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Reading no. 2024/150

PopulationObserved data

Share of people under 15 in the population, Indo-Pacific

38.8%

Indo-Pacific

VanuatuSamoaSolomon IslandsTongaTimor-LestePapua New GuineaCambodiaPhilippines

Share of inhabitants aged under 15 in the population, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten.

  1. Vanuatu38.8
  2. Samoa38.8
  3. Solomon Islands37.7
  4. Tonga35.6
  5. Timor-Leste34.8
  6. Papua New Guinea34.1
  7. Cambodia30.5
  8. Philippines29.3
  9. Fiji27.7
  10. Indonesia25.3

In the first territory of the ranking, Vanuatu, 38.8% of the inhabitants are under 15.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS, read for eighteen territories of the Indo-Pacific from 2018 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/221 · 8 Aug48.3%Employment in agriculture, Indo-Pacific2024/193 · 11 Jul3.31% per yearPopulation growth, Indo-Pacific2026/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils/teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2025/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils per teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific

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