Vatican City
Median age in Vatican City
Median age in Vatican City: 19.7 years in 1950 and 59.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 59.6 years
- Since 1950
- +40 years
- Rank, 2023
- 1 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 49.5 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 49.5 years in 2100, between 43.5 years and 54.7 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 62.4 years in 2012, the lowest 19.7 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Vatican City | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 59.6 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 59.9 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 60.2 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 60.3 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 60.3 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 60.4 | 29 |
| 2017 | 60.6 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 60.6 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 60.8 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 61.4 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 61.4 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 62.4 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 61.9 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 61 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 60.3 | 27 |
| 2008 | 59.6 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 58.8 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 58.1 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 57.2 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 56.4 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 55.6 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 54.9 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 54.3 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 53.7 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 53 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 52.1 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 51.4 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 50.6 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 49.9 | 24 |
| 1994 | 49.3 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 48.7 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 48 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 47.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 46.5 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 45.7 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 45 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 44.3 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 43.7 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 43.1 | 22 |
| 1984 | 42.5 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 41.9 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 41.4 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 40.8 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 40.1 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 39.4 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 38.6 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 37.9 | 21 |
| 1976 | 37.2 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 36.5 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 35.8 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 35.2 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 34.6 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 34 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 33.4 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 32.7 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 32 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 31.1 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 30.3 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 29.7 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 29.1 | 21 |
| 1963 | 28.5 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 27.9 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 27.3 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 26.8 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 26.3 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 25.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 25.2 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 24.5 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 23.8 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 23 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 22.2 | 22 |
| 1952 | 21.4 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 20.5 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 19.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Vatican City | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.758.1–59.2 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 57.457.3–57.3 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 56.255.1–57.3 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 54.352.2–56.2 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 52.549.6–55.2 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 51.547.4–54.8 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 5146.4–55.1 | 32 |
| 2031 | 50.445.1–55 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 49.543.9–54.5 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 48.542.6–54.8 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 47.641.5–54.2 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 46.740.7–53.5 | 33 |
| 2036 | 45.839.7–53.2 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 4539.6–52.6 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 44.539.3–51.8 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 43.938.7–50.7 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 43.138.1–49.5 | 34 |
| 2041 | 42.538–48.9 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 42.238–49 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 42.338.1–49.8 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 42.638.3–50.3 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 42.738.3–50.8 | 35 |
| 2046 | 42.938.3–51 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 42.938.4–51 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 42.838.4–50.6 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 42.738.5–50 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 42.838.4–49.8 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 42.838.4–50.3 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 42.938.4–50.3 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 42.838.4–49.3 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 42.638.3–49.2 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 42.638.3–49.2 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 42.638.4–49.8 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 42.838.4–50 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 42.938.6–50.1 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 42.938.6–49.9 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 42.738.7–49.2 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 42.538.8–48.1 | 38 |
| 2062 | 42.738.9–48.7 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 4339.2–48.7 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 43.239.3–48.7 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 43.439.4–48.9 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 43.639.5–49.4 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 43.839.7–49.3 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 44.139.9–49.5 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 44.240–49.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 44.240.1–48.8 | 39 |
| 2071 | 44.140.1–48.6 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 44.340.2–48.2 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 44.440.2–48.2 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 44.540.4–48.4 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 44.740.6–48.3 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 44.940.8–48.5 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4541.1–49.4 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 45.341.1–49.9 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 45.541.2–49.9 | 40 |
| 2080 | 45.641.5–50.4 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 45.841.6–50.9 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 45.941.8–50.6 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 45.941.9–50.3 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 46.142.1–49.7 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 46.442.2–49.9 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 46.642.4–50 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 46.842.5–50.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 4742.6–50.8 | 41 |
| 2089 | 47.342.9–51.1 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 47.543.1–51.5 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 47.743.2–51.6 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 47.943.2–52 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 48.143.2–52.8 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 48.343.2–52.9 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 48.543.3–53.3 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 48.743.2–54 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 48.943.3–54.2 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 49.143.3–54.1 | 42 |
| 2099 | 49.343.4–54.4 | 42 |
| 2100 | 49.543.5–54.7 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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