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Median Age of the Population, 1960

1960, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1960 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 44.4097; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at 13.7387. The middle country reads 18.5190. Against 1959, 222 values changed (82 up, 140 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1960

HighestMonaco

44.4097

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

13.7387

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Median Age of the Population, 1960, 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, 1960: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe44.4097
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe42.2028
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.1135
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.5268
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.5047
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.0631
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.9231
GermanyDEUWestern Europe33.7181
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.3654
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.1055
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.0528
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.7713
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe31.7365
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.5927
LatviaLVANorthern Europe31.1950
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe31.1420
HungaryHUNEastern Europe31.1111
ItalyITASouthern Europe30.5437
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe29.9662
BulgariaBGREastern Europe29.4189
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe29.0888
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand28.5780
SpainESPSouthern Europe28.3737
UkraineUKREastern Europe28.3423
United StatesUSANorthern America28.2575

02In 1960

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco44.4097
  2. Isle of Man42.2028
  3. Sweden35.1135
  4. Austria34.5268
  5. United Kingdom34.5047

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands13.7387
  2. Samoa13.9728
  3. American Samoa14.3210
  4. Rwanda14.4082
  5. Niger14.4272

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.5190. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031959 → 1960

Since 1959

What changed between 1959 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 82 · 140rose · 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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1960.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1960). Median Age of the Population, 1960 [data set], describing 1960. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1960

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1960: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1960?

Monaco, at 44.4097, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1960 describe?

1960.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1960 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1960?

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, 1960 the newest?

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

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