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Median Age of the Population, 2006

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2006 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 58.058; Uganda is lowest, at 13.985. The middle country reads 25.366. Against 2005, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2006

HighestVatican City

58.058

LowestUganda

13.985

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe58.058
MonacoMCOWestern Europe45.753
JapanJPNEastern Asia42.900
GermanyDEUWestern Europe41.493
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.206
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe40.350
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.335
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe40.205
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.183
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe40.182
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe39.786
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe39.598
BelgiumBELWestern Europe39.419
SwedenSWENorthern Europe39.404
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe39.375
AustriaAUTWestern Europe39.298
BermudaBMUNorthern America39.126
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe38.836
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe38.801
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe38.706
LatviaLVANorthern Europe38.669
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe38.522
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38.290
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia38.252
FranceFRAWestern Europe38.134

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City58.058
  2. Monaco45.753
  3. Japan42.900
  4. Germany41.493
  5. Italy41.206

Lowest

  1. Uganda13.985
  2. Afghanistan14.060
  3. Niger14.596
  4. Chad14.615
  5. Somalia14.748

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.366. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 204 · 18rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar29.949 → 29.559−0.389
  • Somalia14.902 → 14.748−0.154
  • Niger14.705 → 14.596−0.109
  • Eritrea17.166 → 17.097−0.069
  • Ireland32.430 → 32.377−0.052

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 2006.

  • 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 (2006). Median Age of the Population, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2006

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2006?

Vatican City, at 58.058, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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