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Median age by country, 1961

Half the population is older and half is younger than this age. Values are UN estimates.

1961
#Country / areaMedian age1951
1Monaco44.4 yrs42.8 yrs
2Isle of Man42.4 yrs38.0 yrs
3Jersey35.7 yrs35.4 yrs
4Guernsey35.3 yrs33.7 yrs
5Sweden35.2 yrs33.3 yrs
6United Kingdom34.5 yrs33.9 yrs
7Austria34.5 yrs34.9 yrs
8Luxembourg34.1 yrs34.0 yrs
9Belgium33.9 yrs34.5 yrs
10Germany33.7 yrs32.8 yrs
11Norway33.4 yrs31.8 yrs
12Czechia32.3 yrs30.8 yrs
13Denmark32.1 yrs30.7 yrs
14France31.8 yrs32.4 yrs
15Gibraltar31.7 yrs30.5 yrs
16Hungary31.4 yrs29.3 yrs
17Latvia31.4 yrs29.1 yrs
18Estonia31.3 yrs28.8 yrs
19Switzerland31.3 yrs32.1 yrs
20Italy30.8 yrs27.9 yrs
21San Marino29.9 yrs30.4 yrs
22Bulgaria29.7 yrs26.4 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)29.3 yrs23.4 yrs
24Ireland28.8 yrs28.8 yrs
25Ukraine28.6 yrs26.5 yrs
26Spain28.6 yrs26.8 yrs
27Croatia28.4 yrs25.5 yrs
28Australia28.3 yrs29.3 yrs
29Slovenia28.3 yrs26.1 yrs
30Andorra28.1 yrs31.4 yrs
31Uruguay28.1 yrs26.9 yrs
32Serbia28.1 yrs24.7 yrs
33United States of America28.0 yrs29.0 yrs
34Greece28.0 yrs24.8 yrs
35Romania27.9 yrs25.4 yrs
36Netherlands27.8 yrs27.2 yrs
37Lithuania27.7 yrs25.2 yrs
38Finland27.5 yrs26.7 yrs
39Holy See27.3 yrs20.5 yrs
40Portugal27.1 yrs25.3 yrs
41Slovakia26.8 yrs26.2 yrs
42Liechtenstein26.7 yrs27.8 yrs
43Georgia26.6 yrs24.9 yrs
44Russian Federation26.4 yrs23.4 yrs
45New Zealand26.1 yrs28.3 yrs
46Gabon26.0 yrs27.1 yrs
47Belarus25.9 yrs23.9 yrs
48Poland25.8 yrs24.9 yrs
49Argentina25.6 yrs24.5 yrs
50Canada25.3 yrs26.7 yrs
51Faroe Islands25.1 yrs24.7 yrs
52Japan25.1 yrs21.5 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy24.7 yrs26.7 yrs
54Bermuda24.6 yrs24.1 yrs
55Israel24.3 yrs24.4 yrs
56Iceland24.2 yrs25.5 yrs
57Saint Pierre and Miquelon23.9 yrs23.7 yrs
58Republic of Moldova23.7 yrs22.8 yrs
59Sao Tome and Principe23.4 yrs23.8 yrs
60Nauru23.1 yrs19.1 yrs
61French Guiana23.1 yrs25.5 yrs
62Malta22.9 yrs23.3 yrs
63Western Sahara22.6 yrs19.3 yrs
64Tuvalu22.4 yrs22.5 yrs
65Kazakhstan22.3 yrs22.2 yrs
66Cayman Islands22.3 yrs23.2 yrs
67Armenia22.1 yrs21.4 yrs
68Cyprus22.1 yrs22.7 yrs
69Kyrgyzstan22.0 yrs23.5 yrs
70Guinea-Bissau21.9 yrs20.5 yrs
71Montenegro21.8 yrs20.7 yrs
72Cuba21.4 yrs21.2 yrs
73Mongolia21.4 yrs23.7 yrs
74China, Macao SAR21.1 yrs24.2 yrs
75China, Hong Kong SAR21.0 yrs22.9 yrs
76Uzbekistan20.8 yrs22.8 yrs
77Kuwait20.8 yrs20.4 yrs
78North Macedonia20.8 yrs20.5 yrs
79Barbados20.7 yrs21.6 yrs
80Equatorial Guinea20.7 yrs22.3 yrs
81Bosnia and Herzegovina20.6 yrs19.4 yrs
82Seychelles20.5 yrs25.7 yrs
83Tajikistan20.5 yrs20.9 yrs
84Azerbaijan20.4 yrs20.3 yrs
85New Caledonia20.3 yrs21.6 yrs
