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Median age by country, 1973

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

1973
#Country / areaMedian age1963
1Monaco43.9 yrs44.0 yrs
2Isle of Man39.9 yrs42.4 yrs
3Holy See35.2 yrs28.5 yrs
4Sweden34.3 yrs35.4 yrs
5Luxembourg34.0 yrs34.1 yrs
6Germany33.8 yrs33.6 yrs
7Jersey33.7 yrs35.3 yrs
8Latvia33.6 yrs31.8 yrs
9Hungary33.3 yrs31.9 yrs
10Belgium33.3 yrs33.9 yrs
11Estonia33.1 yrs31.7 yrs
12Guernsey33.1 yrs35.2 yrs
13United Kingdom33.0 yrs34.3 yrs
14Bulgaria32.6 yrs30.3 yrs
15Ukraine32.5 yrs28.8 yrs
16Austria32.5 yrs34.3 yrs
17Greece32.5 yrs28.4 yrs
18Italy32.4 yrs31.1 yrs
19Czechia31.9 yrs32.6 yrs
20Croatia31.8 yrs29.0 yrs
21Serbia31.8 yrs28.8 yrs
22Denmark31.5 yrs32.0 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.5 yrs29.4 yrs
24Switzerland31.4 yrs30.6 yrs
25Norway31.3 yrs33.3 yrs
26France30.8 yrs31.9 yrs
27Romania30.7 yrs28.7 yrs
28Russian Federation30.7 yrs26.7 yrs
29Lithuania30.3 yrs28.2 yrs
30San Marino30.1 yrs29.8 yrs
31Slovenia30.1 yrs28.7 yrs
32Belarus29.8 yrs26.4 yrs
33Finland29.2 yrs27.4 yrs
34Japan29.2 yrs25.9 yrs
35Uruguay29.1 yrs28.3 yrs
36Gibraltar29.1 yrs31.0 yrs
37Spain29.0 yrs28.9 yrs
38Portugal28.6 yrs27.5 yrs
39Netherlands27.9 yrs27.6 yrs
40Georgia27.7 yrs26.9 yrs
41Slovakia27.3 yrs26.9 yrs
42Poland27.2 yrs26.1 yrs
43United States of America27.1 yrs27.5 yrs
44Bermuda26.9 yrs24.8 yrs
45Liechtenstein26.8 yrs26.2 yrs
46Australia26.7 yrs27.8 yrs
47Malta26.0 yrs23.2 yrs
48Argentina25.9 yrs25.7 yrs
49Canada25.7 yrs24.8 yrs
50Faroe Islands25.7 yrs24.9 yrs
51Ireland25.6 yrs28.2 yrs
52Saint Barthélemy25.5 yrs24.1 yrs
53Republic of Moldova25.1 yrs24.1 yrs
54New Zealand24.9 yrs25.4 yrs
55Andorra24.5 yrs28.1 yrs
56Cyprus24.2 yrs22.5 yrs
57Iceland23.9 yrs23.6 yrs
58Saint Pierre and Miquelon23.8 yrs24.1 yrs
59Montenegro23.3 yrs22.1 yrs
60United Arab Emirates23.1 yrs20.0 yrs
61Israel22.8 yrs23.5 yrs
62North Macedonia22.6 yrs20.8 yrs
63Gabon22.1 yrs25.5 yrs
64Bosnia and Herzegovina22.1 yrs20.8 yrs
65Kazakhstan22.0 yrs22.6 yrs
66Barbados21.9 yrs20.7 yrs
67Puerto Rico21.4 yrs18.4 yrs
68China, Hong Kong SAR21.4 yrs14.3 yrs
69United States Virgin Islands21.2 yrs18.6 yrs
70Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba21.0 yrs20.2 yrs
71Cuba21.0 yrs21.3 yrs
72Cayman Islands21.0 yrs21.7 yrs
73Saint Helena20.9 yrs19.6 yrs
74Armenia20.6 yrs22.0 yrs
75Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20.6 yrs18.1 yrs
76French Guiana20.6 yrs21.9 yrs
77Montserrat20.4 yrs18.5 yrs
78British Virgin Islands20.3 yrs16.9 yrs
79Aruba20.2 yrs18.0 yrs
80Chile20.2 yrs19.3 yrs
81Singapore20.0 yrs16.7 yrs
82Qatar19.9 yrs20.1 yrs
83Guam19.7 yrs18.4 yrs
84Bahamas19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
85Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.7 yrs19.8 yrs
86Curaçao19.4 yrs18.4 yrs
