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Median age by country, 1971

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

1971
#Country / areaMedian age1961
1Monaco43.7 yrs44.4 yrs
2Isle of Man40.9 yrs42.4 yrs
3Sweden34.3 yrs35.2 yrs
4Luxembourg34.3 yrs34.1 yrs
5Holy See34.0 yrs27.3 yrs
6Jersey33.9 yrs35.7 yrs
7Guernsey33.8 yrs35.3 yrs
8Germany33.4 yrs33.7 yrs
9Belgium33.4 yrs33.9 yrs
10Latvia33.3 yrs31.4 yrs
11Hungary33.2 yrs31.4 yrs
12United Kingdom33.1 yrs34.5 yrs
13Estonia32.8 yrs31.3 yrs
14Austria32.4 yrs34.5 yrs
15Bulgaria32.4 yrs29.7 yrs
16Czechia32.3 yrs32.3 yrs
17Italy32.1 yrs30.8 yrs
18Greece32.0 yrs28.0 yrs
19Ukraine31.7 yrs28.6 yrs
20Norway31.6 yrs33.4 yrs
21Denmark31.5 yrs32.1 yrs
22Croatia31.4 yrs28.4 yrs
23Serbia31.3 yrs28.1 yrs
24Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.3 yrs29.3 yrs
25France31.3 yrs31.8 yrs
26Switzerland31.1 yrs31.3 yrs
27Romania30.5 yrs27.9 yrs
28Russian Federation30.1 yrs26.4 yrs
29San Marino29.9 yrs29.9 yrs
30Slovenia29.9 yrs28.3 yrs
31Lithuania29.9 yrs27.7 yrs
32Gibraltar29.5 yrs31.7 yrs
33Belarus29.4 yrs25.9 yrs
34Spain29.1 yrs28.6 yrs
35Uruguay28.9 yrs28.1 yrs
36Finland28.9 yrs27.5 yrs
37Portugal28.6 yrs27.1 yrs
38Japan28.6 yrs25.1 yrs
39Georgia28.0 yrs26.6 yrs
40Netherlands27.6 yrs27.8 yrs
41Slovakia27.3 yrs26.8 yrs
42Poland27.3 yrs25.8 yrs
43United States of America26.8 yrs28.0 yrs
44Australia26.5 yrs28.3 yrs
45Liechtenstein26.3 yrs26.7 yrs
46Bermuda26.1 yrs24.6 yrs
47Ireland26.0 yrs28.8 yrs
48Argentina25.9 yrs25.6 yrs
49Faroe Islands25.5 yrs25.1 yrs
50Republic of Moldova25.4 yrs23.7 yrs
51Canada25.2 yrs25.3 yrs
52Malta25.1 yrs22.9 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy24.9 yrs24.7 yrs
54Andorra24.8 yrs28.1 yrs
55New Zealand24.6 yrs26.1 yrs
56Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.0 yrs23.9 yrs
57Cyprus23.9 yrs22.1 yrs
58Iceland23.6 yrs24.2 yrs
59Gabon22.8 yrs26.0 yrs
60Montenegro22.8 yrs21.8 yrs
61Israel22.4 yrs24.3 yrs
62United Arab Emirates22.2 yrs19.1 yrs
63North Macedonia21.9 yrs20.8 yrs
64Kazakhstan21.7 yrs22.3 yrs
65United States Virgin Islands21.6 yrs17.6 yrs
66Barbados21.5 yrs20.7 yrs
67Bosnia and Herzegovina21.4 yrs20.6 yrs
68Qatar21.3 yrs17.9 yrs
69Cuba20.8 yrs21.4 yrs
70French Guiana20.8 yrs23.1 yrs
71Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.6 yrs19.9 yrs
72Saint Helena20.6 yrs19.0 yrs
73Puerto Rico20.6 yrs17.7 yrs
74China, Hong Kong SAR20.6 yrs21.0 yrs
75Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.4 yrs19.2 yrs
76Cayman Islands20.3 yrs22.3 yrs
77Armenia20.2 yrs22.1 yrs
78Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20.0 yrs18.3 yrs
79Chile19.9 yrs19.3 yrs
80British Virgin Islands19.9 yrs16.7 yrs
81Bahamas19.7 yrs18.5 yrs
82Montserrat19.7 yrs17.8 yrs
83Guam19.6 yrs19.7 yrs
