Number of children under 5, by world region by country

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.

Countries reporting

229

Highest

66.77 million people

India

Lowest

40 people

Vatican

Median

333,428 people

Years covered

2024–2100

Data points

18,172

What the numbers show

Number of children under 5, by world region is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 66.77 million people in India; the lowest is 40 people in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 333,428 people, and the mean is 2.40 million people.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 208 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 11.4%), and the largest decrease in Hong Kong (down 25.3%).

Number of children under 5, by world region: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	India	66.77 million people	2100	down 6.9%	falling
2	Democratic Republic of Congo	33.44 million people	2100	down 1.5%	rising
3	Pakistan	32.24 million people	2100	down 4.3%	flat
4	Nigeria	32.05 million people	2100	down 4.6%	falling
5	Ethiopia	23.22 million people	2100	down 2.0%	rising
6	Tanzania	20.58 million people	2100	up 1.1%	rising
7	United States	19.91 million people	2100	up 1.5%	flat
8	China	15.54 million people	2100	down 13.8%	falling
9	Indonesia	14.26 million people	2100	down 5.9%	falling
10	Angola	11.56 million people	2100	up 0.5%	rising
11	Egypt	11.08 million people	2100	down 3.7%	falling
12	Sudan	9.54 million people	2100	down 3.8%	rising
13	Bangladesh	9.15 million people	2100	down 9.2%	falling
14	Afghanistan	9.03 million people	2100	down 2.2%	rising
15	Cote d'Ivoire	8.39 million people	2100	up 2.2%	rising
16	Mozambique	7.33 million people	2100	down 3.3%	rising
17	Uganda	6.91 million people	2100	down 8.2%	falling
18	Yemen	6.88 million people	2100	down 5.3%	rising
19	Brazil	6.45 million people	2100	down 8.4%	falling
20	Cameroon	6.42 million people	2100	down 1.2%	rising
21	Kenya	6.40 million people	2100	down 5.9%	falling
22	Niger	6.29 million people	2100	down 3.6%	rising
23	Madagascar	6.06 million people	2100	down 2.1%	rising
24	Iraq	5.99 million people	2100	down 3.7%	flat
25	Mali	5.87 million people	2100	down 3.9%	rising
26	Russia	5.86 million people	2100	down 2.2%	falling
27	South Africa	5.55 million people	2100	down 0.6%	flat
28	Mexico	5.55 million people	2100	down 7.5%	falling
29	Chad	5.48 million people	2100	down 3.7%	rising
30	Philippines	5.22 million people	2100	down 7.2%	falling
31	Somalia	5.14 million people	2100	down 3.0%	rising
32	Zambia	4.60 million people	2100	down 1.7%	rising
33	Uzbekistan	4.45 million people	2100	down 4.3%	rising
34	Ghana	4.28 million people	2100	down 4.4%	flat
35	Saudi Arabia	4.10 million people	2100	up 6.3%	rising
36	Vietnam	3.95 million people	2100	down 5.4%	falling
37	Malawi	3.85 million people	2100	down 3.1%	rising
38	Burkina Faso	3.29 million people	2100	down 4.2%	falling
39	United Kingdom	3.21 million people	2100	down 3.7%	falling
40	France	3.16 million people	2100	down 0.5%	falling
41	Germany	3.11 million people	2100	down 3.8%	falling
42	Senegal	3.10 million people	2100	down 3.6%	rising
43	Iran	3.09 million people	2100	down 9.1%	falling
44	Algeria	3.00 million people	2100	down 7.8%	falling
45	Benin	2.95 million people	2100	down 1.7%	rising
46	Japan	2.83 million people	2100	down 5.9%	falling
