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Median age by country, 1972

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

1972
#Country / areaMedian age1962
1Monaco43.8 yrs44.3 yrs
2Isle of Man40.5 yrs42.4 yrs
3Holy See34.6 yrs27.9 yrs
4Sweden34.2 yrs35.3 yrs
5Luxembourg34.1 yrs34.1 yrs
6Jersey33.8 yrs35.5 yrs
7Guernsey33.5 yrs35.3 yrs
8Germany33.5 yrs33.7 yrs
9Latvia33.5 yrs31.6 yrs
10Belgium33.4 yrs33.9 yrs
11Hungary33.3 yrs31.6 yrs
12United Kingdom33.0 yrs34.3 yrs
13Estonia33.0 yrs31.5 yrs
14Bulgaria32.5 yrs30.0 yrs
15Austria32.3 yrs34.4 yrs
16Italy32.2 yrs31.0 yrs
17Greece32.2 yrs28.3 yrs
18Ukraine32.1 yrs28.7 yrs
19Czechia32.1 yrs32.5 yrs
20Croatia31.6 yrs28.7 yrs
21Serbia31.6 yrs28.5 yrs
22Denmark31.5 yrs32.1 yrs
23Norway31.4 yrs33.4 yrs
24Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.4 yrs29.3 yrs
25Switzerland31.2 yrs30.9 yrs
26France31.1 yrs31.9 yrs
27Romania30.6 yrs28.3 yrs
28Russian Federation30.5 yrs26.5 yrs
29Lithuania30.1 yrs28.0 yrs
30Slovenia30.0 yrs28.5 yrs
31San Marino29.9 yrs29.8 yrs
32Belarus29.7 yrs26.1 yrs
33Gibraltar29.4 yrs31.5 yrs
34Finland29.1 yrs27.4 yrs
35Uruguay29.0 yrs28.2 yrs
36Spain29.0 yrs28.8 yrs
37Japan28.9 yrs25.5 yrs
38Portugal28.6 yrs27.3 yrs
39Georgia27.9 yrs26.7 yrs
40Netherlands27.7 yrs27.7 yrs
41Slovakia27.3 yrs26.8 yrs
42Poland27.2 yrs25.9 yrs
43United States of America26.9 yrs27.7 yrs
44Australia26.6 yrs28.1 yrs
45Liechtenstein26.6 yrs26.5 yrs
46Bermuda26.5 yrs24.7 yrs
47Argentina25.9 yrs25.6 yrs
48Ireland25.7 yrs28.5 yrs
49Faroe Islands25.6 yrs25.1 yrs
50Malta25.6 yrs23.0 yrs
51Canada25.4 yrs25.0 yrs
52Republic of Moldova25.2 yrs23.9 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy25.1 yrs24.4 yrs
54New Zealand24.8 yrs25.7 yrs
55Andorra24.6 yrs28.0 yrs
56Cyprus24.1 yrs22.3 yrs
57Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.0 yrs24.1 yrs
58Iceland23.8 yrs23.9 yrs
59Montenegro23.0 yrs22.0 yrs
60United Arab Emirates22.6 yrs19.5 yrs
61Israel22.6 yrs24.0 yrs
62Gabon22.4 yrs25.7 yrs
63North Macedonia22.3 yrs20.8 yrs
64Kazakhstan21.9 yrs22.5 yrs
65Barbados21.7 yrs20.7 yrs
66Bosnia and Herzegovina21.7 yrs20.7 yrs
67United States Virgin Islands21.4 yrs18.1 yrs
68Puerto Rico21.0 yrs18.0 yrs
69China, Hong Kong SAR21.0 yrs17.2 yrs
70Cuba20.9 yrs21.4 yrs
71Saint Helena20.8 yrs19.3 yrs
72French Guiana20.8 yrs22.6 yrs
73Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba20.6 yrs20.1 yrs
74Cayman Islands20.6 yrs22.0 yrs
75Armenia20.4 yrs22.1 yrs
76Qatar20.3 yrs19.1 yrs
77Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20.3 yrs18.1 yrs
78Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.2 yrs19.6 yrs
79Chile20.0 yrs19.3 yrs
80Montserrat20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
81British Virgin Islands20.0 yrs16.8 yrs
82Aruba19.8 yrs17.8 yrs
83Guam19.7 yrs19.1 yrs
84Bahamas19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