84Aruba19.5 yrs17.7 yrs
85Timor-Leste19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
86New Caledonia19.3 yrs20.3 yrs
87Sierra Leone19.2 yrs20.0 yrs
88Equatorial Guinea19.2 yrs20.7 yrs
89Singapore19.1 yrs17.0 yrs
90Sri Lanka19.1 yrs18.4 yrs
91Kyrgyzstan19.0 yrs22.0 yrs
92Curaçao18.9 yrs18.5 yrs
93Guinea18.8 yrs19.5 yrs
94Nepal18.7 yrs18.5 yrs
95Greenland18.5 yrs17.1 yrs
96Myanmar18.5 yrs19.7 yrs
97Gambia18.4 yrs18.4 yrs
98Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.4 yrs18.6 yrs
99Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
100Bhutan18.3 yrs17.8 yrs
101Mali18.3 yrs18.8 yrs
102Albania18.1 yrs18.7 yrs
103India18.1 yrs19.1 yrs
104Egypt18.1 yrs18.4 yrs
105Guadeloupe18.1 yrs17.1 yrs
106Western Sahara18.1 yrs22.6 yrs
107China18.1 yrs20.0 yrs
108Cameroon18.0 yrs19.3 yrs
109Trinidad and Tobago18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
110China, Taiwan Province of China18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
111Guinea-Bissau17.9 yrs21.9 yrs
112Indonesia17.8 yrs19.1 yrs
113Nigeria17.8 yrs18.3 yrs
114Nauru17.8 yrs23.1 yrs
115Republic of Korea17.8 yrs18.3 yrs
116China, Macao SAR17.8 yrs21.1 yrs
117Burkina Faso17.7 yrs18.7 yrs
118Mauritius17.7 yrs16.3 yrs
119Central African Republic17.7 yrs19.1 yrs
120South Africa17.7 yrs17.9 yrs
121Türkiye17.6 yrs18.3 yrs
122Lao People's Democratic Republic17.6 yrs18.1 yrs
123Liberia17.6 yrs18.3 yrs
124Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)17.5 yrs18.8 yrs
125Mozambique17.5 yrs18.8 yrs
126Eritrea17.4 yrs17.8 yrs
127Kuwait17.4 yrs20.8 yrs
128Chad17.4 yrs18.7 yrs
129Tuvalu17.4 yrs22.4 yrs
130Brazil17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
131Benin17.4 yrs19.5 yrs
132Viet Nam17.3 yrs19.7 yrs
133Martinique17.3 yrs17.5 yrs
134Lebanon17.3 yrs18.5 yrs
135Democratic Republic of the Congo17.2 yrs17.3 yrs
136Seychelles17.2 yrs20.5 yrs
137Réunion17.2 yrs16.1 yrs
138Lesotho17.1 yrs16.3 yrs
139Antigua and Barbuda17.0 yrs18.6 yrs
140Yemen17.0 yrs18.6 yrs
141Pakistan17.0 yrs18.0 yrs
142Iraq16.9 yrs19.3 yrs
143Namibia16.9 yrs17.6 yrs
144Brunei Darussalam16.9 yrs17.0 yrs
145Afghanistan16.8 yrs17.8 yrs
146Ethiopia16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
147Senegal16.8 yrs16.9 yrs
148Peru16.8 yrs16.9 yrs
149Malawi16.8 yrs17.2 yrs
150Mauritania16.8 yrs17.7 yrs
151Uzbekistan16.7 yrs20.8 yrs
152Ecuador16.7 yrs16.9 yrs
153Costa Rica16.7 yrs15.6 yrs
154Bangladesh16.7 yrs17.8 yrs
155Azerbaijan16.6 yrs20.4 yrs
156Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.6 yrs17.6 yrs
157Côte d'Ivoire16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
158Tajikistan16.6 yrs20.5 yrs
159Panama16.6 yrs16.6 yrs
160Anguilla16.5 yrs16.2 yrs
161Djibouti16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
162Jamaica16.5 yrs18.5 yrs
