Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — South-Eastern Asia

Children under 15 in South-Eastern Asia in 2025 — 164,287,096 people. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 81.8%.

2025 164M people −0.97% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 172M people2018
Period minimum 90.37M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — South-Eastern Asia, 1960–202575M100M125M150M175M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90,371,800 people1962: 97,087,262 people1964: 104,103,125 people1966: 110,484,539 people1968: 116,550,530 people1970: 122,171,211 people1972: 127,358,352 people1974: 131,972,561 people1976: 135,880,406 people1978: 139,457,111 people1980: 143,236,560 people1982: 147,301,774 people1984: 151,495,126 people1986: 155,134,508 people1988: 158,085,398 people1990: 160,958,680 people1992: 163,671,019 people1994: 166,030,793 people1996: 168,045,479 people1998: 168,977,380 people2000: 168,495,915 people2002: 168,384,666 people2004: 168,182,135 people2006: 167,949,526 people2008: 168,297,036 people2010: 168,634,194 people2012: 169,439,704 people2014: 170,649,398 people2016: 171,442,255 people2018: 171,913,862 people2020: 171,126,730 people2022: 168,869,199 people2024: 165,904,558 people2025: 164,287,096 people
Change over the period: +73.92M (+81.79%) Average annual rate: 0.92 %

Comparison, 2025

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

South-Eastern Asia 164M people
World 2.01B people
Children under 15 — South-Eastern Asia, by year South-Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 164M −1.62M −0.97%
2024 166M −1.54M −0.92%
2023 167M −1.42M −0.84%
2022 169M −1.25M −0.74%
2021 170M −1.01M −0.59%
2020 171M −591,187 −0.34%
2019 172M −195,945 −0.11%
2018 172M +109,947 +0.06%
2017 172M +361,660 +0.21%
2016 171M +352,772 +0.21%
2015 171M +440,085 +0.26%
2014 171M +619,672 +0.36%
2013 170M +590,022 +0.35%
2012 169M +493,048 +0.29%
2011 169M +312,462 +0.19%
2010 169M +175,479 +0.1%
2009 168M +161,679 +0.1%
2008 168M +221,761 +0.13%
2007 168M +125,749 +0.07%
2006 168M −63,511 −0.04%
2005 168M −169,098 −0.1%
2004 168M −150,270 −0.09%
2003 168M −52,261 −0.03%
2002 168M −4,326 −0%
2001 168M −106,923 −0.06%
2000 168M −294,094 −0.17%
1999 169M −187,371 −0.11%
1998 169M +270,674 +0.16%
1997 169M +661,227 +0.39%
1996 168M +915,961 +0.55%
1995 167M +1.1M +0.66%
1994 166M +1.16M +0.7%
1993 165M +1.2M +0.73%
1992 164M +1.33M +0.82%
1991 162M +1.38M +0.86%
1990 161M +1.44M +0.9%
1989 160M +1.44M +0.91%
1988 158M +1.43M +0.91%
1987 157M +1.52M +0.98%
1986 155M +1.7M +1.11%
1985 153M +1.94M +1.28%
1984 151M +2.09M +1.4%
1983 149M +2.1M +1.43%
1982 147M +2.06M +1.42%
1981 145M +2.01M +1.4%
1980 143M +1.95M +1.38%
1979 141M +1.83M +1.32%
1978 139M +1.74M +1.27%
1977 138M +1.83M +1.35%
1976 136M +1.91M +1.43%
1975 134M +1.99M +1.51%
1974 132M +2.22M +1.71%
1973 130M +2.39M +1.88%
1972 127M +2.52M +2.02%
1971 125M +2.66M +2.18%
1970 122M +2.75M +2.3%
1969 119M +2.87M +2.46%
1968 117M +2.97M +2.62%
1967 114M +3.09M +2.8%
1966 110M +3.14M +2.93%
1965 107M +3.24M +3.11%
1964 104M +3.47M +3.45%
1963 101M +3.54M +3.65%
1962 97.09M +3.4M +3.63%
1961 93.69M +3.32M +3.67%
1960 90.37M

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.