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Median Age of the Population, 1983

1983, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1983 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 42.6787; Kenya is lowest, at 13.6799. The middle country reads 19.2088. Against 1982, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1983

HighestMonaco

42.6787

LowestKenya

13.6799

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MonacoMCOWestern Europe42.6787
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe41.9374
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe37.6520
SwedenSWENorthern Europe36.0920
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.6965
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe34.5941
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe34.4684
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.3488
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.0264
ItalyITASouthern Europe33.9178
AustriaAUTWestern Europe33.8866
BelgiumBELWestern Europe33.7518
BulgariaBGREastern Europe33.7509
HungaryHUNEastern Europe33.6521
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.6448
JapanJPNEastern Asia33.3818
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe33.3150
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.1572
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe33.0932
FinlandFINNorthern Europe32.9878
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.8499
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe32.7172
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.6399
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe32.6273
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.5944

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Monaco42.6787
  2. Vatican City41.9374
  3. Isle of Man37.6520
  4. Sweden36.0920
  5. Germany35.6965

Lowest

  1. Kenya13.6799
  2. Marshall Islands13.8400
  3. Palestine14.2099
  4. Yemen14.2573
  5. Eswatini14.3024

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.2088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 180 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Monaco43.0563 → 42.6787−0.3776
  • Cameroon16.4227 → 16.1292−0.2935
  • Timor-Leste19.5097 → 19.2415−0.2682
  • Gabon19.3609 → 19.1099−0.2510
  • Yemen14.4155 → 14.2573−0.1582

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 1983.

  • 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 (1983). Median Age of the Population, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1983

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1983?

Monaco, at 42.6787, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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