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Median Age of the Population, 1994

1994, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1994 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 49.250; Yemen is lowest, at 13.552. The middle country reads 21.553. Against 1993, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1994

HighestVatican City

49.250

LowestYemen

13.552

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, 1994, 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, 1994: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe49.250
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.535
JapanJPNEastern Asia38.602
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.240
ItalyITASouthern Europe37.588
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.382
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe37.267
GermanyDEUWestern Europe37.047
BulgariaBGREastern Europe37.011
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.608
FinlandFINNorthern Europe36.566
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.498
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.358
BelgiumBELWestern Europe36.167
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe36.084
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe36.039
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe35.795
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.579
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe35.419
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe35.371
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe35.093
AustriaAUTWestern Europe35.001
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe34.962
NorwayNORNorthern Europe34.923
LatviaLVANorthern Europe34.915

02In 1994

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City49.250
  2. Monaco43.535
  3. Japan38.602
  4. Isle of Man38.240
  5. Italy37.588

Lowest

  1. Yemen13.552
  2. Burundi13.571
  3. Rwanda13.961
  4. Palestine14.470
  5. Uganda14.593

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.553. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 191 · 31rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Rwanda14.649 → 13.961−0.688
  • Cambodia17.758 → 17.132−0.626
  • Eswatini15.552 → 15.240−0.312
  • Chad15.100 → 14.831−0.269
  • Togo15.620 → 15.400−0.220

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 1994.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 15.829. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1994). Median Age of the Population, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1994

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1994: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1994?

Vatican City, at 49.250, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1994 describe?

1994.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1994 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1994?

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, 1994 the newest?

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

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