163Somalia16.5 yrs16.8 yrs
164Thailand16.5 yrs16.8 yrs
165Tunisia16.5 yrs17.2 yrs
166Bahrain16.5 yrs17.6 yrs
167Malaysia16.5 yrs16.2 yrs
168South Sudan16.5 yrs17.4 yrs
169Kiribati16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
170Congo16.4 yrs17.6 yrs
171Saint Martin (French part)16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
172Saudi Arabia16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
173Fiji16.3 yrs15.6 yrs
174Togo16.2 yrs16.9 yrs
175Turkmenistan16.2 yrs20.0 yrs
176Burundi16.2 yrs16.3 yrs
177Mongolia16.2 yrs21.4 yrs
178Cabo Verde16.1 yrs17.5 yrs
179Cambodia16.1 yrs17.0 yrs
180Papua New Guinea16.1 yrs17.3 yrs
181Paraguay16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
182Maldives16.1 yrs19.6 yrs
183Comoros16.0 yrs18.6 yrs
184Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)16.0 yrs15.4 yrs
185Angola15.9 yrs18.6 yrs
186United Republic of Tanzania15.9 yrs16.3 yrs
187Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
188Marshall Islands15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
189French Polynesia15.9 yrs16.8 yrs
190Oman15.8 yrs17.7 yrs
191Colombia15.8 yrs15.4 yrs
192Sao Tome and Principe15.8 yrs23.4 yrs
193Wallis and Futuna Islands15.7 yrs13.7 yrs
194Guatemala15.7 yrs15.6 yrs
195Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.7 yrs14.5 yrs
196Grenada15.6 yrs15.1 yrs
197Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
198Madagascar15.6 yrs16.4 yrs
199Uganda15.5 yrs15.8 yrs
200El Salvador15.5 yrs16.0 yrs
201Guyana15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
202Saint Kitts and Nevis15.5 yrs16.3 yrs
203Solomon Islands15.5 yrs15.8 yrs
204Morocco15.5 yrs16.6 yrs
205Turks and Caicos Islands15.4 yrs16.3 yrs
206Palau15.4 yrs15.0 yrs
207American Samoa15.4 yrs14.5 yrs
208Algeria15.3 yrs16.1 yrs
209Eswatini15.2 yrs15.3 yrs
210Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.2 yrs16.2 yrs
211Sudan15.1 yrs15.6 yrs
212Nicaragua15.1 yrs15.0 yrs
213Zambia15.0 yrs15.8 yrs
214Mexico15.0 yrs15.4 yrs
215Dominican Republic14.9 yrs14.5 yrs
216Niger14.9 yrs14.5 yrs
217Honduras14.9 yrs15.3 yrs
218Ghana14.8 yrs16.4 yrs
219Syrian Arab Republic14.8 yrs16.2 yrs
220Dominica14.8 yrs16.6 yrs
221Rwanda14.8 yrs14.1 yrs
222Zimbabwe14.7 yrs15.1 yrs
223Philippines14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
224Northern Mariana Islands14.7 yrs13.7 yrs
225Suriname14.6 yrs17.0 yrs
226Belize14.5 yrs16.5 yrs
227Tokelau14.3 yrs16.3 yrs
228State of Palestine14.3 yrs15.0 yrs
229Botswana14.3 yrs16.4 yrs
230Niue14.2 yrs15.4 yrs
231Mayotte14.1 yrs14.6 yrs
232Saint Lucia13.8 yrs14.9 yrs
233Jordan13.8 yrs15.7 yrs
234Samoa13.6 yrs13.9 yrs
235Libya13.6 yrs17.1 yrs
236Cook Islands13.4 yrs14.8 yrs
237Kenya13.3 yrs14.4 yrs

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