Table # 12a
Highest Percent of Population Below Age 15

This figure is especially critical for over populated countries because it is this
population that is moving into child bearing age.

  1985 1987 1988 1990
1 Jordan Jordan
Kenya
Kenya Kenya
Gaza
Yemen (S)
51% 51% 51% 50%
2 Botswana
Saint Lucia
Zimbabwe
Gaza
Gaza
Benin
Syria
Cote d'Ivoire
Togo
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Syria
50% 50% 49% 49%
3 Iraq
Yemen (N & S)
Benin
Benin
Iraq
Syria, Yemen (N)
Iran
Yemen (S)
Botswana
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Burkina Faso
Cameron
Malawi
Yemen (N)
49% 49% 48% 48%
4 Gaza
Nigeria
Malawi
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Solomon Is.
    Mali
Niger
Somalia
Honduras
Nicaragua
Pacific Is.
48%     47%

Source: Population Reference Bureau Data Sheets:
1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

Chart created by Russ Long