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Median Age of the Population, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1990 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 46.461; Yemen is lowest, at 13.546. The middle country reads 20.639. Against 1989, 222 values changed (183 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1990

HighestVatican City

46.461

LowestYemen

13.546

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe46.461
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.181
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.262
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.354
JapanJPNEastern Asia36.872
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.600
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.122
ItalyITASouthern Europe36.102
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe35.877
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe35.813
BulgariaBGREastern Europe35.592
FinlandFINNorthern Europe35.457
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.338
HungaryHUNEastern Europe35.330
BelgiumBELWestern Europe35.270
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe35.007
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.949
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe34.752
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.584
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe34.573
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe34.420
NorwayNORNorthern Europe34.376
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe34.259
FranceFRAWestern Europe33.731
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.532

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City46.461
  2. Monaco43.181
  3. Isle of Man38.262
  4. Sweden37.354
  5. Japan36.872

Lowest

  1. Yemen13.546
  2. Marshall Islands13.926
  3. Kenya14.323
  4. Palestine14.368
  5. Rwanda14.452

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.639. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 183 · 39rose · 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 1990.

  • 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 (1990). Median Age of the Population, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1990

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Other years

07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1990?

Vatican City, at 46.461, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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