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Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) by country

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. La población infantil incluye a los niños menores de 15 años who were living in the country during the reference period, regardless of residency status or citizenship. The...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
341,454
India
Lowest
13.38
United States Virgin Islands
Median
2,335
Years covered
41
1990–2030
Data points
11,480

What the numbers show

Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 341,454 in India; the lowest is 13.38 in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 2,335, and the mean is 10,403.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,527.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 34.0%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 35.1%).

Child population (UN estimates and projections): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 341,454 2030 down 7.6% flat
2 China 169,741 2030 down 33.7% falling
3 Nigeria 99,803 2030 up 8.9% rising
4 Pakistan 94,592 2030 up 6.3% rising
5 Indonesia 66,364 2030 down 6.5% rising
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 59,241 2030 up 34.0% rising
7 United States 57,835 2030 down 7.4% flat
8 Ethiopia 57,452 2030 up 19.4% rising
9 Bangladesh 48,868 2030 up 0.4% flat
10 Brazil 38,780 2030 down 10.5% falling
11 Egypt 36,649 2030 up 0.2% rising
12 Tanzania 33,294 2030 up 25.9% rising
13 Mexico 30,197 2030 down 8.3% falling
14 Philippines 28,934 2030 down 15.9% rising
15 Uganda 23,854 2030 up 18.6% rising
16 Sudan 22,769 2030 up 17.4% rising
17 Kenya 21,579 2030 up 5.2% rising
18 Russia 21,321 2030 down 17.6% falling
19 Vietnam 20,794 2030 down 13.1% falling
20 Afghanistan 20,358 2030 up 17.8% rising
21 Angola 19,236 2030 up 27.7% rising
22 Yemen 19,054 2030 up 27.5% rising
23 Iran 18,410 2030 down 11.7% falling
24 Mozambique 17,379 2030 up 24.9% rising
25 South Africa 17,151 2030 up 4.9% flat
26 Iraq 17,091 2030 up 5.4% rising
27 Turkey 16,631 2030 down 15.2% falling
28 Niger 14,378 2030 up 26.2% rising
29 Cote d'Ivoire 14,048 2030 up 15.2% rising
30 Madagascar 13,788 2030 up 17.9% rising
31 Algeria 13,418 2030 down 1.2% rising
32 Cameroon 13,337 2030 up 19.6% rising
33 Myanmar 12,934 2030 down 3.0% falling
34 Mali 12,771 2030 up 24.3% rising
35 Ghana 12,710 2030 up 7.1% rising
36 Uzbekistan 12,649 2030 up 26.7% rising
37 Japan 12,429 2030 down 19.5% falling
38 Germany 11,292 2030 down 1.9% falling
39 United Kingdom 11,226 2030 down 7.2% rising
40 Chad 10,979 2030 up 32.9% rising
41 France 10,528 2030 down 11.5% falling
42 Colombia 10,499 2030 down 4.3% falling
43 Somalia 10,410 2030 up 32.9% rising
44 Burkina Faso 10,122 2030 up 7.0% rising
45 Zambia 9,719 2030 up 17.7% rising
46 Malawi 9,494 2030 up 12.7% rising
47 Morocco 9,271 2030 down 6.1% flat
48 Thailand 9,170 2030 down 20.8% falling
49 Saudi Arabia 8,519 2030 up 7.8% rising
50 Argentina 8,443 2030 down 21.2% falling
51 Syria 8,107 2030 up 11.3% rising
52 Peru 7,988 2030 down 4.6% falling
53 Nepal 7,927 2030 down 9.0% falling
