Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Eastern Asia

Children under 15 in Eastern Asia in 2025 — 242,878,305 people. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 22.5%.

2025 243M people −3.71% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 425M people1977
Period minimum 243M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Eastern Asia, 1960–2025200M250M300M350M400M450M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 313,288,563 people1962: 310,300,488 people1964: 331,655,397 people1966: 349,240,119 people1968: 363,027,490 people1970: 379,748,031 people1972: 395,611,626 people1974: 410,216,472 people1976: 424,040,889 people1978: 417,857,645 people1980: 403,035,330 people1982: 394,058,330 people1984: 381,616,786 people1986: 369,965,110 people1988: 366,293,585 people1990: 367,988,475 people1992: 370,538,921 people1994: 370,397,379 people1996: 365,868,830 people1998: 356,510,592 people2000: 346,131,941 people2002: 329,234,770 people2004: 309,534,746 people2006: 290,912,661 people2008: 283,150,558 people2010: 279,475,046 people2012: 279,195,675 people2014: 282,050,298 people2016: 283,933,460 people2018: 286,454,771 people2020: 282,089,326 people2022: 269,562,476 people2024: 252,234,828 people2025: 242,878,305 people
Change over the period: −70.41M (−22.47%) Average annual rate: -0.39 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Asia 243M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 243M −9.36M −3.71%
2024 252M −9.03M −3.46%
2023 261M −8.3M −3.08%
2022 270M −7.04M −2.55%
2021 277M −5.49M −1.94%
2020 282M −3.16M −1.11%
2019 285M −1.21M −0.42%
2018 286M +594,521 +0.21%
2017 286M +1.93M +0.68%
2016 284M +929,163 +0.33%
2015 283M +953,999 +0.34%
2014 282M +1.52M +0.54%
2013 281M +1.34M +0.48%
2012 279M +605,707 +0.22%
2011 279M −885,078 −0.32%
2010 279M −1.53M −0.55%
2009 281M −2.14M −0.76%
2008 283M −3.12M −1.09%
2007 286M −4.64M −1.6%
2006 291M −8.17M −2.73%
2005 299M −10.46M −3.38%
2004 310M −9.79M −3.07%
2003 319M −9.91M −3.01%
2002 329M −9.51M −2.81%
2001 339M −7.38M −2.13%
2000 346M −5.75M −1.63%
1999 352M −4.63M −1.3%
1998 357M −4.77M −1.32%
1997 361M −4.59M −1.25%
1996 366M −2.84M −0.77%
1995 369M −1.69M −0.45%
1994 370M −487,586 −0.13%
1993 371M +346,044 +0.09%
1992 371M +551,664 +0.15%
1991 370M +2M +0.54%
1990 368M +2.04M +0.56%
1989 366M −347,845 −0.09%
1988 366M −1.35M −0.37%
1987 368M −2.32M −0.63%
1986 370M −4.94M −1.32%
1985 375M −6.71M −1.76%
1984 382M −7.5M −1.93%
1983 389M −4.94M −1.25%
1982 394M −3.24M −0.81%
1981 397M −5.74M −1.42%
1980 403M −6.69M −1.63%
1979 410M −8.13M −1.95%
1978 418M −7M −1.65%
1977 425M +818,784 +0.19%
1976 424M +6.28M +1.5%
1975 418M +7.55M +1.84%
1974 410M +8.06M +2%
1973 402M +6.54M +1.65%
1972 396M +7M +1.8%
1971 389M +8.86M +2.33%
1970 380M +8.18M +2.2%
1969 372M +8.54M +2.35%
1968 363M +7.12M +2%
1967 356M +6.67M +1.91%
1966 349M +8.86M +2.6%
1965 340M +8.72M +2.63%
1964 332M +10.51M +3.27%
1963 321M +10.85M +3.5%
1962 310M +2.07M +0.67%
1961 308M −5.06M −1.61%
1960 313M

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.