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Population Under Age 15, 1979

1979, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1979 covers 222 countries. Kenya is highest, at 51.7265; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.6096. The middle country reads 40.2308. Against 1978, 222 values changed (59 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1979

HighestKenya

51.7265

LowestVatican City

12.6096

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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa51.7265
JordanJORWestern Asia49.9782
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia49.8327
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.6929
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.4548
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.8265
SyriaSYRWestern Asia48.7277
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa48.5121
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia48.3210
YemenYEMWestern Asia47.8802
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa47.8726
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia47.6783
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.6645
HondurasHNDCentral America47.3318
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.3138
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa47.2928
OmanOMNWestern Asia47.1735
SudanSDNNorthern Africa47.1254
NigerNERWestern Africa46.9790
IraqIRQWestern Asia46.9789
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa46.9215
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa46.9059
SamoaWSMPolynesia46.9037
ComorosCOMEastern Africa46.8718
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.8242

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kenya51.7265
  2. Jordan49.9782
  3. Marshall Islands49.8327
  4. Palestine49.6929
  5. Zambia49.4548

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.6096
  2. Monaco14.0429
  3. Germany19.0534
  4. Luxembourg19.1863
  5. Isle of Man19.7781

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 40.2308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 59 · 163rose · 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 1979.

  • 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 (1979). Population Under Age 15, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1979

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1979?

Kenya, at 51.7265, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1979 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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