54 Senegal 7,600 2030 up 12.2% rising
55 Malaysia 7,206 2030 down 11.3% rising
56 Zimbabwe 6,958 2030 up 6.2% rising
57 Benin 6,548 2030 up 17.5% rising
58 Burundi 6,524 2030 up 10.1% rising
59 Venezuela 6,517 2030 down 17.7% falling
60 Guinea 6,504 2030 up 15.4% rising
61 Italy 6,215 2030 down 19.1% falling
62 Kazakhstan 6,050 2030 up 6.3% rising
63 Canada 5,985 2030 down 1.2% flat
64 Rwanda 5,716 2030 up 11.7% rising
65 Guatemala 5,681 2030 down 3.2% rising
66 Spain 5,413 2030 down 20.0% falling
67 Cambodia 5,268 2030 up 1.3% rising
68 North Korea 4,948 2030 down 0.8% falling
69 Poland 4,820 2030 down 18.5% falling
70 Sri Lanka 4,804 2030 down 8.8% flat
71 Australia 4,759 2030 down 0.4% rising
72 South Sudan 4,664 2030 up 2.8% rising
73 Ukraine 4,430 2030 down 35.1% falling
74 South Korea 4,318 2030 down 31.3% falling
75 Ecuador 4,113 2030 down 11.2% flat
76 Togo 4,049 2030 up 14.6% rising
77 Tajikistan 3,892 2030 up 9.5% rising
78 Bolivia 3,733 2030 up 1.8% rising
79 Papua New Guinea 3,665 2030 up 7.6% rising
80 Haiti 3,621 2030 down 1.2% rising
81 Caribbean 9,172 2030 down 8.1% falling
81 Sierra Leone 3,446 2030 up 9.4% rising
82 Honduras 3,403 2030 up 4.5% rising
83 Jordan 3,402 2030 down 4.7% rising
84 Central African Republic 3,048 2030 up 24.0% rising
85 Chile 2,924 2030 down 18.0% falling
86 Dominican Republic 2,903 2030 down 4.7% flat
87 Netherlands 2,769 2030 up 0.5% falling
88 Romania 2,759 2030 down 11.6% falling
89 Congo 2,740 2030 up 14.0% rising
90 Israel 2,625 2030 up 6.4% rising
91 Tunisia 2,590 2030 down 13.8% falling
92 Mauritania 2,466 2030 up 22.4% rising
93 Liberia 2,348 2030 up 10.2% rising
94 Laos 2,335 2030 up 0.6% rising
95 Turkmenistan 2,311 2030 up 6.5% rising
96 Kyrgyzstan 2,300 2030 up 5.0% rising
97 Taiwan 2,213 2030 down 25.9% falling
98 Palestine 2,123 2030 up 6.5% rising
99 Paraguay 1,993 2030 up 3.6% rising
100 Azerbaijan 1,956 2030 down 17.9% falling
101 United Arab Emirates 1,950 2030 up 24.5% rising
102 Nicaragua 1,949 2030 down 2.4% flat
103 Libya 1,888 2030 down 9.1% rising
104 Belgium 1,701 2030 down 12.3% flat
105 Sweden 1,663 2030 down 9.5% rising
106 Czechia 1,460 2030 down 13.5% falling
107 Cuba 1,458 2030 down 17.6% falling
108 El Salvador 1,446 2030 down 11.9% falling
109 Eritrea 1,428 2030 up 7.4% rising
110 Oman 1,409 2030 up 21.9% rising
111 Lebanon 1,385 2030 down 13.1% rising
112 Hungary 1,338 2030 down 5.7% falling
113 Portugal 1,308 2030 down 5.4% falling
114 Switzerland 1,307 2030 up 0.5% rising
115 Austria 1,231 2030 down 4.1% falling
116 Namibia 1,172 2030 up 15.7% rising
117 Gambia 1,149 2030 up 8.6% rising
118 Belarus 1,148 2030 down 28.0% falling
119 Greece 1,138 2030 down 25.0% falling
120 Panama 1,093 2030 down 3.5% rising
121 Mongolia 1,010 2030 down 6.3% rising
122 Gabon 990.81 2030 up 15.9% rising
123 Denmark 936.54 2030 down 1.5% flat
124 Kuwait 914.66 2030 up 0.8% rising
125 New Zealand 907.87 2030 down 5.8% rising
126 Bulgaria 907.24 2030 down 9.3% falling
127 Serbia 899.28 2030 down 8.7% falling
128 Ireland 899.27 2030 down 10.2% rising
129 Guinea-Bissau 894.88 2030 up 9.6% rising
130 Botswana 855.49 2030 up 10.0% rising
