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Median Age of the Population, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1982 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 43.0563; Kenya is lowest, at 13.5852. The middle country reads 18.9520. Against 1981, 222 values changed (175 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1982

HighestMonaco

43.0563

LowestKenya

13.5852

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.0563
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe41.3750
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.5336
SwedenSWENorthern Europe35.7463
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.7104
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34.3093
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.1568
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe34.0930
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe33.8018
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.6923
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.6407
ItalyITASouthern Europe33.5996
BulgariaBGREastern Europe33.5615
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.5389
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.4539
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe33.0057
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.9300
NorwayNORNorthern Europe32.9077
JapanJPNEastern Asia32.8180
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.7716
FinlandFINNorthern Europe32.6079
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.5709
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.5195
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.4187
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.3581

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco43.0563
  2. Vatican City41.3750
  3. Isle of Man37.5336
  4. Sweden35.7463
  5. Germany35.7104

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.5852
  2. Marshall Islands13.8633
  3. Palestine14.1866
  4. Zambia14.2924
  5. Jordan14.3196

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.9520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 175 · 47rose · 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 1982.

  • 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 (1982). Median Age of the Population, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1982

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1982?

Monaco, at 43.0563, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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