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Median age by country, 1976

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

1976
#Country / areaMedian age1966
1Monaco43.6 yrs44.0 yrs
2Isle of Man38.7 yrs42.3 yrs
3Holy See37.2 yrs30.3 yrs
4Germany34.8 yrs33.3 yrs
5Sweden34.3 yrs35.0 yrs
6Latvia34.0 yrs32.6 yrs
7Luxembourg33.9 yrs34.2 yrs
8Jersey33.8 yrs34.6 yrs
9Estonia33.4 yrs32.3 yrs
10Ukraine33.2 yrs29.5 yrs
11Austria33.2 yrs33.8 yrs
12Hungary33.2 yrs32.7 yrs
13Belgium33.0 yrs33.8 yrs
14United Kingdom32.9 yrs33.9 yrs
15Bulgaria32.8 yrs31.4 yrs
16Greece32.7 yrs29.9 yrs
17Italy32.6 yrs31.4 yrs
18Switzerland32.4 yrs30.6 yrs
19Croatia32.2 yrs29.9 yrs
20Serbia32.2 yrs29.9 yrs
21Denmark32.0 yrs31.6 yrs
22Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.9 yrs30.4 yrs
23Guernsey31.8 yrs34.8 yrs
24Czechia31.6 yrs32.8 yrs
25Norway31.3 yrs33.0 yrs
26Romania30.8 yrs30.0 yrs
27San Marino30.6 yrs29.9 yrs
28Lithuania30.6 yrs28.9 yrs
29France30.5 yrs31.8 yrs
30Slovenia30.2 yrs29.2 yrs
31Finland30.0 yrs27.7 yrs
32Japan29.9 yrs26.9 yrs
33Gibraltar29.6 yrs30.0 yrs
34Russian Federation29.5 yrs27.9 yrs
35Belarus29.4 yrs27.6 yrs
36Uruguay29.1 yrs28.5 yrs
37Spain29.1 yrs29.3 yrs
38Netherlands28.8 yrs27.5 yrs
39Portugal28.8 yrs28.0 yrs
40Bermuda28.0 yrs25.0 yrs
41United States of America27.9 yrs26.9 yrs
42Poland27.6 yrs26.7 yrs
43Liechtenstein27.6 yrs25.8 yrs
44Georgia27.5 yrs27.6 yrs
45Australia27.4 yrs27.1 yrs
46Slovakia27.3 yrs26.9 yrs
47Malta27.3 yrs23.5 yrs
48Canada26.7 yrs24.4 yrs
49Faroe Islands26.3 yrs24.8 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy26.1 yrs24.0 yrs
51Argentina26.0 yrs25.8 yrs
52Republic of Moldova25.7 yrs25.0 yrs
53New Zealand25.5 yrs24.8 yrs
54Ireland25.4 yrs27.2 yrs
55Andorra25.1 yrs28.2 yrs
56Cyprus24.8 yrs22.9 yrs
57Iceland24.7 yrs23.0 yrs
58United Arab Emirates24.6 yrs21.6 yrs
59Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.6 yrs24.0 yrs
60Montenegro24.3 yrs22.6 yrs
61North Macedonia23.5 yrs20.9 yrs
62Israel23.3 yrs22.3 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina23.2 yrs20.8 yrs
64Barbados22.8 yrs20.7 yrs
65Cayman Islands22.6 yrs20.7 yrs
66China, Hong Kong SAR22.6 yrs20.0 yrs
67Puerto Rico22.4 yrs19.3 yrs
68Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba22.3 yrs20.6 yrs
69Kazakhstan22.3 yrs22.5 yrs
70Cuba21.7 yrs21.0 yrs
71Aruba21.6 yrs18.6 yrs
72Montserrat21.5 yrs19.3 yrs
73Singapore21.4 yrs17.2 yrs
74Sint Maarten (Dutch part)21.4 yrs18.4 yrs
75Armenia21.2 yrs20.3 yrs
76Saint Helena21.2 yrs19.8 yrs
77Gabon21.1 yrs24.6 yrs
78Greenland21.0 yrs16.6 yrs
79British Virgin Islands21.0 yrs17.7 yrs
80Chile20.9 yrs19.3 yrs
81French Guiana20.9 yrs20.7 yrs
82United States Virgin Islands20.9 yrs19.6 yrs
83Curaçao20.4 yrs18.5 yrs
84Qatar20.3 yrs22.1 yrs
85Nauru20.2 yrs22.1 yrs
86Guam20.1 yrs18.3 yrs
87Bahamas20.0 yrs19.1 yrs
88Dem. People's Republic of Korea19.9 yrs20.4 yrs
