Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Rwanda

Children under 15 in Rwanda in 2025 — 5,393,489 people. Ranked 66 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 262.6%.

2025 5.39M people +1.26% vs 2024
World rank 66of 217
Period maximum 5.39M people2025
Period minimum 1.49M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Rwanda, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,487,441 people1962: 1,599,691 people1964: 1,694,247 people1966: 1,768,730 people1968: 1,842,110 people1970: 1,920,576 people1972: 2,004,489 people1974: 2,097,269 people1976: 2,204,459 people1978: 2,336,486 people1980: 2,503,987 people1982: 2,707,557 people1984: 2,935,079 people1986: 3,172,881 people1988: 3,405,393 people1990: 3,612,373 people1992: 3,742,857 people1994: 3,403,107 people1996: 3,450,376 people1998: 3,979,815 people2000: 3,813,688 people2002: 3,721,773 people2004: 3,820,382 people2006: 3,992,441 people2008: 4,192,916 people2010: 4,376,223 people2012: 4,538,518 people2014: 4,706,312 people2016: 4,869,070 people2018: 5,010,553 people2020: 5,116,134 people2022: 5,208,791 people2024: 5,326,367 people2025: 5,393,489 people
Change over the period: +3.91M (+262.6%) Average annual rate: 2 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 5.39M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Eastern Africa computed 206M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.39M +67,122 +1.26%
2024 5.33M +61,155 +1.16%
2023 5.27M +56,421 +1.08%
2022 5.21M +48,282 +0.94%
2021 5.16M +44,375 +0.87%
2020 5.12M +48,765 +0.96%
2019 5.07M +56,816 +1.13%
2018 5.01M +67,076 +1.36%
2017 4.94M +74,407 +1.53%
2016 4.87M +79,347 +1.66%
2015 4.79M +83,411 +1.77%
2014 4.71M +85,114 +1.84%
2013 4.62M +82,680 +1.82%
2012 4.54M +80,041 +1.8%
2011 4.46M +82,254 +1.88%
2010 4.38M +87,921 +2.05%
2009 4.29M +95,386 +2.27%
2008 4.19M +100,739 +2.46%
2007 4.09M +99,736 +2.5%
2006 3.99M +92,038 +2.36%
2005 3.9M +80,021 +2.09%
2004 3.82M +66,375 +1.77%
2003 3.75M +32,234 +0.87%
2002 3.72M −25,551 −0.68%
2001 3.75M −66,364 −1.74%
2000 3.81M −80,726 −2.07%
1999 3.89M −85,401 −2.15%
1998 3.98M +64,111 +1.64%
1997 3.92M +465,328 +13.49%
1996 3.45M +478,309 +16.09%
1995 2.97M −431,040 −12.67%
1994 3.4M −461,893 −11.95%
1993 3.87M +122,143 +3.26%
1992 3.74M +58,917 +1.6%
1991 3.68M +71,567 +1.98%
1990 3.61M +98,228 +2.8%
1989 3.51M +108,752 +3.19%
1988 3.41M +114,518 +3.48%
1987 3.29M +117,994 +3.72%
1986 3.17M +119,258 +3.91%
1985 3.05M +118,544 +4.04%
1984 2.94M +115,869 +4.11%
1983 2.82M +111,653 +4.12%
1982 2.71M +105,760 +4.06%
1981 2.6M +97,810 +3.91%
1980 2.5M +88,604 +3.67%
1979 2.42M +78,897 +3.38%
1978 2.34M +69,743 +3.08%
1977 2.27M +62,284 +2.83%
1976 2.2M +56,005 +2.61%
1975 2.15M +51,185 +2.44%
1974 2.1M +47,855 +2.34%
1973 2.05M +44,925 +2.24%
1972 2M +42,586 +2.17%
1971 1.96M +41,327 +2.15%
1970 1.92M +40,073 +2.13%
1969 1.88M +38,393 +2.08%
1968 1.84M +37,159 +2.06%
1967 1.8M +36,221 +2.05%
1966 1.77M +35,699 +2.06%
1965 1.73M +38,784 +2.29%
1964 1.69M +44,725 +2.71%
1963 1.65M +49,831 +3.12%
1962 1.6M +54,242 +3.51%
1961 1.55M +58,008 +3.9%
1960 1.49M

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.