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Median Age of the Population, 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2008 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 59.594; Uganda is lowest, at 14.064. The middle country reads 26.383. Against 2007, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2008

HighestVatican City

59.594

LowestUganda

14.064

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe59.594
MonacoMCOWestern Europe46.594
JapanJPNEastern Asia43.542
GermanyDEUWestern Europe42.541
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.835
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe40.753
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe40.698
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.691
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.656
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe40.637
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe40.557
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe40.106
AustriaAUTWestern Europe40.062
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe39.992
BelgiumBELWestern Europe39.727
SwedenSWENorthern Europe39.652
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe39.606
BermudaBMUNorthern America39.584
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe39.506
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39.262
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe39.129
LatviaLVANorthern Europe39.105
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia39.080
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe39.009
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe38.840

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City59.594
  2. Monaco46.594
  3. Japan43.542
  4. Germany42.541
  5. Italy41.835

Lowest

  1. Uganda14.064
  2. Afghanistan14.302
  3. Niger14.407
  4. Somalia14.475
  5. Chad14.559

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.383. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 203 · 19rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Togo17.646 → 17.543−0.103
  • Niger14.496 → 14.407−0.089
  • Somalia14.556 → 14.475−0.081
  • Brunei27.059 → 26.991−0.069
  • Singapore32.578 → 32.515−0.063

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 2008.

  • 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 (2008). Median Age of the Population, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2008

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2008?

Vatican City, at 59.594, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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