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Median Age of the Population, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1972 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.7466; Kenya is lowest, at 13.2210. The middle country reads 17.6492. Against 1971, 222 values changed (133 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1972

HighestMonaco

43.7466

LowestKenya

13.2210

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.7466
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe40.4516
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe34.5567
SwedenSWENorthern Europe34.2403
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.1049
GermanyDEUWestern Europe33.5348
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.4693
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.3483
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.2502
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.0156
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.9740
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.4951
AustriaAUTWestern Europe32.3062
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.2391
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.1987
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.1213
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.0926
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe31.6194
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe31.5640
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe31.5008
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.4263
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe31.2345
FranceFRAWestern Europe31.0682
RomaniaROUEastern Europe30.6057
RussiaRUSEastern Europe30.4645

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.7466
  2. Isle of Man40.4516
  3. Vatican City34.5567
  4. Sweden34.2403
  5. Luxembourg34.1049

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.2210
  2. Cook Islands13.5229
  3. Libya13.6304
  4. Samoa13.7170
  5. Jordan13.7582

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.6492. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 133 · 89rose · 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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). Median Age of the Population, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1972

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1972?

Monaco, at 43.7466, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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