Least developed countries Population Pyramid 2016

Least developed countries
2016
Population: 985,618,627

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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Least developed countries in 2016

As of 2016, Least developed countries counted 985,618,628 inhabitants. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 26.5%, up from 779,395,666 in 2006. Half of the population was younger than 19.4 years; 40.5% were children under 15 and 3.4% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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