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Median Age of the Population, 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1998 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 52.133; Yemen is lowest, at 14.036. The middle country reads 22.695. Against 1997, 222 values changed (196 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1998

HighestVatican City

52.133

LowestYemen

14.036

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe52.133
MonacoMCOWestern Europe44.022
JapanJPNEastern Asia40.082
ItalyITASouthern Europe38.621
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe38.549
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.219
GermanyDEUWestern Europe38.200
BulgariaBGREastern Europe38.137
SwedenSWENorthern Europe38.029
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.925
FinlandFINNorthern Europe37.733
BelgiumBELWestern Europe37.322
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.193
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe37.091
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe37.029
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.973
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe36.591
AustriaAUTWestern Europe36.359
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe36.328
LatviaLVANorthern Europe36.301
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe36.252
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe36.194
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe36.134
FranceFRAWestern Europe36.105
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.089

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City52.133
  2. Monaco44.022
  3. Japan40.082
  4. Italy38.621
  5. Serbia38.549

Lowest

  1. Yemen14.036
  2. Uganda14.039
  3. Afghanistan14.198
  4. Burundi14.214
  5. Rwanda14.250

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.695. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 196 · 26rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Eritrea16.991 → 16.703−0.288
  • Tuvalu23.603 → 23.331−0.272
  • Guinea16.775 → 16.596−0.179
  • Chad14.882 → 14.712−0.170
  • DR Congo16.247 → 16.108−0.139

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 1998.

  • 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 (1998). Median Age of the Population, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1998

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1998?

Vatican City, at 52.133, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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