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Median Age of the Population, 1984

1984, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1984 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 42.5138; Kenya is lowest, at 13.7785. The middle country reads 19.4839. Against 1983, 222 values changed (184 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1984

HighestVatican City

42.5138

LowestKenya

13.7785

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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe42.5138
MonacoMCOWestern Europe42.4306
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.8383
SwedenSWENorthern Europe36.4213
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.8004
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34.8781
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe34.8089
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.5758
ItalyITASouthern Europe34.2419
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.1834
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.0433
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.9670
BulgariaBGREastern Europe33.9604
JapanJPNEastern Asia33.9326
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.8677
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.6900
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe33.6445
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.4005
FinlandFINNorthern Europe33.3604
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe33.2793
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.9373
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.8956
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.8937
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.8618
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.6203

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City42.5138
  2. Monaco42.4306
  3. Isle of Man37.8383
  4. Sweden36.4213
  5. Germany35.8004

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.7785
  2. Marshall Islands13.7996
  3. Yemen14.1130
  4. Palestine14.2335
  5. Eswatini14.2514

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.4839. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 184 · 38rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Nauru24.1503 → 23.5535−0.5968
  • Chad15.9067 → 15.5677−0.3390
  • Monaco42.6787 → 42.4306−0.2481
  • Gabon19.1099 → 18.8729−0.2370
  • Timor-Leste19.2415 → 19.0171−0.2244

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 1984.

  • 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 (1984). Median Age of the Population, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1984

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1984?

Vatican City, at 42.5138, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1984 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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