Latin America & Caribbean: Population ages 0-14, total

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean's population ages 0-14, total fell 1% on 2024 (from 149.05 million to 147.6 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.3% and a typical year strayed about 0.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.1% in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 1% in 2025. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.16 million a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 145.08 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.48 million, against 2.72 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

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 Latin America & Caribbean

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.69% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.19% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 72.33 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 21.36% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 75.28 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 22.95% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 22.14% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.17% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean's population ages 0-14, total?

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

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 56.65% from 94.22 million in 1960 (0.69% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 167.55 million in 2000 and the lowest 94.22 million in 1960.

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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