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Median Age of the Population, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Median Age of the Population, 2017 covers 222 countries. Vatican City is highest, at 60.583; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.369. The middle country reads 29.287. Against 2016, 221 values changed (211 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Median Age of the Population · Data for 2017

HighestVatican City

60.583

LowestCentral African Republic

14.369

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe60.583
MonacoMCOWestern Europe53.982
JapanJPNEastern Asia46.535
ItalyITASouthern Europe45.177
GermanyDEUWestern Europe44.889
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe44.328
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe44.198
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe43.735
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe43.393
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe43.169
BermudaBMUNorthern America43.129
BulgariaBGREastern Europe43.010
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe42.851
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe42.709
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe42.676
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia42.662
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe42.568
SpainESPSouthern Europe42.439
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean42.360
LatviaLVANorthern Europe42.251
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe42.245
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.115
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean42.027
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.592
HungaryHUNEastern Europe41.423

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Vatican City60.583
  2. Monaco53.982
  3. Japan46.535
  4. Italy45.177
  5. Germany44.889

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic14.369
  2. Niger14.498
  3. Chad14.700
  4. Mali14.911
  5. Burundi14.975

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.287. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 10rose · 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 2017.

  • 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 (2017). Median Age of the Population, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/median-age/2017

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07Questions

Median Age of the Population, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest median age in Median Age of the Population, 2017?

Vatican City, at 60.583, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Median Age of the Population, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Median Age of the Population, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Median Age of the Population, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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