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Median age by country, 1975

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

1975
#Country / areaMedian age1965
1Monaco44.0 yrs43.8 yrs
2Isle of Man39.0 yrs42.4 yrs
3Holy See36.5 yrs29.7 yrs
4Germany34.4 yrs33.5 yrs
5Sweden34.3 yrs35.2 yrs
6Luxembourg34.0 yrs34.2 yrs
7Latvia33.9 yrs32.3 yrs
8Jersey33.8 yrs34.8 yrs
9Estonia33.4 yrs32.1 yrs
10Hungary33.3 yrs32.5 yrs
11Belgium33.2 yrs33.8 yrs
12Ukraine33.0 yrs29.1 yrs
13Austria33.0 yrs34.0 yrs
14United Kingdom32.9 yrs34.1 yrs
15Greece32.8 yrs29.9 yrs
16Bulgaria32.7 yrs31.0 yrs
17Italy32.5 yrs31.3 yrs
18Guernsey32.1 yrs35.0 yrs
19Croatia32.1 yrs29.6 yrs
20Serbia32.1 yrs29.5 yrs
21Switzerland32.0 yrs30.5 yrs
22Denmark31.8 yrs31.8 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.8 yrs30.1 yrs
24Czechia31.6 yrs32.8 yrs
25Norway31.2 yrs33.1 yrs
26Romania30.7 yrs29.6 yrs
27Lithuania30.6 yrs28.6 yrs
28France30.5 yrs31.8 yrs
29San Marino30.4 yrs29.9 yrs
30Slovenia30.3 yrs29.1 yrs
31Russian Federation29.9 yrs27.4 yrs
32Japan29.7 yrs26.6 yrs
33Finland29.6 yrs27.6 yrs
34Belarus29.5 yrs27.2 yrs
35Gibraltar29.3 yrs30.3 yrs
36Uruguay29.1 yrs28.4 yrs
37Spain29.0 yrs29.2 yrs
38Portugal28.7 yrs27.9 yrs
39Netherlands28.4 yrs27.5 yrs
40Bermuda27.7 yrs24.9 yrs
41United States of America27.6 yrs27.0 yrs
42Georgia27.4 yrs27.4 yrs
43Poland27.4 yrs26.5 yrs
44Liechtenstein27.3 yrs25.9 yrs
45Slovakia27.2 yrs26.9 yrs
46Australia27.1 yrs27.3 yrs
47Malta26.9 yrs23.4 yrs
48Canada26.4 yrs24.5 yrs
49Faroe Islands26.1 yrs24.8 yrs
50Argentina26.0 yrs25.7 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy26.0 yrs23.9 yrs
52Ireland25.4 yrs27.6 yrs
53Republic of Moldova25.4 yrs24.7 yrs
54New Zealand25.3 yrs24.9 yrs
55Andorra24.8 yrs28.3 yrs
56Cyprus24.5 yrs22.8 yrs
57Iceland24.4 yrs23.1 yrs
58United Arab Emirates24.4 yrs21.0 yrs
59Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.2 yrs24.1 yrs
60Montenegro24.0 yrs22.4 yrs
61North Macedonia23.2 yrs20.9 yrs
62Israel23.1 yrs22.6 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina22.8 yrs20.9 yrs
64Barbados22.4 yrs20.7 yrs
65Kazakhstan22.3 yrs22.7 yrs
66China, Hong Kong SAR22.2 yrs20.0 yrs
67Puerto Rico22.1 yrs19.0 yrs
68Cayman Islands22.0 yrs21.0 yrs
69Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba21.8 yrs20.5 yrs
70Gabon21.5 yrs24.9 yrs
71Cuba21.4 yrs21.1 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)21.1 yrs18.2 yrs
73Saint Helena21.1 yrs19.8 yrs
74Montserrat21.1 yrs19.1 yrs
75Aruba21.0 yrs18.4 yrs
76Armenia21.0 yrs21.1 yrs
77Singapore20.9 yrs16.9 yrs
78United States Virgin Islands20.9 yrs19.2 yrs
79British Virgin Islands20.8 yrs17.3 yrs
80Chile20.7 yrs19.3 yrs
81French Guiana20.6 yrs20.9 yrs
82Greenland20.3 yrs16.6 yrs
83Qatar20.0 yrs21.6 yrs
84Curaçao20.0 yrs18.4 yrs
85Guam19.9 yrs18.1 yrs
86Bahamas19.9 yrs18.9 yrs
87Nauru19.8 yrs22.3 yrs
88Sri Lanka19.7 yrs18.5 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.7 yrs20.2 yrs
