China vs India: Population ages 0-14, total

China
216.72 million
in 2025
India
354.19 million
in 2025
China rank
2nd
India rank
1st

Population ages 0-14, total over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 354.19 million against 216.72 million in China, a difference of 137.47 million.

That makes India's figure about 1.6 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population ages 0-14, total
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., publi
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.