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Population Under Age 15, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1981 covers 222 countries. Kenya is highest, at 51.2993; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.3315. The middle country reads 39.2553. Against 1980, 222 values changed (61 up, 161 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1981

HighestKenya

51.2993

LowestVatican City

12.3315

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KenyaKENEastern Africa51.2993
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia50.2530
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.6086
JordanJORWestern Asia49.4887
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.4286
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa48.9492
YemenYEMWestern Asia48.7055
SyriaSYRWestern Asia48.6643
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa48.4066
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia48.2007
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.9874
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia47.6988
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa47.5317
ChadTCDMiddle Africa47.4921
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa47.3760
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa47.3274
NicaraguaNICCentral America47.3128
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa47.2821
HondurasHNDCentral America47.2167
OmanOMNWestern Asia47.1389
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa47.0758
RwandaRWAEastern Africa47.0724
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa47.0601
NigerNERWestern Africa46.9542
ComorosCOMEastern Africa46.9074

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kenya51.2993
  2. Marshall Islands50.2530
  3. Palestine49.6086
  4. Jordan49.4887
  5. Zambia49.4286

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.3315
  2. Monaco12.9227
  3. Germany17.9133
  4. Luxembourg18.4425
  5. Isle of Man19.1297

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.2553. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 61 · 161rose · 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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Population Under Age 15, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1981

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Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1981?

Kenya, at 51.2993, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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