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Median Age of the Population, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2001 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 54.2923; Afghanistan is lowest, at 13.9256. The middle country reads 23.5420. Against 2000, 222 values changed (206 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2001

HighestVatican City

54.2923

LowestAfghanistan

13.9256

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe54.2923
MonacoMCOWestern Europe44.7638
JapanJPNEastern Asia41.1051
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.5946
GermanyDEUWestern Europe39.3729
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe39.2855
BulgariaBGREastern Europe38.9872
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe38.9395
FinlandFINNorthern Europe38.6746
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.5950
SwedenSWENorthern Europe38.4975
BelgiumBELWestern Europe38.1688
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe37.9720
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe37.9532
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.5595
AustriaAUTWestern Europe37.5535
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe37.4891
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.3659
LatviaLVANorthern Europe37.3566
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe37.3401
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe37.2436
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.1534
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe37.0071
FranceFRAWestern Europe36.9064
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe36.8409

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City54.2923
  2. Monaco44.7638
  3. Japan41.1051
  4. Italy39.5946
  5. Germany39.3729

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan13.9256
  2. Uganda13.9476
  3. Chad14.4659
  4. Yemen14.5465
  5. Burundi14.8354

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.5420. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 206 · 16rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guinea16.3828 → 16.1634−0.2194
  • Tuvalu22.7361 → 22.5211−0.2150
  • Samoa18.8043 → 18.6512−0.1531
  • Chad14.5676 → 14.4659−0.1017
  • Niger15.2306 → 15.1401−0.0905

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 2001.

  • 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 (2001). Median Age of the Population, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2001

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2001?

Vatican City, at 54.2923, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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