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Median age by country, 1970

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

1970
#Country / areaMedian age1960
1Monaco43.8 yrs44.4 yrs
2Isle of Man41.4 yrs42.2 yrs
3Sweden34.4 yrs35.1 yrs
4Luxembourg34.4 yrs34.1 yrs
5Guernsey34.1 yrs35.2 yrs
6Jersey33.9 yrs35.7 yrs
7Belgium33.5 yrs33.9 yrs
8Holy See33.4 yrs26.8 yrs
9United Kingdom33.2 yrs34.5 yrs
10Germany33.2 yrs33.7 yrs
11Latvia33.2 yrs31.2 yrs
12Hungary33.1 yrs31.1 yrs
13Estonia32.7 yrs31.1 yrs
14Austria32.7 yrs34.5 yrs
15Czechia32.5 yrs32.1 yrs
16Greece32.3 yrs27.5 yrs
17Bulgaria32.3 yrs29.4 yrs
18Italy31.9 yrs30.5 yrs
19Norway31.8 yrs33.4 yrs
20Denmark31.5 yrs32.0 yrs
21France31.4 yrs31.8 yrs
22Ukraine31.3 yrs28.3 yrs
23Croatia31.1 yrs28.0 yrs
24Serbia31.1 yrs27.7 yrs
25Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.1 yrs29.3 yrs
26Switzerland30.9 yrs31.6 yrs
27Romania30.4 yrs27.5 yrs
28San Marino29.9 yrs30.0 yrs
29Slovenia29.8 yrs28.0 yrs
30Lithuania29.8 yrs27.5 yrs
31Russian Federation29.7 yrs26.3 yrs
32Gibraltar29.5 yrs31.7 yrs
33Spain29.1 yrs28.4 yrs
34Belarus29.1 yrs25.7 yrs
35Uruguay28.9 yrs28.0 yrs
36Finland28.6 yrs27.4 yrs
37Portugal28.6 yrs26.8 yrs
38Japan28.3 yrs24.7 yrs
39Georgia27.9 yrs26.6 yrs
40Netherlands27.5 yrs27.8 yrs
41Slovakia27.3 yrs26.7 yrs
42Poland27.3 yrs25.6 yrs
43United States of America26.7 yrs28.3 yrs
44Australia26.6 yrs28.6 yrs
45Ireland26.2 yrs29.1 yrs
46Liechtenstein26.1 yrs26.9 yrs
47Argentina25.9 yrs25.5 yrs
48Bermuda25.7 yrs24.5 yrs
49Republic of Moldova25.6 yrs23.6 yrs
50Faroe Islands25.3 yrs25.3 yrs
51Andorra25.1 yrs28.2 yrs
52Canada24.9 yrs25.5 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy24.7 yrs24.9 yrs
54Malta24.7 yrs22.7 yrs
55New Zealand24.6 yrs26.5 yrs
56Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.1 yrs23.4 yrs
57Cyprus23.6 yrs22.0 yrs
58Iceland23.4 yrs24.4 yrs
59Gabon23.1 yrs26.2 yrs
60Qatar22.8 yrs17.0 yrs
61Montenegro22.6 yrs21.7 yrs
62Israel22.2 yrs24.3 yrs
63United Arab Emirates22.0 yrs18.6 yrs
64United States Virgin Islands21.8 yrs18.3 yrs
65Kazakhstan21.6 yrs22.2 yrs
66North Macedonia21.6 yrs20.8 yrs
67Barbados21.3 yrs20.8 yrs
68Bosnia and Herzegovina21.2 yrs20.5 yrs
69French Guiana20.8 yrs23.2 yrs
70Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.7 yrs20.0 yrs
71Cuba20.7 yrs21.4 yrs
72Saint Helena20.4 yrs18.7 yrs
73Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.4 yrs18.9 yrs
74Puerto Rico20.3 yrs17.4 yrs
75Western Sahara20.3 yrs22.6 yrs
76Armenia20.1 yrs22.0 yrs
77Cayman Islands20.1 yrs22.5 yrs
78Chile19.7 yrs19.3 yrs
79British Virgin Islands19.7 yrs16.6 yrs
80Sint Maarten (Dutch part)19.6 yrs18.6 yrs
81Bahamas19.6 yrs18.5 yrs
82Guam19.5 yrs20.2 yrs
83Montserrat19.5 yrs17.4 yrs
84Timor-Leste19.5 yrs18.3 yrs