87Sri Lanka19.4 yrs18.4 yrs
88Timor-Leste19.4 yrs18.6 yrs
89Greenland19.3 yrs17.0 yrs
90New Caledonia19.1 yrs20.1 yrs
91Equatorial Guinea19.1 yrs20.4 yrs
92Kyrgyzstan18.9 yrs21.6 yrs
93Sierra Leone18.9 yrs20.0 yrs
94Nauru18.8 yrs22.8 yrs
95Guadeloupe18.7 yrs17.0 yrs
96Nepal18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
97Guinea18.6 yrs19.3 yrs
98Trinidad and Tobago18.6 yrs17.2 yrs
99Myanmar18.6 yrs19.3 yrs
100China, Taiwan Province of China18.6 yrs16.8 yrs
101China18.5 yrs19.4 yrs
102Tuvalu18.4 yrs22.1 yrs
103Mauritius18.4 yrs16.3 yrs
104Albania18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
105Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
106Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
107India18.2 yrs18.8 yrs
108Egypt18.2 yrs18.0 yrs
109Gambia18.2 yrs18.5 yrs
110Bhutan18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
111Republic of Korea18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
112Mali18.1 yrs18.8 yrs
113Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)17.8 yrs18.7 yrs
114Türkiye17.8 yrs17.9 yrs
115Brazil17.8 yrs16.7 yrs
116Réunion17.8 yrs16.0 yrs
117South Africa17.8 yrs17.8 yrs
118Antigua and Barbuda17.7 yrs18.8 yrs
119Indonesia17.7 yrs19.0 yrs
120Cameroon17.7 yrs19.1 yrs
121Guinea-Bissau17.7 yrs21.3 yrs
122Martinique17.7 yrs17.1 yrs
123Lao People's Democratic Republic17.6 yrs18.0 yrs
124Lebanon17.6 yrs17.6 yrs
125Central African Republic17.6 yrs18.7 yrs
126Nigeria17.5 yrs18.3 yrs
127Lesotho17.5 yrs16.2 yrs
128Seychelles17.4 yrs20.0 yrs
129Burkina Faso17.4 yrs18.6 yrs
130Viet Nam17.4 yrs18.7 yrs
131Liberia17.4 yrs18.3 yrs
132Kuwait17.3 yrs20.0 yrs
133Mozambique17.3 yrs18.7 yrs
134Costa Rica17.2 yrs15.5 yrs
135Bahrain17.2 yrs17.3 yrs
136China, Macao SAR17.2 yrs19.3 yrs
137Azerbaijan17.1 yrs19.1 yrs
138Eritrea17.1 yrs17.9 yrs
139Chad17.1 yrs18.5 yrs
140Brunei Darussalam17.1 yrs16.0 yrs
141Democratic Republic of the Congo17.0 yrs17.4 yrs
142Benin17.0 yrs19.1 yrs
143Malaysia17.0 yrs15.8 yrs
144Thailand16.9 yrs16.5 yrs
145Peru16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
146Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.8 yrs17.0 yrs
147Uzbekistan16.8 yrs19.4 yrs
148Ecuador16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
149Senegal16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
150Pakistan16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
151Western Sahara16.8 yrs22.6 yrs
152Jamaica16.7 yrs18.0 yrs
153Namibia16.7 yrs17.4 yrs
154Panama16.7 yrs16.5 yrs
155Fiji16.7 yrs15.5 yrs
156Afghanistan16.6 yrs17.6 yrs
157Iraq16.6 yrs18.8 yrs
158Kiribati16.6 yrs17.0 yrs
159Tajikistan16.6 yrs19.5 yrs
160Tunisia16.6 yrs17.0 yrs
161Malawi16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
162Ethiopia16.5 yrs17.6 yrs
163Côte d'Ivoire16.5 yrs17.4 yrs
164Saint Kitts and Nevis16.5 yrs16.2 yrs
