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Median Age of the Population, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1950 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 42.503; Niger is lowest, at 13.969. The middle country reads 19.358.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1950

HighestMonaco

42.503

LowestNiger

13.969

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Median Age of the Population, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Median Age of the Population, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe42.503
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.750
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.825
BelgiumBELWestern Europe34.551
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.889
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.877
FranceFRAWestern Europe33.441
SwedenSWENorthern Europe33.172
GermanyDEUWestern Europe32.919
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.179
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.545
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.252
AndorraANDSouthern Europe30.883
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.630
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe30.475
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.399
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand29.384
LatviaLVANorthern Europe29.152
HungaryHUNEastern Europe29.067
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe28.999
United StatesUSANorthern America28.962
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe28.955
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand28.429
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe27.735
ItalyITASouthern Europe27.547

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco42.503
  2. Isle of Man37.750
  3. Austria34.825
  4. Belgium34.551
  5. United Kingdom33.889

Lowest

  1. Niger13.969
  2. Samoa14.696
  3. Grenada15.092
  4. Philippines15.522
  5. American Samoa15.528

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.358. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Median Age of the Population, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1950

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06Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1950?

Monaco, at 42.503, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Median Age of the Population, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Median Age of the Population, 2023.

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