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Median Age of the Population, 1953

1953, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1953 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.3633; Niger is lowest, at 14.1332. The middle country reads 18.8859. Against 1952, 222 values changed (101 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1953

HighestMonaco

43.3633

LowestNiger

14.1332

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, 1953, 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, 1953: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.3633
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.8378
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.3106
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.0282
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.8339
SwedenSWENorthern Europe33.6272
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.5935
AndorraANDSouthern Europe33.2245
GermanyDEUWestern Europe32.6927
NorwayNORNorthern Europe32.1762
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.9008
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.6730
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.1447
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe30.9402
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe30.6915
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.4581
HungaryHUNEastern Europe29.6371
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand29.2521
LatviaLVANorthern Europe29.2415
United StatesUSANorthern America29.0307
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe28.9792
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe28.7128
ItalyITASouthern Europe28.5344
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand28.0380
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe27.9609

02In 1953

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.3633
  2. Isle of Man38.8378
  3. Austria34.3106
  4. Luxembourg34.0282
  5. United Kingdom33.8339

Lowest

  1. Niger14.1332
  2. Samoa14.4741
  3. Grenada15.0874
  4. American Samoa15.2534
  5. Philippines15.3105

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.8859. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 101 · 121rose · 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 1953.

  • 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 (1953). Median Age of the Population, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1953

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1953?

Monaco, at 43.3633, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1953?

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, 1953 the newest?

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

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