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Median Age of the Population, 1987

1987, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1987 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 44.3374; Marshall Islands is lowest, at 13.6365. The middle country reads 20.0176. Against 1986, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1987

HighestVatican City

44.3374

LowestMarshall Islands

13.6365

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe44.3374
MonacoMCOWestern Europe42.4579
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.2928
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.1691
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.3187
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe35.5439
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe35.5245
JapanJPNEastern Asia35.4768
ItalyITASouthern Europe35.1932
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.0866
BulgariaBGREastern Europe34.8173
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe34.7051
BelgiumBELWestern Europe34.6044
HungaryHUNEastern Europe34.5282
FinlandFINNorthern Europe34.4680
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.4631
AustriaAUTWestern Europe34.4167
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe34.1142
NorwayNORNorthern Europe33.9399
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe33.7965
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe33.6709
LatviaLVANorthern Europe33.5989
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.5774
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe33.0621
UkraineUKREastern Europe33.0095

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City44.3374
  2. Monaco42.4579
  3. Isle of Man38.2928
  4. Sweden37.1691
  5. Germany36.3187

Lowest

  1. Marshall Islands13.6365
  2. Yemen13.7651
  3. Kenya14.0331
  4. Palestine14.3111
  5. Eswatini14.3121

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.0176. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 182 · 40rose · 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 1987.

  • 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 (1987). Median Age of the Population, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1987

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1987?

Vatican City, at 44.3374, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1987 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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