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Median Age of the Population, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1980 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.0151; Kenya is lowest, at 13.4207. The middle country reads 18.6274. Against 1979, 222 values changed (169 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1980

HighestMonaco

43.0151

LowestKenya

13.4207

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.0151
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe40.1250
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.5486
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.6766
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.1043
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.9281
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.9146
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe33.7708
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.6128
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.3360
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe33.3075
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.2444
BulgariaBGREastern Europe33.1766
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.1491
ItalyITASouthern Europe33.0289
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.8203
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.6966
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.5303
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.5096
NorwayNORNorthern Europe32.3654
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.2276
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.9517
FinlandFINNorthern Europe31.7785
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.7732
JapanJPNEastern Asia31.6952

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.0151
  2. Vatican City40.1250
  3. Isle of Man37.5486
  4. Germany35.6766
  5. Sweden35.1043

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.4207
  2. Marshall Islands13.9476
  3. Jordan14.1036
  4. Palestine14.1432
  5. Zambia14.2174

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.6274. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 169 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Chad16.0251 → 15.5537−0.4714
  • Gabon20.1982 → 19.9055−0.2927
  • Yemen14.9936 → 14.7821−0.2115
  • Mozambique16.6973 → 16.5084−0.1889
  • Ukraine32.6974 → 32.5096−0.1878

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 1980.

  • 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 (1980). Median Age of the Population, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1980

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1980?

Monaco, at 43.0151, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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