89Sri Lanka19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
90China, Taiwan Province of China19.8 yrs16.9 yrs
91Guadeloupe19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
92Mauritius19.6 yrs16.5 yrs
93Trinidad and Tobago19.5 yrs17.2 yrs
94Timor-Leste19.5 yrs19.0 yrs
95China19.4 yrs18.2 yrs
96Republic of Korea19.2 yrs17.5 yrs
97Albania19.0 yrs18.0 yrs
98Antigua and Barbuda19.0 yrs17.9 yrs
99Kyrgyzstan18.9 yrs19.4 yrs
100Tuvalu18.9 yrs17.0 yrs
101New Caledonia18.9 yrs19.7 yrs
102Martinique18.8 yrs17.0 yrs
103Myanmar18.8 yrs18.8 yrs
104Equatorial Guinea18.8 yrs19.9 yrs
105Nepal18.7 yrs18.6 yrs
106Réunion18.7 yrs16.0 yrs
107Bahrain18.6 yrs16.6 yrs
108India18.5 yrs18.3 yrs
109Sierra Leone18.5 yrs19.9 yrs
110Brazil18.4 yrs16.7 yrs
111Egypt18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
112Guinea18.3 yrs19.1 yrs
113Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.3 yrs18.9 yrs
114Haiti18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
115Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
116Türkiye18.2 yrs17.7 yrs
117Costa Rica18.1 yrs15.7 yrs
118Lebanon18.1 yrs16.8 yrs
119Azerbaijan18.0 yrs16.4 yrs
120Bhutan18.0 yrs18.2 yrs
121Indonesia17.9 yrs18.6 yrs
122Seychelles17.9 yrs18.7 yrs
123Lesotho17.9 yrs16.4 yrs
124South Africa17.9 yrs17.8 yrs
125Saint Kitts and Nevis17.8 yrs15.7 yrs
126Brunei Darussalam17.8 yrs15.9 yrs
127Gambia17.7 yrs18.7 yrs
128Viet Nam17.7 yrs17.3 yrs
129Mali17.7 yrs18.7 yrs
130Malaysia17.7 yrs15.7 yrs
131Kuwait17.6 yrs19.0 yrs
132Thailand17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
133Anguilla17.5 yrs16.6 yrs
134Guinea-Bissau17.4 yrs18.9 yrs
135Fiji17.4 yrs15.7 yrs
136Lao People's Democratic Republic17.4 yrs17.8 yrs
137Central African Republic17.4 yrs18.2 yrs
138Cameroon17.2 yrs18.8 yrs
139Saint Martin (French part)17.2 yrs15.8 yrs
140Jamaica17.2 yrs17.2 yrs
141Nigeria17.2 yrs18.3 yrs
142French Polynesia17.2 yrs16.2 yrs
143Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
144Uzbekistan17.1 yrs17.1 yrs
145Panama17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
146Peru17.1 yrs16.7 yrs
147Liberia17.1 yrs18.1 yrs
148Ecuador17.0 yrs16.5 yrs
149Grenada17.0 yrs15.4 yrs
150Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)17.0 yrs15.4 yrs
151Mozambique17.0 yrs18.3 yrs
152Colombia16.9 yrs15.3 yrs
153Turkmenistan16.9 yrs16.6 yrs
154Paraguay16.9 yrs15.8 yrs
155Burkina Faso16.9 yrs18.6 yrs
156Northern Mariana Islands16.9 yrs13.7 yrs
157Eritrea16.8 yrs18.0 yrs
158Kiribati16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
159Tajikistan16.8 yrs17.1 yrs
160Tunisia16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
161Pakistan16.8 yrs17.7 yrs
162Democratic Republic of the Congo16.7 yrs17.5 yrs
163Saudi Arabia16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
164Turks and Caicos Islands16.7 yrs16.3 yrs
165China, Macao SAR16.7 yrs13.6 yrs