85Singapore19.5 yrs16.8 yrs
86Timor-Leste19.4 yrs18.5 yrs
87Sri Lanka19.2 yrs18.4 yrs
88New Caledonia19.2 yrs20.2 yrs
89Curaçao19.1 yrs18.4 yrs
90Sierra Leone19.1 yrs20.0 yrs
91Equatorial Guinea19.1 yrs20.5 yrs
92China, Macao SAR19.1 yrs20.2 yrs
93Kyrgyzstan18.9 yrs21.9 yrs
94Greenland18.8 yrs17.1 yrs
95Guinea18.7 yrs19.4 yrs
96Nepal18.7 yrs18.5 yrs
97Myanmar18.6 yrs19.5 yrs
98Guadeloupe18.4 yrs17.0 yrs
99Gambia18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago18.3 yrs17.2 yrs
101Nauru18.3 yrs23.0 yrs
102Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
103Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
104China, Taiwan Province of China18.3 yrs16.9 yrs
105China18.3 yrs19.9 yrs
106Albania18.2 yrs18.6 yrs
107India18.2 yrs18.9 yrs
108Bhutan18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
109Mali18.2 yrs18.8 yrs
110Egypt18.1 yrs18.2 yrs
111Mauritius18.0 yrs16.3 yrs
112Republic of Korea18.0 yrs18.1 yrs
113Cameroon17.8 yrs19.1 yrs
114Tuvalu17.8 yrs22.4 yrs
115Indonesia17.7 yrs19.1 yrs
116Guinea-Bissau17.7 yrs21.6 yrs
117Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)17.7 yrs18.7 yrs
118Türkiye17.7 yrs18.1 yrs
119Nigeria17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
120South Africa17.7 yrs17.8 yrs
121Brazil17.6 yrs16.8 yrs
122Lao People's Democratic Republic17.6 yrs18.0 yrs
123Central African Republic17.6 yrs18.9 yrs
124Burkina Faso17.5 yrs18.7 yrs
125Liberia17.5 yrs18.3 yrs
126Réunion17.5 yrs16.0 yrs
127Martinique17.4 yrs17.3 yrs
128Mozambique17.4 yrs18.7 yrs
129Lebanon17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
130Western Sahara17.4 yrs22.6 yrs
131Antigua and Barbuda17.3 yrs18.7 yrs
132Eritrea17.3 yrs17.9 yrs
133Kuwait17.3 yrs20.5 yrs
134Seychelles17.3 yrs20.3 yrs
135Chad17.3 yrs18.6 yrs
136Viet Nam17.3 yrs19.2 yrs
137Lesotho17.3 yrs16.2 yrs
138Democratic Republic of the Congo17.1 yrs17.4 yrs
139Benin17.1 yrs19.3 yrs
140Brunei Darussalam17.0 yrs16.4 yrs
141Costa Rica16.9 yrs15.6 yrs
142Pakistan16.9 yrs18.0 yrs
143Peru16.9 yrs16.9 yrs
144Azerbaijan16.8 yrs19.9 yrs
145Iraq16.8 yrs19.1 yrs
146Senegal16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
147Namibia16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
148Bahrain16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
149Malaysia16.8 yrs16.0 yrs
150Afghanistan16.7 yrs17.7 yrs
151Yemen16.7 yrs18.6 yrs
152Uzbekistan16.7 yrs20.1 yrs
153Ecuador16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
154Ethiopia16.7 yrs17.6 yrs
155Thailand16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
156Malawi16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
157Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
158Côte d'Ivoire16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
159Jamaica16.6 yrs18.2 yrs
160Tajikistan16.6 yrs20.1 yrs
161Panama16.6 yrs16.6 yrs
162Mauritania16.6 yrs17.7 yrs
163Anguilla16.5 yrs16.3 yrs
