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Median age by country, 1966

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

1966
#Country / areaMedian age1956
1Monaco44.0 yrs44.8 yrs
2Isle of Man42.3 yrs40.4 yrs
3Sweden35.0 yrs34.3 yrs
4Guernsey34.8 yrs34.5 yrs
5Jersey34.6 yrs35.4 yrs
6Luxembourg34.2 yrs34.0 yrs
7United Kingdom33.9 yrs34.3 yrs
8Austria33.8 yrs34.3 yrs
9Belgium33.8 yrs33.7 yrs
10Germany33.3 yrs33.4 yrs
11Norway33.0 yrs32.8 yrs
12Czechia32.8 yrs31.4 yrs
13Hungary32.7 yrs30.1 yrs
14Latvia32.6 yrs29.8 yrs
15Estonia32.3 yrs29.1 yrs
16France31.8 yrs31.7 yrs
17Denmark31.6 yrs31.6 yrs
18Italy31.4 yrs29.5 yrs
19Bulgaria31.4 yrs28.2 yrs
20Switzerland30.6 yrs31.9 yrs
21Falkland Islands (Malvinas)30.4 yrs28.9 yrs
22Holy See30.3 yrs24.5 yrs
23Gibraltar30.0 yrs31.1 yrs
24Romania30.0 yrs26.3 yrs
25Greece29.9 yrs26.3 yrs
26Croatia29.9 yrs26.7 yrs
27San Marino29.9 yrs30.6 yrs
28Serbia29.9 yrs26.1 yrs
29Ukraine29.5 yrs27.9 yrs
30Spain29.3 yrs27.9 yrs
31Slovenia29.2 yrs26.9 yrs
32Lithuania28.9 yrs26.1 yrs
33Uruguay28.5 yrs27.5 yrs
34Andorra28.2 yrs30.1 yrs
35Portugal28.0 yrs26.3 yrs
36Russian Federation27.9 yrs25.3 yrs
37Finland27.7 yrs27.0 yrs
38Georgia27.6 yrs26.1 yrs
39Belarus27.6 yrs25.0 yrs
40Netherlands27.5 yrs27.6 yrs
41Ireland27.2 yrs29.3 yrs
42Australia27.1 yrs29.1 yrs
43United States of America26.9 yrs28.9 yrs
44Slovakia26.9 yrs26.4 yrs
45Japan26.9 yrs23.1 yrs
46Poland26.7 yrs25.3 yrs
47Argentina25.8 yrs25.2 yrs
48Liechtenstein25.8 yrs27.8 yrs
49Bermuda25.0 yrs23.9 yrs
50Republic of Moldova25.0 yrs23.2 yrs
51New Zealand24.8 yrs27.6 yrs
52Faroe Islands24.8 yrs25.6 yrs
53Gabon24.6 yrs26.8 yrs
54Canada24.4 yrs26.2 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy24.0 yrs26.1 yrs
56Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.0 yrs23.5 yrs
57Malta23.5 yrs22.4 yrs
58Iceland23.0 yrs25.1 yrs
59Cyprus22.9 yrs22.6 yrs
60Montenegro22.6 yrs21.1 yrs
61Kazakhstan22.5 yrs22.2 yrs
62Israel22.3 yrs23.9 yrs
63Western Sahara22.3 yrs21.9 yrs
64Qatar22.1 yrs16.4 yrs
65Nauru22.1 yrs21.2 yrs
66United Arab Emirates21.6 yrs17.1 yrs
67Cuba21.0 yrs21.3 yrs
68North Macedonia20.9 yrs20.8 yrs
69Bosnia and Herzegovina20.8 yrs20.1 yrs
70Cayman Islands20.7 yrs22.6 yrs
71Barbados20.7 yrs21.0 yrs
72French Guiana20.7 yrs23.9 yrs
73Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.6 yrs24.5 yrs
74Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.4 yrs17.7 yrs
75Armenia20.3 yrs21.8 yrs
76China, Hong Kong SAR20.0 yrs22.9 yrs
77Sierra Leone19.9 yrs20.0 yrs
78Equatorial Guinea19.9 yrs21.6 yrs
79Saint Helena19.8 yrs17.2 yrs
80New Caledonia19.7 yrs20.8 yrs
81United States Virgin Islands19.6 yrs19.8 yrs
