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Median age by country, 1965

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

1965
#Country / areaMedian age1955
1Monaco43.8 yrs44.5 yrs
2Isle of Man42.4 yrs39.8 yrs
3Sweden35.2 yrs34.1 yrs
4Guernsey35.0 yrs34.3 yrs
5Jersey34.8 yrs35.4 yrs
6Luxembourg34.2 yrs34.0 yrs
7United Kingdom34.1 yrs34.1 yrs
8Austria34.0 yrs34.1 yrs
9Belgium33.8 yrs33.5 yrs
10Germany33.5 yrs33.2 yrs
11Norway33.1 yrs32.6 yrs
12Czechia32.8 yrs31.3 yrs
13Hungary32.5 yrs29.8 yrs
14Latvia32.3 yrs29.6 yrs
15Estonia32.1 yrs28.9 yrs
16Denmark31.8 yrs31.4 yrs
17France31.8 yrs31.7 yrs
18Italy31.3 yrs29.2 yrs
19Bulgaria31.0 yrs27.8 yrs
20Switzerland30.5 yrs31.9 yrs
21Gibraltar30.3 yrs31.0 yrs
22Falkland Islands (Malvinas)30.1 yrs28.7 yrs
23Greece29.9 yrs26.0 yrs
24San Marino29.9 yrs30.6 yrs
25Holy See29.7 yrs23.8 yrs
26Croatia29.6 yrs26.4 yrs
27Romania29.6 yrs26.1 yrs
28Serbia29.5 yrs25.8 yrs
29Spain29.2 yrs27.7 yrs
30Ukraine29.1 yrs27.5 yrs
31Slovenia29.1 yrs26.7 yrs
32Lithuania28.6 yrs25.9 yrs
33Uruguay28.4 yrs27.4 yrs
34Andorra28.3 yrs31.0 yrs
35Portugal27.9 yrs26.2 yrs
36Ireland27.6 yrs29.2 yrs
37Finland27.6 yrs26.9 yrs
38Netherlands27.5 yrs27.6 yrs
39Georgia27.4 yrs25.9 yrs
40Russian Federation27.4 yrs25.0 yrs
41Australia27.3 yrs29.1 yrs
42Belarus27.2 yrs24.8 yrs
43United States of America27.0 yrs29.0 yrs
44Slovakia26.9 yrs26.4 yrs
45Japan26.6 yrs22.7 yrs
46Poland26.5 yrs25.2 yrs
47Liechtenstein25.9 yrs27.9 yrs
48Argentina25.7 yrs25.1 yrs
49Gabon24.9 yrs26.9 yrs
50New Zealand24.9 yrs27.8 yrs
51Bermuda24.9 yrs23.9 yrs
52Faroe Islands24.8 yrs25.5 yrs
53Republic of Moldova24.7 yrs23.2 yrs
54Canada24.5 yrs26.3 yrs
55Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.1 yrs23.4 yrs
56Saint Barthélemy23.9 yrs26.6 yrs
57Malta23.4 yrs22.5 yrs
58Iceland23.1 yrs25.1 yrs
59Cyprus22.8 yrs22.7 yrs
60Kazakhstan22.7 yrs22.5 yrs
61Israel22.6 yrs23.9 yrs
62Montenegro22.4 yrs20.9 yrs
63Western Sahara22.4 yrs21.6 yrs
64Nauru22.3 yrs20.6 yrs
65Qatar21.6 yrs16.6 yrs
66Armenia21.1 yrs21.9 yrs
67Cuba21.1 yrs21.3 yrs
68United Arab Emirates21.0 yrs16.9 yrs
69Cayman Islands21.0 yrs22.7 yrs
70Bosnia and Herzegovina20.9 yrs20.1 yrs
71French Guiana20.9 yrs24.1 yrs
72North Macedonia20.9 yrs20.8 yrs
73Barbados20.7 yrs21.1 yrs
74Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.5 yrs25.9 yrs
75Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.2 yrs17.3 yrs
76Kyrgyzstan20.1 yrs23.3 yrs
77Sao Tome and Principe20.1 yrs23.1 yrs
78Equatorial Guinea20.1 yrs21.7 yrs
79China, Hong Kong SAR20.0 yrs22.9 yrs
80Sierra Leone19.9 yrs19.9 yrs
81Saint Helena19.8 yrs17.3 yrs
82New Caledonia19.8 yrs21.0 yrs