47	Burundi	2.71 million people	2100	down 2.5%	rising
48	Zimbabwe	2.49 million people	2100	down 4.6%	flat
49	Myanmar	2.45 million people	2100	down 7.8%	falling
50	Canada	2.33 million people	2100	up 3.9%	rising
51	Turkey	2.26 million people	2100	down 11.7%	falling
52	Syria	2.22 million people	2100	down 6.9%	falling
53	Guinea	2.15 million people	2100	down 5.2%	falling
54	Australia	2.09 million people	2100	up 3.5%	rising
55	Rwanda	2.01 million people	2100	down 4.1%	flat
56	Kazakhstan	1.92 million people	2100	down 3.9%	flat
57	Malaysia	1.91 million people	2100	down 2.6%	falling
58	Colombia	1.83 million people	2100	down 7.7%	falling
59	Togo	1.82 million people	2100	down 0.9%	rising
60	Morocco	1.68 million people	2100	down 9.1%	falling
61	Thailand	1.67 million people	2100	down 5.6%	falling
62	United Arab Emirates	1.66 million people	2100	up 11.4%	rising
63	Peru	1.66 million people	2100	down 6.5%	falling
64	South Sudan	1.57 million people	2100	down 4.7%	falling
65	Congo	1.51 million people	2100	up 0.5%	rising
66	Argentina	1.47 million people	2100	down 7.4%	falling
67	Nepal	1.41 million people	2100	down 8.2%	falling
68	Central African Republic	1.36 million people	2100	down 4.6%	rising
69	Venezuela	1.32 million people	2100	down 7.2%	falling
70	Italy	1.26 million people	2100	down 5.6%	falling
71	Guatemala	1.24 million people	2100	down 6.6%	falling
72	Spain	1.24 million people	2100	down 5.6%	falling
73	Mauritania	1.22 million people	2100	down 1.6%	rising
74	Cambodia	1.20 million people	2100	down 6.4%	falling
75	Papua New Guinea	1.15 million people	2100	down 4.8%	falling
76	Tajikistan	1.14 million people	2100	down 5.9%	falling
77	Israel	1.14 million people	2100	down 0.4%	rising
78	Jordan	1.10 million people	2100	down 0.4%	falling
79	Sierra Leone	983,692 people	2100	down 5.9%	falling
80	Bolivia	971,603 people	2100	down 5.3%	falling
81	Sri Lanka	901,396 people	2100	down 7.1%	falling
82	Haiti	858,550 people	2100	down 6.3%	falling
83	Honduras	857,413 people	2100	down 5.7%	falling
84	Liberia	852,118 people	2100	down 4.0%	flat
85	North Korea	794,407 people	2100	down 12.1%	falling
86	Ecuador	792,284 people	2100	down 6.5%	falling
87	Netherlands	757,165 people	2100	down 1.2%	falling
88	Oman	701,526 people	2100	up 4.1%	rising
89	Kyrgyzstan	645,668 people	2100	down 4.4%	falling
90	Poland	624,863 people	2100	down 11.8%	falling
91	Palestine	600,680 people	2100	down 4.9%	falling
92	South Korea	599,530 people	2100	down 10.2%	falling
93	Kuwait	563,011 people	2100	up 10.2%	rising
94	Dominican Republic	543,612 people	2100	down 8.2%	falling
95	Eritrea	525,382 people	2100	down 4.2%	flat
96	Turkmenistan	500,079 people	2100	down 6.4%	falling
97	Sweden	479,660 people	2100	down 1.8%	falling
98	Gabon	467,914 people	2100	up 0.2%	rising
99	Belgium	461,216 people	2100	down 2.1%	falling
100	Qatar	461,134 people	2100	up 10.9%	rising
101	Azerbaijan	458,644 people	2100	down 3.3%	falling
102	Libya	455,012 people	2100	down 5.0%	falling
103	Paraguay	452,902 people	2100	down 7.1%	falling
104	Romania	440,116 people	2100	down 9.5%	falling
105	Laos	438,726 people	2100	down 8.8%	falling
106	Tunisia	425,507 people	2100	down 12.3%	falling
107	Chile	411,277 people	2100	down 12.1%	falling
108	Ukraine	402,266 people	2100	down 13.8%	falling
109	Portugal	396,215 people	2100	down 1.1%	falling
