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Median age by country, 1969

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

1969
#Country / areaMedian age1959
1Monaco44.0 yrs44.5 yrs
2Isle of Man41.7 yrs41.8 yrs
3Sweden34.6 yrs34.9 yrs
4Guernsey34.3 yrs35.1 yrs
5Luxembourg34.3 yrs34.1 yrs
6Jersey34.0 yrs35.7 yrs
7Belgium33.6 yrs33.9 yrs
8United Kingdom33.4 yrs34.5 yrs
9Germany33.1 yrs33.8 yrs
10Hungary33.1 yrs30.9 yrs
11Austria33.0 yrs34.5 yrs
12Latvia33.0 yrs30.8 yrs
13Czechia32.7 yrs31.9 yrs
14Holy See32.7 yrs26.3 yrs
15Estonia32.6 yrs30.9 yrs
16Norway32.1 yrs33.3 yrs
17Bulgaria32.1 yrs29.1 yrs
18Italy31.8 yrs30.3 yrs
19France31.6 yrs31.7 yrs
20Denmark31.4 yrs32.0 yrs
21Croatia30.9 yrs27.7 yrs
22Falkland Islands (Malvinas)30.9 yrs29.3 yrs
23Ukraine30.8 yrs28.1 yrs
24Serbia30.8 yrs27.3 yrs
25Switzerland30.7 yrs31.7 yrs
26Greece30.6 yrs27.2 yrs
27Romania30.4 yrs27.2 yrs
28San Marino29.9 yrs30.1 yrs
29Slovenia29.6 yrs27.7 yrs
30Lithuania29.6 yrs27.0 yrs
31Gibraltar29.5 yrs31.6 yrs
32Spain29.3 yrs28.2 yrs
33Russian Federation29.3 yrs26.1 yrs
34Uruguay28.8 yrs27.9 yrs
35Belarus28.8 yrs25.5 yrs
36Portugal28.4 yrs26.7 yrs
37Finland28.3 yrs27.4 yrs
38Japan27.9 yrs24.3 yrs
39Georgia27.8 yrs26.5 yrs
40Netherlands27.5 yrs27.7 yrs
41Slovakia27.2 yrs26.6 yrs
42Poland27.2 yrs25.5 yrs
43United States of America26.7 yrs28.5 yrs
44Australia26.6 yrs28.8 yrs
45Ireland26.4 yrs29.3 yrs
46Liechtenstein26.0 yrs27.1 yrs
47Argentina25.8 yrs25.5 yrs
48Andorra25.7 yrs28.4 yrs
49Republic of Moldova25.6 yrs23.4 yrs
50Bermuda25.4 yrs24.4 yrs
51Faroe Islands25.1 yrs25.3 yrs
52Canada24.8 yrs25.6 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy24.6 yrs25.0 yrs
54New Zealand24.6 yrs26.8 yrs
55Malta24.4 yrs22.5 yrs
56Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.0 yrs23.3 yrs
57Qatar23.5 yrs16.5 yrs
58Gabon23.5 yrs26.4 yrs
59Cyprus23.4 yrs22.1 yrs
60Iceland23.3 yrs24.7 yrs
61Montenegro22.6 yrs21.5 yrs
62Western Sahara22.6 yrs22.5 yrs
63United Arab Emirates22.1 yrs18.2 yrs
64Israel22.1 yrs24.1 yrs
65United States Virgin Islands21.5 yrs19.8 yrs
66Kazakhstan21.4 yrs22.0 yrs
67North Macedonia21.4 yrs20.8 yrs
68Barbados21.1 yrs20.9 yrs
69Bosnia and Herzegovina21.0 yrs20.4 yrs
70Cuba20.8 yrs21.4 yrs
71French Guiana20.8 yrs23.4 yrs
72Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.7 yrs20.7 yrs
73Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
74Saint Helena20.2 yrs18.3 yrs
75Cayman Islands20.1 yrs22.6 yrs
76Puerto Rico20.0 yrs17.3 yrs
77Armenia19.9 yrs21.9 yrs
78Sierra Leone19.6 yrs20.1 yrs
79Chile19.6 yrs19.4 yrs
80New Caledonia19.5 yrs20.5 yrs
81Bahamas19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
82Montserrat19.4 yrs17.4 yrs
83Equatorial Guinea19.4 yrs21.1 yrs
