Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Middle Africa

Children under 15 in Middle Africa in 2025 — 98,024,401 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 630.3%.

2025 98.02M people +2.73% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 98.02M people2025
Period minimum 13.42M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Middle Africa, 1960–2025025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13,422,932 people1962: 14,087,220 people1964: 14,850,958 people1966: 15,699,082 people1968: 16,621,513 people1970: 17,622,111 people1972: 18,732,364 people1974: 19,905,406 people1976: 21,104,636 people1978: 22,336,018 people1980: 23,693,812 people1982: 25,149,756 people1984: 26,748,345 people1986: 28,513,012 people1988: 30,457,606 people1990: 32,582,124 people1992: 34,883,992 people1994: 37,390,936 people1996: 40,017,054 people1998: 42,552,063 people2000: 45,264,242 people2002: 48,093,493 people2004: 51,083,580 people2006: 54,368,224 people2008: 57,949,073 people2010: 61,738,418 people2012: 65,904,193 people2014: 70,429,881 people2016: 75,129,128 people2018: 80,098,078 people2020: 85,132,084 people2022: 90,197,317 people2024: 95,420,783 people2025: 98,024,401 people
Change over the period: +84.6M (+630.28%) Average annual rate: 3.11 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Middle Africa 98.02M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 98.02M +2.6M +2.73%
2024 95.42M +2.65M +2.86%
2023 92.77M +2.57M +2.85%
2022 90.2M +2.52M +2.87%
2021 87.68M +2.55M +2.99%
2020 85.13M +2.53M +3.06%
2019 82.61M +2.51M +3.13%
2018 80.1M +2.5M +3.23%
2017 77.59M +2.46M +3.28%
2016 75.13M +2.39M +3.28%
2015 72.74M +2.31M +3.28%
2014 70.43M +2.29M +3.36%
2013 68.14M +2.24M +3.4%
2012 65.9M +2.14M +3.35%
2011 63.77M +2.03M +3.29%
2010 61.74M +1.92M +3.22%
2009 59.81M +1.87M +3.22%
2008 57.95M +1.83M +3.26%
2007 56.12M +1.75M +3.23%
2006 54.37M +1.68M +3.19%
2005 52.69M +1.6M +3.14%
2004 51.08M +1.53M +3.08%
2003 49.56M +1.46M +3.04%
2002 48.09M +1.42M +3.05%
2001 46.67M +1.41M +3.1%
2000 45.26M +1.38M +3.14%
1999 43.89M +1.34M +3.14%
1998 42.55M +1.28M +3.11%
1997 41.27M +1.25M +3.12%
1996 40.02M +1.28M +3.32%
1995 38.73M +1.34M +3.59%
1994 37.39M +1.3M +3.59%
1993 36.09M +1.21M +3.47%
1992 34.88M +1.17M +3.48%
1991 33.71M +1.13M +3.47%
1990 32.58M +1.08M +3.44%
1989 31.5M +1.04M +3.41%
1988 30.46M +993,742 +3.37%
1987 29.46M +950,852 +3.33%
1986 28.51M +906,309 +3.28%
1985 27.61M +858,358 +3.21%
1984 26.75M +816,138 +3.15%
1983 25.93M +782,451 +3.11%
1982 25.15M +746,972 +3.06%
1981 24.4M +708,972 +2.99%
1980 23.69M +688,804 +2.99%
1979 23.01M +668,990 +3%
1978 22.34M +630,385 +2.9%
1977 21.71M +600,997 +2.85%
1976 21.1M +598,409 +2.92%
1975 20.51M +600,821 +3.02%
1974 19.91M +592,605 +3.07%
1973 19.31M +580,437 +3.1%
1972 18.73M +563,186 +3.1%
1971 18.17M +547,067 +3.1%
1970 17.62M +516,636 +3.02%
1969 17.11M +483,962 +2.91%
1968 16.62M +469,307 +2.91%
1967 16.15M +453,124 +2.89%
1966 15.7M +433,591 +2.84%
1965 15.27M +414,533 +2.79%
1964 14.85M +396,157 +2.74%
1963 14.45M +367,581 +2.61%
1962 14.09M +338,296 +2.46%
1961 13.75M +325,992 +2.43%
1960 13.42M

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.