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  • Aged 15-19: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 25-29: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 30-34: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 55-59: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 60-64: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 60-64 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 65-69: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 70-74: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 75-79: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged over 10: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged over 10 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 40-44: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 30-34 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Aged 65-69 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 70-74 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 75-79 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Aged 50-54: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
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STAT China North Korea HISTORY
Aged 15-19 99.58 million
Ranked 1st. 49 times more than North Korea 		2.05 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 15-19 per thousand people 74.44
Ranked 11th. 		84.65
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than China
Aged 25-29 100.4 million
Ranked 1st. 58 times more than North Korea 		1.74 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 30-34 96.27 million
Ranked 1st. 57 times more than North Korea 		1.68 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 35-39 116.61 million
Ranked 1st. 53 times more than North Korea 		2.21 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 40-44 per thousand people 91.69
Ranked 2nd. 10% more than North Korea 		83.13
Ranked 1st.
Aged 50-54 per thousand people 56.39
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than North Korea 		54.24
Ranked 1st.
Aged 55-59 75.65 million
Ranked 1st. 84 times more than North Korea 		902,863
Ranked 1st.
Aged 60-64 52.59 million
Ranked 1st. 50 times more than North Korea 		1.06 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 60-64 per thousand people 39.31
Ranked 3rd. 		43.65
Ranked 1st. 11% more than China
Aged 65-69 34.78 million
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than North Korea 		913,296
Ranked 1st.
Aged 70-74 25.26 million
Ranked 1st. 38 times more than North Korea 		662,591
Ranked 1st.
Aged 75-79 16.13 million
Ranked 1st. 48 times more than North Korea 		335,417
Ranked 1st.
Aged over 10 1.06 billion
Ranked 1st. 52 times more than North Korea 		20.5 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged over 10 per thousand people 790.38
Ranked 4th. 		845.37
Ranked 1st. 7% more than China
Aged 40-44 122.66 million
Ranked 1st. 61 times more than North Korea 		2.02 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 25-29 per thousand people 75.06
Ranked 10th. 5% more than North Korea 		71.65
Ranked 1st.
Aged 30-34 per thousand people 71.97
Ranked 8th. 4% more than North Korea 		69.31
Ranked 1st.
Aged 45-49 103.3 million
Ranked 1st. 66 times more than North Korea 		1.56 million
Ranked 1st.
Aged 65-69 per thousand people 26
Ranked 3rd. 		37.67
Ranked 1st. 45% more than China
Aged 45-49 per thousand people 77.22
Ranked 2nd. 20% more than North Korea 		64.33
Ranked 1st.
Aged 55-59 per thousand people 56.55
Ranked 2nd. 52% more than North Korea 		37.24
Ranked 1st.
Aged 70-74 per thousand people 18.89
Ranked 2nd. 		27.33
Ranked 1st. 45% more than China
Aged 35-39 per thousand people 87.17
Ranked 3rd. 		91.36
Ranked 1st. 5% more than China
Aged 75-79 per thousand people 12.06
Ranked 2nd. 		13.84
Ranked 1st. 15% more than China
Aged 50-54 75.43 million
Ranked 1st. 57 times more than North Korea 		1.32 million
Ranked 1st.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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