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Median Age of the Population, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1981 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.1754; Kenya is lowest, at 13.5044. The middle country reads 18.7334. Against 1980, 222 values changed (172 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1981

HighestMonaco

43.1754

LowestKenya

13.5044

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.1754
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe40.7812
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.4862
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.7293
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.4099
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34.0399
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.0186
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.7341
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe33.6946
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.5688
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.5422
BulgariaBGREastern Europe33.3671
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.3285
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.3037
ItalyITASouthern Europe33.2775
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.7483
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe32.7336
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.7159
NorwayNORNorthern Europe32.6499
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.5088
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.3547
JapanJPNEastern Asia32.2460
FinlandFINNorthern Europe32.2069
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.1837
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.0682

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.1754
  2. Vatican City40.7812
  3. Isle of Man37.4862
  4. Germany35.7293
  5. Sweden35.4099

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.5044
  2. Marshall Islands13.8891
  3. Palestine14.1640
  4. Jordan14.2061
  5. Zambia14.2378

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.7334. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 172 · 50rose · 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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Median Age of the Population, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1981

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1981?

Monaco, at 43.1754, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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