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Median Age of the Population, 2010

2010, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2010 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 61.0163; Uganda is lowest, at 14.2001. The middle country reads 27.0827. Against 2009, 222 values changed (209 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2010

HighestVatican City

61.0163

LowestUganda

14.2001

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe61.0163
MonacoMCOWestern Europe48.2190
JapanJPNEastern Asia44.2400
GermanyDEUWestern Europe43.2649
ItalyITASouthern Europe42.5129
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe41.3790
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe41.2570
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe41.1509
BulgariaBGREastern Europe41.1081
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.0495
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe41.0140
AustriaAUTWestern Europe40.8399
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe40.5163
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe40.5153
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe40.4819
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe40.3339
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe40.0952
LatviaLVANorthern Europe40.0634
BermudaBMUNorthern America39.9466
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia39.9162
BelgiumBELWestern Europe39.8407
SwedenSWENorthern Europe39.7440
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe39.7431
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe39.6725
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39.5581

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City61.0163
  2. Monaco48.2190
  3. Japan44.2400
  4. Germany43.2649
  5. Italy42.5129

Lowest

  1. Uganda14.2001
  2. Niger14.2755
  3. Chadshared14.5536
  4. Somaliashared14.5536
  5. Afghanistan14.6082

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.0827. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 209 · 13rose · 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 2010.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 20.2518. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2010). Median Age of the Population, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2010

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2010?

Vatican City, at 61.0163, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2010 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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