Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Central Asia

Children under 15 in Central Asia in 2025 — 26,257,938 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 187.6%.

2025 26.26M people +1.4% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 26.26M people2025
Period minimum 9.13M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Central Asia, 1960–2025010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9,129,447 people1962: 10,255,153 people1964: 11,241,728 people1966: 12,007,340 people1968: 12,660,948 people1970: 13,222,023 people1972: 13,738,526 people1974: 14,192,822 people1976: 14,620,773 people1978: 15,128,754 people1980: 15,651,996 people1982: 16,162,225 people1984: 16,830,636 people1986: 17,620,418 people1988: 18,429,539 people1990: 19,160,496 people1992: 19,820,106 people1994: 20,179,228 people1996: 20,247,068 people1998: 19,919,419 people2000: 19,479,492 people2002: 19,009,439 people2004: 18,620,802 people2006: 18,360,404 people2008: 18,346,970 people2010: 18,643,584 people2012: 19,191,463 people2014: 20,066,910 people2016: 21,189,623 people2018: 22,335,507 people2020: 23,612,682 people2022: 24,929,098 people2024: 25,895,863 people2025: 26,257,938 people
Change over the period: +17.13M (+187.62%) Average annual rate: 1.64 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Central Asia 26.26M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 26.26M +362,075 +1.4%
2024 25.9M +439,408 +1.73%
2023 25.46M +527,357 +2.12%
2022 24.93M +633,439 +2.61%
2021 24.3M +682,977 +2.89%
2020 23.61M +655,497 +2.86%
2019 22.96M +621,678 +2.78%
2018 22.34M +580,261 +2.67%
2017 21.76M +565,623 +2.67%
2016 21.19M +573,862 +2.78%
2015 20.62M +548,851 +2.74%
2014 20.07M +479,716 +2.45%
2013 19.59M +395,731 +2.06%
2012 19.19M +314,333 +1.67%
2011 18.88M +233,546 +1.25%
2010 18.64M +173,646 +0.94%
2009 18.47M +122,968 +0.67%
2008 18.35M +41,859 +0.23%
2007 18.31M −55,293 −0.3%
2006 18.36M −119,532 −0.65%
2005 18.48M −140,866 −0.76%
2004 18.62M −169,674 −0.9%
2003 18.79M −218,963 −1.15%
2002 19.01M −244,347 −1.27%
2001 19.25M −225,706 −1.16%
2000 19.48M −206,460 −1.05%
1999 19.69M −233,467 −1.17%
1998 19.92M −215,126 −1.07%
1997 20.13M −112,523 −0.56%
1996 20.25M +4,672 +0.02%
1995 20.24M +63,168 +0.31%
1994 20.18M +132,243 +0.66%
1993 20.05M +226,879 +1.14%
1992 19.82M +305,508 +1.57%
1991 19.51M +354,102 +1.85%
1990 19.16M +357,393 +1.9%
1989 18.8M +373,564 +2.03%
1988 18.43M +394,707 +2.19%
1987 18.03M +414,414 +2.35%
1986 17.62M +406,506 +2.36%
1985 17.21M +383,276 +2.28%
1984 16.83M +354,868 +2.15%
1983 16.48M +313,543 +1.94%
1982 16.16M +272,667 +1.72%
1981 15.89M +237,562 +1.52%
1980 15.65M +253,896 +1.65%
1979 15.4M +269,346 +1.78%
1978 15.13M +251,504 +1.69%
1977 14.88M +256,477 +1.75%
1976 14.62M +226,188 +1.57%
1975 14.39M +201,763 +1.42%
1974 14.19M +218,083 +1.56%
1973 13.97M +236,213 +1.72%
1972 13.74M +254,289 +1.89%
1971 13.48M +262,214 +1.98%
1970 13.22M +271,410 +2.1%
1969 12.95M +289,665 +2.29%
1968 12.66M +315,286 +2.55%
1967 12.35M +338,322 +2.82%
1966 12.01M +358,930 +3.08%
1965 11.65M +406,682 +3.62%
1964 11.24M +472,105 +4.38%
1963 10.77M +514,470 +5.02%
1962 10.26M +541,568 +5.58%
1961 9.71M +584,138 +6.4%
1960 9.13M

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.