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Median Age of the Population, 2007

2007, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2007 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 58.840; Uganda is lowest, at 14.015. The middle country reads 25.842. Against 2006, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2007

HighestVatican City

58.840

LowestUganda

14.015

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe58.840
MonacoMCOWestern Europe46.091
JapanJPNEastern Asia43.219
GermanyDEUWestern Europe42.075
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.537
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe40.550
BulgariaBGREastern Europe40.521
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe40.461
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.431
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe40.416
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe40.162
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe39.888
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe39.700
AustriaAUTWestern Europe39.685
BelgiumBELWestern Europe39.593
SwedenSWENorthern Europe39.541
BermudaBMUNorthern America39.466
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe39.197
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe39.105
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe39.088
LatviaLVANorthern Europe38.878
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia38.692
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe38.686
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38.668
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe38.613

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City58.840
  2. Monaco46.091
  3. Japan43.219
  4. Germany42.075
  5. Italy41.537

Lowest

  1. Uganda14.015
  2. Afghanistan14.170
  3. Niger14.496
  4. Somalia14.556
  5. Chad14.568

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.842. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 203 · 19rose · 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 2007.

  • 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 (2007). Median Age of the Population, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2007

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2007?

Vatican City, at 58.840, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2007 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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