166Somalia16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
167Chad16.6 yrs18.0 yrs
168Palau16.6 yrs13.9 yrs
169Benin16.6 yrs18.4 yrs
170American Samoa16.6 yrs14.9 yrs
171Senegal16.5 yrs16.8 yrs
172Western Sahara16.5 yrs22.3 yrs
173Namibia16.4 yrs17.2 yrs
174Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.4 yrs
175Afghanistan16.3 yrs17.5 yrs
176Côte d'Ivoire16.3 yrs17.2 yrs
177Dominica16.3 yrs15.5 yrs
178Malawi16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
179Wallis and Futuna Islands16.2 yrs16.1 yrs
180Guyana16.2 yrs15.0 yrs
181Suriname16.2 yrs15.0 yrs
182Papua New Guinea16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
183South Sudan16.2 yrs17.3 yrs
184Angola16.1 yrs17.4 yrs
185Cambodia16.1 yrs16.7 yrs
186Djibouti16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
187Mauritania16.1 yrs17.6 yrs
188Ethiopia16.0 yrs17.5 yrs
189Congo16.0 yrs16.9 yrs
190Sao Tome and Principe16.0 yrs18.4 yrs
191Vanuatu16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
192Mongolia16.0 yrs18.6 yrs
193Guatemala15.9 yrs15.6 yrs
194Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15.9 yrs15.3 yrs
195Togo15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
196Dominican Republic15.9 yrs14.3 yrs
197Burundi15.9 yrs16.1 yrs
198Maldives15.9 yrs17.9 yrs
199Morocco15.9 yrs15.6 yrs
200El Salvador15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
201United Republic of Tanzania15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
202Yemen15.7 yrs18.2 yrs
203Cabo Verde15.7 yrs15.9 yrs
204Iraq15.6 yrs17.9 yrs
205Comoros15.6 yrs17.6 yrs
206Tonga15.6 yrs15.9 yrs
207Niue15.6 yrs14.7 yrs
208Madagascar15.5 yrs15.4 yrs
209Tokelau15.4 yrs14.4 yrs
210Philippines15.4 yrs14.4 yrs
211Belize15.4 yrs14.8 yrs
212Rwanda15.4 yrs13.9 yrs
213Algeria15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
214Oman15.2 yrs17.3 yrs
215Nicaragua15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
216Niger15.2 yrs14.6 yrs
217Mexico15.2 yrs15.1 yrs
218Uganda15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
219Botswana15.1 yrs15.0 yrs
220Honduras15.1 yrs14.9 yrs
221Sudan15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
222Eswatini14.9 yrs14.9 yrs
223Ghana14.9 yrs15.3 yrs
224Micronesia (Fed. States of)14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
225Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
226Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.9 yrs
227Marshall Islands14.7 yrs15.2 yrs
228Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs15.3 yrs
229Libya14.6 yrs14.8 yrs
230Samoa14.5 yrs13.5 yrs
231Zambia14.4 yrs15.4 yrs
232Saint Lucia14.3 yrs13.9 yrs
233Cook Islands14.1 yrs13.3 yrs
234State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.6 yrs
235Jordan13.8 yrs14.4 yrs
236Mayotte13.6 yrs14.4 yrs
237Kenya13.2 yrs13.7 yrs

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