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Median Age of the Population, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2022 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 59.8750; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.2984. The middle country reads 31.0668. Against 2021, 222 values changed (205 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2022

HighestVatican City

59.8750

LowestCentral African Republic

14.2984

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe59.8750
MonacoMCOWestern Europe54.9746
JapanJPNEastern Asia48.5482
ItalyITASouthern Europe47.1156
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe46.7823
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe45.8063
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia45.5910
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe45.4761
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe45.3914
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean45.1970
GermanyDEUWestern Europe45.0235
BermudaBMUNorthern America44.7031
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe44.6112
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean44.5713
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe44.5588
SpainESPSouthern Europe44.3919
BulgariaBGREastern Europe44.1542
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe44.0145
South KoreaKOREastern Asia43.9438
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe43.6747
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe43.4974
HungaryHUNEastern Europe42.9929
LatviaLVANorthern Europe42.9460
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia42.9169
AndorraANDSouthern Europe42.8318

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City59.8750
  2. Monaco54.9746
  3. Japan48.5482
  4. Italy47.1156
  5. San Marino46.7823

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.2984
  2. Chadshared15.1019
  3. Nigershared15.1019
  4. Mali15.3487
  5. Somalia15.3715

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.0668. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 205 · 17rose · 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 2022.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 42.8318. 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 (2022). Median Age of the Population, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2022

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2022?

Vatican City, at 59.8750, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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