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Median Age of the Population, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2003 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 55.590; Afghanistan is lowest, at 13.896. The middle country reads 24.171. Against 2002, 221 values changed (212 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2003

HighestVatican City

55.590

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe55.590
MonacoMCOWestern Europe45.034
JapanJPNEastern Asia41.829
ItalyITASouthern Europe40.240
GermanyDEUWestern Europe40.121
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe39.725
BulgariaBGREastern Europe39.582
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe39.493
FinlandFINNorthern Europe39.302
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe39.142
SwedenSWENorthern Europe38.800
BelgiumBELWestern Europe38.696
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe38.682
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe38.569
AustriaAUTWestern Europe38.254
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.187
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe37.958
LatviaLVANorthern Europe37.926
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe37.855
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.723
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.694
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe37.660
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe37.576
BermudaBMUNorthern America37.498
FranceFRAWestern Europe37.420

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City55.590
  2. Monaco45.034
  3. Japan41.829
  4. Italy40.240
  5. Germany40.121

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan13.896
  2. Uganda13.967
  3. Chad14.451
  4. Yemen14.919
  5. Niger14.932

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.171. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 212 · 9rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 2003.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 16.034. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2003). Median Age of the Population, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2003

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2003?

Vatican City, at 55.590, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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