Children under 15 — all countries

Children under 15 — Vietnam

Children under 15 in Vietnam in 2025 — 23,221,377 people. Ranked 16 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 73.7%.

2025 23.22M people −0.99% vs 2024
World rank 16of 217
Period maximum 26M people1994
Period minimum 13.37M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Children under 15 — Vietnam, 1960–202510M15M20M25M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 13,367,085 people1962: 14,546,300 people1964: 15,727,544 people1966: 16,575,014 people1968: 17,241,946 people1970: 17,805,878 people1972: 18,421,355 people1974: 18,967,940 people1976: 19,630,855 people1978: 20,408,198 people1980: 21,144,886 people1982: 22,094,933 people1984: 23,160,297 people1986: 24,092,102 people1988: 24,659,579 people1990: 25,202,888 people1992: 25,733,656 people1994: 26,003,048 people1996: 25,864,164 people1998: 25,236,669 people2000: 24,300,559 people2002: 23,539,166 people2004: 22,883,514 people2006: 22,135,991 people2008: 21,812,160 people2010: 21,499,556 people2012: 21,488,409 people2014: 21,975,355 people2016: 22,684,179 people2018: 23,658,068 people2020: 23,920,479 people2022: 23,858,444 people2024: 23,453,385 people2025: 23,221,377 people
Change over the period: +9.85M (+73.72%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Vietnam 23.22M people
World 2.01B people
East Asia & Pacific 420M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 164M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 945M people
Children under 15 — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 23.22M −232,008 −0.99%
2024 23.45M −235,600 −0.99%
2023 23.69M −169,459 −0.71%
2022 23.86M −81,521 −0.34%
2021 23.94M +19,486 +0.08%
2020 23.92M +74,546 +0.31%
2019 23.85M +187,865 +0.79%
2018 23.66M +416,192 +1.79%
2017 23.24M +557,697 +2.46%
2016 22.68M +413,312 +1.86%
2015 22.27M +295,512 +1.34%
2014 21.98M +295,930 +1.37%
2013 21.68M +191,016 +0.89%
2012 21.49M +57,394 +0.27%
2011 21.43M −68,541 −0.32%
2010 21.5M −168,374 −0.78%
2009 21.67M −144,230 −0.66%
2008 21.81M −118,886 −0.54%
2007 21.93M −204,945 −0.93%
2006 22.14M −345,756 −1.54%
2005 22.48M −401,767 −1.76%
2004 22.88M −339,622 −1.46%
2003 23.22M −316,030 −1.34%
2002 23.54M −350,182 −1.47%
2001 23.89M −411,211 −1.69%
2000 24.3M −470,819 −1.9%
1999 24.77M −465,291 −1.84%
1998 25.24M −373,378 −1.46%
1997 25.61M −254,117 −0.98%
1996 25.86M −127,789 −0.49%
1995 25.99M −11,095 −0.04%
1994 26M +91,039 +0.35%
1993 25.91M +178,353 +0.69%
1992 25.73M +245,550 +0.96%
1991 25.49M +285,218 +1.13%
1990 25.2M +290,793 +1.17%
1989 24.91M +252,516 +1.02%
1988 24.66M +243,637 +1%
1987 24.42M +323,840 +1.34%
1986 24.09M +427,121 +1.8%
1985 23.66M +504,684 +2.18%
1984 23.16M +533,004 +2.36%
1983 22.63M +532,360 +2.41%
1982 22.09M +504,240 +2.34%
1981 21.59M +445,807 +2.11%
1980 21.14M +384,198 +1.85%
1979 20.76M +352,490 +1.73%
1978 20.41M +356,242 +1.78%
1977 20.05M +421,101 +2.15%
1976 19.63M +391,188 +2.03%
1975 19.24M +271,727 +1.43%
1974 18.97M +272,076 +1.46%
1973 18.7M +274,509 +1.49%
1972 18.42M +292,650 +1.61%
1971 18.13M +322,827 +1.81%
1970 17.81M +278,604 +1.59%
1969 17.53M +285,328 +1.65%
1968 17.24M +303,869 +1.79%
1967 16.94M +363,063 +2.19%
1966 16.58M +423,290 +2.62%
1965 16.15M +424,180 +2.7%
1964 15.73M +536,156 +3.53%
1963 15.19M +645,088 +4.43%
1962 14.55M +584,048 +4.18%
1961 13.96M +595,167 +4.45%
1960 13.37M

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.