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Median Age of the Population, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2009 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 60.3216; Uganda is lowest, at 14.1266. The middle country reads 26.8694. Against 2008, 222 values changed (207 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2009

HighestVatican City

60.3216

LowestUganda

14.1266

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe60.3216
MonacoMCOWestern Europe47.3417
JapanJPNEastern Asia43.8800
GermanyDEUWestern Europe42.9201
ItalyITASouthern Europe42.1636
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe40.9657
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe40.9585
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe40.9523
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.8693
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.8636
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe40.8321
AustriaAUTWestern Europe40.4513
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe40.3230
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe40.2551
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe40.0309
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe39.9102
BelgiumBELWestern Europe39.8039
SwedenSWENorthern Europe39.7186
BermudaBMUNorthern America39.6653
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe39.6286
LatviaLVANorthern Europe39.5132
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia39.4875
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39.4106
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe39.3378
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe39.1373

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City60.3216
  2. Monaco47.3417
  3. Japan43.8800
  4. Germany42.9201
  5. Italy42.1636

Lowest

  1. Uganda14.1266
  2. Niger14.3325
  3. Afghanistan14.4478
  4. Somalia14.4950
  5. Chad14.5752

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.8694. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 207 · 15rose · 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 2009.

  • 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 (2009). Median Age of the Population, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2009

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2009?

Vatican City, at 60.3216, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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