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Population Under Age 15, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2021 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 49.003; Vatican City is lowest, at 5.786. The middle country reads 23.472. Against 2020, 222 values changed (40 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2021

HighestCentral African Republic

49.003

LowestVatican City

5.786

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa49.003
ChadTCDMiddle Africa47.682
NigerNERWestern Africa47.681
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.033
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa46.950
BurundiBDIEastern Africa46.519
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa46.094
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa45.079
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa44.909
UgandaUGAEastern Africa44.733
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia43.908
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa43.614
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa43.517
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa43.133
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa42.893
MalawiMWIEastern Africa42.537
BeninBENWestern Africa42.399
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa42.395
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa42.316
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa41.980
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa41.872
GuineaGINWestern Africa41.870
South SudanSSDEastern Africa41.634
GambiaGMBWestern Africa41.624
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa41.544

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Central African Republic49.003
  2. Chad47.682
  3. Niger47.681
  4. Mali47.033
  5. Somalia46.950

Lowest

  1. Vatican City5.786
  2. Hong Kong11.083
  3. South Korea11.800
  4. Japan12.048
  5. Singapore12.169

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 40 · 182rose · 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 2021.

  • 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 (2021). Population Under Age 15, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2021

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Other years

07Questions

Population Under Age 15, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population under 15 in Population Under Age 15, 2021?

Central African Republic, at 49.003, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Under Age 15, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Population Under Age 15, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Under Age 15, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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