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Median Age of the Population, 2013

2013, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2013 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 61.384; Niger is lowest, at 14.258. The middle country reads 27.879. Against 2012, 222 values changed (209 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2013

HighestVatican City

61.384

LowestNiger

14.258

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe61.384
MonacoMCOWestern Europe51.000
JapanJPNEastern Asia45.099
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.487
ItalyITASouthern Europe43.598
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe42.710
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe42.507
BulgariaBGREastern Europe42.061
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe41.837
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe41.779
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.759
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe41.727
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe41.705
BermudaBMUNorthern America41.528
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.364
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe41.356
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe41.320
LatviaLVANorthern Europe41.259
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe41.245
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe41.038
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia40.998
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe40.694
SpainESPSouthern Europe40.630
BelgiumBELWestern Europe40.206
HungaryHUNEastern Europe40.185

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City61.384
  2. Monaco51.000
  3. Japan45.099
  4. Germany44.487
  5. Italy43.598

Lowest

  1. Niger14.258
  2. Uganda14.458
  3. Chad14.603
  4. Somalia14.925
  5. Central African Republic14.952

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.879. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 209 · 13rose · 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 2013.

  • 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 (2013). Median Age of the Population, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2013

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2013?

Vatican City, at 61.384, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2013 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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