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Median age by country, 1962

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

1962
#Country / areaMedian age1952
1Monaco44.3 yrs43.0 yrs
2Isle of Man42.4 yrs38.4 yrs
3Jersey35.5 yrs35.5 yrs
4Guernsey35.3 yrs33.9 yrs
5Sweden35.3 yrs33.5 yrs
6Austria34.4 yrs34.8 yrs
7United Kingdom34.3 yrs33.9 yrs
8Luxembourg34.1 yrs34.0 yrs
9Belgium33.9 yrs34.1 yrs
10Germany33.7 yrs32.6 yrs
11Norway33.4 yrs31.9 yrs
12Czechia32.5 yrs30.8 yrs
13Denmark32.1 yrs30.9 yrs
14France31.9 yrs31.8 yrs
15Hungary31.6 yrs29.5 yrs
16Latvia31.6 yrs29.1 yrs
17Estonia31.5 yrs28.7 yrs
18Gibraltar31.5 yrs30.6 yrs
19Italy31.0 yrs28.2 yrs
20Switzerland30.9 yrs31.9 yrs
21Bulgaria30.0 yrs26.7 yrs
22San Marino29.8 yrs30.4 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)29.3 yrs26.7 yrs
24Spain28.8 yrs27.0 yrs
25Ukraine28.7 yrs26.7 yrs
26Croatia28.7 yrs25.7 yrs
27Ireland28.5 yrs28.8 yrs
28Slovenia28.5 yrs26.2 yrs
29Serbia28.5 yrs24.9 yrs
30Greece28.3 yrs25.1 yrs
31Romania28.3 yrs25.6 yrs
32Uruguay28.2 yrs27.1 yrs
33Australia28.1 yrs29.3 yrs
34Andorra28.0 yrs32.8 yrs
35Lithuania28.0 yrs25.3 yrs
36Holy See27.9 yrs21.4 yrs
37United States of America27.7 yrs29.0 yrs
38Netherlands27.7 yrs27.3 yrs
39Finland27.4 yrs26.7 yrs
40Portugal27.3 yrs25.5 yrs
41Slovakia26.8 yrs26.3 yrs
42Georgia26.7 yrs25.1 yrs
43Liechtenstein26.5 yrs27.9 yrs
44Russian Federation26.5 yrs23.8 yrs
45Belarus26.1 yrs24.1 yrs
46Poland25.9 yrs25.0 yrs
47Gabon25.7 yrs27.0 yrs
48New Zealand25.7 yrs28.2 yrs
49Argentina25.6 yrs24.6 yrs
50Japan25.5 yrs21.7 yrs
51Faroe Islands25.1 yrs24.9 yrs
52Canada25.0 yrs26.6 yrs
53Bermuda24.7 yrs24.0 yrs
54Saint Barthélemy24.4 yrs26.6 yrs
55Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.1 yrs23.6 yrs
56Israel24.0 yrs24.2 yrs
57Iceland23.9 yrs25.4 yrs
58Republic of Moldova23.9 yrs22.9 yrs
59Sao Tome and Principe23.2 yrs23.8 yrs
60Nauru23.0 yrs19.4 yrs
61Malta23.0 yrs23.1 yrs
62Western Sahara22.6 yrs20.1 yrs
63French Guiana22.6 yrs25.1 yrs
64Kazakhstan22.5 yrs22.4 yrs
65Tuvalu22.4 yrs22.3 yrs
66Cyprus22.3 yrs22.7 yrs
67Armenia22.1 yrs21.6 yrs
68Cayman Islands22.0 yrs23.0 yrs
69Montenegro22.0 yrs20.7 yrs
70Kyrgyzstan21.9 yrs23.5 yrs
71Guinea-Bissau21.6 yrs20.7 yrs
72Cuba21.4 yrs21.2 yrs
73Mongolia21.1 yrs23.5 yrs
74North Macedonia20.8 yrs20.6 yrs
75Barbados20.7 yrs21.4 yrs
76Bosnia and Herzegovina20.7 yrs19.7 yrs
77Kuwait20.5 yrs20.4 yrs
78Equatorial Guinea20.5 yrs22.1 yrs
79Seychelles20.3 yrs25.1 yrs
80New Caledonia20.2 yrs21.4 yrs
81China, Macao SAR20.2 yrs23.9 yrs
82Uzbekistan20.1 yrs22.8 yrs
83Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.1 yrs28.4 yrs
84Tajikistan20.1 yrs21.1 yrs
85Sierra Leone20.0 yrs19.6 yrs
86Azerbaijan19.9 yrs20.4 yrs
