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Population Under Age 15, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1961 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 50.7282; Monaco is lowest, at 13.7437. The middle country reads 41.5033. Against 1960, 222 values changed (154 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1961

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

50.7282

LowestMonaco

13.7437

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia50.7282
SamoaWSMPolynesia50.2485
RwandaRWAEastern Africa49.7444
KenyaKENEastern Africa49.0676
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean48.8853
NigerNERWestern Africa48.8655
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean48.8334
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia48.7700
American SamoaASMPolynesia48.7431
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia48.3106
PalauPLWMicronesia48.1790
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean48.1011
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.8352
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa47.6961
NiueNIUPolynesia47.6647
PalestinePSEWestern Asia47.6643
HondurasHNDCentral America47.3443
GrenadaGRDCaribbean47.2468
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa47.1813
GuyanaGUYSouth America47.0203
MexicoMEXCentral America46.9812
ColombiaCOLSouth America46.9578
VenezuelaVENSouth America46.9346
GuatemalaGTMCentral America46.7435
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia46.7113

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands50.7282
  2. Samoa50.2485
  3. Rwanda49.7444
  4. Kenya49.0676
  5. Dominican Republic48.8853

Lowest

  1. Monaco13.7437
  2. Vatican City17.8396
  3. Isle of Man19.7581
  4. Luxembourg21.5058
  5. Germany21.7071

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 41.5033. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 154 · 68rose · 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 1961.

  • 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 (1961). Population Under Age 15, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1961

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Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1961?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 50.7282, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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