Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Central America

Children under 15 in Central America in 2025 — 46,628,029 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 99.9%.

2025 46.63M people −0.71% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 49.05M people2014
Period minimum 23.33M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Central America, 1960–202520M30M40M50M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23,325,832 people1962: 24,999,000 people1964: 26,732,954 people1966: 28,579,794 people1968: 30,506,778 people1970: 32,473,053 people1972: 34,424,542 people1974: 36,313,171 people1976: 38,056,373 people1978: 39,645,777 people1980: 41,035,722 people1982: 41,900,202 people1984: 42,687,184 people1986: 43,486,292 people1988: 44,254,052 people1990: 44,990,410 people1992: 45,707,388 people1994: 46,484,131 people1996: 47,231,942 people1998: 47,837,033 people2000: 48,336,477 people2002: 48,680,135 people2004: 48,855,448 people2006: 48,854,342 people2008: 48,885,604 people2010: 48,918,819 people2012: 48,997,826 people2014: 49,047,694 people2016: 48,805,908 people2018: 48,411,674 people2020: 48,000,923 people2022: 47,530,017 people2024: 46,961,179 people2025: 46,628,029 people
Change over the period: +23.3M (+99.9%) Average annual rate: 1.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Central America 46.63M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 46.63M −333,150 −0.71%
2024 46.96M −300,106 −0.63%
2023 47.26M −268,732 −0.57%
2022 47.53M −244,107 −0.51%
2021 47.77M −226,799 −0.47%
2020 48M −212,565 −0.44%
2019 48.21M −198,186 −0.41%
2018 48.41M −200,930 −0.41%
2017 48.61M −193,304 −0.4%
2016 48.81M −158,382 −0.32%
2015 48.96M −83,404 −0.17%
2014 49.05M +3,944 +0.01%
2013 49.04M +45,924 +0.09%
2012 49M +50,388 +0.1%
2011 48.95M +28,619 +0.06%
2010 48.92M +12,557 +0.03%
2009 48.91M +20,658 +0.04%
2008 48.89M +26,353 +0.05%
2007 48.86M +4,909 +0.01%
2006 48.85M −13,113 −0.03%
2005 48.87M +12,007 +0.02%
2004 48.86M +63,610 +0.13%
2003 48.79M +111,703 +0.23%
2002 48.68M +149,950 +0.31%
2001 48.53M +193,708 +0.4%
2000 48.34M +234,379 +0.49%
1999 48.1M +265,065 +0.55%
1998 47.84M +289,111 +0.61%
1997 47.55M +315,980 +0.67%
1996 47.23M +358,751 +0.77%
1995 46.87M +389,060 +0.84%
1994 46.48M +389,826 +0.85%
1993 46.09M +386,917 +0.85%
1992 45.71M +369,946 +0.82%
1991 45.34M +347,032 +0.77%
1990 44.99M +354,171 +0.79%
1989 44.64M +382,187 +0.86%
1988 44.25M +386,631 +0.88%
1987 43.87M +381,129 +0.88%
1986 43.49M +397,037 +0.92%
1985 43.09M +402,071 +0.94%
1984 42.69M +397,045 +0.94%
1983 42.29M +389,937 +0.93%
1982 41.9M +371,752 +0.9%
1981 41.53M +492,728 +1.2%
1980 41.04M +660,909 +1.64%
1979 40.37M +729,036 +1.84%
1978 39.65M +779,542 +2.01%
1977 38.87M +809,862 +2.13%
1976 38.06M +849,907 +2.28%
1975 37.21M +893,295 +2.46%
1974 36.31M +930,947 +2.63%
1973 35.38M +957,682 +2.78%
1972 34.42M +971,081 +2.9%
1971 33.45M +980,408 +3.02%
1970 32.47M +983,613 +3.12%
1969 31.49M +982,662 +3.22%
1968 30.51M +971,747 +3.29%
1967 29.54M +955,237 +3.34%
1966 28.58M +937,700 +3.39%
1965 27.64M +909,140 +3.4%
1964 26.73M +875,588 +3.39%
1963 25.86M +858,366 +3.43%
1962 25M +847,803 +3.51%
1961 24.15M +825,365 +3.54%
1960 23.33M

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.