165Somalia16.5 yrs16.5 yrs
166Anguilla16.4 yrs16.4 yrs
167Yemen16.4 yrs18.5 yrs
168Saudi Arabia16.4 yrs17.1 yrs
169Saint Martin (French part)16.4 yrs15.5 yrs
170Turkmenistan16.4 yrs18.7 yrs
171Paraguay16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
172Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.6 yrs
173Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)16.4 yrs15.4 yrs
174Mauritania16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
175South Sudan16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
176French Polynesia16.4 yrs16.5 yrs
177Congo16.3 yrs17.3 yrs
178Djibouti16.3 yrs16.7 yrs
179Grenada16.2 yrs15.2 yrs
180Colombia16.2 yrs15.3 yrs
181Turks and Caicos Islands16.1 yrs16.5 yrs
182Togo16.1 yrs16.7 yrs
183Cabo Verde16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
184Cambodia16.0 yrs16.9 yrs
185Papua New Guinea16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
186Maldives16.0 yrs19.6 yrs
187Mongolia16.0 yrs20.7 yrs
188Angola15.9 yrs18.1 yrs
189Sao Tome and Principe15.9 yrs22.8 yrs
190United Republic of Tanzania15.9 yrs16.3 yrs
191Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.3 yrs
192American Samoa15.9 yrs14.8 yrs
193Comoros15.8 yrs18.3 yrs
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.8 yrs14.8 yrs
195Guyana15.7 yrs15.1 yrs
196Guatemala15.7 yrs15.5 yrs
197Palau15.7 yrs14.1 yrs
198Burundi15.7 yrs16.2 yrs
199Morocco15.7 yrs16.0 yrs
200El Salvador15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
201Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
202Madagascar15.6 yrs15.8 yrs
203Northern Mariana Islands15.6 yrs13.6 yrs
204Wallis and Futuna Islands15.5 yrs14.6 yrs
205Algeria15.4 yrs15.8 yrs
206Dominica15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
207Uganda15.3 yrs15.5 yrs
208Oman15.3 yrs17.6 yrs
209Solomon Islands15.3 yrs15.8 yrs
210Dominican Republic15.3 yrs14.3 yrs
211Eswatini15.2 yrs15.0 yrs
212Suriname15.2 yrs16.1 yrs
213Nicaragua15.1 yrs14.8 yrs
214Marshall Islands15.1 yrs15.3 yrs
215Rwanda15.1 yrs13.7 yrs
216Niger15.0 yrs14.5 yrs
217Mexico15.0 yrs15.2 yrs
218Sudan14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
219Philippines14.9 yrs14.3 yrs
220Belize14.9 yrs15.8 yrs
221Honduras14.9 yrs15.0 yrs
222Micronesia (Fed. States of)14.9 yrs15.8 yrs
223Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.8 yrs
224Ghana14.7 yrs15.8 yrs
225Zambia14.7 yrs15.7 yrs
226Syrian Arab Republic14.7 yrs15.7 yrs
227Tokelau14.7 yrs15.8 yrs
228Niue14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
229Botswana14.6 yrs15.8 yrs
230State of Palestine14.2 yrs14.9 yrs
231Samoa13.9 yrs13.6 yrs
232Saint Lucia13.9 yrs14.2 yrs
233Mayotte13.9 yrs14.3 yrs
234Libya13.9 yrs16.4 yrs
235Cook Islands13.7 yrs14.2 yrs
236Jordan13.7 yrs15.1 yrs
237Kenya13.2 yrs14.2 yrs

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