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Population Under Age 15, 2000

2000, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2000 covers 222 countries. Uganda is highest, at 50.05988; Vatican City is lowest, at 9.04486. The middle country reads 31.92768. Against 1999, 222 values changed (21 up, 201 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2000

HighestUganda

50.05988

LowestVatican City

9.04486

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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
UgandaUGAEastern Africa50.05988
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia50.02493
YemenYEMWestern Asia49.04698
ChadTCDMiddle Africa48.76540
BurundiBDIEastern Africa48.26239
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa48.02164
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa47.74924
PalestinePSEWestern Asia47.44603
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa47.35625
NigerNERWestern Africa47.32016
ComorosCOMEastern Africa47.00786
GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.83268
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.59830
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa46.55093
RwandaRWAEastern Africa46.42951
MalawiMWIEastern Africa46.16950
KenyaKENEastern Africa46.07772
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.03813
SudanSDNNorthern Africa45.84361
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.66787
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa45.61851
South SudanSSDEastern Africa45.48190
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa45.45273
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa45.44218
BeninBENWestern Africa45.43838

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Uganda50.05988
  2. Afghanistan50.02493
  3. Yemen49.04698
  4. Chad48.76540
  5. Burundi48.26239

Lowest

  1. Vatican City9.04486
  2. Monaco13.43265
  3. Italy14.27471
  4. Japan14.38050
  5. Spain14.81583

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.92768. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 21 · 201rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Eritrea44.92832 → 45.23712+0.30880
  • Afghanistan49.81832 → 50.02493+0.20661
  • Guinea44.68410 → 44.88721+0.20310
  • Niger47.12205 → 47.32016+0.19811
  • Denmark18.30919 → 18.49963+0.19044

Fell most

  • Iran35.41717 → 33.55450−1.86267
  • Armenia27.90075 → 26.25950−1.64125
  • Maldives41.63933 → 40.19594−1.44339
  • Rwanda47.79646 → 46.42951−1.36696
  • Algeria34.87315 → 33.70546−1.16769

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 2000.

  • 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 (2000). Population Under Age 15, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2000

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2000?

Uganda, at 50.05988, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2000 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2000?

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, 2000 the newest?

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

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