Table # 12b
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.

  1993 1998 2000 2003 2006
1 Gaza West Bank,
Marshall Is.
Yemen
Marshall I.
Uganda
Benin
Uganda Uganda
60% 51% 49% 51% 50%
2 Marshall Is. Gaza Niger
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Angola
Congo (Zaire)
Niger Niger
51% 50% 48% 50% 49%
3 West Bank
Libya
Benin
Burkina Faso
Swaziland
  Burkina Faso Mali
Congo
50% 49%   49% 48%
4 Ethiopia
Kenya
Togo
Niger
Syria
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Rwanda
Nigeria
Malawi
Tanzania
Angola
  Burundi
Chad
Sao Tome
Liberia
Malawi
Rwanda
Angola
Chad
49% 48%   48% 47%

Source: Population Reference Bureau Data Sheets:
1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006

Chart created by Russ Long