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Ten Oldest & Ten Youngest Countries In The World, 1999 & 2050

 

1999 Oldest Countries Or Areas 2050 Oldest Countries Or Areas
Country Or Area* Median Age Country Or Area* Median Age


1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10
Italy

Japan

Germany

Sweden

Greece

Finland

Belgium

Denmark

Croatia

Bulgaria
40.2

40.2

39.7

39.7

39.1

39.1

39.0

38.8

38.5

38.5
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10
Spain

Czech Republic

Italy

Greece

China, Hong Kong

Romania

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Austria

Portugal
54.3

53.3

53.2

52.5

52.2

52.2

51.5

51.2

50.2

50.0
  WORLD 26.4   WORLD 37.8

 

1999 Youngest Countries Or Areas

2050 Youngest Countries Or Areas

Country Or Area*

Median Age

Country Or Area*

Median Age

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


Gaza Strip

Uganda

Niger

Yemen

Dem. Republic of the Congo

Somalia

Zambia

Angola

Burkina Faso

Malawi


14.4

15.0

15.8

15.9

15.9

16.0

16.1

16.2

16.2

16.3
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10
Gaza Strip

Burkina Faso

Mozambique

Somalia

Ethiopia

Dem. Republic of the Congo

Angola

Guinea-Bissau

Niger

Congo


26.9

27.6

27.7

27.8

28.1

28.1

28.3

28.3

28.3

28.3
  WORLD 26.4   WORLD 37.8

As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

*Countries or areas with 150,000 persons or more in 1995.

 

Table 24: Published in: Population Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999.

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