Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Somalia

Children under 15 in Somalia in 2025 — 9,150,043 people. Ranked 47 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 616.3%.

2025 9.15M people +3.31% vs 2024
World rank 47of 217
Period maximum 9.15M people2025
Period minimum 1.28M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Somalia, 1960–202502.5M5M7.5M10M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,277,408 people1962: 1,358,860 people1964: 1,440,148 people1966: 1,511,827 people1968: 1,585,513 people1970: 1,665,339 people1972: 1,750,957 people1974: 1,842,704 people1976: 1,934,802 people1978: 2,138,273 people1980: 2,649,951 people1982: 2,700,361 people1984: 2,916,334 people1986: 3,194,323 people1988: 3,351,807 people1990: 3,329,779 people1992: 3,019,975 people1994: 3,270,901 people1996: 3,540,719 people1998: 3,843,507 people2000: 4,185,683 people2002: 4,542,836 people2004: 4,922,175 people2006: 5,331,515 people2008: 5,705,090 people2010: 5,970,460 people2012: 5,970,173 people2014: 6,363,422 people2016: 6,821,366 people2018: 7,303,086 people2020: 7,831,486 people2022: 8,335,106 people2024: 8,856,978 people2025: 9,150,043 people
Change over the period: +7.87M (+616.3%) Average annual rate: 3.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 9.15M people
World 2.01B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 534M people
Eastern Africa computed 206M people
Low-income countries computed 321M people
Children under 15 — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 9.15M +293,065 +3.31%
2024 8.86M +287,413 +3.35%
2023 8.57M +234,459 +2.81%
2022 8.34M +226,093 +2.79%
2021 8.11M +277,527 +3.54%
2020 7.83M +274,797 +3.64%
2019 7.56M +253,603 +3.47%
2018 7.3M +230,528 +3.26%
2017 7.07M +251,192 +3.68%
2016 6.82M +246,265 +3.75%
2015 6.58M +211,679 +3.33%
2014 6.36M +213,448 +3.47%
2013 6.15M +179,801 +3.01%
2012 5.97M +5,234 +0.09%
2011 5.96M −5,521 −0.09%
2010 5.97M +130,521 +2.23%
2009 5.84M +134,849 +2.36%
2008 5.71M +171,416 +3.1%
2007 5.53M +202,159 +3.79%
2006 5.33M +203,352 +3.97%
2005 5.13M +205,988 +4.18%
2004 4.92M +196,119 +4.15%
2003 4.73M +183,220 +4.03%
2002 4.54M +177,205 +4.06%
2001 4.37M +179,948 +4.3%
2000 4.19M +173,455 +4.32%
1999 4.01M +168,721 +4.39%
1998 3.84M +165,713 +4.51%
1997 3.68M +137,075 +3.87%
1996 3.54M +137,246 +4.03%
1995 3.4M +132,572 +4.05%
1994 3.27M +173,240 +5.59%
1993 3.1M +77,686 +2.57%
1992 3.02M −179,755 −5.62%
1991 3.2M −130,049 −3.91%
1990 3.33M +8,688 +0.26%
1989 3.32M −30,716 −0.92%
1988 3.35M +24,563 +0.74%
1987 3.33M +132,921 +4.16%
1986 3.19M +143,721 +4.71%
1985 3.05M +134,268 +4.6%
1984 2.92M +116,759 +4.17%
1983 2.8M +99,214 +3.67%
1982 2.7M +20,282 +0.76%
1981 2.68M +30,128 +1.14%
1980 2.65M +224,165 +9.24%
1979 2.43M +287,513 +13.45%
1978 2.14M +150,324 +7.56%
1977 1.99M +53,147 +2.75%
1976 1.93M +46,990 +2.49%
1975 1.89M +45,108 +2.45%
1974 1.84M +45,682 +2.54%
1973 1.8M +46,065 +2.63%
1972 1.75M +43,597 +2.55%
1971 1.71M +42,021 +2.52%
1970 1.67M +40,786 +2.51%
1969 1.62M +39,040 +2.46%
1968 1.59M +37,604 +2.43%
1967 1.55M +36,082 +2.39%
1966 1.51M +34,772 +2.35%
1965 1.48M +36,907 +2.56%
1964 1.44M +40,381 +2.88%
1963 1.4M +40,907 +3.01%
1962 1.36M +40,645 +3.08%
1961 1.32M +40,807 +3.19%
1960 1.28M

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.