110	Nicaragua	394,954 people	2100	down 7.2%	falling
111	Switzerland	392,499 people	2100	down 2.9%	flat
112	Namibia	357,079 people	2100	down 5.6%	falling
113	Czechia	351,331 people	2100	down 4.4%	falling
114	Gambia	334,764 people	2100	down 5.2%	falling
115	Lebanon	333,428 people	2100	down 4.5%	falling
116	Equatorial Guinea	328,832 people	2100	down 2.3%	rising
117	Hungary	324,096 people	2100	down 4.5%	falling
118	Guinea-Bissau	302,001 people	2100	down 3.8%	flat
119	Taiwan	301,946 people	2100	down 13.7%	falling
120	Mongolia	297,893 people	2100	down 1.5%	falling
121	Austria	297,643 people	2100	down 4.9%	falling
122	Panama	267,694 people	2100	down 4.2%	falling
123	Denmark	261,283 people	2100	down 1.7%	falling
124	New Zealand	256,010 people	2100	down 2.1%	falling
125	Norway	224,990 people	2100	down 2.5%	falling
126	Greece	223,897 people	2100	down 10.7%	falling
128	Botswana	208,485 people	2100	down 6.8%	falling
129	El Salvador	204,177 people	2100	down 10.0%	falling
130	Cuba	195,101 people	2100	down 9.4%	falling
131	Lesotho	190,191 people	2100	down 6.2%	falling
132	Finland	178,591 people	2100	down 2.9%	falling
133	Bahrain	176,724 people	2100	up 7.7%	rising
134	Bulgaria	146,527 people	2100	down 9.8%	falling
135	Belarus	144,679 people	2100	down 12.0%	falling
136	Serbia	141,046 people	2100	down 10.2%	falling
137	Singapore	140,350 people	2100	up 0.2%	falling
138	Slovakia	131,931 people	2100	down 10.6%	falling
139	Georgia	126,871 people	2100	down 10.7%	falling
140	Costa Rica	123,827 people	2100	down 9.0%	falling
141	Comoros	123,722 people	2100	down 4.3%	rising
142	Solomon Islands	114,738 people	2100	down 4.3%	flat
143	Djibouti	107,534 people	2100	down 1.6%	falling
145	East Timor	97,537 people	2100	down 5.3%	falling
146	Croatia	79,027 people	2100	down 9.3%	falling
147	Uruguay	78,530 people	2100	down 9.3%	falling
148	Eswatini	74,031 people	2100	down 10.0%	falling
149	Armenia	69,060 people	2100	down 10.9%	falling
150	Slovenia	66,504 people	2100	down 4.4%	falling
151	Moldova	62,192 people	2100	down 12.2%	falling
152	Vanuatu	59,723 people	2100	down 1.7%	rising
153	Cyprus	51,005 people	2100	down 5.2%	falling
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49,993 people	2100	down 8.7%	falling
155	French Guiana	47,997 people	2100	down 0.1%	rising
156	Fiji	45,775 people	2100	down 7.6%	falling
157	Guyana	45,520 people	2100	down 7.6%	falling
158	Western Sahara	41,447 people	2100	down 4.5%	falling
159	Reunion	37,888 people	2100	down 7.0%	falling
160	Lithuania	37,718 people	2100	down 14.7%	falling
161	Albania	36,822 people	2100	down 13.5%	falling
162	Jamaica	35,987 people	2100	down 15.3%	falling
163	Trinidad and Tobago	34,774 people	2100	down 9.6%	falling
164	Suriname	34,218 people	2100	down 6.6%	falling
165	Sao Tome and Principe	34,182 people	2100	down 3.8%	flat
166	Latvia	31,860 people	2100	down 11.6%	falling
168	Estonia	30,706 people	2100	down 9.2%	falling
169	Hong Kong	30,373 people	2100	down 25.3%	volatile
170	North Macedonia	28,904 people	2100	down 13.7%	falling
171	Bhutan	27,662 people	2100	down 4.1%	falling
172	Samoa	25,608 people	2100	down 2.4%	falling
173	Puerto Rico	23,218 people	2100	down 7.1%	falling
174	Maldives	21,159 people	2100	down 5.7%	falling
175	Brunei	20,764 people	2100	down 5.5%	falling
176	Mauritius	18,891 people	2100	down 10.1%	falling