90Timor-Leste19.4 yrs18.9 yrs
91Guadeloupe19.3 yrs17.1 yrs
92China, Taiwan Province of China19.3 yrs16.7 yrs
93Trinidad and Tobago19.2 yrs17.2 yrs
94Mauritius19.2 yrs16.4 yrs
95China19.1 yrs18.5 yrs
96Kyrgyzstan18.9 yrs20.1 yrs
97New Caledonia18.9 yrs19.8 yrs
98Republic of Korea18.9 yrs17.5 yrs
99Equatorial Guinea18.9 yrs20.1 yrs
100Tuvalu18.8 yrs17.8 yrs
101Albania18.7 yrs18.1 yrs
102Nepal18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
103Myanmar18.7 yrs18.9 yrs
104Sierra Leone18.6 yrs19.9 yrs
105Antigua and Barbuda18.5 yrs18.3 yrs
106India18.4 yrs18.4 yrs
107Guinea18.4 yrs19.2 yrs
108Réunion18.4 yrs15.9 yrs
109Egypt18.3 yrs17.9 yrs
110Haiti18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
111Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
112Martinique18.3 yrs17.0 yrs
113Brazil18.2 yrs16.7 yrs
114Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.1 yrs18.8 yrs
115Türkiye18.1 yrs17.8 yrs
116Bahrain18.1 yrs16.9 yrs
117Bhutan18.1 yrs18.1 yrs
118Lebanon18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
119Gambia17.9 yrs18.7 yrs
120South Africa17.9 yrs17.8 yrs
121Indonesia17.8 yrs18.8 yrs
122Costa Rica17.8 yrs15.6 yrs
123Mali17.8 yrs18.8 yrs
124Lesotho17.8 yrs16.2 yrs
125Azerbaijan17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
126Guinea-Bissau17.7 yrs19.7 yrs
127Seychelles17.7 yrs19.2 yrs
128Viet Nam17.6 yrs17.7 yrs
129Brunei Darussalam17.5 yrs15.9 yrs
130Malaysia17.5 yrs15.6 yrs
131Lao People's Democratic Republic17.5 yrs17.9 yrs
132Cameroon17.4 yrs18.9 yrs
133Kuwait17.4 yrs19.4 yrs
134Saint Kitts and Nevis17.4 yrs15.9 yrs
135Central African Republic17.4 yrs18.4 yrs
136Thailand17.3 yrs16.2 yrs
137Nigeria17.3 yrs18.3 yrs
138Fiji17.2 yrs15.6 yrs
139Liberia17.2 yrs18.2 yrs
140Burkina Faso17.1 yrs18.6 yrs
141Mozambique17.1 yrs18.4 yrs
142Anguilla17.0 yrs16.5 yrs
143Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.0 yrs16.6 yrs
144Uzbekistan17.0 yrs17.7 yrs
145Jamaica17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
146Panama17.0 yrs16.4 yrs
147Peru17.0 yrs16.7 yrs
148Ecuador16.9 yrs16.6 yrs
149Eritrea16.9 yrs18.0 yrs
150French Polynesia16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
151Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
152Saint Martin (French part)16.8 yrs15.6 yrs
153Chad16.8 yrs18.2 yrs
154Pakistan16.8 yrs17.8 yrs
155Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)16.8 yrs15.4 yrs
156Kiribati16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
157Grenada16.7 yrs15.4 yrs
158Colombia16.7 yrs15.2 yrs
159Tajikistan16.7 yrs17.6 yrs
160Tunisia16.7 yrs16.9 yrs
161Turkmenistan16.7 yrs17.1 yrs
162Paraguay16.7 yrs15.8 yrs
163Benin16.7 yrs18.6 yrs
164Saudi Arabia16.6 yrs16.8 yrs
165Senegal16.6 yrs16.8 yrs
166Somalia16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
167Turks and Caicos Islands16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
