Statizoid

Japan vs Vatican: Median age

Japan
48.96 years
in 2023
Vatican
59.62 years
in 2023
Japan rank
4th
Vatican rank
1st

Median age over time

  • Japan
  • Vatican
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How they compare

Vatican currently reports 59.62 years against 48.96 years in Japan, a difference of 10.67 years.

That makes Vatican's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 4th and Vatican ranks 1st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Median age
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size — half are younger and half are older.