84Timor-Leste19.4 yrs18.1 yrs
85British Virgin Islands19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
86Aruba19.2 yrs17.5 yrs
87Guam19.2 yrs20.5 yrs
88Sint Maarten (Dutch part)19.2 yrs18.6 yrs
89Guinea19.0 yrs19.7 yrs
90Kyrgyzstan19.0 yrs22.3 yrs
91Sri Lanka18.9 yrs18.6 yrs
92Curaçao18.7 yrs19.0 yrs
93Nepal18.7 yrs18.4 yrs
94Gambia18.6 yrs18.3 yrs
95Myanmar18.5 yrs20.1 yrs
96Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.4 yrs18.7 yrs
97Mali18.4 yrs18.9 yrs
98Cameroon18.3 yrs19.6 yrs
99Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.3 yrs18.7 yrs
100Singapore18.3 yrs17.4 yrs
101Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
102Bhutan18.3 yrs17.7 yrs
103Guinea-Bissau18.2 yrs21.8 yrs
104India18.1 yrs19.4 yrs
105Egypt18.1 yrs18.9 yrs
106Burkina Faso18.1 yrs18.8 yrs
107Indonesia18.0 yrs19.1 yrs
108Nigeria18.0 yrs18.3 yrs
109China18.0 yrs19.9 yrs
110Albania17.9 yrs19.0 yrs
111Kuwait17.8 yrs21.4 yrs
112Benin17.8 yrs20.0 yrs
113Mozambique17.8 yrs18.9 yrs
114Liberia17.8 yrs18.2 yrs
115Central African Republic17.8 yrs19.5 yrs
116Eritrea17.7 yrs17.7 yrs
117Greenland17.7 yrs17.3 yrs
118Lao People's Democratic Republic17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
119South Africa17.7 yrs18.0 yrs
120Yemen17.6 yrs18.6 yrs
121Guadeloupe17.6 yrs17.5 yrs
122Seychelles17.6 yrs21.2 yrs
123Chad17.6 yrs19.0 yrs
124Republic of Korea17.6 yrs18.3 yrs
125Trinidad and Tobago17.5 yrs17.4 yrs
126Türkiye17.5 yrs18.4 yrs
127Nauru17.5 yrs22.4 yrs
128Democratic Republic of the Congo17.4 yrs17.2 yrs
129China, Taiwan Province of China17.4 yrs16.9 yrs
130China, Hong Kong SAR17.3 yrs22.3 yrs
131Ethiopia17.2 yrs17.5 yrs
132Pakistan17.2 yrs18.1 yrs
133Viet Nam17.2 yrs20.7 yrs
134Mauritania17.2 yrs17.7 yrs
135Afghanistan17.1 yrs17.9 yrs
136Iraq17.1 yrs19.4 yrs
137Brazil17.1 yrs17.0 yrs
138Malawi17.1 yrs17.1 yrs
139Martinique17.1 yrs17.9 yrs
140Mauritius17.1 yrs16.0 yrs
141Namibia17.0 yrs17.9 yrs
142Bangladesh16.9 yrs18.0 yrs
143Lebanon16.9 yrs19.3 yrs
144Djibouti16.8 yrs16.5 yrs
145Senegal16.8 yrs17.1 yrs
146Peru16.8 yrs17.2 yrs
147Lesotho16.8 yrs16.4 yrs
148South Sudan16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
149Antigua and Barbuda16.7 yrs18.4 yrs
150Uzbekistan16.7 yrs21.6 yrs
151Cambodia16.7 yrs17.1 yrs
152Côte d'Ivoire16.7 yrs17.5 yrs
153Tuvalu16.7 yrs22.1 yrs
154Mongolia16.7 yrs22.0 yrs
155Anguilla16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
156Ecuador16.6 yrs17.2 yrs
157Congo16.6 yrs17.9 yrs
158Tajikistan16.6 yrs20.8 yrs
159Réunion16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
160Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.5 yrs18.4 yrs
161Jamaica16.5 yrs19.2 yrs
162Brunei Darussalam16.5 yrs18.4 yrs
163Angola16.4 yrs19.0 yrs