82Kyrgyzstan19.4 yrs23.1 yrs
83Chile19.3 yrs19.5 yrs
84Puerto Rico19.3 yrs17.3 yrs
85Montserrat19.3 yrs17.9 yrs
86Guinea19.1 yrs19.9 yrs
87Bahamas19.1 yrs18.5 yrs
88Kuwait19.0 yrs21.4 yrs
89Timor-Leste19.0 yrs17.7 yrs
90Guinea-Bissau18.9 yrs21.4 yrs
91Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.9 yrs18.6 yrs
92Cameroon18.8 yrs19.6 yrs
93Myanmar18.8 yrs20.5 yrs
94Gambia18.7 yrs18.0 yrs
95Seychelles18.7 yrs22.8 yrs
96Mali18.7 yrs19.1 yrs
97Aruba18.6 yrs17.6 yrs
98Indonesia18.6 yrs18.9 yrs
99Sri Lanka18.6 yrs18.9 yrs
100Nepal18.6 yrs18.5 yrs
101Burkina Faso18.6 yrs18.8 yrs
102Mongolia18.6 yrs22.6 yrs
103Curaçao18.5 yrs19.7 yrs
104Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs19.0 yrs
105Sao Tome and Principe18.4 yrs22.7 yrs
106Sint Maarten (Dutch part)18.4 yrs19.9 yrs
107Haiti18.4 yrs18.5 yrs
108Benin18.4 yrs20.9 yrs
109India18.3 yrs19.6 yrs
110Guam18.3 yrs22.3 yrs
111Nigeria18.3 yrs18.2 yrs
112Mozambique18.3 yrs18.9 yrs
113Yemen18.2 yrs18.6 yrs
114Bhutan18.2 yrs17.5 yrs
115Central African Republic18.2 yrs20.0 yrs
116China18.2 yrs20.5 yrs
117Liberia18.1 yrs18.1 yrs
118Albania18.0 yrs19.3 yrs
119Egypt18.0 yrs19.4 yrs
120Eritrea18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
121Chad18.0 yrs19.4 yrs
122Antigua and Barbuda17.9 yrs18.1 yrs
123Iraq17.9 yrs19.4 yrs
124Maldives17.9 yrs19.0 yrs
125Lao People's Democratic Republic17.8 yrs18.4 yrs
126South Africa17.8 yrs18.4 yrs
127Türkiye17.7 yrs18.8 yrs
128Pakistan17.7 yrs18.0 yrs
129British Virgin Islands17.7 yrs16.1 yrs
130Comoros17.6 yrs19.3 yrs
131Mauritania17.6 yrs17.5 yrs
132Afghanistan17.5 yrs18.1 yrs
133Ethiopia17.5 yrs17.4 yrs
134Democratic Republic of the Congo17.5 yrs17.2 yrs
135Republic of Korea17.5 yrs18.0 yrs
136Angola17.4 yrs19.2 yrs
137Bangladesh17.4 yrs18.2 yrs
138Malawi17.4 yrs16.9 yrs
139Oman17.3 yrs17.8 yrs
140Viet Nam17.3 yrs21.9 yrs
141South Sudan17.3 yrs17.6 yrs
142Côte d'Ivoire17.2 yrs17.4 yrs
143Jamaica17.2 yrs20.7 yrs
144Singapore17.2 yrs17.8 yrs
145Trinidad and Tobago17.2 yrs17.9 yrs
146Namibia17.2 yrs18.6 yrs
147Uzbekistan17.1 yrs22.5 yrs
148Guadeloupe17.1 yrs18.0 yrs
149Tajikistan17.1 yrs21.0 yrs
150Tuvalu17.0 yrs21.9 yrs
151Martinique17.0 yrs18.3 yrs
152Congo16.9 yrs18.3 yrs
153Djibouti16.9 yrs16.3 yrs
154China, Taiwan Province of China16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
155Senegal16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
156Lebanon16.8 yrs20.4 yrs
157Cambodia16.7 yrs17.3 yrs
158Kiribati16.7 yrs19.0 yrs
159Tunisia16.7 yrs17.8 yrs
160Papua New Guinea16.7 yrs17.8 yrs
161Brazil16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
162Peru16.7 yrs17.5 yrs
163Anguilla16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
