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Median Age of the Population, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1991 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 47.249; Yemen is lowest, at 13.510. The middle country reads 20.832. Against 1990, 222 values changed (186 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1991

HighestVatican City

47.249

LowestYemen

13.510

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe47.249
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.297
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.254
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.352
JapanJPNEastern Asia37.313
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.658
ItalyITASouthern Europe36.486
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.268
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe36.189
BulgariaBGREastern Europe35.966
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe35.841
FinlandFINNorthern Europe35.732
HungaryHUNEastern Europe35.652
BelgiumBELWestern Europe35.483
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.402
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe35.254
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe35.074
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe35.037
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe34.957
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe34.876
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.582
NorwayNORNorthern Europe34.514
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe34.464
FranceFRAWestern Europe34.009
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.771

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City47.249
  2. Monaco43.297
  3. Isle of Man38.254
  4. Sweden37.352
  5. Japan37.313

Lowest

  1. Yemen13.510
  2. Marshall Islands14.134
  3. Palestine14.383
  4. Kenya14.429
  5. Rwanda14.457

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.832. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 186 · 36rose · 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 1991.

  • 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 (1991). Median Age of the Population, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1991

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Other years

07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1991?

Vatican City, at 47.249, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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