Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Northern Africa

Children under 15 in Northern Africa in 2025 — 86,918,408 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 208.4%.

2025 86.92M people +0.32% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 86.92M people2025
Period minimum 28.18M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Northern Africa, 1960–2025025M50M75M100M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28,182,988 people1962: 29,858,534 people1964: 31,542,802 people1966: 33,240,145 people1968: 35,030,046 people1970: 36,793,721 people1972: 38,600,710 people1974: 40,588,312 people1976: 42,994,245 people1978: 45,332,594 people1980: 47,770,705 people1982: 50,375,157 people1984: 52,845,984 people1986: 55,273,366 people1988: 57,509,564 people1990: 59,507,031 people1992: 61,210,373 people1994: 62,564,633 people1996: 63,454,574 people1998: 64,066,006 people2000: 64,482,138 people2002: 64,924,615 people2004: 65,439,413 people2006: 66,321,713 people2008: 67,793,124 people2010: 69,992,662 people2012: 72,645,232 people2014: 75,847,993 people2016: 79,189,670 people2018: 82,247,836 people2020: 84,519,283 people2022: 86,140,194 people2024: 86,637,625 people2025: 86,918,408 people
Change over the period: +58.74M (+208.41%) Average annual rate: 1.75 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 86.92M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 86.92M +280,783 +0.32%
2024 86.64M +158,848 +0.18%
2023 86.48M +338,583 +0.39%
2022 86.14M +725,030 +0.85%
2021 85.42M +895,881 +1.06%
2020 84.52M +1.06M +1.27%
2019 83.46M +1.21M +1.47%
2018 82.25M +1.46M +1.8%
2017 80.79M +1.6M +2.02%
2016 79.19M +1.65M +2.13%
2015 77.54M +1.69M +2.23%
2014 75.85M +1.65M +2.23%
2013 74.2M +1.55M +2.13%
2012 72.65M +1.38M +1.94%
2011 71.26M +1.27M +1.81%
2010 69.99M +1.18M +1.71%
2009 68.82M +1.02M +1.51%
2008 67.79M +831,576 +1.24%
2007 66.96M +639,835 +0.96%
2006 66.32M +498,042 +0.76%
2005 65.82M +384,258 +0.59%
2004 65.44M +280,234 +0.43%
2003 65.16M +234,564 +0.36%
2002 64.92M +228,019 +0.35%
2001 64.7M +214,458 +0.33%
2000 64.48M +203,008 +0.32%
1999 64.28M +213,124 +0.33%
1998 64.07M +280,462 +0.44%
1997 63.79M +330,970 +0.52%
1996 63.45M +392,306 +0.62%
1995 63.06M +497,635 +0.8%
1994 62.56M +604,606 +0.98%
1993 61.96M +749,654 +1.22%
1992 61.21M +827,810 +1.37%
1991 60.38M +875,532 +1.47%
1990 59.51M +959,122 +1.64%
1989 58.55M +1.04M +1.81%
1988 57.51M +1.1M +1.95%
1987 56.41M +1.14M +2.06%
1986 55.27M +1.2M +2.21%
1985 54.08M +1.23M +2.33%
1984 52.85M +1.23M +2.37%
1983 51.62M +1.25M +2.47%
1982 50.38M +1.29M +2.64%
1981 49.08M +1.31M +2.74%
1980 47.77M +1.26M +2.7%
1979 46.51M +1.18M +2.61%
1978 45.33M +1.13M +2.56%
1977 44.2M +1.21M +2.81%
1976 42.99M +1.29M +3.09%
1975 41.71M +1.12M +2.75%
1974 40.59M +1M +2.54%
1973 39.58M +983,203 +2.55%
1972 38.6M +913,168 +2.42%
1971 37.69M +893,821 +2.43%
1970 36.79M +883,250 +2.46%
1969 35.91M +880,425 +2.51%
1968 35.03M +888,738 +2.6%
1967 34.14M +901,163 +2.71%
1966 33.24M +865,292 +2.67%
1965 32.37M +832,051 +2.64%
1964 31.54M +843,386 +2.75%
1963 30.7M +840,882 +2.82%
1962 29.86M +822,109 +2.83%
1961 29.04M +853,437 +3.03%
1960 28.18M

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.