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Median Age of the Population, 2021

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2021 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 60.208; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.377. The middle country reads 30.737. Against 2020, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2021

HighestVatican City

60.208

LowestCentral African Republic

14.377

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe60.208
MonacoMCOWestern Europe55.292
JapanJPNEastern Asia48.123
ItalyITASouthern Europe46.773
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe46.308
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe45.424
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe45.321
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia45.035
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.923
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe44.859
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean44.855
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean44.537
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe44.445
BermudaBMUNorthern America44.331
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe44.196
BulgariaBGREastern Europe44.043
SpainESPSouthern Europe43.916
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe43.790
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe43.541
South KoreaKOREastern Asia43.366
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe43.141
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe43.053
LatviaLVANorthern Europe42.906
HungaryHUNEastern Europe42.728
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.678

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City60.208
  2. Monaco55.292
  3. Japan48.123
  4. Italy46.773
  5. San Marino46.308

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.377
  2. Niger14.958
  3. Chad14.982
  4. Mali15.234
  5. Somalia15.308

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.737. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 203 · 19rose · 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 2021.

  • 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 (2021). Median Age of the Population, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2021

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Other years

07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2021?

Vatican City, at 60.208, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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