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Population Under Age 15, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1977 covers 222 countries. Kenya is highest, at 52.0147; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.7458. The middle country reads 41.0407. Against 1976, 222 values changed (57 up, 165 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1977

HighestKenya

52.0147

LowestVatican City

12.7458

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa52.0147
JordanJORWestern Asia50.3845
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.7089
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.2393
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia48.9706
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia48.8484
SyriaSYRWestern Asia48.6768
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.2823
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia48.2701
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa48.2308
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa48.0804
SamoaWSMPolynesia47.9860
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean47.9080
SudanSDNNorthern Africa47.6878
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia47.6503
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.5257
GhanaGHAWestern Africa47.4541
HondurasHNDCentral America47.4379
OmanOMNWestern Asia47.3961
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa47.2834
IraqIRQWestern Asia47.2643
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.2409
NigerNERWestern Africa47.1454
YemenYEMWestern Asia47.0312
MexicoMEXCentral America46.9786

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kenya52.0147
  2. Jordan50.3845
  3. Palestine49.7089
  4. Zambia49.2393
  5. Marshall Islands48.9706

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.7458
  2. Monaco14.2273
  3. Luxembourg19.8504
  4. Isle of Man20.2911
  5. Germany20.3163

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 41.0407. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 57 · 165rose · 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 1977.

  • 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 (1977). Population Under Age 15, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1977

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1977?

Kenya, at 52.0147, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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