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Median Age of the Population, 1961

1961, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1961 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 44.414; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at 13.687. The middle country reads 18.463. Against 1960, 222 values changed (82 up, 140 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1961

HighestMonaco

44.414

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

13.687

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, 1961, 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, 1961: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe44.414
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe42.382
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.238
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.493
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.449
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.101
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.933
GermanyDEUWestern Europe33.723
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.407
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.289
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.081
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.804
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe31.735
LatviaLVANorthern Europe31.417
HungaryHUNEastern Europe31.374
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe31.332
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.321
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.768
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe29.869
BulgariaBGREastern Europe29.709
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe28.830
UkraineUKREastern Europe28.565
SpainESPSouthern Europe28.554
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe28.363
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand28.334

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco44.414
  2. Isle of Man42.382
  3. Sweden35.238
  4. Austria34.493
  5. United Kingdom34.449

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands13.687
  2. Samoa13.885
  3. Rwanda14.127
  4. Kenya14.423
  5. Niger14.478

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.463. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 82 · 140rose · 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 1961.

  • 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 (1961). Median Age of the Population, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1961

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1961?

Monaco, at 44.414, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1961?

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, 1961 the newest?

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

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