What the Data Shows
This stat ranks large national child populations aged 0–14 in 2024. The data use eight WDI/WPP-linked rows and display counts in millions of people. India leads the included rows at 357.3 million, ahead of China at 234.6 million. The India-China gap is 121.7 million people, larger than Nigeria’s full included child-population value.
Data table
Unit: million people · Period: 2024
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | India | 357.3M | 2024 |
| 2 | China | 234.6M | 2024 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 98.4M | 2024 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 88.8M | 2024 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 67.5M | 2024 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 51.0M | 2024 |
| 7 | DR Congo | 50.6M | 2024 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 43.5M | 2024 |
Sources
Source 1: United Nations DESA, Population Division
Publisher: United Nations DESA, Population Division
Dataset/table: World Population Prospects 2024 online edition
Units: population counts, age shares, fertility rates, median age
Date checked: 2026-05-25
Evidence: Supports the common UN population source family for national demographic estimates through 2024.
Source 2: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: World Bank
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: persons and percent of total population
Date checked: 2026-05-25
Evidence: Supports broad age-group and child-population estimates based on WDI/WPP-linked indicators.
Source 3: World Bank World Development Indicators
Publisher: Trading Economics
Dataset/table: World Development Indicators
Units: persons
Date checked: 2026-05-25
Evidence: Provides a public WDI-linked row for India's population aged 0-14.
Data notes & caveats
Values are rounded WDI/WPP-linked national counts. Future updates should refresh the row order from a complete source download.
Methodology
Rows use population aged 0–14 in persons, converted to millions and rounded. The chart is a raw value ranking and does not use a world-share denominator.
Source consistency notes
Rows use the WDI/WPP source family and one unit, millions of people aged 0–14.
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