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Median age by country, 1968

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

1968
#Country / areaMedian age1958
1Monaco44.3 yrs44.6 yrs
2Isle of Man42.0 yrs41.4 yrs
3Sweden34.8 yrs34.7 yrs
4Guernsey34.5 yrs35.0 yrs
5Luxembourg34.3 yrs34.1 yrs
6Jersey34.2 yrs35.6 yrs
7Belgium33.7 yrs33.8 yrs
8United Kingdom33.6 yrs34.5 yrs
9Austria33.3 yrs34.5 yrs
10Germany33.1 yrs33.9 yrs
11Hungary33.0 yrs30.7 yrs
12Latvia32.9 yrs30.3 yrs
13Czechia32.8 yrs31.7 yrs
14Estonia32.5 yrs30.1 yrs
15Norway32.5 yrs33.2 yrs
16Holy See32.0 yrs25.8 yrs
17Bulgaria31.9 yrs28.8 yrs
18France31.7 yrs31.7 yrs
19Italy31.6 yrs30.0 yrs
20Denmark31.4 yrs31.9 yrs
21Falkland Islands (Malvinas)30.8 yrs29.3 yrs
22Croatia30.6 yrs27.3 yrs
23Switzerland30.6 yrs31.7 yrs
24Serbia30.5 yrs26.9 yrs
25Ukraine30.3 yrs28.1 yrs
26Greece30.3 yrs26.9 yrs
27Romania30.3 yrs26.9 yrs
28San Marino29.9 yrs30.2 yrs
29Gibraltar29.6 yrs31.4 yrs
30Slovenia29.5 yrs27.4 yrs
31Spain29.4 yrs28.1 yrs
32Lithuania29.4 yrs26.6 yrs
33Russian Federation28.8 yrs25.9 yrs
34Uruguay28.7 yrs27.8 yrs
35Belarus28.4 yrs25.4 yrs
36Portugal28.3 yrs26.6 yrs
37Finland28.0 yrs27.2 yrs
38Georgia27.8 yrs26.5 yrs
39Netherlands27.5 yrs27.7 yrs
40Japan27.5 yrs23.9 yrs
41Slovakia27.1 yrs26.5 yrs
42Poland27.1 yrs25.4 yrs
43Australia26.8 yrs28.9 yrs
44Ireland26.7 yrs29.3 yrs
45United States of America26.7 yrs28.7 yrs
46Andorra26.4 yrs28.8 yrs
47Liechtenstein25.9 yrs27.3 yrs
48Argentina25.8 yrs25.4 yrs
49Republic of Moldova25.4 yrs23.3 yrs
50Bermuda25.2 yrs24.2 yrs
51Faroe Islands25.0 yrs25.4 yrs
52New Zealand24.7 yrs27.1 yrs
53Canada24.6 yrs25.8 yrs
54Saint Barthélemy24.4 yrs25.3 yrs
55Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.0 yrs23.5 yrs
56Malta24.0 yrs22.3 yrs
57Gabon23.8 yrs26.5 yrs
58Cyprus23.2 yrs22.3 yrs
59Iceland23.1 yrs24.9 yrs
60Qatar23.1 yrs16.3 yrs
61Montenegro22.6 yrs21.4 yrs
62United Arab Emirates22.5 yrs17.8 yrs
63Western Sahara22.5 yrs22.4 yrs
64Israel22.1 yrs23.9 yrs
65Kazakhstan21.4 yrs21.9 yrs
66North Macedonia21.1 yrs20.9 yrs
67Barbados21.0 yrs21.0 yrs
68Bosnia and Herzegovina20.9 yrs20.3 yrs
69Cuba20.8 yrs21.4 yrs
70French Guiana20.8 yrs23.5 yrs
71United States Virgin Islands20.8 yrs19.9 yrs
72Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.7 yrs21.8 yrs
73Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.5 yrs18.3 yrs
74Cayman Islands20.3 yrs22.6 yrs
75Nauru20.3 yrs22.0 yrs
76Saint Helena20.0 yrs17.9 yrs
77Armenia19.8 yrs21.9 yrs
78Puerto Rico19.8 yrs17.3 yrs
79Sierra Leone19.7 yrs20.0 yrs
80Equatorial Guinea19.6 yrs21.2 yrs
81New Caledonia19.5 yrs20.6 yrs
82Montserrat19.5 yrs17.6 yrs
83Chile19.4 yrs19.4 yrs
84Bahamas19.4 yrs18.4 yrs
85Timor-Leste19.3 yrs18.0 yrs
86Kyrgyzstan19.1 yrs22.5 yrs
87Aruba19.0 yrs17.5 yrs
