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Median Age of the Population, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1978 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.0541; Kenya is lowest, at 13.2752. The middle country reads 18.2488. Against 1977, 222 values changed (165 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1978

HighestMonaco

43.0541

LowestKenya

13.2752

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.0541
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe38.6382
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.9815
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.4342
SwedenSWENorthern Europe34.5895
LatviaLVANorthern Europe34.1540
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe33.7953
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.5125
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.2319
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe33.1387
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.1252
UkraineUKREastern Europe33.0362
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.0361
BelgiumBELWestern Europe32.9846
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.8874
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.7498
ItalyITASouthern Europe32.7391
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe32.6162
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.3534
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.1644
NorwayNORNorthern Europe31.7767
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.6371
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe31.1674
FinlandFINNorthern Europe30.8583
FranceFRAWestern Europe30.7910

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.0541
  2. Vatican City38.6382
  3. Isle of Man37.9815
  4. Germany35.4342
  5. Sweden34.5895

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.2752
  2. Jordan13.9202
  3. Palestine14.1236
  4. Zambia14.2657
  5. Marshall Islands14.2739

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.2488. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 165 · 57rose · 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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Median Age of the Population, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1978

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1978?

Monaco, at 43.0541, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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