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Median Age of the Population, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2012 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 62.4166; Niger is lowest, at 14.2392. The middle country reads 27.6334. Against 2011, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2012

HighestVatican City

62.4166

LowestNiger

14.2392

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe62.4166
MonacoMCOWestern Europe50.0594
JapanJPNEastern Asia44.8079
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.0758
ItalyITASouthern Europe43.2381
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe42.3091
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe42.0522
BulgariaBGREastern Europe41.7559
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe41.5594
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe41.5158
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.5131
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe41.3528
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.2892
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe41.2254
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe41.0575
BermudaBMUNorthern America41.0296
LatviaLVANorthern Europe40.9258
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe40.8950
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe40.8815
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe40.8692
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia40.6741
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe40.3580
SpainESPSouthern Europe40.1090
BelgiumBELWestern Europe40.0649
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39.9371

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City62.4166
  2. Monaco50.0594
  3. Japan44.8079
  4. Germany44.0758
  5. Italy43.2381

Lowest

  1. Niger14.2392
  2. Uganda14.3609
  3. Chad14.5626
  4. Somalia14.8740
  5. Afghanistan14.9468

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.6334. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 208 · 14rose · 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 2012.

  • 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 (2012). Median Age of the Population, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2012

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2012?

Vatican City, at 62.4166, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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