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Median Age of the Population, 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1952 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.0145; Niger is lowest, at 14.0899. The middle country reads 19.1323. Against 1951, 222 values changed (99 up, 123 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1952

HighestMonaco

43.0145

LowestNiger

14.0899

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, 1952, 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, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.0145
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.3581
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.7653
BelgiumBELWestern Europe34.0908
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.0440
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.9000
SwedenSWENorthern Europe33.4627
AndorraANDSouthern Europe32.7770
GermanyDEUWestern Europe32.6321
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.9491
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.9442
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.7822
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe30.9432
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe30.8217
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe30.5693
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.3873
HungaryHUNEastern Europe29.4667
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand29.2676
LatviaLVANorthern Europe29.1089
United StatesUSANorthern America29.0205
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe28.8085
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe28.6878
ItalyITASouthern Europe28.1797
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand28.1775
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe27.8985

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.0145
  2. Isle of Man38.3581
  3. Austria34.7653
  4. Belgium34.0908
  5. Luxembourg34.0440

Lowest

  1. Niger14.0899
  2. Samoa14.5162
  3. Grenada15.0939
  4. Philippines15.3743
  5. American Samoa15.3931

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.1323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 99 · 123rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1952.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1952). Median Age of the Population, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1952

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1952?

Monaco, at 43.0145, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1952?

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, 1952 the newest?

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

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