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Population Under Age 15, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2016 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 49.0136; Vatican City is lowest, at 6.1279. The middle country reads 24.8880. Against 2015, 222 values changed (44 up, 178 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2016

HighestNiger

49.0136

LowestVatican City

6.1279

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa49.0136
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa48.9993
ChadTCDMiddle Africa48.5127
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.9673
BurundiBDIEastern Africa47.7165
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa47.5398
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.5229
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.9157
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia45.8014
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa45.5899
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa45.3294
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa45.2826
MalawiMWIEastern Africa45.0660
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa44.8585
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa44.2453
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa44.2196
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa44.1421
South SudanSSDEastern Africa43.7449
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa43.5952
GambiaGMBWestern Africa43.3274
BeninBENWestern Africa43.3119
SudanSDNNorthern Africa43.1195
GuineaGINWestern Africa43.0673
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa43.0446
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa42.3480

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger49.0136
  2. Central African Republic48.9993
  3. Chad48.5127
  4. Mali47.9673
  5. Burundi47.7165

Lowest

  1. Vatican City6.1279
  2. Hong Kong11.4949
  3. Monaco12.1861
  4. Singapore12.5212
  5. Japan12.7232

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.8880. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 44 · 178rose · 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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Population Under Age 15, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2016

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2016?

Niger, at 49.0136, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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