85Aruba19.4 yrs17.6 yrs
86Sierra Leone19.4 yrs20.1 yrs
87New Caledonia19.4 yrs20.4 yrs
88Equatorial Guinea19.3 yrs20.9 yrs
89China, Hong Kong SAR19.3 yrs22.2 yrs
90Kyrgyzstan19.0 yrs22.1 yrs
91Sri Lanka19.0 yrs18.5 yrs
92Guinea18.9 yrs19.6 yrs
93Curaçao18.8 yrs18.8 yrs
94Singapore18.7 yrs17.2 yrs
95Nepal18.7 yrs18.5 yrs
96Myanmar18.5 yrs19.9 yrs
97Gambia18.4 yrs18.3 yrs
98Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.4 yrs18.6 yrs
99Mali18.4 yrs18.8 yrs
100Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
101Bhutan18.3 yrs17.7 yrs
102India18.1 yrs19.2 yrs
103Egypt18.1 yrs18.6 yrs
104Cameroon18.1 yrs19.5 yrs
105Greenland18.1 yrs17.2 yrs
106Albania18.0 yrs18.8 yrs
107Guinea-Bissau18.0 yrs21.9 yrs
108China18.0 yrs19.9 yrs
109Indonesia17.9 yrs19.1 yrs
110Nigeria17.9 yrs18.3 yrs
111Burkina Faso17.9 yrs18.8 yrs
112Guadeloupe17.8 yrs17.3 yrs
113Central African Republic17.8 yrs19.3 yrs
114Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)17.7 yrs18.8 yrs
115Trinidad and Tobago17.7 yrs17.4 yrs
116Lao People's Democratic Republic17.7 yrs18.2 yrs
117Republic of Korea17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
118China, Taiwan Province of China17.7 yrs16.9 yrs
119South Africa17.7 yrs17.9 yrs
120Benin17.6 yrs19.8 yrs
121Mozambique17.6 yrs18.9 yrs
122Liberia17.6 yrs18.2 yrs
123Eritrea17.5 yrs17.8 yrs
124Kuwait17.5 yrs21.0 yrs
125Chad17.5 yrs18.9 yrs
126Türkiye17.5 yrs18.4 yrs
127Seychelles17.4 yrs20.8 yrs
128Mauritius17.4 yrs16.1 yrs
129Yemen17.3 yrs18.6 yrs
130Democratic Republic of the Congo17.3 yrs17.3 yrs
131Nauru17.3 yrs22.9 yrs
132Brazil17.3 yrs16.9 yrs
133Viet Nam17.2 yrs20.2 yrs
134Martinique17.2 yrs17.7 yrs
135Pakistan17.1 yrs18.1 yrs
136Lebanon17.1 yrs18.9 yrs
137China, Macao SAR17.1 yrs21.9 yrs
138Afghanistan17.0 yrs17.9 yrs
139Iraq17.0 yrs19.4 yrs
140Ethiopia17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
141Tuvalu17.0 yrs22.2 yrs
142Namibia17.0 yrs17.8 yrs
143Lesotho17.0 yrs16.3 yrs
144Malawi16.9 yrs17.1 yrs
145Mauritania16.9 yrs17.7 yrs
146Réunion16.9 yrs16.3 yrs
147Senegal16.8 yrs17.0 yrs
148Bangladesh16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
149Peru16.8 yrs17.1 yrs
150Antigua and Barbuda16.7 yrs18.5 yrs
151Uzbekistan16.7 yrs21.2 yrs
152Brunei Darussalam16.7 yrs17.8 yrs
153Anguilla16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
154Ecuador16.6 yrs17.0 yrs
155Côte d'Ivoire16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
156Djibouti16.6 yrs16.6 yrs
157Tajikistan16.6 yrs20.7 yrs
158South Sudan16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
159Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.5 yrs18.0 yrs
160Cambodia16.5 yrs17.1 yrs
161Congo16.5 yrs17.8 yrs
162Panama16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
