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Median age by country, 1974

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

1974
#Country / areaMedian age1964
1Monaco44.1 yrs43.8 yrs
2Isle of Man39.4 yrs42.4 yrs
3Holy See35.8 yrs29.1 yrs
4Sweden34.3 yrs35.3 yrs
5Germany34.0 yrs33.5 yrs
6Luxembourg34.0 yrs34.2 yrs
7Jersey33.8 yrs35.0 yrs
8Latvia33.8 yrs32.1 yrs
9Hungary33.3 yrs32.2 yrs
10Belgium33.3 yrs33.8 yrs
11Estonia33.2 yrs31.9 yrs
12United Kingdom32.9 yrs34.2 yrs
13Ukraine32.8 yrs28.9 yrs
14Greece32.8 yrs28.4 yrs
15Austria32.7 yrs34.1 yrs
16Guernsey32.6 yrs35.1 yrs
17Bulgaria32.6 yrs30.6 yrs
18Italy32.5 yrs31.2 yrs
19Croatia32.0 yrs29.3 yrs
20Serbia32.0 yrs29.2 yrs
21Czechia31.8 yrs32.7 yrs
22Switzerland31.6 yrs30.5 yrs
23Denmark31.6 yrs31.9 yrs
24Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.6 yrs29.8 yrs
25Norway31.2 yrs33.2 yrs
26Romania30.7 yrs29.2 yrs
27France30.6 yrs31.8 yrs
28Russian Federation30.6 yrs27.0 yrs
29Lithuania30.5 yrs28.4 yrs
30San Marino30.3 yrs29.8 yrs
31Slovenia30.2 yrs28.9 yrs
32Belarus29.6 yrs26.8 yrs
33Finland29.4 yrs27.5 yrs
34Japan29.4 yrs26.3 yrs
35Uruguay29.1 yrs28.3 yrs
36Gibraltar29.0 yrs30.6 yrs
37Spain29.0 yrs29.1 yrs
38Portugal28.6 yrs27.7 yrs
39Netherlands28.1 yrs27.6 yrs
40Georgia27.5 yrs27.1 yrs
41United States of America27.3 yrs27.2 yrs
42Bermuda27.3 yrs24.8 yrs
43Slovakia27.2 yrs26.9 yrs
44Poland27.2 yrs26.3 yrs
45Liechtenstein27.0 yrs26.0 yrs
46Australia26.9 yrs27.5 yrs
47Malta26.4 yrs23.3 yrs
48Canada26.1 yrs24.6 yrs
49Argentina25.9 yrs25.7 yrs
50Faroe Islands25.9 yrs24.9 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy25.8 yrs23.9 yrs
52Ireland25.4 yrs27.9 yrs
53Republic of Moldova25.2 yrs24.4 yrs
54New Zealand25.1 yrs25.1 yrs
55Andorra24.6 yrs28.2 yrs
56Cyprus24.4 yrs22.7 yrs
57Iceland24.1 yrs23.3 yrs
58Saint Pierre and Miquelon23.9 yrs24.1 yrs
59United Arab Emirates23.7 yrs20.5 yrs
60Montenegro23.7 yrs22.3 yrs
61Israel23.0 yrs23.1 yrs
62North Macedonia22.9 yrs20.9 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina22.4 yrs20.9 yrs
64Kazakhstan22.1 yrs22.7 yrs
65Barbados22.1 yrs20.7 yrs
66Gabon21.8 yrs25.2 yrs
67Puerto Rico21.8 yrs18.7 yrs
68China, Hong Kong SAR21.8 yrs17.0 yrs
69Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba21.4 yrs20.3 yrs
70Cayman Islands21.4 yrs21.4 yrs
71Cuba21.2 yrs21.2 yrs
72Saint Helena21.0 yrs19.8 yrs
73United States Virgin Islands21.0 yrs18.9 yrs
74Armenia20.8 yrs21.7 yrs
75Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20.8 yrs18.1 yrs
76Montserrat20.7 yrs18.9 yrs
77Aruba20.6 yrs18.2 yrs
78British Virgin Islands20.5 yrs17.1 yrs
79French Guiana20.5 yrs21.3 yrs
80Singapore20.4 yrs16.8 yrs
81Chile20.4 yrs19.3 yrs
82Qatar19.8 yrs20.9 yrs
83Guam19.8 yrs18.2 yrs
84Bahamas19.8 yrs18.8 yrs
85Curaçao19.7 yrs18.4 yrs
86Greenland19.7 yrs16.9 yrs
87Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.6 yrs20.0 yrs
88Sri Lanka19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
