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Population Under Age 15, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2017 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 49.0251; Vatican City is lowest, at 6.0360. The middle country reads 24.7169. Against 2016, 222 values changed (50 up, 172 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2017

HighestCentral African Republic

49.0251

LowestVatican City

6.0360

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa49.0251
NigerNERWestern Africa48.8153
ChadTCDMiddle Africa48.3988
BurundiBDIEastern Africa47.9494
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.8893
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa47.4139
UgandaUGAEastern Africa46.9022
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.8226
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa45.4749
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia45.3646
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa45.2508
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa45.1225
South SudanSSDEastern Africa45.0467
MalawiMWIEastern Africa44.6415
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa44.5091
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa44.2002
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa43.9599
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.8806
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa43.2827
BeninBENWestern Africa43.2080
GambiaGMBWestern Africa43.0679
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa42.9820
GuineaGINWestern Africa42.8584
SudanSDNNorthern Africa42.5502
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa42.4069

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Central African Republic49.0251
  2. Niger48.8153
  3. Chad48.3988
  4. Burundi47.9494
  5. Mali47.8893

Lowest

  1. Vatican City6.0360
  2. Hong Kong11.5533
  3. Monaco12.2552
  4. Singapore12.4248
  5. Japan12.6078

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.7169. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 50 · 172rose · 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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Population Under Age 15, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2017

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07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2017?

Central African Republic, at 49.0251, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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