Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Saudi Arabia

Children under 15 in Saudi Arabia in 2025 — 8,733,553 people. Ranked 50 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 727.2%.

2025 8.73M people +3.87% vs 2024
World rank 50of 217
Period maximum 8.73M people2025
Period minimum 1.06M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Saudi Arabia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,055,838 people1962: 1,150,962 people1964: 1,258,467 people1966: 1,370,301 people1968: 1,490,569 people1970: 1,621,686 people1972: 1,770,899 people1974: 1,944,676 people1976: 2,146,567 people1978: 2,384,992 people1980: 2,664,957 people1982: 2,988,063 people1984: 3,354,333 people1986: 3,753,272 people1988: 4,167,536 people1990: 4,574,084 people1992: 4,960,721 people1994: 5,315,856 people1996: 5,629,974 people1998: 5,896,564 people2000: 6,194,098 people2002: 6,590,476 people2004: 6,778,386 people2006: 6,837,365 people2008: 6,869,667 people2010: 6,623,957 people2012: 6,880,211 people2014: 7,191,628 people2016: 7,712,397 people2018: 7,749,108 people2020: 8,043,031 people2022: 7,929,431 people2024: 8,408,026 people2025: 8,733,553 people
Change over the period: +7.68M (+727.17%) Average annual rate: 3.3 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Saudi Arabia 8.73M people
World 2.01B people
Western Asia computed 86.49M people
High-income countries computed 216M people
Children under 15 — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 8.73M +325,527 +3.87%
2024 8.41M +286,530 +3.53%
2023 8.12M +192,065 +2.42%
2022 7.93M +169,770 +2.19%
2021 7.76M −283,370 −3.52%
2020 8.04M +301,297 +3.89%
2019 7.74M −7,374 −0.1%
2018 7.75M −46,606 −0.6%
2017 7.8M +83,317 +1.08%
2016 7.71M +237,839 +3.18%
2015 7.47M +282,930 +3.93%
2014 7.19M +64,056 +0.9%
2013 7.13M +247,361 +3.6%
2012 6.88M +132,145 +1.96%
2011 6.75M +124,109 +1.87%
2010 6.62M −276,533 −4.01%
2009 6.9M +30,823 +0.45%
2008 6.87M +18,512 +0.27%
2007 6.85M +13,790 +0.2%
2006 6.84M +19,739 +0.29%
2005 6.82M +39,240 +0.58%
2004 6.78M +71,871 +1.07%
2003 6.71M +116,039 +1.76%
2002 6.59M +169,029 +2.63%
2001 6.42M +227,349 +3.67%
2000 6.19M +182,576 +3.04%
1999 6.01M +114,958 +1.95%
1998 5.9M +127,576 +2.21%
1997 5.77M +139,014 +2.47%
1996 5.63M +151,285 +2.76%
1995 5.48M +162,833 +3.06%
1994 5.32M +173,077 +3.37%
1993 5.14M +182,058 +3.67%
1992 4.96M +190,023 +3.98%
1991 4.77M +196,614 +4.3%
1990 4.57M +201,632 +4.61%
1989 4.37M +204,916 +4.92%
1988 4.17M +207,071 +5.23%
1987 3.96M +207,193 +5.52%
1986 3.75M +202,803 +5.71%
1985 3.55M +196,136 +5.85%
1984 3.35M +188,142 +5.94%
1983 3.17M +178,128 +5.96%
1982 2.99M +167,218 +5.93%
1981 2.82M +155,888 +5.85%
1980 2.66M +145,170 +5.76%
1979 2.52M +134,795 +5.65%
1978 2.38M +124,257 +5.5%
1977 2.26M +114,168 +5.32%
1976 2.15M +104,906 +5.14%
1975 2.04M +96,985 +4.99%
1974 1.94M +90,093 +4.86%
1973 1.85M +83,684 +4.73%
1972 1.77M +77,457 +4.57%
1971 1.69M +71,756 +4.42%
1970 1.62M +67,256 +4.33%
1969 1.55M +63,861 +4.28%
1968 1.49M +61,304 +4.29%
1967 1.43M +58,964 +4.3%
1966 1.37M +56,776 +4.32%
1965 1.31M +55,058 +4.38%
1964 1.26M +54,777 +4.55%
1963 1.2M +52,728 +4.58%
1962 1.15M +48,830 +4.43%
1961 1.1M +46,294 +4.38%
1960 1.06M

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.