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Median Age of the Population, 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The median age is the age that splits a country's population into two equal halves: half the people are younger, half older. It is the simplest single summary of whether a population is young or old, and it shapes almost everything from school places to pensions.

Median Age of the Population, 1970 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.830; Kenya is lowest, at 13.331. The middle country reads 17.600. Against 1969, 222 values changed (119 up, 103 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1970

HighestMonaco

43.830

LowestKenya

13.331

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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.830
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe41.352
SwedenSWENorthern Europe34.392
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.348
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.498
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe33.392
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.219
GermanyDEUWestern Europe33.216
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.189
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.141
AustriaAUTWestern Europe32.705
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.677
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.543
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.292
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.260
ItalyITASouthern Europe31.894
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.841
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.463
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.432
UkraineUKREastern Europe31.262
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe31.153
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe31.080
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe30.897
RomaniaROUEastern Europe30.420
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe29.861

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.830
  2. Isle of Man41.352
  3. Sweden34.392
  4. Luxembourg34.348
  5. Belgium33.498

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.331
  2. Cook Islands13.344
  3. Samoa13.519
  4. Libya13.624
  5. Jordan13.881

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.600. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 119 · 103rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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UN DESA Population Division (1970). Median Age of the Population, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1970

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