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Median Age of the Population, 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1976 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.6147; Kenya is lowest, at 13.1922. The middle country reads 17.9060. Against 1975, 222 values changed (157 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1976

HighestMonaco

43.6147

LowestKenya

13.1922

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.6147
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.6565
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe37.1653
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.8066
SwedenSWENorthern Europe34.3355
LatviaLVANorthern Europe34.0188
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.8680
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.4217
UkraineUKREastern Europe33.2382
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.2197
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.2146
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.0054
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.9153
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.7702
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.7242
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.5868
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.3873
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.2380
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.1784
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.0279
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.5908
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.3141
RomaniaROUEastern Europe30.7642
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.6330
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe30.6114

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.6147
  2. Isle of Man38.6565
  3. Vatican City37.1653
  4. Germany34.8066
  5. Sweden34.3355

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.1922
  2. Jordan13.7821
  3. Cook Islands14.0941
  4. Palestine14.1296
  5. Saint Lucia14.3481

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.9060. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 157 · 65rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Monaco44.0277 → 43.6147−0.4130
  • Russia29.8517 → 29.4668−0.3849
  • Isle of Man39.0118 → 38.6565−0.3553
  • Iraq15.9017 → 15.5524−0.3493
  • Gabon21.4637 → 21.1434−0.3203

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 1976.

  • 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 (1976). Median Age of the Population, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1976

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1976?

Monaco, at 43.6147, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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