Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — South Asia

Children under 15 in South Asia in 2025 — 416,048,858 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 101%.

2025 416M people −0.79% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 457M people2009
Period minimum 207M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — South Asia, 1960–2025200M300M400M500M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 206,960,093 people1962: 220,110,243 people1964: 233,516,930 people1966: 244,876,741 people1968: 255,728,819 people1970: 266,527,179 people1972: 277,024,599 people1974: 288,679,402 people1976: 300,424,344 people1978: 312,284,328 people1980: 325,032,335 people1982: 339,156,937 people1984: 353,626,243 people1986: 368,311,315 people1988: 382,148,040 people1990: 395,008,019 people1992: 406,867,953 people1994: 417,754,552 people1996: 427,038,495 people1998: 435,033,864 people2000: 441,944,406 people2002: 448,430,579 people2004: 453,389,934 people2006: 456,235,720 people2008: 457,141,451 people2010: 457,011,680 people2012: 455,312,441 people2014: 451,306,619 people2016: 445,211,356 people2018: 438,667,316 people2020: 432,295,073 people2022: 425,950,528 people2024: 419,381,884 people2025: 416,048,858 people
Change over the period: +209M (+101.03%) Average annual rate: 1.08 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South Asia 416M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 416M −3.33M −0.79%
2024 419M −3.31M −0.78%
2023 423M −3.25M −0.76%
2022 426M −3.18M −0.74%
2021 429M −3.16M −0.73%
2020 432M −3.26M −0.75%
2019 436M −3.11M −0.71%
2018 439M −3.22M −0.73%
2017 442M −3.32M −0.75%
2016 445M −3.13M −0.7%
2015 448M −2.96M −0.66%
2014 451M −2.3M −0.51%
2013 454M −1.71M −0.37%
2012 455M −1.04M −0.23%
2011 456M −656,610 −0.14%
2010 457M −226,541 −0.05%
2009 457M +96,770 +0.02%
2008 457M +276,659 +0.06%
2007 457M +629,072 +0.14%
2006 456M +1.13M +0.25%
2005 455M +1.71M +0.38%
2004 453M +2.25M +0.5%
2003 451M +2.71M +0.6%
2002 448M +3.15M +0.71%
2001 445M +3.34M +0.76%
2000 442M +3.36M +0.77%
1999 439M +3.55M +0.82%
1998 435M +3.87M +0.9%
1997 431M +4.12M +0.97%
1996 427M +4.43M +1.05%
1995 423M +4.86M +1.16%
1994 418M +5.27M +1.28%
1993 412M +5.62M +1.38%
1992 407M +5.82M +1.45%
1991 401M +6.04M +1.53%
1990 395M +6.33M +1.63%
1989 389M +6.53M +1.71%
1988 382M +6.75M +1.8%
1987 375M +7.09M +1.92%
1986 368M +7.32M +2.03%
1985 361M +7.37M +2.08%
1984 354M +7.3M +2.11%
1983 346M +7.17M +2.11%
1982 339M +7.14M +2.15%
1981 332M +6.98M +2.15%
1980 325M +6.59M +2.07%
1979 318M +6.16M +1.97%
1978 312M +5.93M +1.93%
1977 306M +5.93M +1.98%
1976 300M +5.87M +1.99%
1975 295M +5.88M +2.04%
1974 289M +5.91M +2.09%
1973 283M +5.74M +2.07%
1972 277M +5.34M +1.97%
1971 272M +5.16M +1.93%
1970 267M +5.34M +2.04%
1969 261M +5.46M +2.13%
1968 256M +5.45M +2.18%
1967 250M +5.4M +2.21%
1966 245M +5.5M +2.3%
1965 239M +5.86M +2.51%
1964 234M +6.55M +2.89%
1963 227M +6.85M +3.11%
1962 220M +6.66M +3.12%
1961 213M +6.49M +3.14%
1960 207M

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.