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Population Under Age 15, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2001 covers 222 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 50.169; Vatican City is lowest, at 8.731. The middle country reads 31.360. Against 2000, 222 values changed (23 up, 199 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2001

HighestAfghanistan

50.169

LowestVatican City

8.731

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia50.169
UgandaUGAEastern Africa50.128
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.005
YemenYEMWestern Asia48.577
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa47.827
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa47.819
BurundiBDIEastern Africa47.737
NigerNERWestern Africa47.532
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa47.460
PalestinePSEWestern Asia47.077
ComorosCOMEastern Africa46.741
GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.715
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.492
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa46.300
MalawiMWIEastern Africa46.125
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.103
SudanSDNNorthern Africa45.730
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.702
KenyaKENEastern Africa45.677
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa45.525
South SudanSSDEastern Africa45.517
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa45.445
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa45.414
GuineaGINWestern Africa45.269
BeninBENWestern Africa45.263

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan50.169
  2. Uganda50.128
  3. Chad49.005
  4. Yemen48.577
  5. Zambia47.827

Lowest

  1. Vatican City8.731
  2. Monaco13.559
  3. Japan14.218
  4. Italy14.241
  5. Spain14.660

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.360. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 23 · 199rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran33.555 → 31.738−1.817
  • Maldives40.196 → 38.660−1.536
  • Armenia26.260 → 24.869−1.391
  • Kosovo35.408 → 34.095−1.313
  • Rwanda46.430 → 45.219−1.211

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 2001.

  • 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 (2001). Population Under Age 15, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2001

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2001?

Afghanistan, at 50.169, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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