 121,102,107 people2006: 124,650,399 people2008: 128,698,159 people2010: 133,930,021 people2012: 140,475,497 people2014: 147,673,357 people2016: 154,373,767 people2018: 159,286,250 people2020: 162,798,378 people2022: 165,085,718 people2024: 167,364,899 people2025: 168,288,186 people
Change over the period: +127M (+304.87%) Average annual rate: 2.17 %

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 168M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 168M +923,287 +0.55%
2024 167M +1.07M +0.64%
2023 166M +1.21M +0.73%
2022 165M +1.36M +0.83%
2021 164M +927,521 +0.57%
2020 163M +1.71M +1.06%
2019 161M +1.81M +1.13%
2018 159M +2.2M +1.4%
2017 157M +2.72M +1.76%
2016 154M +3.2M +2.12%
2015 151M +3.5M +2.37%
2014 148M +3.47M +2.4%
2013 144M +3.73M +2.66%
2012 140M +3.42M +2.5%
2011 137M +3.12M +2.33%
2010 134M +2.52M +1.92%
2009 131M +2.71M +2.11%
2008 129M +2.29M +1.81%
2007 126M +1.76M +1.41%
2006 125M +1.76M +1.43%
2005 123M +1.79M +1.48%
2004 121M +1.57M +1.31%
2003 120M +1.26M +1.07%
2002 118M +1.06M +0.9%
2001 117M +1.03M +0.89%
2000 116M +831,658 +0.72%
1999 115M +619,624 +0.54%
1998 115M +654,385 +0.57%
1997 114M +825,836 +0.73%
1996 113M +1.01M +0.9%
1995 112M +1.21M +1.09%
1994 111M +1.53M +1.39%
1993 110M +1.87M +1.74%
1992 108M +2.14M +2.03%
1991 105M +1.96M +1.9%
1990 104M +2.08M +2.05%
1989 101M +2.56M +2.59%
1988 98.88M +2.65M +2.75%
1987 96.23M +2.78M +2.97%
1986 93.45M +2.83M +3.12%
1985 90.63M +2.86M +3.26%
1984 87.77M +2.78M +3.27%
1983 84.99M +2.72M +3.31%
1982 82.26M +2.83M +3.57%
1981 79.43M +2.79M +3.64%
1980 76.64M +2.65M +3.58%
1979 74M +2.51M +3.51%
1978 71.49M +2.35M +3.4%
1977 69.14M +2.33M +3.49%
1976 66.8M +2.31M +3.59%
1975 64.49M +2.04M +3.27%
1974 62.45M +1.79M +2.95%
1973 60.66M +1.71M +2.9%
1972 58.95M +1.65M +2.88%
1971 57.3M +1.6M +2.87%
1970 55.71M +1.56M +2.88%
1969 54.15M +1.52M +2.88%
1968 52.63M +1.47M +2.87%
1967 51.16M +1.45M +2.91%
1966 49.71M +1.41M +2.91%
1965 48.31M +1.38M +2.93%
1964 46.93M +1.41M +3.1%
1963 45.52M +1.4M +3.17%
1962 44.12M +1.31M +3.05%
1961 42.82M +1.25M +3.01%
1960 41.57M

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.