Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Northern America

Children under 15 in Northern America in 2025 — 64,690,101 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 3.4%.

2025 64.69M people −0.7% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 67.78M people2017
Period minimum 56.38M people1981

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Northern America, 1960–202555M60M65M70M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62,546,219 people1962: 64,703,733 people1964: 65,878,310 people1966: 66,336,632 people1968: 65,831,659 people1970: 64,994,799 people1972: 63,806,633 people1974: 61,538,691 people1976: 59,289,550 people1978: 57,516,217 people1980: 56,493,075 people1982: 56,458,191 people1984: 56,680,351 people1986: 56,775,227 people1988: 57,790,081 people1990: 59,601,616 people1992: 61,864,806 people1994: 63,510,046 people1996: 64,409,766 people1998: 65,046,797 people2000: 65,620,830 people2002: 65,924,455 people2004: 65,937,203 people2006: 65,826,068 people2008: 66,179,074 people2010: 66,590,016 people2012: 66,994,490 people2014: 67,401,759 people2016: 67,712,539 people2018: 67,691,661 people2020: 67,033,557 people2022: 65,789,713 people2024: 65,148,297 people2025: 64,690,101 people
Change over the period: +2.14M (+3.43%) Average annual rate: 0.05 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern America 64.69M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — Northern America, by year Northern America All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 64.69M −458,196 −0.7%
2024 65.15M −240,843 −0.37%
2023 65.39M −400,573 −0.61%
2022 65.79M −502,973 −0.76%
2021 66.29M −740,871 −1.11%
2020 67.03M −438,500 −0.65%
2019 67.47M −219,604 −0.32%
2018 67.69M −84,076 −0.12%
2017 67.78M +63,198 +0.09%
2016 67.71M +145,255 +0.21%
2015 67.57M +165,525 +0.25%
2014 67.4M +209,234 +0.31%
2013 67.19M +198,035 +0.3%
2012 66.99M +228,258 +0.34%
2011 66.77M +176,216 +0.26%
2010 66.59M +191,468 +0.29%
2009 66.4M +219,474 +0.33%
2008 66.18M +229,362 +0.35%
2007 65.95M +123,644 +0.19%
2006 65.83M −18,859 −0.03%
2005 65.84M −92,276 −0.14%
2004 65.94M −5,733 −0.01%
2003 65.94M +18,481 +0.03%
2002 65.92M +114,992 +0.17%
2001 65.81M +188,633 +0.29%
2000 65.62M +273,089 +0.42%
1999 65.35M +300,944 +0.46%
1998 65.05M +294,791 +0.46%
1997 64.75M +342,240 +0.53%
1996 64.41M +389,849 +0.61%
1995 64.02M +509,871 +0.8%
1994 63.51M +716,095 +1.14%
1993 62.79M +929,145 +1.5%
1992 61.86M +1.13M +1.86%
1991 60.73M +1.13M +1.9%
1990 59.6M +966,631 +1.65%
1989 58.63M +844,904 +1.46%
1988 57.79M +652,087 +1.14%
1987 57.14M +362,767 +0.64%
1986 56.78M +84,142 +0.15%
1985 56.69M +10,734 +0.02%
1984 56.68M +83,123 +0.15%
1983 56.6M +139,037 +0.25%
1982 56.46M +77,862 +0.14%
1981 56.38M −112,746 −0.2%
1980 56.49M −408,317 −0.72%
1979 56.9M −614,825 −1.07%
1978 57.52M −790,328 −1.36%
1977 58.31M −983,005 −1.66%
1976 59.29M −1.13M −1.88%
1975 60.42M −1.11M −1.81%
1974 61.54M −1.17M −1.86%
1973 62.7M −1.1M −1.73%
1972 63.81M −838,088 −1.3%
1971 64.64M −350,078 −0.54%
1970 64.99M −375,640 −0.57%
1969 65.37M −461,220 −0.7%
1968 65.83M −362,811 −0.55%
1967 66.19M −142,162 −0.21%
1966 66.34M +103,995 +0.16%
1965 66.23M +354,327 +0.54%
1964 65.88M +565,248 +0.87%
1963 65.31M +609,329 +0.94%
1962 64.7M +805,432 +1.26%
1961 63.9M +1.35M +2.16%
1960 62.55M

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.