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Median Age of the Population, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2020 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 60.333; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.410. The middle country reads 30.398. Against 2019, 221 values changed (207 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2020

HighestVatican City

60.333

LowestCentral African Republic

14.410

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe60.333
MonacoMCOWestern Europe54.762
JapanJPNEastern Asia47.674
ItalyITASouthern Europe46.403
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe45.831
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe45.124
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe45.026
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.876
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean44.576
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia44.434
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe44.318
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean44.313
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe44.228
BermudaBMUNorthern America44.031
BulgariaBGREastern Europe43.897
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe43.775
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe43.574
SpainESPSouthern Europe43.497
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe43.386
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe43.155
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe43.016
LatviaLVANorthern Europe42.821
South KoreaKOREastern Asia42.759
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.572
HungaryHUNEastern Europe42.455

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City60.333
  2. Monaco54.762
  3. Japan47.674
  4. Italy46.403
  5. San Marino45.831

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.410
  2. Niger14.821
  3. Chad14.866
  4. Mali15.120
  5. Somalia15.266

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.398. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 207 · 14rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Bahrain31.210 → 30.953−0.257
  • Togo18.443 → 18.297−0.146
  • Lebanon27.946 → 27.813−0.134
  • Oman28.880 → 28.765−0.115
  • Samoa20.420 → 20.366−0.055

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 2020.

  • 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 (2020). Median Age of the Population, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2020

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2020?

Vatican City, at 60.333, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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