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Population Under Age 15, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1956 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 49.4250; Monaco is lowest, at 14.0154. The middle country reads 40.7523. Against 1955, 222 values changed (158 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1956

HighestNiger

49.4250

LowestMonaco

14.0154

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Under Age 15, 1956, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Under Age 15, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa49.4250
SamoaWSMPolynesia49.1764
American SamoaASMPolynesia48.1002
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia47.7602
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean47.6531
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia47.4739
GrenadaGRDCaribbean47.3999
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean46.9901
KenyaKENEastern Africa46.8106
RwandaRWAEastern Africa46.7598
ParaguayPRYSouth America46.7525
PalestinePSEWestern Asia46.6311
NicaraguaNICCentral America46.4980
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean46.1592
MexicoMEXCentral America46.0043
VenezuelaVENSouth America46.0019
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa45.9456
SudanSDNNorthern Africa45.9325
FijiFJIMelanesia45.7750
ColombiaCOLSouth America45.7088
GuatemalaGTMCentral America45.7020
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean45.6993
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia45.6843
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia45.6233
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa45.6023

02In 1956

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger49.4250
  2. Samoa49.1764
  3. American Samoa48.1002
  4. Northern Mariana Islands47.7602
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines47.6531

Lowest

  1. Monaco14.0154
  2. Isle of Man20.0188
  3. Luxembourg20.5917
  4. Germany21.0788
  5. Austria21.9259

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.7523. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 158 · 64rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1956.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1956). Population Under Age 15, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1956

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1956?

Niger, at 49.4250, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1956?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Under Age 15, 1956 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Under Age 15, 2023.

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