89Nauru19.3 yrs22.5 yrs
90Timor-Leste19.3 yrs18.7 yrs
91Guadeloupe19.0 yrs17.0 yrs
92Equatorial Guinea19.0 yrs20.2 yrs
93Kyrgyzstan18.9 yrs21.2 yrs
94Trinidad and Tobago18.9 yrs17.2 yrs
95New Caledonia18.9 yrs19.9 yrs
96China, Taiwan Province of China18.9 yrs16.7 yrs
97Mauritius18.8 yrs16.4 yrs
98China18.8 yrs18.9 yrs
99Sierra Leone18.7 yrs19.9 yrs
100Tuvalu18.7 yrs20.2 yrs
101Nepal18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
102Myanmar18.6 yrs19.1 yrs
103Albania18.5 yrs18.2 yrs
104Guinea18.5 yrs19.3 yrs
105Republic of Korea18.5 yrs17.7 yrs
106India18.3 yrs18.6 yrs
107Haiti18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
108Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
109Egypt18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
110Antigua and Barbuda18.1 yrs18.7 yrs
111Bhutan18.1 yrs18.0 yrs
112Réunion18.1 yrs15.9 yrs
113Gambia18.0 yrs18.6 yrs
114Brazil18.0 yrs16.7 yrs
115Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)17.9 yrs18.7 yrs
116Türkiye17.9 yrs17.8 yrs
117Mali17.9 yrs18.8 yrs
118Martinique17.9 yrs17.0 yrs
119Indonesia17.8 yrs18.9 yrs
120Guinea-Bissau17.8 yrs20.6 yrs
121Lebanon17.8 yrs17.2 yrs
122South Africa17.8 yrs17.8 yrs
123Bahrain17.7 yrs17.2 yrs
124Lesotho17.7 yrs16.2 yrs
125Lao People's Democratic Republic17.6 yrs17.9 yrs
126Cameroon17.5 yrs19.0 yrs
127Costa Rica17.5 yrs15.6 yrs
128Seychelles17.5 yrs19.6 yrs
129Viet Nam17.5 yrs18.1 yrs
130Central African Republic17.5 yrs18.6 yrs
131Azerbaijan17.4 yrs17.5 yrs
132Nigeria17.4 yrs18.3 yrs
133Kuwait17.3 yrs19.7 yrs
134Brunei Darussalam17.3 yrs15.9 yrs
135Liberia17.3 yrs18.2 yrs
136Burkina Faso17.2 yrs18.6 yrs
137Malaysia17.2 yrs15.7 yrs
138Mozambique17.2 yrs18.6 yrs
139Thailand17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
140Eritrea17.0 yrs18.0 yrs
141Saint Kitts and Nevis17.0 yrs16.1 yrs
142Peru17.0 yrs16.8 yrs
143Iran (Islamic Republic of)16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
144Uzbekistan16.9 yrs18.5 yrs
145Democratic Republic of the Congo16.9 yrs17.4 yrs
146Chad16.9 yrs18.3 yrs
147Panama16.9 yrs16.5 yrs
148Fiji16.9 yrs15.5 yrs
149Ecuador16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
150Jamaica16.8 yrs17.7 yrs
151Pakistan16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
152Benin16.8 yrs18.9 yrs
153Senegal16.7 yrs16.7 yrs
154Tajikistan16.7 yrs18.4 yrs
155French Polynesia16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
156Anguilla16.6 yrs16.5 yrs
157Kiribati16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
158Somalia16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
159Tunisia16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
160Turkmenistan16.6 yrs17.9 yrs
161Namibia16.6 yrs17.4 yrs
162Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)16.6 yrs15.4 yrs
163Western Sahara16.6 yrs22.5 yrs
164Afghanistan16.5 yrs17.6 yrs
165Côte d'Ivoire16.5 yrs17.4 yrs
