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Population Under Age 15, 1971

1971, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1971 covers 222 countries. Kenya is highest, at 51.7336; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.8552. The middle country reads 42.5224. Against 1970, 222 values changed (78 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1971

HighestKenya

51.7336

LowestVatican City

12.8552

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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa51.7336
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia51.5525
SamoaWSMPolynesia51.0407
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa50.8890
JordanJORWestern Asia50.4394
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean50.3890
NiueNIUPolynesia49.4641
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.4047
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa49.3005
BelizeBLZCentral America48.7010
SurinameSURSouth America48.4508
GhanaGHAWestern Africa48.3646
SyriaSYRWestern Asia48.2786
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.2311
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia48.2217
DominicaDMACaribbean48.1160
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia48.0014
NigerNERWestern Africa47.9969
HondurasHNDCentral America47.9127
RwandaRWAEastern Africa47.8508
MexicoMEXCentral America47.7501
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean47.7416
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa47.7355
SudanSDNNorthern Africa47.6025
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.4694

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kenya51.7336
  2. Cook Islands51.5525
  3. Samoa51.0407
  4. Libya50.8890
  5. Jordan50.4394

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.8552
  2. Monaco14.4996
  3. Isle of Man19.9169
  4. Hungary20.3718
  5. Sweden20.7989

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 42.5224. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 78 · 144rose · 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 1971.

  • 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 (1971). Population Under Age 15, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1971

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1971?

Kenya, at 51.7336, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1971 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1971?

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, 1971 the newest?

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

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