Europe & Central Asia: Population ages 0-14, total

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Europe & Central Asia's population ages 0-14, total fell 0.8% on 2024 (from 161.52 million to 160.22 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.5% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.8% in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.9% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 18% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Total population between the ages 0 to 14. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 66 values

Population ages 0-14, total in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 18.66 million (2025)
• Algeria — 14.2 million (2025)
• Bahrain — 294,794 (2025)
• Djibouti — 341,051 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 37.35 million (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 20.35 million (2025)
• Iraq — 16.94 million (2025)
• Israel — 2.75 million (2025)
• Jordan — 3.48 million (2025)
• Kuwait — 874,443 (2025)
• Lebanon — 1.5 million (2025)

More health data for Europe & Central Asia

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.93% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.52% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 78.01 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.26% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 82.21 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.15% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.18% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.52% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Europe & Central Asia's population ages 0-14, total?

160.22 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 14.66% from 187.75 million in 1960 (0.24% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 199.66 million in 1969 and the lowest 155.2 million in 2008.

Is the latest change in population ages 0-14, total unusual for Europe & Central Asia?

In 2025, Europe & Central Asia's population ages 0-14, total fell 0.8% on 2024 (from 161.52 million to 160.22 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.5% and a typical year strayed about 1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.TO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects., publisher: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions o… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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