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Population Under Age 15, 1988

1988, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1988 covers 222 countries. Marshall Islands is highest, at 50.789; Vatican City is lowest, at 12.088. The middle country reads 36.911. Against 1987, 222 values changed (55 up, 167 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1988

HighestMarshall Islands

50.789

LowestVatican City

12.088

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia50.789
YemenYEMWestern Asia50.742
KenyaKENEastern Africa49.702
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.206
RwandaRWAEastern Africa48.871
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa48.718
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa48.569
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.063
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa48.032
BurundiBDIEastern Africa47.958
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa47.893
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia47.421
SyriaSYRWestern Asia47.242
JordanJORWestern Asia47.182
SenegalSENWestern Africa47.047
NigerNERWestern Africa46.952
ComorosCOMEastern Africa46.934
ChadTCDMiddle Africa46.849
NicaraguaNICCentral America46.691
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa46.671
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia46.610
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia46.587
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa46.561
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia46.505
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.388

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Marshall Islands50.789
  2. Yemen50.742
  3. Kenya49.702
  4. Palestine49.206
  5. Rwanda48.871

Lowest

  1. Vatican City12.088
  2. Monaco13.554
  3. Germany15.672
  4. Luxembourg16.979
  5. San Marino17.017

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 36.911. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 55 · 167rose · 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 1988.

  • 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 (1988). Population Under Age 15, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1988

0674 held

Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 1988?

Marshall Islands, at 50.789, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 1988 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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