163Azerbaijan16.4 yrs20.6 yrs
164Kiribati16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
165Costa Rica16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
166Saint Martin (French part)16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
167Jamaica16.4 yrs18.7 yrs
168Somalia16.4 yrs17.0 yrs
169Tunisia16.4 yrs17.3 yrs
170Mongolia16.4 yrs21.7 yrs
171Saudi Arabia16.3 yrs17.6 yrs
172Thailand16.3 yrs16.9 yrs
173Togo16.3 yrs17.0 yrs
174Malaysia16.3 yrs16.5 yrs
175Turkmenistan16.2 yrs20.3 yrs
176Bahrain16.2 yrs17.7 yrs
177Papua New Guinea16.2 yrs17.4 yrs
178Burundi16.2 yrs16.4 yrs
179Marshall Islands16.2 yrs16.2 yrs
180Maldives16.2 yrs19.6 yrs
181Angola16.1 yrs18.8 yrs
182Oman16.1 yrs17.8 yrs
183Comoros16.1 yrs18.7 yrs
184Fiji16.1 yrs15.6 yrs
185Cabo Verde16.0 yrs17.9 yrs
186United Republic of Tanzania16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
187Paraguay16.0 yrs15.6 yrs
188Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
189Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)15.9 yrs15.5 yrs
190Wallis and Futuna Islands15.8 yrs13.7 yrs
191French Polynesia15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
192Guatemala15.7 yrs15.6 yrs
193Colombia15.7 yrs15.5 yrs
194Sao Tome and Principe15.7 yrs23.3 yrs
195Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.7 yrs14.5 yrs
196Solomon Islands15.6 yrs15.7 yrs
197Tonga15.6 yrs16.0 yrs
198Madagascar15.6 yrs16.8 yrs
199Uganda15.5 yrs16.0 yrs
200El Salvador15.5 yrs16.1 yrs
201Morocco15.5 yrs16.9 yrs
202Grenada15.4 yrs15.1 yrs
203Algeria15.3 yrs16.3 yrs
204Guyana15.3 yrs15.6 yrs
205Turks and Caicos Islands15.3 yrs16.4 yrs
206Palau15.3 yrs15.7 yrs
207Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.3 yrs16.4 yrs
208Eswatini15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
209Zambia15.2 yrs15.9 yrs
210American Samoa15.2 yrs14.3 yrs
211Sudan15.1 yrs15.6 yrs
212Saint Kitts and Nevis15.0 yrs16.3 yrs
213Nicaragua15.0 yrs15.2 yrs
214Mexico15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
215Ghana14.9 yrs16.7 yrs
216Honduras14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
217Syrian Arab Republic14.8 yrs16.5 yrs
218Niger14.8 yrs14.4 yrs
219Zimbabwe14.7 yrs15.3 yrs
220Dominican Republic14.7 yrs14.7 yrs
221Rwanda14.7 yrs14.4 yrs
222Dominica14.6 yrs16.8 yrs
223Philippines14.6 yrs14.7 yrs
224Suriname14.5 yrs17.0 yrs
225Tokelau14.5 yrs16.4 yrs
226Botswana14.4 yrs16.6 yrs
227Niue14.3 yrs15.9 yrs
228State of Palestine14.3 yrs15.1 yrs
229Belize14.3 yrs16.8 yrs
230Northern Mariana Islands14.3 yrs13.7 yrs
231Mayotte14.2 yrs14.8 yrs
232Saint Lucia13.9 yrs15.4 yrs
233Jordan13.9 yrs16.0 yrs
234Libya13.6 yrs17.4 yrs
235Samoa13.5 yrs14.0 yrs
236Cook Islands13.3 yrs15.1 yrs
237Kenya13.3 yrs14.6 yrs

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