Data for 2023

Population Under Age 15, 2023

Name: Population Under Age 15, 2023
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Under Age 15, 2023 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 49.166; Vatican City is lowest, at 6.054. The middle country reads 22.712. Against 2022, 222 values changed (10 up, 212 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Under Age 15 · Data for 2023

HighestCentral African Republic

49.166

LowestVatican City

6.054

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

222countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Population Under Age 15, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	49.166
Niger`NER`Western Africa	46.966
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.737
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.679
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.460
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.088
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	45.365
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	44.755
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.572
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.938
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.226
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.036
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.724
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.401
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	41.955
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.836
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	41.761
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.492
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	41.323
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.316
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.276
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.243
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.226
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.884
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.731
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.649
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	39.997
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.883
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	39.852
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.572
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.366
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	39.242
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	38.728
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.677
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.630
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.613
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.532
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.370
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.280
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	38.181
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.731
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	37.484
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.447
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.401
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.363
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.292
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.091
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.038
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.662
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	36.506
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.179
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.624
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	34.929
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.924
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.705
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.230
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.804
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.669
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.672
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	32.637
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	32.601
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.435
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.281
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.138
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	32.129
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.670
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31.572
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.226
Honduras`HND`Central America	30.996
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	30.871
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.639
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.558
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	30.336
Bolivia`BOL`South America	30.142
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	30.111
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.575
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.539
Guyana`GUY`South America	29.323
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	29.204
Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.781
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.714
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.608
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.361
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.961
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.615
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	27.511
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	27.385
Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.993
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	26.914
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.716
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	26.371
Venezuela`VEN`South America	26.154
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.085
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.035
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	26.020
Suriname`SUR`South America	25.946
Panama`PAN`Central America	25.276
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25.228
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	25.210
India`IND`Southern Asia	25.057
Ecuador`ECU`South America	25.005
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	24.935
Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.918
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	24.842
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.516
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.435
Peru`PER`South America	24.358
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	24.097
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	23.606
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	23.356
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	22.839
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	22.586
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.361
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.344
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.288
Argentina`ARG`South America	22.191
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.840
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.647
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	21.526
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.461
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	21.294
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	21.131
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	21.041
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	21.024
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	20.803
Colombia`COL`South America	20.598
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	20.157
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	20.140
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.049
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	19.992
Brazil`BRA`South America	19.936
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	19.846
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	19.733
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	19.545
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.331
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	19.134
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.017
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18.992
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.981
Uruguay`URY`South America	18.685
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	18.603
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18.542
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.375
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.335
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.333
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	18.328
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.217
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.110
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.056
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.030
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.027
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.870
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	17.793
United States`USA`Northern America	17.595
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.515
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	17.487
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.409
Chile`CHL`South America	17.384
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	17.250
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.185
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	17.124
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.068
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.042
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	16.819
France`FRA`Western Europe	16.785
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.675
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.590
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	16.519
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	16.507
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	16.339
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	16.294
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.291
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	16.218
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.054
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	15.968
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.907
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.876
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.867
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.820
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.692
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.674
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	15.561
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	15.514
Canada`CAN`Northern America	15.305
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	15.243
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.171
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.161
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	15.139
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.124
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.097
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.090
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.011
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.935
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.930
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.887
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.538
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	14.523
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.485
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	14.350
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	14.347
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.303
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	14.296
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	14.139
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	14.095
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	13.916
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	13.878
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.587
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.259
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	13.220
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	13.179
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.152
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.894
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	12.695
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.248
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.144
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.005
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.945
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.787
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.649
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.971
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	10.699
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	6.054

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Central African Republic49.166
Niger46.966
Chad46.737
Somalia46.679
Mali46.460

Lowest

Vatican City6.054
Hong Kong10.699
South Korea10.971
Japan11.649
Singapore11.787

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.712. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
10 · 212rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Tuvalu31.986 → 32.601+0.616
Uzbekistan30.568 → 30.871+0.303
Monaco12.901 → 13.179+0.278
Saint Martin20.964 → 21.131+0.166
Vatican City5.923 → 6.054+0.131

Fell most

Syria31.935 → 30.336−1.599
South Sudan40.854 → 39.852−1.003
Oman26.221 → 25.228−0.993
Anguilla17.998 → 17.124−0.874
Cabo Verde27.175 → 26.371−0.804

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 2023.
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05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2023). Population Under Age 15, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-under-15/2023

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