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Median Age of the Population, 1996

1996, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1996 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 50.606; Rwanda is lowest, at 13.525. The middle country reads 22.128. Against 1995, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1996

HighestVatican City

50.606

LowestRwanda

13.525

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe50.606
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.777
JapanJPNEastern Asia39.373
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.330
ItalyITASouthern Europe38.043
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe37.931
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.651
BulgariaBGREastern Europe37.585
GermanyDEUWestern Europe37.536
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.194
FinlandFINNorthern Europe37.146
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.862
BelgiumBELWestern Europe36.743
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.731
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe36.508
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe36.503
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe36.176
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe35.788
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.781
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe35.711
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe35.659
AustriaAUTWestern Europe35.628
LatviaLVANorthern Europe35.529
FranceFRAWestern Europe35.502
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe35.478

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City50.606
  2. Monaco43.777
  3. Japan39.373
  4. Isle of Man38.330
  5. Italy38.043

Lowest

  1. Rwanda13.525
  2. Yemen13.746
  3. Burundi14.140
  4. Uganda14.244
  5. Afghanistan14.442

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.128. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 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

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 1996.

  • 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 (1996). Median Age of the Population, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1996

0674 held

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1996?

Vatican City, at 50.606, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1996 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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