86Sierra Leone20.0 yrs19.5 yrs
87Turkmenistan20.0 yrs21.4 yrs
88China20.0 yrs21.9 yrs
89Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba19.9 yrs29.9 yrs
90Guam19.7 yrs22.4 yrs
91Viet Nam19.7 yrs22.9 yrs
92Myanmar19.7 yrs20.7 yrs
93Maldives19.6 yrs17.7 yrs
94Guinea19.5 yrs20.3 yrs
95Benin19.5 yrs22.5 yrs
96Iraq19.3 yrs20.3 yrs
97Cameroon19.3 yrs19.4 yrs
98Chile19.3 yrs19.4 yrs
99Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.2 yrs16.1 yrs
100United Arab Emirates19.1 yrs17.1 yrs
101India19.1 yrs20.0 yrs
102Indonesia19.1 yrs18.1 yrs
103Central African Republic19.1 yrs21.0 yrs
104Saint Helena19.0 yrs17.9 yrs
105Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.8 yrs18.6 yrs
106Mali18.8 yrs19.4 yrs
107Mozambique18.8 yrs19.2 yrs
108Albania18.7 yrs19.6 yrs
109Chad18.7 yrs20.1 yrs
110Burkina Faso18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
111Angola18.6 yrs19.0 yrs
112Antigua and Barbuda18.6 yrs18.0 yrs
113Yemen18.6 yrs18.3 yrs
114Comoros18.6 yrs20.1 yrs
115Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.6 yrs19.4 yrs
116Curaçao18.5 yrs20.8 yrs
117Jamaica18.5 yrs21.3 yrs
118Nepal18.5 yrs18.6 yrs
119Haiti18.5 yrs18.7 yrs
120Bahamas18.5 yrs19.2 yrs
121Lebanon18.5 yrs21.7 yrs
122Egypt18.4 yrs19.6 yrs
123Gambia18.4 yrs17.2 yrs
124Sri Lanka18.4 yrs19.7 yrs
125Timor-Leste18.4 yrs17.2 yrs
126Sint Maarten (Dutch part)18.3 yrs25.1 yrs
127Türkiye18.3 yrs18.6 yrs
128Nigeria18.3 yrs18.1 yrs
129Liberia18.3 yrs17.9 yrs
130Republic of Korea18.3 yrs17.5 yrs
131Lao People's Democratic Republic18.1 yrs18.7 yrs
132Pakistan18.0 yrs17.5 yrs
133Qatar17.9 yrs17.4 yrs
134South Africa17.9 yrs19.1 yrs
135Afghanistan17.8 yrs18.4 yrs
136Eritrea17.8 yrs16.7 yrs
137Bangladesh17.8 yrs18.3 yrs
138Bhutan17.8 yrs17.1 yrs
139Montserrat17.8 yrs17.9 yrs
140Aruba17.7 yrs18.6 yrs
141Oman17.7 yrs17.8 yrs
142Puerto Rico17.7 yrs17.1 yrs
143Mauritania17.7 yrs16.9 yrs
144Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.6 yrs20.5 yrs
145Congo17.6 yrs18.8 yrs
146Namibia17.6 yrs19.7 yrs
147Bahrain17.6 yrs18.0 yrs
148United States Virgin Islands17.6 yrs19.1 yrs
149Ethiopia17.5 yrs17.1 yrs
150Cabo Verde17.5 yrs17.0 yrs
151Côte d'Ivoire17.5 yrs17.0 yrs
152Martinique17.5 yrs19.5 yrs
153Kiribati17.4 yrs20.7 yrs
154Saudi Arabia17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
155South Sudan17.4 yrs17.5 yrs
156Democratic Republic of the Congo17.3 yrs17.1 yrs
157Trinidad and Tobago17.3 yrs19.5 yrs
158Papua New Guinea17.3 yrs17.5 yrs
159Tunisia17.2 yrs18.9 yrs
160Malawi17.2 yrs16.3 yrs
161Guadeloupe17.1 yrs19.3 yrs
162Greenland17.1 yrs17.8 yrs
163Libya17.1 yrs19.5 yrs
164Cambodia17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
165Singapore17.0 yrs18.6 yrs
