Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Türkiye

Children under 15 in Türkiye in 2025 — 18,054,166 people. Ranked 22 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 51.7%.

2025 18.05M people −1.57% vs 2024
World rank 22of 217
Period maximum 20.29M people1994
Period minimum 11.9M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Türkiye, 1960–202510M12.5M15M17.5M20M22.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11,902,254 people1962: 12,674,455 people1964: 13,462,715 people1966: 14,211,915 people1968: 14,980,688 people1970: 15,644,797 people1972: 16,263,707 people1974: 16,821,216 people1976: 17,220,459 people1978: 17,631,626 people1980: 18,071,784 people1982: 18,597,770 people1984: 19,082,107 people1986: 19,483,374 people1988: 19,805,214 people1990: 20,061,894 people1992: 20,196,292 people1994: 20,288,709 people1996: 20,200,523 people1998: 19,992,321 people2000: 19,768,658 people2002: 19,571,626 people2004: 19,408,113 people2006: 19,264,744 people2008: 18,998,882 people2010: 18,940,260 people2012: 18,875,559 people2014: 18,736,524 people2016: 18,673,742 people2018: 18,822,562 people2020: 18,986,606 people2022: 18,856,844 people2024: 18,342,818 people2025: 18,054,166 people
Change over the period: +6.15M (+51.69%) Average annual rate: 0.64 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Türkiye 18.05M people
World 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia 160M people
Western Asia computed 86.49M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 514M people
Children under 15 — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 18.05M −288,652 −1.57%
2024 18.34M −292,141 −1.57%
2023 18.63M −221,885 −1.18%
2022 18.86M −81,468 −0.43%
2021 18.94M −48,294 −0.25%
2020 18.99M +24,853 +0.13%
2019 18.96M +139,191 +0.74%
2018 18.82M +92,544 +0.49%
2017 18.73M +56,276 +0.3%
2016 18.67M +8,678 +0.05%
2015 18.67M −71,460 −0.38%
2014 18.74M −74,928 −0.4%
2013 18.81M −64,107 −0.34%
2012 18.88M −46,934 −0.25%
2011 18.92M −17,767 −0.09%
2010 18.94M −21,142 −0.11%
2009 18.96M −37,480 −0.2%
2008 19M −33,959 −0.18%
2007 19.03M −231,903 −1.2%
2006 19.26M −71,035 −0.37%
2005 19.34M −72,334 −0.37%
2004 19.41M −78,558 −0.4%
2003 19.49M −84,955 −0.43%
2002 19.57M −93,506 −0.48%
2001 19.67M −103,526 −0.52%
2000 19.77M −110,937 −0.56%
1999 19.88M −112,726 −0.56%
1998 19.99M −108,276 −0.54%
1997 20.1M −99,926 −0.49%
1996 20.2M −77,438 −0.38%
1995 20.28M −10,748 −0.05%
1994 20.29M +42,834 +0.21%
1993 20.25M +49,583 +0.25%
1992 20.2M +57,850 +0.29%
1991 20.14M +76,548 +0.38%
1990 20.06M +113,355 +0.57%
1989 19.95M +143,325 +0.72%
1988 19.81M +153,297 +0.78%
1987 19.65M +168,543 +0.87%
1986 19.48M +190,098 +0.99%
1985 19.29M +211,169 +1.11%
1984 19.08M +232,551 +1.23%
1983 18.85M +251,786 +1.35%
1982 18.6M +260,571 +1.42%
1981 18.34M +265,415 +1.47%
1980 18.07M +235,858 +1.32%
1979 17.84M +204,300 +1.16%
1978 17.63M +204,462 +1.17%
1977 17.43M +206,705 +1.2%
1976 17.22M +191,109 +1.12%
1975 17.03M +208,134 +1.24%
1974 16.82M +264,930 +1.6%
1973 16.56M +292,579 +1.8%
1972 16.26M +312,266 +1.96%
1971 15.95M +306,644 +1.96%
1970 15.64M +312,788 +2.04%
1969 15.33M +351,321 +2.35%
1968 14.98M +374,720 +2.57%
1967 14.61M +394,053 +2.77%
1966 14.21M +379,093 +2.74%
1965 13.83M +370,107 +2.75%
1964 13.46M +392,528 +3%
1963 13.07M +395,732 +3.12%
1962 12.67M +393,836 +3.21%
1961 12.28M +378,365 +3.18%
1960 11.9M

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.