Data for 1999

Population Under Age 15, 1999

Name: Population Under Age 15, 1999
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 1999 covers 222 countries. Uganda is highest, at 49.980; Vatican City is lowest, at 9.411. The middle country reads 32.488. Against 1998, 222 values changed (24 up, 198 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 1999

HighestUganda

49.980

LowestVatican City

9.411

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
222distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

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Every country and every column of Population Under Age 15, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Under Age 15, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.980
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.818
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	49.489
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48.724
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.594
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.130
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.796
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	47.783
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	47.595
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.391
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.247
Niger`NER`Western Africa	47.122
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.904
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.792
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.709
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.459
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	46.229
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.995
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	45.950
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.701
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.627
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.606
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.581
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	45.567
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.431
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.078
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.950
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.928
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.814
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	44.684
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.657
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.432
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	44.421
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.152
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	44.057
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43.832
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.793
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.747
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43.605
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.584
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	43.486
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	43.476
Honduras`HND`Central America	43.432
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.355
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	43.212
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.121
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	43.075
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43.048
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	43.039
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.867
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	42.805
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.727
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.651
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.534
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.367
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.355
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.675
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.639
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.155
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.139
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.000
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	40.917
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40.734
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.499
Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.387
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.323
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	40.225
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40.171
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.161
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	40.034
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.629
Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.506
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39.432
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	39.369
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.094
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	38.876
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	38.854
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.589
Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.312
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.137
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.850
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.539
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.504
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	37.462
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.329
Guyana`GUY`South America	36.589
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	36.231
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36.191
India`IND`Southern Asia	35.938
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.783
Ecuador`ECU`South America	35.748
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	35.739
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	35.710
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	35.418
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	35.417
Peru`PER`South America	35.290
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	34.983
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.878
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.873
Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.755
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	34.617
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	34.587
Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.475
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33.752
Suriname`SUR`South America	33.702
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	33.505
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	33.251
Colombia`COL`South America	32.860
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.814
Panama`PAN`Central America	32.756
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	32.505
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	32.472
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.471
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	32.296
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.763
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	31.644
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	31.350
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.257
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	31.092
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	30.994
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.777
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	30.552
Brazil`BRA`South America	30.463
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.416
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	30.321
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.211
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	30.049
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	29.874
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	29.678
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	29.175
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	28.537
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	28.453
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	28.415
Argentina`ARG`South America	28.380
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	28.343
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	28.214
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.057
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27.985
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.901
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	27.838
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	27.401
Chile`CHL`South America	27.252
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	27.236
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.951
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	26.885
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.538
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	26.185
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	26.025
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	25.844
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	25.811
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.173
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	24.910
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	24.821
Uruguay`URY`South America	24.453
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	24.357
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	24.115
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	23.977
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.942
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	23.810
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	23.771
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	23.659
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	23.629
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	23.399
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.050
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	22.877
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.851
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	22.363
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.128
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	22.093
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21.977
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.548
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	21.335
United States`USA`Northern America	21.290
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.216
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	20.920
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.690
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	20.442
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	20.319
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	20.240
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.160
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	19.970
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.915
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	19.635
Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.503
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	19.464
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	19.310
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.258
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.150
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.062
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	19.026
France`FRA`Western Europe	18.955
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	18.904
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	18.757
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.713
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	18.578
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	18.561
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.511
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.385
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.335
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.323
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	18.309
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	18.014
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.650
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.473
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	17.470
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.230
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.123
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	17.095
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.876
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	16.728
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.598
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16.379
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.075
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.976
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	15.774
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.278
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.039
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	14.872
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.582
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.302
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	13.619
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	9.411

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Uganda49.980
Afghanistan49.818
Yemen49.489
Burundi48.724
Chad48.594

Lowest

Vatican City9.411
Monaco13.619
Italy14.302
Japan14.582
San Marino14.872

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.488. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
24 · 198rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kosovo33.553 → 35.418+1.865
Eritrea44.433 → 44.928+0.495
Afghanistan49.565 → 49.818+0.253
Ethiopia47.377 → 47.595+0.219
Denmark18.097 → 18.309+0.212

Fell most

Iran37.284 → 35.417−1.867
Armenia29.612 → 27.901−1.711
Northern Mariana Islands25.181 → 23.629−1.552
Rwanda49.245 → 47.796−1.448
Maldives42.923 → 41.639−1.284

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

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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 1999.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1999). Population Under Age 15, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/1999

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