Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Thailand

Children under 15 in Thailand in 2025 — 10,323,422 people. Ranked 42 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 13.1%.

2025 10.32M people −2.34% vs 2024
World rank 42of 217
Period maximum 17.68M people1979
Period minimum 10.32M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Thailand, 1960–202510M12M14M16M18M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11,884,880 people1962: 12,767,874 people1964: 13,688,279 people1966: 14,554,798 people1968: 15,371,742 people1970: 16,089,861 people1972: 16,691,348 people1974: 17,185,768 people1976: 17,522,712 people1978: 17,668,161 people1980: 17,662,960 people1982: 17,552,473 people1984: 17,307,522 people1986: 17,014,884 people1988: 16,701,731 people1990: 16,397,658 people1992: 16,135,788 people1994: 15,986,215 people1996: 15,837,187 people1998: 15,639,320 people2000: 15,362,095 people2002: 15,033,573 people2004: 14,760,733 people2006: 14,475,339 people2008: 14,162,243 people2010: 13,812,580 people2012: 13,350,083 people2014: 12,955,073 people2016: 12,566,651 people2018: 12,092,188 people2020: 11,582,375 people2022: 11,070,889 people2024: 10,570,661 people2025: 10,323,422 people
Change over the period: −1.56M (−13.14%) Average annual rate: -0.22 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Thailand 10.32M people
World 2.01B people
East Asia & Pacific 420M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 164M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 10.32M −247,239 −2.34%
2024 10.57M −249,007 −2.3%
2023 10.82M −251,221 −2.27%
2022 11.07M −255,453 −2.26%
2021 11.33M −256,033 −2.21%
2020 11.58M −255,586 −2.16%
2019 11.84M −254,227 −2.1%
2018 12.09M −244,837 −1.98%
2017 12.34M −229,626 −1.83%
2016 12.57M −206,667 −1.62%
2015 12.77M −181,755 −1.4%
2014 12.96M −182,761 −1.39%
2013 13.14M −212,249 −1.59%
2012 13.35M −234,177 −1.72%
2011 13.58M −228,320 −1.65%
2010 13.81M −189,726 −1.35%
2009 14M −159,937 −1.13%
2008 14.16M −158,201 −1.1%
2007 14.32M −154,895 −1.07%
2006 14.48M −147,637 −1.01%
2005 14.62M −137,757 −0.93%
2004 14.76M −132,999 −0.89%
2003 14.89M −139,841 −0.93%
2002 15.03M −156,627 −1.03%
2001 15.19M −171,895 −1.12%
2000 15.36M −156,417 −1.01%
1999 15.52M −120,808 −0.77%
1998 15.64M −103,495 −0.66%
1997 15.74M −94,372 −0.6%
1996 15.84M −79,730 −0.5%
1995 15.92M −69,298 −0.43%
1994 15.99M −66,897 −0.42%
1993 16.05M −82,676 −0.51%
1992 16.14M −113,662 −0.7%
1991 16.25M −148,208 −0.9%
1990 16.4M −153,732 −0.93%
1989 16.55M −150,341 −0.9%
1988 16.7M −159,787 −0.95%
1987 16.86M −153,366 −0.9%
1986 17.01M −146,630 −0.85%
1985 17.16M −146,008 −0.84%
1984 17.31M −136,161 −0.78%
1983 17.44M −108,790 −0.62%
1982 17.55M −72,164 −0.41%
1981 17.62M −38,323 −0.22%
1980 17.66M −13,923 −0.08%
1979 17.68M +8,722 +0.05%
1978 17.67M +47,914 +0.27%
1977 17.62M +97,535 +0.56%
1976 17.52M +145,954 +0.84%
1975 17.38M +190,990 +1.11%
1974 17.19M +229,796 +1.36%
1973 16.96M +264,624 +1.59%
1972 16.69M +289,607 +1.77%
1971 16.4M +311,880 +1.94%
1970 16.09M +342,732 +2.18%
1969 15.75M +375,387 +2.44%
1968 15.37M +400,664 +2.68%
1967 14.97M +416,280 +2.86%
1966 14.55M +426,037 +3.02%
1965 14.13M +440,482 +3.22%
1964 13.69M +460,387 +3.48%
1963 13.23M +460,018 +3.6%
1962 12.77M +446,033 +3.62%
1961 12.32M +436,961 +3.68%
1960 11.88M

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.