164Kiribati16.4 yrs18.0 yrs
165Saint Martin (French part)16.4 yrs16.3 yrs
166Somalia16.4 yrs17.1 yrs
167Tunisia16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
168Panama16.4 yrs16.8 yrs
169Maldives16.4 yrs19.5 yrs
170China, Macao SAR16.4 yrs22.4 yrs
171Azerbaijan16.3 yrs20.7 yrs
172Oman16.3 yrs17.8 yrs
173Comoros16.3 yrs18.7 yrs
174Saudi Arabia16.3 yrs17.7 yrs
175Togo16.3 yrs17.1 yrs
176Papua New Guinea16.3 yrs17.6 yrs
177Costa Rica16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
178Thailand16.2 yrs17.1 yrs
179Turkmenistan16.2 yrs20.5 yrs
180Burundi16.2 yrs16.5 yrs
181Marshall Islands16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
182Malaysia16.1 yrs16.7 yrs
183Wallis and Futuna Islands16.0 yrs13.7 yrs
184Sao Tome and Principe16.0 yrs22.9 yrs
185United Republic of Tanzania16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
186Bahrain16.0 yrs17.8 yrs
187Cabo Verde15.9 yrs18.0 yrs
188Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.7 yrs
189Paraguay15.9 yrs15.6 yrs
190Fiji15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
191French Polynesia15.9 yrs17.0 yrs
192Guatemala15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
193Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.7 yrs15.6 yrs
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.6 yrs14.5 yrs
195Solomon Islands15.6 yrs15.7 yrs
196Tonga15.6 yrs16.0 yrs
197Madagascar15.6 yrs17.1 yrs
198Uganda15.5 yrs16.3 yrs
199El Salvador15.5 yrs16.2 yrs
200Colombia15.5 yrs15.6 yrs
201Turks and Caicos Islands15.5 yrs16.5 yrs
202Morocco15.5 yrs17.2 yrs
203Algeria15.3 yrs16.6 yrs
204Grenada15.3 yrs15.1 yrs
205Zambia15.3 yrs16.0 yrs
206Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.3 yrs16.6 yrs
207Eswatini15.2 yrs15.6 yrs
208Guyana15.2 yrs15.7 yrs
209Sudan15.2 yrs15.7 yrs
210Nicaragua15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
211Palau15.0 yrs16.2 yrs
212Mexico15.0 yrs15.6 yrs
213American Samoa15.0 yrs14.3 yrs
214Ghana14.9 yrs17.0 yrs
215Syrian Arab Republic14.9 yrs16.8 yrs
216Saint Kitts and Nevis14.9 yrs16.3 yrs
217Honduras14.8 yrs15.7 yrs
218Zimbabwe14.7 yrs15.4 yrs
219Niger14.7 yrs14.4 yrs
220Tokelau14.6 yrs16.6 yrs
221Dominican Republic14.6 yrs14.9 yrs
222Dominica14.6 yrs17.1 yrs
223Philippines14.6 yrs14.9 yrs
224Suriname14.5 yrs17.1 yrs
225Botswana14.5 yrs16.9 yrs
226Rwanda14.5 yrs14.7 yrs
227Niue14.4 yrs16.4 yrs
228State of Palestine14.4 yrs15.2 yrs
229Belize14.3 yrs17.1 yrs
230Mayotte14.3 yrs15.2 yrs
231Northern Mariana Islands14.1 yrs13.7 yrs
232Saint Lucia14.0 yrs15.7 yrs
233Jordan14.0 yrs16.2 yrs
234Libya13.7 yrs17.8 yrs
235Samoa13.5 yrs14.1 yrs
236Kenya13.4 yrs14.8 yrs
237Cook Islands13.3 yrs15.5 yrs

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