131 Norway 850.35 2030 down 8.2% rising
132 Costa Rica 838.24 2030 down 19.7% falling
133 Slovakia 788.41 2030 down 8.8% falling
134 Lesotho 786.22 2030 down 1.9% flat
135 Equatorial Guinea 776.54 2030 up 19.4% rising
136 Singapore 724.18 2030 up 5.8% flat
137 Finland 722.94 2030 down 16.5% falling
138 Georgia 701.95 2030 down 11.9% falling
139 Hong Kong 638.47 2030 down 24.4% falling
140 Uruguay 533.96 2030 down 20.7% falling
141 Qatar 510.87 2030 up 18.4% rising
142 Armenia 493.98 2030 down 15.3% falling
143 Moldova 492.95 2030 down 19.7% falling
144 Croatia 483.14 2030 down 15.4% falling
145 Jamaica 468.29 2030 down 19.6% falling
146 East Timor 462.75 2030 down 3.1% rising
147 Eswatini 409.82 2030 down 0.9% falling
148 Albania 395.13 2030 down 21.5% falling
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 372.3 2030 down 16.8% falling
150 Lithuania 361.11 2030 down 14.5% falling
151 Djibouti 344.48 2030 up 0.5% rising
152 Comoros 340.83 2030 up 11.0% rising
153 Solomon Islands 322.01 2030 up 12.6% rising
154 Bahrain 307.73 2030 up 4.3% rising
155 Puerto Rico 304.32 2030 down 30.6% falling
156 Slovenia 279.92 2030 down 12.1% falling
157 North Macedonia 262.64 2030 down 18.5% falling
158 Trinidad and Tobago 243.17 2030 down 12.4% falling
159 Latvia 242.79 2030 down 20.2% falling
160 Fiji 241.74 2030 down 6.7% falling
161 Guyana 236.01 2030 down 0.8% falling
162 Cyprus 222.17 2030 up 7.0% rising
163 Estonia 178.81 2030 down 18.2% falling
164 Mauritius 171.19 2030 down 18.4% falling
165 Suriname 158.99 2030 down 3.2% flat
166 Bhutan 147.07 2030 down 18.3% falling
167 Western Sahara 140.44 2030 up 6.4% rising
168 Vanuatu 133.22 2030 up 14.3% rising
169 Belize 110.84 2030 down 1.8% rising
170 Cape Verde 110.78 2030 down 24.2% falling
171 Luxembourg 109.93 2030 up 9.1% rising
172 Montenegro 102.79 2030 down 8.3% falling
173 Sao Tome and Principe 94.27 2030 up 8.6% rising
174 Brunei 92.36 2030 down 4.4% flat
175 Maldives 86.61 2030 down 18.8% falling
176 Macao 83.49 2030 down 15.0% flat
177 Samoa 79.58 2030 down 2.7% rising
178 Iceland 69.14 2030 up 0.7% rising
179 Malta 67.52 2030 down 2.3% falling
180 Bahamas 66.27 2030 down 14.1% falling
181 New Caledonia 61.52 2030 down 2.9% flat
182 Barbados 46.7 2030 down 8.2% falling
183 French Polynesia 45.07 2030 down 24.2% falling
184 Guam 42.88 2030 up 2.4% falling
185 Tonga 32.72 2030 down 13.5% falling
186 Saint Lucia 29.85 2030 down 10.6% falling
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.97 2030 down 22.0% falling
188 United States Virgin Islands 13.38 2030 down 7.4% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
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Coverage
280 places, 11,480 data points, 1990–2030
Last refreshed

Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. La población infantil incluye a los niños menores de 15 años who were living in the country during the reference period, regardless of residency status or citizenship. The source for the population figures used is the United Nations' World Population Prospects. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.