83Guinea-Bissau19.7 yrs21.2 yrs
84Kuwait19.4 yrs20.6 yrs
85Chile19.3 yrs19.5 yrs
86Mongolia19.3 yrs22.8 yrs
87Guinea19.2 yrs20.0 yrs
88Seychelles19.2 yrs23.4 yrs
89United States Virgin Islands19.2 yrs19.6 yrs
90Montserrat19.1 yrs18.1 yrs
91Puerto Rico19.0 yrs17.3 yrs
92Cameroon18.9 yrs19.6 yrs
93Bahamas18.9 yrs18.6 yrs
94Myanmar18.9 yrs20.6 yrs
95Maldives18.9 yrs18.8 yrs
96Timor-Leste18.9 yrs17.6 yrs
97Indonesia18.8 yrs18.8 yrs
98Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.8 yrs18.6 yrs
99Mali18.8 yrs19.2 yrs
100Gambia18.7 yrs17.9 yrs
101Nepal18.6 yrs18.6 yrs
102Burkina Faso18.6 yrs18.8 yrs
103Benin18.6 yrs21.2 yrs
104Sri Lanka18.5 yrs19.1 yrs
105Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs19.1 yrs
106China18.5 yrs20.7 yrs
107Aruba18.4 yrs17.7 yrs
108India18.4 yrs19.7 yrs
109Curaçao18.4 yrs19.9 yrs
110Haiti18.4 yrs18.5 yrs
111Mozambique18.4 yrs19.0 yrs
112Central African Republic18.4 yrs20.2 yrs
113Antigua and Barbuda18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
114Yemen18.3 yrs18.6 yrs
115Nigeria18.3 yrs18.2 yrs
116Iraq18.2 yrs19.5 yrs
117Sint Maarten (Dutch part)18.2 yrs20.5 yrs
118Chad18.2 yrs19.5 yrs
119Liberia18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
120Albania18.1 yrs19.4 yrs
121Guam18.1 yrs22.9 yrs
122Bhutan18.1 yrs17.4 yrs
123Eritrea18.0 yrs17.2 yrs
124Comoros18.0 yrs19.6 yrs
125Egypt17.9 yrs19.5 yrs
126Lao People's Democratic Republic17.9 yrs18.5 yrs
127Tuvalu17.8 yrs21.9 yrs
128Türkiye17.8 yrs18.8 yrs
129Pakistan17.8 yrs17.9 yrs
130South Africa17.8 yrs18.6 yrs
131Uzbekistan17.7 yrs22.7 yrs
132Viet Nam17.7 yrs22.0 yrs
133Mauritania17.7 yrs17.4 yrs
134Angola17.6 yrs19.3 yrs
135Tajikistan17.6 yrs21.1 yrs
136Afghanistan17.5 yrs18.2 yrs
137Ethiopia17.5 yrs17.3 yrs
138Oman17.5 yrs17.8 yrs
139Democratic Republic of the Congo17.5 yrs17.2 yrs
140Jamaica17.5 yrs21.0 yrs
141Bangladesh17.5 yrs18.3 yrs
142Republic of Korea17.5 yrs17.9 yrs
143Malawi17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
144Côte d'Ivoire17.3 yrs17.3 yrs
145Namibia17.3 yrs18.9 yrs
146British Virgin Islands17.3 yrs16.2 yrs
147South Sudan17.3 yrs17.6 yrs
148Trinidad and Tobago17.2 yrs18.2 yrs
149Guadeloupe17.1 yrs18.0 yrs
150Turkmenistan17.1 yrs21.1 yrs
151Congo17.0 yrs18.4 yrs
152Martinique17.0 yrs18.3 yrs
153Singapore16.9 yrs17.9 yrs
154Tunisia16.9 yrs18.1 yrs
155Bahrain16.9 yrs18.0 yrs
156Lebanon16.9 yrs20.7 yrs
157Cambodia16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
158Kiribati16.8 yrs19.4 yrs
159Saudi Arabia16.8 yrs18.0 yrs
160Djibouti16.8 yrs16.2 yrs
161Senegal16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
162Papua New Guinea16.8 yrs17.8 yrs
163Azerbaijan16.7 yrs20.6 yrs