164Kiribati16.5 yrs17.2 yrs
165Somalia16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
166Tunisia16.5 yrs17.1 yrs
167Bangladesh16.5 yrs17.7 yrs
168Fiji16.5 yrs15.5 yrs
169Saint Martin (French part)16.4 yrs15.6 yrs
170Djibouti16.4 yrs16.7 yrs
171South Sudan16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
172Congo16.3 yrs17.5 yrs
173Saudi Arabia16.3 yrs17.3 yrs
174Turkmenistan16.3 yrs19.5 yrs
175Togo16.2 yrs16.8 yrs
176Paraguay16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
177Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)16.2 yrs15.4 yrs
178Cabo Verde16.1 yrs17.0 yrs
179Mongolia16.1 yrs21.1 yrs
180French Polynesia16.1 yrs16.6 yrs
181Cambodia16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
182Colombia16.0 yrs15.3 yrs
183Saint Kitts and Nevis16.0 yrs16.2 yrs
184Papua New Guinea16.0 yrs17.2 yrs
185Burundi16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
186Maldives16.0 yrs19.6 yrs
187Grenada15.9 yrs15.1 yrs
188Comoros15.9 yrs18.5 yrs
189United Republic of Tanzania15.9 yrs16.3 yrs
190Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.4 yrs
191Angola15.8 yrs18.4 yrs
192Sao Tome and Principe15.8 yrs23.2 yrs
193Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.8 yrs14.6 yrs
194Turks and Caicos Islands15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
195Guatemala15.7 yrs15.5 yrs
196American Samoa15.7 yrs14.7 yrs
197Wallis and Futuna Islands15.6 yrs14.0 yrs
198Guyana15.6 yrs15.3 yrs
199Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
200Madagascar15.6 yrs16.1 yrs
201Morocco15.6 yrs16.3 yrs
202El Salvador15.5 yrs15.9 yrs
203Oman15.5 yrs17.6 yrs
204Palau15.5 yrs14.4 yrs
205Marshall Islands15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
206Algeria15.4 yrs15.9 yrs
207Uganda15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
208Solomon Islands15.4 yrs15.8 yrs
209Eswatini15.2 yrs15.2 yrs
210Northern Mariana Islands15.2 yrs13.6 yrs
211Dominican Republic15.1 yrs14.4 yrs
212Dominica15.1 yrs16.4 yrs
213Nicaragua15.1 yrs14.9 yrs
214Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.1 yrs16.0 yrs
215Sudan15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
216Mexico15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
217Rwanda15.0 yrs13.9 yrs
218Zambia14.9 yrs15.7 yrs
219Niger14.9 yrs14.5 yrs
220Honduras14.9 yrs15.1 yrs
221Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.9 yrs
222Suriname14.8 yrs16.7 yrs
223Philippines14.8 yrs14.4 yrs
224Ghana14.7 yrs16.1 yrs
225Syrian Arab Republic14.7 yrs15.9 yrs
226Belize14.7 yrs16.1 yrs
227Tokelau14.4 yrs16.2 yrs
228Botswana14.4 yrs16.1 yrs
229Niue14.3 yrs14.9 yrs
230State of Palestine14.2 yrs14.9 yrs
231Mayotte13.9 yrs14.4 yrs
232Saint Lucia13.8 yrs14.5 yrs
233Jordan13.8 yrs15.4 yrs
234Samoa13.7 yrs13.7 yrs
235Libya13.6 yrs16.8 yrs
236Cook Islands13.5 yrs14.5 yrs
237Kenya13.2 yrs14.3 yrs

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