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Median Age of the Population, 1965

1965, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1965 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.8054; Macau is lowest, at 12.6167. The middle country reads 18.1233. Against 1964, 222 values changed (85 up, 137 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1965

HighestMonaco

43.8054

LowestMacau

12.6167

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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.8054
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe42.4111
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.2037
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.1952
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.0844
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.9797
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.7698
GermanyDEUWestern Europe33.4502
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.1371
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.7719
HungaryHUNEastern Europe32.4658
LatviaLVANorthern Europe32.3293
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.1050
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.7965
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.7656
ItalyITASouthern Europe31.3189
BulgariaBGREastern Europe30.9793
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.5236
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe30.2850
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe29.9511
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe29.8888
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe29.6762
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe29.6265
RomaniaROUEastern Europe29.6021
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe29.5178

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.8054
  2. Isle of Man42.4111
  3. Sweden35.2037
  4. Luxembourg34.1952
  5. United Kingdom34.0844

Lowest

  1. Macau12.6167
  2. Samoa13.4721
  3. Cook Islands13.6035
  4. Northern Mariana Islands13.6251
  5. Rwanda13.7543

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.1233. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 85 · 137rose · 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 1965.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 15.4604. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1965). Median Age of the Population, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1965

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1965?

Monaco, at 43.8054, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1965 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1965?

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, 1965 the newest?

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

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