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Composition of the Population

Last update: Dec 2007

Country or area	Year		% Population under 15 years		% Population aged 60+
			Total		Women		Men
Afghanistan	2007		47		4		4
Albania	2007		25		13		12
Algeria	2007		28		7		6
American Samoa	2000	*	39	b	...		...
Andorra	2004	*	14	c	18	c	16	c
Angola	2007		46		4		3
Anguilla	2001	*	28	a	11	a	8	a
Antigua and Barbuda	2004	*	28	c	10	c	9	c
Argentina	2007		26		16		12
Armenia	2007		19		16		12
Aruba	2007		22		14		11	d
Australia¹	2007		19		20		17
Austria	2007		15		25		19
Azerbaijan	2007		23		10		8
Bahamas	2007		27		11		9
Bahrain	2007		25		5		4
Bangladesh	2007		34		6		6
Barbados	2007		18		15		11
Belarus	2007		15		22		13
Belgium	2007		17		25		20
Belize	2007		37		6		6
Benin	2007		44		5		4
Bermuda	2000	*	19	b	17	b	13	b
Bhutan	2007		31		7		7
Bolivia	2007		37		7		6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2007		17		22		17
Botswana	2007		35		6		4
Brazil	2007		27		10		8
British Virgin Islands	2001	*	26	b	7	b	7	b
Brunei Darussalam	2007		29		5		5
Bulgaria	2007		13		26		21
Burkina Faso	2007		46		5		4
Burundi	2007		44		5		3
Cambodia	2007		36		7		4
Cameroon	2007		41		6		5
Canada	2007		17		20		17
Cape Verde	2007		38		7		4
Central African Republic	2007		42		7		5
Chad	2007		46		5		4
Channel Islands²	2007		16		22		19
Chile	2007		24		14		11
China³	2007		21		12		11
China, Hong Kong SAR⁴	2007		14		16		16
China, Macao SAR⁵	2007		14		11		11
Colombia	2007		29		9		7
Comoros⁶	2007		42		5		4
Congo	2007		42		6		4
Cook Islands	2001	*	30	a	...		...
Costa Rica	2007		27		9		8
Côte d'Ivoire	2007		41		5		5
Croatia	2007		15		26		19
Cuba	2007		18		17		15
Cyprus	2007		19		18		16
Czech Republic	2007		14		24		18
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2007		23		16		11
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2007		47		5		4
Denmark	2007		19		24		20
Djibouti	2007		37		6		5
Dominica	2001	*	29	a	15	a	12	a
Dominican Republic	2007		33		8		8
Ecuador	2007		32		9		8
Egypt	2007		33		8		7
El Salvador	2007		33		9		7
Equatorial Guinea	2007		42		7		6
Eritrea	2007		43		5		3
Estonia	2007		15		26		17
Ethiopia	2007		44		5		4
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	2001	*	15	a	13	a	11	a
Fiji	2007		32		8		7
Finland⁷	2007		17		25		20
France	2007		18		24		19
French Guiana	2007		34		7		7
French Polynesia	2007		27		9		8
Gabon	2007		35		7		6
Gambia	2007		41		6		6
Georgia	2007		18		21		15
Germany	2007		14		28		22
Ghana	2007		38		6		5
Gibraltar	2001	*	18	a	23	a	18	a
Greece	2007		14		26		22
Greenland	2000	*	27	d	9	d	8	d
Grenada	2007		33		11		8
Guadeloupe	2007		24		16		13
Guam	2007		29		11		9
Guatemala	2007		43		6		6
Guinea	2007		43		6		4
Guinea-Bissau	2007		48		5		4
Guyana	2007		31		9		9
Haiti	2007		37		7		6
Honduras	2007		39		6		6
Hungary	2007		15		25		17
Iceland	2007		22		18		15
India	2007		32		8		7
Indonesia	2007		28		9		8
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2007		27		7		6
Iraq	2007		41		5		4
Ireland	2007		21		17		14
Isle of Man	2004	*	18	d	24	d	20	d
Israel	2007		28		15		12
Italy	2007		14		29		23
Jamaica	2007		31		11		10
Japan	2007		14		31		25
Jordan	2007		36		5		5
Kazakhstan	2007		24		13		8
Kenya	2007		43		4		4
Kuwait	2007		23		3		3
Kyrgyzstan	2007		30		8		6
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2007		38		6		5
Latvia	2007		14		27		17
Lebanon	2007		28		11		10
Lesotho	2007		40		8		6
Liberia	2007		47		4		3
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2007		30		6		6
Liechtenstein	2004	*	18	c	18	c	15	c
Lithuania	2007		16		25		16
Luxembourg	2007		18		21		17
Madagascar	2007		43		5		5
Malawi	2007		47		5		4
Malaysia	2007		30		7		7
Maldives	2007		32		6		6
Mali	2007		48		5		4
Malta	2007		17		22		17
Marshall Islands	2001	*	42	c	3	c	3	c
Martinique	2007		21		19		16
Mauritania	2007		40		6		4
Mauritius⁸	2007		24		11		9
Mexico	2007		30		9		8
Micronesia (Federated States of)	2007		38		6		5
Monaco	2000	*	13	b	32	b	26	b
Mongolia	2007		27		7		5
Montenegro	2007		19		21		17
Montserrat	2001	*	19	a	21	a	19	a
Morocco	2007		29		8		7
Mozambique	2007		44		6		4
Myanmar	2007		26		9		7
Namibia	2007		37		6		5
Nepal	2007		38		7		5
Netherlands	2007		18		22		18
Netherlands Antilles	2007		21		15		13
New Caledonia	2007		26		11		10
New Zealand	2007		21		18		16
Nicaragua	2007		37		6		6
Niger	2007		48		5		5
Nigeria	2007		44		5		4
Niue	1997	*	33	a	15	a	11	a
Northern Mariana Islands	2000	*	23	a	...		...
Norway⁹	2007		19		22		18
Occupied Palestinian Territory	2007		45		5		4
Oman	2007		32		5		4
Pakistan	2007		36		6		6
Palau	2000	*	24	a	...		...
Panama	2007		30		9		9
Papua New Guinea	2007		40		4		4
Paraguay	2007		35		8		7
Peru	2007		31		9		8
Philippines	2007		35		7		6
Poland	2007		15		21		15
Portugal	2007		16		25		20
Puerto Rico	2007		21		20		16
Qatar	2007		21		3		3
Republic of Korea	2007		18		17		13
Republic of Moldova	2007		19		18		12
Réunion	2007		26		12		9
Romania	2007		15		22		17
Russian Federation	2007		15		21		12
Rwanda	2007		43		4		3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2000	*	31	c	12	c	10	c
Saint Lucia	2007		27		11		9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2007		28		10		8
Samoa	2007		40		7		6
San Marino	2004	*	15	c	23	c	18	c
São Tomé and Príncipe	2007		41		6		5
Saudi Arabia	2007		34		5		4
Senegal	2007		42		6		6
Serbia	2007		18		21		17
Seychelles	2002	*	26	c	12	c	8	c
Sierra Leone	2007		43		6		5
Singapore	2007		18		14		13
Slovakia	2007		16		20		13
Slovenia	2007		14		25		18
Solomon Islands	2007		40		5		5
Somalia	2007		44		4		4
South Africa	2007		32		8		6
Spain	2007		15		24		20
Sri Lanka	2007		23		11		10
Sudan	2007		40		6		5
Suriname	2007		29		10		8
Swaziland	2007		39		6		5
Sweden	2007		17		26		22
Switzerland	2007		16		24		19
Syrian Arab Republic	2007		36		5		4
Tajikistan	2007		38		5		5
Thailand	2007		21		13		11
TFYR of Macedonia¹⁰	2007		19		18		14
Timor-Leste (Democratic Republic of)	2007		45		5		4
Togo	2007		43		5		4
Tokelau	2001	*	41	a	10	a	9	a
Tonga	2007		37		10		8
Trinidad and Tobago	2007		21		11		9
Tunisia	2007		25		9		8
Turkey	2007		27		9		8
Turkmenistan	2007		30		7		5
Turks and Caicos Islands	2001	*	29	b	4	b,e	4	b,e
Uganda	2007		49		4		3
Ukraine	2007		14		25		16
United Arab Emirates	2007		20		2		2
United Kingdom¹¹	2007		18		24		20
United Republic of Tanzania	2007		44		5		4
United States of America	2007		20		19		15
United States Virgin Islands	2007		23		19		17
Uruguay	2007		23		21		15
Uzbekistan	2007		32		7		5
Vanuatu	2007		39		5		5
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2007		31		8		7
Viet Nam	2007		28		8		7
Western Sahara	2007		30		3		4
Yemen	2007		45		4		3
Zambia	2007		46		5		4
Zimbabwe	2007		38		6		4