87China19.9 yrs21.6 yrs
88Maldives19.6 yrs18.0 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.6 yrs16.3 yrs
90United Arab Emirates19.5 yrs16.8 yrs
91Turkmenistan19.5 yrs21.4 yrs
92Myanmar19.5 yrs20.7 yrs
93Guinea19.4 yrs20.3 yrs
94Saint Helena19.3 yrs17.9 yrs
95Chile19.3 yrs19.5 yrs
96Benin19.3 yrs22.1 yrs
97Viet Nam19.2 yrs22.7 yrs
98Iraq19.1 yrs20.1 yrs
99Indonesia19.1 yrs18.3 yrs
100Qatar19.1 yrs17.1 yrs
101Cameroon19.1 yrs19.5 yrs
102Guam19.1 yrs22.8 yrs
103India18.9 yrs19.9 yrs
104Central African Republic18.9 yrs20.8 yrs
105Mali18.8 yrs19.4 yrs
106Antigua and Barbuda18.7 yrs17.9 yrs
107Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
108Burkina Faso18.7 yrs18.7 yrs
109Mozambique18.7 yrs19.2 yrs
110Albania18.6 yrs19.6 yrs
111Yemen18.6 yrs18.4 yrs
112Chad18.6 yrs19.9 yrs
113Bahamas18.6 yrs19.0 yrs
114Gambia18.5 yrs17.4 yrs
115Comoros18.5 yrs20.0 yrs
116Nepal18.5 yrs18.6 yrs
117Haiti18.5 yrs18.7 yrs
118Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs19.4 yrs
119Timor-Leste18.5 yrs17.3 yrs
120Angola18.4 yrs19.1 yrs
121Curaçao18.4 yrs20.6 yrs
122Sri Lanka18.4 yrs19.5 yrs
123Nigeria18.3 yrs18.1 yrs
124Liberia18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
125Egypt18.2 yrs19.6 yrs
126Jamaica18.2 yrs21.3 yrs
127Montserrat18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
128Sint Maarten (Dutch part)18.1 yrs23.2 yrs
129Türkiye18.1 yrs18.7 yrs
130Republic of Korea18.1 yrs17.4 yrs
131United States Virgin Islands18.1 yrs19.1 yrs
132Pakistan18.0 yrs17.6 yrs
133Puerto Rico18.0 yrs17.1 yrs
134Lao People's Democratic Republic18.0 yrs18.7 yrs
135Lebanon18.0 yrs21.5 yrs
136Eritrea17.9 yrs16.9 yrs
137Bhutan17.9 yrs17.2 yrs
138Aruba17.8 yrs18.4 yrs
139South Africa17.8 yrs19.0 yrs
140Afghanistan17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
141Bangladesh17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
142Mauritania17.7 yrs17.0 yrs
143Ethiopia17.6 yrs17.1 yrs
144Oman17.6 yrs17.8 yrs
145Côte d'Ivoire17.5 yrs17.1 yrs
146Congo17.5 yrs18.7 yrs
147Namibia17.5 yrs19.5 yrs
148Democratic Republic of the Congo17.4 yrs17.1 yrs
149Bahrain17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
150South Sudan17.4 yrs17.6 yrs
151Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.3 yrs20.3 yrs
152Saudi Arabia17.3 yrs18.0 yrs
153Martinique17.3 yrs19.1 yrs
154Kiribati17.2 yrs20.4 yrs
155Trinidad and Tobago17.2 yrs19.1 yrs
156Papua New Guinea17.2 yrs17.6 yrs
157Malawi17.2 yrs16.4 yrs
158China, Hong Kong SAR17.2 yrs22.9 yrs
159Greenland17.1 yrs17.9 yrs
160Tunisia17.1 yrs18.7 yrs
161Cabo Verde17.0 yrs17.1 yrs
162Cambodia17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
163Guadeloupe17.0 yrs18.9 yrs
164Peru16.9 yrs17.8 yrs