177	Belize	17,603 people	2100	down 10.9%	falling
178	Bahamas	17,118 people	2100	down 1.5%	falling
179	New Caledonia	15,426 people	2100	down 4.7%	falling
180	Cape Verde	14,689 people	2100	down 10.8%	falling
181	Kiribati	14,189 people	2100	down 5.4%	falling
182	Iceland	13,661 people	2100	down 6.8%	falling
183	Montenegro	12,323 people	2100	down 13.3%	falling
186	Guam	10,094 people	2100	down 8.4%	falling
188	Barbados	8,035 people	2100	down 8.6%	falling
189	Macao	7,889 people	2100	down 15.7%	falling
190	Micronesia (country)	7,078 people	2100	down 7.0%	falling
191	Tonga	6,812 people	2100	down 3.9%	falling
192	French Polynesia	6,044 people	2100	down 10.0%	falling
193	Seychelles	5,508 people	2100	down 7.5%	falling
194	Cayman Islands	5,086 people	2100	down 3.1%	rising
195	Jersey	4,362 people	2100	up 0.3%	flat
196	Saint Lucia	4,097 people	2100	down 9.7%	falling
197	Curacao	3,800 people	2100	down 7.9%	falling
198	Aruba	3,135 people	2100	down 4.7%	falling
199	Faroe Islands	2,935 people	2100	down 4.5%	falling
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,849 people	2100	down 7.6%	falling
200	United States Virgin Islands	2,849 people	2100	down 6.5%	falling
202	Grenada	2,697 people	2100	down 9.9%	falling
203	Antigua and Barbuda	2,658 people	2100	down 7.9%	falling
204	Monaco	2,551 people	2100	up 2.1%	rising
205	Gibraltar	2,217 people	2100	down 2.2%	falling
205	Isle of Man	2,217 people	2100	down 5.0%	falling
207	Guernsey	2,139 people	2100	down 2.4%	falling
208	Dominica	2,064 people	2100	down 7.7%	falling
209	Northern Mariana Islands	1,869 people	2100	down 1.0%	falling
211	Greenland	1,776 people	2100	down 10.8%	falling
212	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,638 people	2100	down 6.1%	falling
213	American Samoa	1,518 people	2100	down 8.7%	falling
214	Turks and Caicos Islands	1,466 people	2100	down 8.5%	falling
215	Andorra	1,417 people	2100	down 7.4%	falling
216	Nauru	1,413 people	2100	down 2.8%	flat
217	Marshall Islands	1,311 people	2100	down 3.2%	falling
218	Bermuda	1,235 people	2100	down 8.9%	falling
219	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1,231 people	2100	down 8.7%	falling
220	San Marino	1,200 people	2100	unchanged	rising
221	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	1,086 people	2100	down 7.6%	falling
222	British Virgin Islands	1,033 people	2100	down 4.1%	falling
223	Saint Martin (French part)	879 people	2100	down 18.5%	falling
224	Tuvalu	765 people	2100	down 3.5%	falling
225	Palau	539 people	2100	down 5.4%	falling
226	Cook Islands	335 people	2100	down 0.3%	falling
227	Anguilla	315 people	2100	down 6.8%	falling
228	Saint Barthelemy	255 people	2100	down 9.6%	falling
229	Wallis and Futuna	228 people	2100	down 10.9%	falling
230	Tokelau	227 people	2100	down 3.4%	falling
231	Niue	135 people	2100	up 2.3%	falling
232	Montserrat	110 people	2100	down 7.6%	falling
232	Saint Helena	110 people	2100	down 6.8%	falling
234	Falkland Islands	90 people	2100	down 10.9%	falling
235	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	65 people	2100	up 4.8%	falling
236	Vatican	40 people	2100	unchanged	rising

About this data

Indicator: Number of children under 5, by world region
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 18,172 data points, 2024–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.