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Median Age of the Population, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1985 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 43.0781; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 13.7436. The middle country reads 19.6452. Against 1984, 222 values changed (185 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1985

HighestVatican City

43.0781

LowestMarshall Islands

13.7436

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe43.0781
MonacoMCOWestern Europe42.3270
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.0998
SwedenSWENorthern Europe36.7115
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.9257
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe35.1353
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe35.0843
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.7943
ItalyITASouthern Europe34.5653
JapanJPNEastern Asia34.4677
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.3003
BulgariaBGREastern Europe34.2986
BelgiumBELWestern Europe34.1846
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.1739
HungaryHUNEastern Europe34.0916
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe33.9890
FinlandFINNorthern Europe33.7292
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.6911
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.6122
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe33.5235
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe33.1680
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe33.1615
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.0985
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.9187
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.7331

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City43.0781
  2. Monaco42.3270
  3. Isle of Man38.0998
  4. Sweden36.7115
  5. Germany35.9257

Lowest

  1. Marshall Islands13.7436
  2. Kenya13.8711
  3. Yemen13.9864
  4. Eswatini14.2223
  5. Palestine14.2594

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.6452. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 185 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Nauru23.5535 → 22.7056−0.8479
  • Chad15.5677 → 15.2137−0.3540
  • Gabon18.8729 → 18.6547−0.2182
  • Burundi15.6712 → 15.4585−0.2127
  • Timor-Leste19.0171 → 18.8210−0.1961

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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Median Age of the Population, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1985

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1985?

Vatican City, at 43.0781, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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