Data for 2022

Population Under Age 15, 2022

Name: Population Under Age 15, 2022
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2022 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 49.215; Vatican City is lowest, at 5.923. The middle country reads 23.085. Against 2021, 222 values changed (22 up, 200 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2022

HighestCentral African Republic

49.215

LowestVatican City

5.923

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
222distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Population Under Age 15, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Under Age 15, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49.215
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.404
Niger`NER`Western Africa	47.327
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.821
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.750
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.112
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	45.989
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.953
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.758
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	44.307
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.580
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.352
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.968
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.916
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	42.439
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.121
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.058
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.952
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.933
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.663
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.612
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.570
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.308
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.256
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.184
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.912
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	40.854
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	40.484
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.217
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.866
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.706
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.705
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.201
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.160
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.976
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.836
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.787
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.786
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.690
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	38.323
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	38.157
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.071
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.743
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.719
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	37.678
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.587
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.473
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.310
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.774
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.590
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.529
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.642
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.297
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	35.080
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.834
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.618
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.115
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.951
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.922
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.885
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.851
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.714
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.423
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	32.319
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	31.986
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.935
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.932
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.853
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.690
Honduras`HND`Central America	31.386
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.917
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.841
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.568
Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.499
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	30.454
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.023
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.647
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.627
Guyana`GUY`South America	29.403
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	29.331
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.937
Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.926
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.770
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	28.510
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	28.066
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.804
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27.702
Belize`BLZ`Central America	27.611
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	27.192
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	27.185
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	27.175
Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.791
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.404
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.321
Suriname`SUR`South America	26.255
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.221
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	25.987
Panama`PAN`Central America	25.670
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.617
Ecuador`ECU`South America	25.517
India`IND`Southern Asia	25.488
Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.311
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.274
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	25.004
Peru`PER`South America	24.765
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.739
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.728
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.645
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.935
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	23.689
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	23.221
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	22.948
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.834
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.798
Argentina`ARG`South America	22.751
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.690
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.190
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	22.039
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.904
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	21.762
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	21.748
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.197
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.182
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	20.964
Colombia`COL`South America	20.953
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	20.804
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	20.435
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.382
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	20.314
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	20.310
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	20.220
Brazil`BRA`South America	20.202
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.146
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.863
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.840
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.580
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.456
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	19.216
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	19.079
Uruguay`URY`South America	19.067
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	19.024
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18.816
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.751
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.640
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.580
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.573
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.471
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.378
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.298
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.293
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.236
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	18.181
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	18.018
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	17.998
United States`USA`Northern America	17.882
Chile`CHL`South America	17.758
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	17.725
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.689
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.629
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.545
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17.489
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.222
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.199
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.122
France`FRA`Western Europe	17.031
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	16.989
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.960
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	16.786
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.530
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	16.510
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.476
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	16.371
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	16.355
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.233
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	16.039
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.036
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.033
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.016
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.968
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.948
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.926
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	15.889
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.879
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.677
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	15.588
Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.548
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.476
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.433
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.351
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.324
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.248
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.221
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.096
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.070
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.049
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.822
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	14.780
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.551
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.539
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14.407
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.355
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.346
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.301
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	14.276
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	14.127
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.913
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.848
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.596
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.377
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.211
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	13.040
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.002
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	12.901
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.656
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.390
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.368
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	12.189
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.005
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.859
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.414
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.911
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	5.923

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Central African Republic49.215
Chad47.404
Niger47.327
Somalia46.821
Mali46.750

Lowest

Vatican City5.923
Hong Kong10.911
South Korea11.414
Japan11.859
Singapore12.005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.085. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
22 · 200rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uzbekistan30.178 → 30.568+0.391
Tuvalu31.648 → 31.986+0.338
Central African Republic49.003 → 49.215+0.212
Marshall Islands34.427 → 34.618+0.191
Turkmenistan31.528 → 31.690+0.162

Fell most

Syria33.357 → 31.935−1.423
Kuwait20.089 → 19.216−0.873
Cabo Verde27.992 → 27.175−0.817
South Sudan41.634 → 40.854−0.780
American Samoa28.839 → 28.066−0.773

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

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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 2022.
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Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2022). Population Under Age 15, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2022

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