Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Romania

Children under 15 in Romania in 2025 — 2,958,657 people. Ranked 86 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.8%.

2025 2.96M people −1.18% vs 2024
World rank 86of 217
Period maximum 6.05M people1981
Period minimum 2.96M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Romania, 1960–20252M3M4M5M6M7M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,173,692 people1962: 5,171,938 people1964: 5,044,867 people1966: 4,850,830 people1968: 4,963,427 people1970: 5,075,485 people1972: 5,137,812 people1974: 5,272,071 people1976: 5,528,894 people1978: 5,768,213 people1980: 5,952,128 people1982: 6,018,232 people1984: 5,682,385 people1986: 5,540,148 people1988: 5,505,600 people1990: 5,398,778 people1992: 5,057,506 people1994: 4,784,369 people1996: 4,521,549 people1998: 4,355,136 people2000: 4,180,024 people2002: 3,796,403 people2004: 3,510,520 people2006: 3,348,038 people2008: 3,224,523 people2010: 3,188,291 people2012: 3,158,373 people2014: 3,117,649 people2016: 3,095,328 people2018: 3,106,070 people2020: 3,101,433 people2022: 3,050,785 people2024: 2,994,137 people2025: 2,958,657 people
Change over the period: −2.22M (−42.81%) Average annual rate: -0.86 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Romania 2.96M people
World 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia 160M people
Eastern Europe computed 44.68M people
High-income countries computed 216M people
Children under 15 — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.96M −35,480 −1.18%
2024 2.99M −32,087 −1.06%
2023 3.03M −24,561 −0.81%
2022 3.05M −27,486 −0.89%
2021 3.08M −23,162 −0.75%
2020 3.1M −6,577 −0.21%
2019 3.11M +1,940 +0.06%
2018 3.11M +6,261 +0.2%
2017 3.1M +4,481 +0.14%
2016 3.1M −7,208 −0.23%
2015 3.1M −15,113 −0.48%
2014 3.12M −19,267 −0.61%
2013 3.14M −21,457 −0.68%
2012 3.16M −18,751 −0.59%
2011 3.18M −11,167 −0.35%
2010 3.19M −12,689 −0.4%
2009 3.2M −23,543 −0.73%
2008 3.22M −57,849 −1.76%
2007 3.28M −65,666 −1.96%
2006 3.35M −60,121 −1.76%
2005 3.41M −102,361 −2.92%
2004 3.51M −132,082 −3.63%
2003 3.64M −153,801 −4.05%
2002 3.8M −206,426 −5.16%
2001 4M −177,195 −4.24%
2000 4.18M −103,636 −2.42%
1999 4.28M −71,476 −1.64%
1998 4.36M −64,132 −1.45%
1997 4.42M −102,281 −2.26%
1996 4.52M −128,906 −2.77%
1995 4.65M −133,914 −2.8%
1994 4.78M −133,449 −2.71%
1993 4.92M −139,688 −2.76%
1992 5.06M −178,181 −3.4%
1991 5.24M −163,091 −3.02%
1990 5.4M −79,708 −1.45%
1989 5.48M −27,114 −0.49%
1988 5.51M −13,221 −0.24%
1987 5.52M −21,327 −0.38%
1986 5.54M −48,427 −0.87%
1985 5.59M −93,810 −1.65%
1984 5.68M −156,163 −2.67%
1983 5.84M −179,684 −2.99%
1982 6.02M −32,918 −0.54%
1981 6.05M +99,022 +1.66%
1980 5.95M +90,695 +1.55%
1979 5.86M +93,220 +1.62%
1978 5.77M +112,014 +1.98%
1977 5.66M +127,305 +2.3%
1976 5.53M +134,850 +2.5%
1975 5.39M +121,973 +2.31%
1974 5.27M +84,100 +1.62%
1973 5.19M +50,159 +0.98%
1972 5.14M +34,190 +0.67%
1971 5.1M +28,137 +0.55%
1970 5.08M +50,094 +1%
1969 5.03M +61,964 +1.25%
1968 4.96M +87,719 +1.8%
1967 4.88M +24,878 +0.51%
1966 4.85M −91,153 −1.84%
1965 4.94M −102,884 −2.04%
1964 5.04M −77,784 −1.52%
1963 5.12M −49,287 −0.95%
1962 5.17M −18,809 −0.36%
1961 5.19M +17,055 +0.33%
1960 5.17M

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.