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Sources:

Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2007), World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. CD-ROM Edition - Comprehensive Dataset (United Nations publications, forthcoming), supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2004, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed Dec 2007).

Footnotes:

...	Not available.

*	Data compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system. Data refer to the latest available census, except where noted.

a	De facto population count.

b	De jure population count.

c	De facto estimate.

d	De jure estimate.

e	Refers to age group 65+.
1	Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.

2	Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey.

3	For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.

4	As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

5	As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

6	Including the island of Mayotte.

7	Including Åland Islands.

8	Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.

9	Including Savalbard and Jan Mayen islands.

10	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

11	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Technical notes:

The percentage of population under 15 years refers to the percentage of the total population aged 0 to 14 years. The percentage of the female and male population aged 60+ refer to the percentage of the female population who are 60 years and older and the percentage of the male population who are 60 years and older, respectively.

The medium variant projections for 2007 refer to 1 July of the given year and assume the following: Total fertility in all countries eventually converges toward a level of 1.85 children per woman by the end of the projection period (2005-2050). However, not all countries reach this level during the projection period. The basic principle of the fertility projection is the same for all countries, but projection procedures are slightly different depending on whether countries had a total fertility above or below 1.85 children per woman in 2000-2005. Mortality is projected on the basis of models of change of life expectancy that produce smaller gains the higher the life expectancy already reached. The selection of the model for each country is based on recent trends in life expectancy by sex. For the 60 countries highly affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, estimates of the impact of HIV/AIDS are made by explicitly modeling the course of the epidemic and by projecting the yearly incidence of HIV infection. International migration is projected on the basis of past international migration estimates and an assessment of the policy stance of countries with regard to future international migration flows.

Estimates of the population by age and sex are prepared by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and revised every two years in order to incorporate new data. In general, these population figures are estimates of persons resident in the country or area at mid-year. They are usually based on population census data adjusted to the specified year, taking account of birth, death and international migration rates as determined from population surveys and registers and other national sources as available.