164Greenland16.6 yrs17.6 yrs
165Saudi Arabia16.6 yrs18.0 yrs
166Turkmenistan16.6 yrs20.9 yrs
167Bahrain16.6 yrs17.9 yrs
168Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.5 yrs19.4 yrs
169Ecuador16.5 yrs17.7 yrs
170Togo16.5 yrs17.4 yrs
171Mauritius16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
172Azerbaijan16.4 yrs20.6 yrs
173Panama16.4 yrs17.0 yrs
174Lesotho16.4 yrs16.5 yrs
175Somalia16.3 yrs17.5 yrs
176Turks and Caicos Islands16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
177Thailand16.2 yrs17.4 yrs
178United Republic of Tanzania16.2 yrs16.3 yrs
179French Polynesia16.2 yrs17.1 yrs
180Wallis and Futuna Islands16.1 yrs14.3 yrs
181Burundi16.1 yrs17.0 yrs
182Vanuatu16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
183Réunion16.0 yrs17.2 yrs
184Cabo Verde15.9 yrs17.6 yrs
185Solomon Islands15.9 yrs16.0 yrs
186Tonga15.9 yrs16.1 yrs
187Brunei Darussalam15.9 yrs19.4 yrs
188Saint Martin (French part)15.8 yrs17.4 yrs
189Paraguay15.8 yrs15.5 yrs
190El Salvador15.7 yrs16.5 yrs
191Costa Rica15.7 yrs16.2 yrs
192Saint Kitts and Nevis15.7 yrs16.6 yrs
193Fiji15.7 yrs15.9 yrs
194Malaysia15.7 yrs17.3 yrs
195Guatemala15.6 yrs16.2 yrs
196Morocco15.6 yrs17.9 yrs
197Uganda15.5 yrs17.1 yrs
198Dominica15.5 yrs17.7 yrs
199Algeria15.4 yrs17.4 yrs
200Grenada15.4 yrs15.1 yrs
201Zambia15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
202Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.4 yrs15.9 yrs
203Madagascar15.4 yrs18.1 yrs
204Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.4 yrs17.2 yrs
205Ghana15.3 yrs17.7 yrs
206Colombia15.3 yrs16.0 yrs
207Syrian Arab Republic15.3 yrs17.7 yrs
208Sudan15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
209Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.3 yrs15.2 yrs
210Marshall Islands15.2 yrs17.3 yrs
211Mexico15.1 yrs15.9 yrs
212Guyana15.0 yrs16.6 yrs
213Suriname15.0 yrs17.4 yrs
214Botswana15.0 yrs17.5 yrs
215Eswatini14.9 yrs16.2 yrs
216Nicaragua14.9 yrs15.7 yrs
217Honduras14.9 yrs16.4 yrs
218American Samoa14.9 yrs14.8 yrs
219Belize14.8 yrs17.8 yrs
220Libya14.8 yrs18.7 yrs
221Niue14.7 yrs17.4 yrs
222Zimbabwe14.6 yrs16.0 yrs
223Niger14.6 yrs14.2 yrs
224State of Palestine14.6 yrs15.5 yrs
225Tokelau14.4 yrs17.5 yrs
226Philippines14.4 yrs15.1 yrs
227Mayotte14.4 yrs16.6 yrs
228Jordan14.4 yrs16.6 yrs
229Dominican Republic14.3 yrs15.4 yrs
230Saint Lucia13.9 yrs15.8 yrs
231Palau13.9 yrs16.2 yrs
232Rwanda13.9 yrs15.8 yrs
233Kenya13.7 yrs15.5 yrs
234Northern Mariana Islands13.7 yrs15.1 yrs
235China, Macao SAR13.6 yrs23.3 yrs
236Samoa13.5 yrs14.4 yrs
237Cook Islands13.3 yrs15.8 yrs

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