Population aged 0 to 14 in Italy

11.7% of the population of Italy was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Italy, 2025 11.7% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 11.9%
European Union, 2025 14.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 212th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Italy over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period ItalyEuropean Union
2025 11.7% 14.2%
2024 11.9% 14.4%
2023 12.1% 14.6%
2022 12.4% 14.8%
2021 12.6% 14.9%
2020 12.8% 15.0%
2019 13.0% 15.1%
2018 13.2% 15.2%
2017 13.4% 15.2%
2016 13.6% 15.2%
2015 13.7% 15.2%
2014 13.8% 15.3%
2013 13.9% 15.3%
2012 14.0% 15.4%
2011 14.0% 15.4%
2010 14.0% 15.4%
2009 14.0% 15.4%
2008 14.0% 15.5%
2007 14.0% 15.6%
2006 14.1% 15.7%
2005 14.1% 15.9%
2004 14.2% 16.1%
2003 14.2% 16.3%
2002 14.2% 16.5%
2001 14.2% 16.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 11.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 13.7%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Italy has the 212th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Italy
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects