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Median Age of the Population, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2002 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 54.890; Afghanistan is lowest, at 13.896. The middle country reads 23.831. Against 2001, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2002

HighestVatican City

54.890

LowestAfghanistan

13.896

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe54.890
MonacoMCOWestern Europe44.916
JapanJPNEastern Asia41.467
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.944
GermanyDEUWestern Europe39.737
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe39.496
BulgariaBGREastern Europe39.292
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe39.217
FinlandFINNorthern Europe38.989
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe38.851
SwedenSWENorthern Europe38.640
BelgiumBELWestern Europe38.430
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe38.323
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe38.257
AustriaAUTWestern Europe37.922
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.778
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe37.707
LatviaLVANorthern Europe37.663
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.645
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe37.607
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe37.504
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.388
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe37.323
AndorraANDSouthern Europe37.317
FranceFRAWestern Europe37.169

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City54.890
  2. Monaco44.916
  3. Japan41.467
  4. Italy39.944
  5. Germany39.737

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan13.896
  2. Uganda13.948
  3. Chad14.395
  4. Yemen14.732
  5. Zambia14.968

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.831. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 208 · 14rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guinea16.163 → 16.024−0.140
  • Tuvalu22.521 → 22.420−0.101
  • Niger15.140 → 15.040−0.101
  • Chad14.466 → 14.395−0.071
  • Bahrain25.832 → 25.787−0.046

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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Median Age of the Population, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2002

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2002?

Vatican City, at 54.890, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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