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Median Age of the Population, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2023 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 59.625; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.320. The middle country reads 31.518. Against 2022, 222 values changed (210 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2023

HighestVatican City

59.625

LowestCentral African Republic

14.320

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe59.625
MonacoMCOWestern Europe54.356
JapanJPNEastern Asia48.959
ItalyITASouthern Europe47.461
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe47.393
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe46.200
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia46.155
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe45.747
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe45.676
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean45.306
GermanyDEUWestern Europe45.147
BermudaBMUNorthern America45.140
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe44.915
SpainESPSouthern Europe44.903
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe44.761
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean44.667
South KoreaKOREastern Asia44.486
BulgariaBGREastern Europe44.314
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe44.199
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe43.894
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe43.872
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia43.538
HungaryHUNEastern Europe43.317
AndorraANDSouthern Europe43.162
AustriaAUTWestern Europe43.086

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City59.625
  2. Monaco54.356
  3. Japan48.959
  4. Italy47.461
  5. San Marino47.393

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.320
  2. Niger15.250
  3. Chad15.401
  4. Somalia15.447
  5. Mali15.467

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.518. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 210 · 12rose · 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 2023.

  • 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 (2023). Median Age of the Population, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2023

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Other years

07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2023?

Vatican City, at 59.625, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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