164Brazil16.7 yrs17.3 yrs
165Peru16.7 yrs17.6 yrs
166China, Taiwan Province of China16.7 yrs16.9 yrs
167Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.6 yrs19.7 yrs
168Ecuador16.6 yrs17.9 yrs
169Greenland16.6 yrs17.8 yrs
170Togo16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
171Anguilla16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
172Somalia16.4 yrs17.6 yrs
173Turks and Caicos Islands16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
174Panama16.4 yrs17.1 yrs
175Mauritius16.4 yrs16.7 yrs
176French Polynesia16.4 yrs17.1 yrs
177United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
178Thailand16.2 yrs17.4 yrs
179Burundi16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
180Lesotho16.2 yrs16.6 yrs
181Vanuatu16.1 yrs17.1 yrs
182Cabo Verde16.0 yrs17.4 yrs
183Saint Kitts and Nevis15.9 yrs17.0 yrs
184Solomon Islands15.9 yrs16.1 yrs
185Tonga15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
186Brunei Darussalam15.9 yrs19.7 yrs
187Réunion15.9 yrs17.6 yrs
188Dominica15.8 yrs17.8 yrs
189Paraguay15.8 yrs15.6 yrs
190Wallis and Futuna Islands15.7 yrs14.6 yrs
191El Salvador15.7 yrs16.6 yrs
192Costa Rica15.6 yrs16.3 yrs
193Saint Martin (French part)15.6 yrs17.7 yrs
194Fiji15.6 yrs16.0 yrs
195Malaysia15.6 yrs17.4 yrs
196Morocco15.6 yrs18.0 yrs
197Algeria15.5 yrs17.6 yrs
198Guatemala15.5 yrs16.4 yrs
199Zambia15.5 yrs16.2 yrs
200Syrian Arab Republic15.5 yrs18.0 yrs
201Madagascar15.5 yrs18.4 yrs
202Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.5 yrs17.4 yrs
203Libya15.5 yrs19.0 yrs
204Uganda15.4 yrs17.3 yrs
205Ghana15.4 yrs17.8 yrs
206Grenada15.4 yrs15.1 yrs
207Sudan15.4 yrs15.9 yrs
208Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.4 yrs16.0 yrs
209Suriname15.3 yrs17.5 yrs
210Colombia15.2 yrs16.2 yrs
211Botswana15.2 yrs17.6 yrs
212Marshall Islands15.2 yrs17.1 yrs
213Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
214Belize15.1 yrs18.1 yrs
215Mexico15.1 yrs16.1 yrs
216Guyana15.0 yrs16.9 yrs
217Eswatini14.9 yrs16.4 yrs
218Tokelau14.9 yrs17.8 yrs
219Honduras14.9 yrs16.6 yrs
220American Samoa14.9 yrs15.0 yrs
221Nicaragua14.8 yrs15.8 yrs
222State of Palestine14.7 yrs15.6 yrs
223Niue14.6 yrs17.6 yrs
224Niger14.6 yrs14.2 yrs
225Jordan14.6 yrs16.7 yrs
226Zimbabwe14.5 yrs16.2 yrs
227Mayotte14.4 yrs17.1 yrs
228Dominican Republic14.3 yrs15.5 yrs
229Philippines14.3 yrs15.2 yrs
230Kenya13.9 yrs15.7 yrs
231Palau13.9 yrs16.1 yrs
232Saint Lucia13.8 yrs15.8 yrs
233Rwanda13.8 yrs16.1 yrs
234Cook Islands13.6 yrs15.7 yrs
235Northern Mariana Islands13.6 yrs15.9 yrs
236Samoa13.5 yrs14.4 yrs
237China, Macao SAR12.6 yrs23.5 yrs

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