166Saudi Arabia16.5 yrs17.0 yrs
167Saint Martin (French part)16.5 yrs15.5 yrs
168Paraguay16.5 yrs15.8 yrs
169Malawi16.5 yrs17.3 yrs
170Iraq16.4 yrs18.5 yrs
171Grenada16.4 yrs15.2 yrs
172Colombia16.4 yrs15.2 yrs
173Turks and Caicos Islands16.4 yrs16.5 yrs
174Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.5 yrs
175Ethiopia16.3 yrs17.6 yrs
176Djibouti16.3 yrs16.8 yrs
177Mauritania16.3 yrs17.7 yrs
178South Sudan16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
179Congo16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
180Yemen16.1 yrs18.4 yrs
181Cambodia16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
182Papua New Guinea16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
183American Samoa16.1 yrs14.8 yrs
184Cabo Verde16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
185Togo16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
186Palau16.0 yrs13.9 yrs
187Maldives16.0 yrs19.5 yrs
188Northern Mariana Islands16.0 yrs13.6 yrs
189Angola15.9 yrs17.8 yrs
190Guyana15.9 yrs15.0 yrs
191Sao Tome and Principe15.9 yrs21.8 yrs
192Vanuatu15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
193Mongolia15.9 yrs20.0 yrs
194Guatemala15.8 yrs15.5 yrs
195Comoros15.8 yrs18.2 yrs
196Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.8 yrs14.9 yrs
197United Republic of Tanzania15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
198Burundi15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
199Dominica15.7 yrs16.0 yrs
200Morocco15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
201El Salvador15.6 yrs15.8 yrs
202Suriname15.6 yrs15.7 yrs
203Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
204Wallis and Futuna Islands15.5 yrs15.2 yrs
205Madagascar15.5 yrs15.6 yrs
206Algeria15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
207Dominican Republic15.4 yrs14.3 yrs
208Uganda15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
209Oman15.2 yrs17.5 yrs
210Solomon Islands15.2 yrs15.9 yrs
211Rwanda15.2 yrs13.7 yrs
212Eswatini15.1 yrs14.9 yrs
213Nicaragua15.1 yrs14.8 yrs
214Niger15.1 yrs14.5 yrs
215Belize15.1 yrs15.4 yrs
216Tokelau15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
217Niue15.0 yrs14.6 yrs
218Philippines15.0 yrs14.3 yrs
219Mexico15.0 yrs15.2 yrs
220Sudan14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
221Honduras14.9 yrs14.9 yrs
222Marshall Islands14.9 yrs15.2 yrs
223Micronesia (Fed. States of)14.9 yrs15.6 yrs
224Ghana14.8 yrs15.6 yrs
225Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
226Botswana14.8 yrs15.4 yrs
227Zambia14.6 yrs15.6 yrs
228Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs15.6 yrs
229Libya14.3 yrs16.1 yrs
230State of Palestine14.2 yrs14.8 yrs
231Samoa14.0 yrs13.5 yrs
232Saint Lucia14.0 yrs14.0 yrs
233Cook Islands13.9 yrs13.9 yrs
234Mayotte13.8 yrs14.3 yrs
235Jordan13.7 yrs14.9 yrs
236Kenya13.2 yrs14.1 yrs
237China, Macao SAR12.9 yrs14.2 yrs

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