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Median Age of the Population, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 1997 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 51.3746; Rwanda is lowest, at 13.8381. The middle country reads 22.3932. Against 1996, 222 values changed (193 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 1997

HighestVatican City

51.3746

LowestRwanda

13.8381

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe51.3746
MonacoMCOWestern Europe43.8825
JapanJPNEastern Asia39.7392
ItalyITASouthern Europe38.3324
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.2723
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe38.2472
BulgariaBGREastern Europe37.8571
SwedenSWENorthern Europe37.8423
GermanyDEUWestern Europe37.7764
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.5691
FinlandFINNorthern Europe37.4327
BelgiumBELWestern Europe37.0312
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.0264
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe36.8319
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe36.7890
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe36.7614
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe36.3836
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe36.0018
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe35.9830
AustriaAUTWestern Europe35.9820
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe35.9696
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.9329
LatviaLVANorthern Europe35.9099
FranceFRAWestern Europe35.8021
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe35.7153

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City51.3746
  2. Monaco43.8825
  3. Japan39.7392
  4. Italy38.3324
  5. Isle of Man38.2723

Lowest

  1. Rwanda13.8381
  2. Yemen13.8842
  3. Burundi14.0187
  4. Uganda14.1272
  5. Afghanistan14.3220

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 22.3932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 193 · 29rose · 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 1997.

  • 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 (1997). Median Age of the Population, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/1997

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 1997?

Vatican City, at 51.3746, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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