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Population Under Age 15, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1962 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 50.924; Monaco is lowest, at 13.443. The middle country reads 41.574. Against 1961, 222 values changed (144 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1962

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

50.924

LowestMonaco

13.443

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia50.924
SamoaWSMPolynesia50.568
RwandaRWAEastern Africa50.210
KenyaKENEastern Africa49.384
PalauPLWMicronesia49.127
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean49.108
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia49.060
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean48.920
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia48.909
NigerNERWestern Africa48.823
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean48.574
NiueNIUPolynesia48.386
American SamoaASMPolynesia48.345
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.086
NicaraguaNICCentral America48.048
PalestinePSEWestern Asia47.853
HondurasHNDCentral America47.617
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa47.437
GuyanaGUYSouth America47.353
JordanJORWestern Asia47.169
GrenadaGRDCaribbean47.157
MexicoMEXCentral America47.123
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia47.118
ColombiaCOLSouth America47.100
VenezuelaVENSouth America47.002

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands50.924
  2. Samoa50.568
  3. Rwanda50.210
  4. Kenya49.384
  5. Palau49.127

Lowest

  1. Monaco13.443
  2. Vatican City15.594
  3. Isle of Man19.523
  4. Sweden21.541
  5. Luxembourg21.741

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 41.574. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 144 · 78rose · 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 1962.

  • 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 (1962). Population Under Age 15, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1962

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1962?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 50.924, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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