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Median Age of the Population, 1977

1977, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1977 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.260; Kenya is lowest, at 13.220. The middle country reads 18.125. Against 1976, 222 values changed (159 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1977

HighestMonaco

43.260

LowestKenya

13.220

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.260
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.284
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe37.895
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.166
SwedenSWENorthern Europe34.413
LatviaLVANorthern Europe34.126
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.814
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.356
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.318
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.206
UkraineUKREastern Europe33.197
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.008
BelgiumBELWestern Europe32.955
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.804
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe32.781
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.699
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.650
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.312
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.302
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.200
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.601
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.524
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe30.895
RomaniaROUEastern Europe30.697
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe30.658

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.260
  2. Isle of Man38.284
  3. Vatican City37.895
  4. Germany35.166
  5. Sweden34.413

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.220
  2. Jordan13.844
  3. Palestine14.123
  4. Zambia14.323
  5. Cook Islands14.386

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.125. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 159 · 63rose · 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 1977.

  • 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 (1977). Median Age of the Population, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1977

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1977?

Monaco, at 43.260, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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