166Suriname17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
167Brunei Darussalam17.0 yrs20.9 yrs
168Ecuador16.9 yrs18.8 yrs
169Senegal16.9 yrs17.6 yrs
170Togo16.9 yrs18.1 yrs
171Peru16.9 yrs17.9 yrs
172China, Taiwan Province of China16.9 yrs17.6 yrs
173Somalia16.8 yrs18.3 yrs
174Thailand16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
175Brazil16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
176French Polynesia16.8 yrs16.9 yrs
177British Virgin Islands16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
178Djibouti16.6 yrs15.7 yrs
179Dominica16.6 yrs17.7 yrs
180Panama16.6 yrs17.6 yrs
181Morocco16.6 yrs18.3 yrs
182Vanuatu16.5 yrs17.6 yrs
183Belize16.5 yrs19.2 yrs
184Ghana16.4 yrs17.8 yrs
185Botswana16.4 yrs17.9 yrs
186Madagascar16.4 yrs19.4 yrs
187Saint Kitts and Nevis16.3 yrs20.4 yrs
188Turks and Caicos Islands16.3 yrs18.2 yrs
189United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
190Tokelau16.3 yrs19.1 yrs
191Burundi16.3 yrs18.1 yrs
192Mauritius16.3 yrs17.7 yrs
193Lesotho16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
194Anguilla16.2 yrs18.6 yrs
195Syrian Arab Republic16.2 yrs19.0 yrs
196Malaysia16.2 yrs18.5 yrs
197Micronesia (Fed. States of)16.2 yrs18.2 yrs
198Algeria16.1 yrs18.2 yrs
199Réunion16.1 yrs18.7 yrs
200El Salvador16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
201Tonga15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
202Uganda15.8 yrs18.0 yrs
203Saint Martin (French part)15.8 yrs19.4 yrs
204Zambia15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
205Solomon Islands15.8 yrs16.5 yrs
206Marshall Islands15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
207Paraguay15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
208Jordan15.7 yrs17.0 yrs
209Guatemala15.6 yrs16.8 yrs
210Costa Rica15.6 yrs16.7 yrs
211Sudan15.6 yrs16.1 yrs
212Fiji15.6 yrs16.6 yrs
213Guyana15.5 yrs18.3 yrs
214Colombia15.4 yrs16.8 yrs
215Niue15.4 yrs18.9 yrs
216Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
217Mexico15.4 yrs16.7 yrs
218Eswatini15.3 yrs17.1 yrs
219Honduras15.3 yrs17.4 yrs
220Grenada15.1 yrs15.1 yrs
221Zimbabwe15.1 yrs17.2 yrs
222Nicaragua15.0 yrs16.3 yrs
223Palau15.0 yrs17.1 yrs
224State of Palestine15.0 yrs16.0 yrs
225Saint Lucia14.9 yrs15.9 yrs
226Cook Islands14.8 yrs15.6 yrs
227Philippines14.6 yrs15.4 yrs
228Mayotte14.6 yrs19.3 yrs
229Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14.5 yrs17.3 yrs
230Dominican Republic14.5 yrs15.8 yrs
231Niger14.5 yrs14.0 yrs
232American Samoa14.5 yrs15.5 yrs
233Kenya14.4 yrs16.0 yrs
234Rwanda14.1 yrs17.1 yrs
235Samoa13.9 yrs14.6 yrs
236Wallis and Futuna Islands13.7 yrs14.6 yrs
237Northern Mariana Islands13.7 yrs17.8 yrs

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.