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Median Age of the Population, 2018

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2018 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 60.4167; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.3585. The middle country reads 29.6525. Against 2017, 222 values changed (207 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2018

HighestVatican City

60.4167

LowestCentral African Republic

14.3585

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe60.4167
MonacoMCOWestern Europe54.5105
JapanJPNEastern Asia46.8893
ItalyITASouthern Europe45.5711
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.9278
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe44.8076
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe44.5204
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe44.1708
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe43.7097
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe43.6100
BermudaBMUNorthern America43.4464
BulgariaBGREastern Europe43.3011
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean43.2274
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia43.2162
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe43.1587
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean43.1457
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe42.9969
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe42.9321
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe42.8075
SpainESPSouthern Europe42.7985
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe42.7713
LatviaLVANorthern Europe42.4477
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.2738
HungaryHUNEastern Europe41.7710
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.7649

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City60.4167
  2. Monaco54.5105
  3. Japan46.8893
  4. Italy45.5711
  5. Germany44.9278

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.3585
  2. Niger14.5913
  3. Chad14.7682
  4. Mali14.9523
  5. Burundi15.0333

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.6525. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 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 2018.

  • 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 (2018). Median Age of the Population, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2018

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2018?

Vatican City, at 60.4167, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2018 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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