Child population (in thousands) by country
Countries reporting
36
Highest
49,975
Brazil
Lowest
0.87
Montserrat
Median
1,253
Years covered
76
1950–2025
Data points
3,496
What the numbers show
Child population (in thousands) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 49,975 in Brazil; the lowest is 0.87 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,253, and the mean is 4,953.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 57,443.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 8.3%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 24.5%).
Child population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 49,975 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 2 | Mexico | 38,493 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 3 | Colombia | 12,998 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 11,824 | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 5 | Peru | 9,890 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 8,754 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 7 | Guatemala | 6,939 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 5,333 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4,422 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 10 | Haiti | 4,377 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 4,029 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 12 | Honduras | 3,970 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 3,620 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 14 | Nicaragua | 2,381 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 2,350 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 16 | Cuba | 2,004 | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 17 | El Salvador | 1,888 | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 18 | Panama | 1,344 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 1,162 | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 20 | Uruguay | 744.77 | 2025 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 21 | Jamaica | 645.96 | 2025 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 321.53 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 23 | Guyana | 287.05 | 2025 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 24 | Suriname | 195.1 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 25 | Belize | 133.56 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | Barbados | 59.31 | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Lucia | 38.41 | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 28 | Grenada | 27.54 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25.51 | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.51 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 31 | Dominica | 14.22 | 2025 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.29 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 33 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.08 | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 34 | British Virgin Islands | 7.21 | 2025 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 35 | Anguilla | 3.02 | 2025 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 36 | Montserrat | 0.87 | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDGRC - ECLAC 179,214
- SDG - Latin America and the Caribbean 179,209
- WB - Latin America & Caribbean 178,950
- UNFPA - Latin America and the Caribbean 178,472
- Latin America and the Caribbean 178,295
- SDGRC - ECLAC Latin America 176,496
- SDG - South America 110,918
- SDG - Central America 56,310
- SDG - Caribbean 11,981
- SDGRC - ECLAC Caribbean 2,718