168Western Sahara16.6 yrs22.4 yrs
169Namibia16.5 yrs17.3 yrs
170Northern Mariana Islands16.5 yrs13.6 yrs
171Afghanistan16.4 yrs17.5 yrs
172Côte d'Ivoire16.4 yrs17.3 yrs
173Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.5 yrs
174Malawi16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
175American Samoa16.4 yrs14.9 yrs
176Palau16.3 yrs13.9 yrs
177South Sudan16.3 yrs17.3 yrs
178Ethiopia16.2 yrs17.5 yrs
179Djibouti16.2 yrs16.8 yrs
180Mauritania16.2 yrs17.7 yrs
181Guyana16.1 yrs15.0 yrs
182Cambodia16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
183Congo16.1 yrs17.0 yrs
184Papua New Guinea16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
185Angola16.0 yrs17.6 yrs
186Sao Tome and Principe16.0 yrs20.1 yrs
187Togo16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
188Dominica16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
189Vanuatu16.0 yrs16.1 yrs
190Yemen15.9 yrs18.3 yrs
191Iraq15.9 yrs18.2 yrs
192Cabo Verde15.9 yrs16.0 yrs
193Suriname15.9 yrs15.3 yrs
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.9 yrs15.1 yrs
195Burundi15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
196Maldives15.9 yrs18.9 yrs
197Mongolia15.9 yrs19.3 yrs
198Wallis and Futuna Islands15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
199Guatemala15.8 yrs15.5 yrs
200United Republic of Tanzania15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
201Morocco15.8 yrs15.6 yrs
202El Salvador15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
203Comoros15.7 yrs18.0 yrs
204Dominican Republic15.7 yrs14.3 yrs
205Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
206Madagascar15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
207Algeria15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
208Niue15.3 yrs14.6 yrs
209Belize15.3 yrs15.1 yrs
210Rwanda15.3 yrs13.8 yrs
211Tokelau15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
212Philippines15.2 yrs14.3 yrs
213Uganda15.1 yrs15.4 yrs
214Oman15.1 yrs17.5 yrs
215Nicaragua15.1 yrs14.8 yrs
216Niger15.1 yrs14.6 yrs
217Mexico15.1 yrs15.1 yrs
218Eswatini15.0 yrs14.9 yrs
219Solomon Islands15.0 yrs15.9 yrs
220Honduras15.0 yrs14.9 yrs
221Sudan14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
222Botswana14.9 yrs15.2 yrs
223Micronesia (Fed. States of)14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
224Ghana14.8 yrs15.4 yrs
225Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.5 yrs
226Marshall Islands14.8 yrs15.2 yrs
227China, Macao SAR14.8 yrs12.6 yrs
228Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs15.5 yrs
229Zambia14.5 yrs15.5 yrs
230Libya14.4 yrs15.5 yrs
231Samoa14.2 yrs13.5 yrs
232Saint Lucia14.2 yrs13.8 yrs
233State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.7 yrs
234Cook Islands14.0 yrs13.6 yrs
235Mayotte13.7 yrs14.4 yrs
236Jordan13.7 yrs14.6 yrs
237Kenya13.2 yrs13.9 yrs

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