88Guinea19.0 yrs19.8 yrs
89Guam18.9 yrs21.0 yrs
90Sint Maarten (Dutch part)18.9 yrs18.9 yrs
91Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.8 yrs18.7 yrs
92Sri Lanka18.8 yrs18.7 yrs
93Gambia18.7 yrs18.2 yrs
94Nepal18.7 yrs18.5 yrs
95Curaçao18.6 yrs19.2 yrs
96British Virgin Islands18.6 yrs16.2 yrs
97Cameroon18.5 yrs19.6 yrs
98Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs18.8 yrs
99Mali18.5 yrs18.9 yrs
100Myanmar18.5 yrs20.2 yrs
101Guinea-Bissau18.4 yrs21.7 yrs
102Haiti18.4 yrs18.5 yrs
103Bhutan18.3 yrs17.6 yrs
104Burkina Faso18.3 yrs18.8 yrs
105Indonesia18.2 yrs19.1 yrs
106Kuwait18.2 yrs21.7 yrs
107India18.1 yrs19.4 yrs
108Nigeria18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
109China18.1 yrs19.9 yrs
110Egypt18.0 yrs19.1 yrs
111Benin18.0 yrs20.3 yrs
112Albania17.9 yrs19.1 yrs
113Yemen17.9 yrs18.6 yrs
114Eritrea17.9 yrs17.6 yrs
115Singapore17.9 yrs17.6 yrs
116Seychelles17.9 yrs21.7 yrs
117Mozambique17.9 yrs18.9 yrs
118Liberia17.9 yrs18.2 yrs
119Central African Republic17.9 yrs19.6 yrs
120South Africa17.8 yrs18.1 yrs
121Chad17.7 yrs19.1 yrs
122Lao People's Democratic Republic17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
123Republic of Korea17.6 yrs18.3 yrs
124Türkiye17.5 yrs18.5 yrs
125Iraq17.4 yrs19.4 yrs
126Ethiopia17.4 yrs17.5 yrs
127Guadeloupe17.4 yrs17.7 yrs
128Democratic Republic of the Congo17.4 yrs17.2 yrs
129Trinidad and Tobago17.4 yrs17.6 yrs
130Pakistan17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
131Mauritania17.4 yrs17.6 yrs
132Afghanistan17.3 yrs18.0 yrs
133Greenland17.3 yrs17.4 yrs
134Viet Nam17.2 yrs21.2 yrs
135Malawi17.2 yrs17.0 yrs
136Mongolia17.2 yrs22.2 yrs
137China, Taiwan Province of China17.2 yrs16.8 yrs
138Namibia17.1 yrs18.1 yrs
139Martinique17.1 yrs18.0 yrs
140Antigua and Barbuda17.0 yrs18.3 yrs
141Bangladesh17.0 yrs18.1 yrs
142Brazil17.0 yrs17.1 yrs
143Djibouti16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
144Mauritius16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
145South Sudan16.9 yrs17.5 yrs
146Côte d'Ivoire16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
147Senegal16.8 yrs17.2 yrs
148Peru16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
149Lebanon16.8 yrs19.7 yrs
150Angola16.7 yrs19.1 yrs
151Uzbekistan16.7 yrs21.9 yrs
152Cambodia16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
153Congo16.7 yrs18.1 yrs
154Jamaica16.7 yrs19.8 yrs
155Tajikistan16.7 yrs20.9 yrs
156Maldives16.7 yrs19.3 yrs
157Lesotho16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
158Anguilla16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
159Ecuador16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
160Oman16.6 yrs17.8 yrs
161Comoros16.6 yrs18.9 yrs
162Sao Tome and Principe16.6 yrs22.6 yrs
163Tuvalu16.6 yrs22.0 yrs
164Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.4 yrs18.8 yrs
165Kiribati16.4 yrs18.3 yrs
166Saudi Arabia16.4 yrs17.8 yrs
167Somalia16.4 yrs17.3 yrs
168Tunisia16.4 yrs17.5 yrs
169Togo16.4 yrs17.2 yrs
170Panama16.4 yrs16.9 yrs
171Papua New Guinea16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
172Réunion16.4 yrs16.6 yrs
173Azerbaijan16.3 yrs20.7 yrs
174Saint Martin (French part)16.3 yrs16.6 yrs
175Turkmenistan16.3 yrs20.6 yrs
176Brunei Darussalam16.3 yrs18.8 yrs
177Wallis and Futuna Islands16.2 yrs13.8 yrs
178Thailand16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
179Burundi16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
180United Republic of Tanzania16.1 yrs16.3 yrs
181Costa Rica16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
182Bahrain16.0 yrs17.8 yrs
183French Polynesia16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
184Cabo Verde15.9 yrs17.9 yrs
185Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.8 yrs
186Paraguay15.9 yrs15.5 yrs
187Malaysia15.9 yrs17.0 yrs
188Turks and Caicos Islands15.8 yrs16.8 yrs
189Fiji15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
190Solomon Islands15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
191Tonga15.7 yrs16.0 yrs
192Marshall Islands15.7 yrs17.3 yrs
193Guatemala15.6 yrs15.8 yrs
194Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.6 yrs15.7 yrs
195Uganda15.5 yrs16.5 yrs
196El Salvador15.5 yrs16.3 yrs
197Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.5 yrs14.7 yrs
198Madagascar15.5 yrs17.5 yrs
199Morocco15.5 yrs17.5 yrs
200Colombia15.4 yrs15.7 yrs
201China, Macao SAR15.4 yrs22.8 yrs
202Algeria15.3 yrs16.9 yrs
203Zambia15.3 yrs16.0 yrs
204Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.3 yrs16.8 yrs
205Grenada15.2 yrs15.1 yrs
206Sudan15.2 yrs15.8 yrs
207Eswatini15.1 yrs15.8 yrs
208Guyana15.1 yrs16.0 yrs
209Saint Kitts and Nevis15.1 yrs16.3 yrs
210Ghana15.0 yrs17.2 yrs
211Syrian Arab Republic15.0 yrs17.1 yrs
212Nicaragua15.0 yrs15.4 yrs
213Mexico15.0 yrs15.7 yrs
214China, Hong Kong SAR15.0 yrs22.5 yrs
215Dominica14.9 yrs17.4 yrs
216American Samoa14.9 yrs14.5 yrs
217Honduras14.8 yrs15.9 yrs
218Niger14.7 yrs14.3 yrs
219Zimbabwe14.6 yrs15.6 yrs
220Palau14.6 yrs16.5 yrs
221Botswana14.6 yrs17.1 yrs
222Suriname14.5 yrs17.1 yrs
223Tokelau14.5 yrs16.8 yrs
224Niue14.5 yrs16.9 yrs
225Philippines14.5 yrs15.0 yrs
226Dominican Republic14.4 yrs15.1 yrs
227State of Palestine14.4 yrs15.3 yrs
228Mayotte14.4 yrs15.7 yrs
229Belize14.3 yrs17.3 yrs
230Rwanda14.3 yrs15.1 yrs
231Saint Lucia14.1 yrs15.8 yrs
232Jordan14.1 yrs16.4 yrs
233Northern Mariana Islands14.1 yrs13.8 yrs
234Libya13.9 yrs18.1 yrs
235Kenya13.5 yrs15.1 yrs
236Samoa13.4 yrs14.2 yrs
237Cook Islands13.3 yrs15.7 yrs

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