165China, Taiwan Province of China16.9 yrs17.5 yrs
166Ecuador16.8 yrs18.5 yrs
167Singapore16.8 yrs18.4 yrs
168Senegal16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
169Togo16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
170Brazil16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
171Libya16.8 yrs19.4 yrs
172British Virgin Islands16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
173Djibouti16.7 yrs15.8 yrs
174Suriname16.7 yrs17.6 yrs
175Somalia16.7 yrs18.1 yrs
176Thailand16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
177Panama16.6 yrs17.4 yrs
178French Polynesia16.6 yrs17.0 yrs
179Turks and Caicos Islands16.4 yrs18.0 yrs
180Dominica16.4 yrs17.8 yrs
181Vanuatu16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
182Brunei Darussalam16.4 yrs20.6 yrs
183Anguilla16.3 yrs17.9 yrs
184United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
185Burundi16.3 yrs17.8 yrs
186Mauritius16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
187Morocco16.3 yrs18.3 yrs
188Saint Kitts and Nevis16.2 yrs19.6 yrs
189Tokelau16.2 yrs19.1 yrs
190Lesotho16.2 yrs17.1 yrs
191Ghana16.1 yrs17.9 yrs
192Belize16.1 yrs18.9 yrs
193Botswana16.1 yrs17.8 yrs
194Madagascar16.1 yrs19.2 yrs
195Malaysia16.0 yrs18.1 yrs
196Micronesia (Fed. States of)16.0 yrs18.0 yrs
197Réunion16.0 yrs18.4 yrs
198Algeria15.9 yrs18.1 yrs
199El Salvador15.9 yrs16.9 yrs
200Syrian Arab Republic15.9 yrs18.8 yrs
201Tonga15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
202Solomon Islands15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
203Paraguay15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
204Zambia15.7 yrs16.4 yrs
205Uganda15.6 yrs17.9 yrs
206Costa Rica15.6 yrs16.6 yrs
207Saint Martin (French part)15.6 yrs18.9 yrs
208Guatemala15.5 yrs16.7 yrs
209Sudan15.5 yrs16.1 yrs
210Fiji15.5 yrs16.4 yrs
211Marshall Islands15.5 yrs16.9 yrs
212Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
213Jordan15.4 yrs16.9 yrs
214Guyana15.3 yrs18.0 yrs
215Colombia15.3 yrs16.7 yrs
216Mexico15.3 yrs16.6 yrs
217Eswatini15.2 yrs16.9 yrs
218Grenada15.1 yrs15.1 yrs
219Honduras15.1 yrs17.2 yrs
220Zimbabwe14.9 yrs16.9 yrs
221Niue14.9 yrs18.7 yrs
222Nicaragua14.9 yrs16.2 yrs
223State of Palestine14.9 yrs15.9 yrs
224American Samoa14.7 yrs15.4 yrs
225Saint Vincent and the Grenadines14.6 yrs16.7 yrs
226Cook Islands14.5 yrs15.6 yrs
227Saint Lucia14.5 yrs15.7 yrs
228Niger14.5 yrs14.1 yrs
229Dominican Republic14.4 yrs15.8 yrs
230Palau14.4 yrs16.6 yrs
231Philippines14.4 yrs15.4 yrs
232Mayotte14.4 yrs18.7 yrs
233Kenya14.3 yrs16.0 yrs
234Wallis and Futuna Islands14.0 yrs14.8 yrs
235Rwanda13.9 yrs16.9 yrs
236Samoa13.7 yrs14.5 yrs
237Northern Mariana Islands13.6 yrs17.3 yrs

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