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Population Under Age 15, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2002 covers 222 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 50.2379; Vatican City is lowest, at 8.4885. The middle country reads 30.6303. Against 2001, 222 values changed (21 up, 201 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2002

HighestAfghanistan

50.2379

LowestVatican City

8.4885

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia50.2379
UgandaUGAEastern Africa50.1275
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.1366
YemenYEMWestern Asia48.0902
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa47.7997
NigerNERWestern Africa47.7587
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa47.6221
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa47.5686
BurundiBDIEastern Africa47.2286
PalestinePSEWestern Asia46.6449
GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.5578
ComorosCOMEastern Africa46.5513
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.4063
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.1678
MalawiMWIEastern Africa46.0968
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa46.0448
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.7484
South SudanSSDEastern Africa45.7210
SudanSDNNorthern Africa45.6249
GuineaGINWestern Africa45.4843
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa45.4419
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa45.4314
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa45.3257
KenyaKENEastern Africa45.2979
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa45.2152

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistan50.2379
  2. Uganda50.1275
  3. Chad49.1366
  4. Yemen48.0902
  5. Ethiopia47.7997

Lowest

  1. Vatican City8.4885
  2. Monaco13.8334
  3. Japan14.0759
  4. Italy14.2432
  5. Spain14.5742

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.6303. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 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

Fell most

  • Iran31.7379 → 30.1346−1.6033
  • Maldives38.6599 → 37.1350−1.5249
  • Kosovo34.0951 → 32.7386−1.3565
  • Bahrain28.9352 → 27.6091−1.3261
  • Grenada32.1455 → 30.9816−1.1639

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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Population Under Age 15, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2002

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2002?

Afghanistan, at 50.2379, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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