Median Age by Country in 1998

In the year 1998, the world had a median age of 24.78 years.

The country with the highest median age was 🇻🇦Holy See where the median is 50.69 years. Closely followed by 🇲🇨Monaco with a median age of 44.10 years, and 🇯🇵Japan with 40.02.

The country with the lowest median age for the year was 🇺🇬Uganda where the median is 13.86 years. Followed by 🇾🇪Yemen with a median age of 13.95, and 🇧🇮Burundi with 14.23 years.

The geographic region with the highest median age was Europe with a median of 36.01 years. Closely followed by Northern America with a median age of 33.87 years, and Oceania with 29.32 years of median age.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Western Europe had the highest median age of 37.27 years. Closely followed by Southern Europe with a median age of 36.47 years, and Northern Europe with 36.09 years of median age.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest median age of 34.64 years. While the lowest median age is recorded by Low-income countries with a median age of only 16.01.