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Median age by country, 1977

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

1977
#Country / areaMedian age1967
1Monaco43.3 yrs44.2 yrs
2Isle of Man38.3 yrs42.2 yrs
3Holy See37.9 yrs31.1 yrs
4Germany35.2 yrs33.2 yrs
5Sweden34.4 yrs34.9 yrs
6Latvia34.1 yrs32.8 yrs
7Luxembourg33.8 yrs34.3 yrs
8Jersey33.7 yrs34.4 yrs
9Austria33.4 yrs33.6 yrs
10Estonia33.3 yrs32.4 yrs
11Ukraine33.2 yrs29.9 yrs
12Hungary33.2 yrs32.9 yrs
13United Kingdom33.0 yrs33.8 yrs
14Belgium33.0 yrs33.7 yrs
15Switzerland32.8 yrs30.6 yrs
16Bulgaria32.8 yrs31.7 yrs
17Greece32.7 yrs30.1 yrs
18Italy32.6 yrs31.5 yrs
19Serbia32.3 yrs30.2 yrs
20Denmark32.3 yrs31.4 yrs
21Croatia32.2 yrs30.3 yrs
22Guernsey32.1 yrs34.7 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.9 yrs30.7 yrs
24Czechia31.6 yrs32.9 yrs
25Norway31.5 yrs32.8 yrs
26San Marino30.9 yrs29.9 yrs
27Lithuania30.7 yrs29.2 yrs
28Romania30.7 yrs30.3 yrs
29France30.6 yrs31.7 yrs
30Finland30.4 yrs27.8 yrs
31Japan30.2 yrs27.2 yrs
32Slovenia30.1 yrs29.4 yrs
33Gibraltar29.9 yrs29.8 yrs
34Belarus29.5 yrs28.0 yrs
35Russian Federation29.5 yrs28.3 yrs
36Netherlands29.2 yrs27.5 yrs
37Spain29.2 yrs29.4 yrs
38Uruguay29.1 yrs28.6 yrs
39Portugal28.8 yrs28.1 yrs
40United States of America28.3 yrs26.8 yrs
41Bermuda28.1 yrs25.1 yrs
42Liechtenstein28.0 yrs25.8 yrs
43Poland27.8 yrs26.9 yrs
44Malta27.8 yrs23.7 yrs
45Australia27.6 yrs26.9 yrs
46Georgia27.6 yrs27.8 yrs
47Slovakia27.4 yrs27.0 yrs
48Canada27.1 yrs24.5 yrs
49Faroe Islands26.5 yrs24.8 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy26.1 yrs24.2 yrs
51Argentina26.0 yrs25.8 yrs
52Republic of Moldova26.0 yrs25.2 yrs
53New Zealand25.8 yrs24.8 yrs
54Ireland25.4 yrs26.9 yrs
55Andorra25.4 yrs27.4 yrs
56Cyprus25.3 yrs23.0 yrs
57Iceland25.0 yrs23.0 yrs
58Saint Pierre and Miquelon24.9 yrs24.0 yrs
59Montenegro24.6 yrs22.6 yrs
60United Arab Emirates24.4 yrs22.4 yrs
61North Macedonia23.8 yrs21.0 yrs
62Bosnia and Herzegovina23.6 yrs20.8 yrs
63Israel23.5 yrs22.1 yrs
64Cayman Islands23.2 yrs20.5 yrs
65Barbados23.1 yrs20.8 yrs
66China, Hong Kong SAR23.1 yrs17.1 yrs
67Puerto Rico22.8 yrs19.6 yrs
68Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba22.7 yrs20.6 yrs
69Aruba22.2 yrs18.8 yrs
70Kazakhstan22.1 yrs21.9 yrs
71Cuba22.0 yrs20.9 yrs
72Singapore22.0 yrs17.5 yrs
73Montserrat21.9 yrs19.4 yrs
74Sint Maarten (Dutch part)21.8 yrs18.6 yrs
75Greenland21.5 yrs17.0 yrs
76Saint Helena21.4 yrs19.8 yrs
77British Virgin Islands21.4 yrs18.1 yrs
78Armenia21.3 yrs19.9 yrs
79French Guiana21.3 yrs20.7 yrs
80Chile21.2 yrs19.4 yrs
81United States Virgin Islands21.0 yrs20.1 yrs
82Nauru20.9 yrs22.1 yrs
83Qatar20.8 yrs22.6 yrs
84Gabon20.8 yrs24.2 yrs
85Curaçao20.8 yrs18.6 yrs
86Guam20.4 yrs18.6 yrs
87Bahamas20.2 yrs19.2 yrs
88China, Taiwan Province of China20.2 yrs17.1 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.2 yrs20.4 yrs
90Guadeloupe20.0 yrs17.3 yrs
91Sri Lanka20.0 yrs18.7 yrs
92Mauritius19.9 yrs16.7 yrs
93Trinidad and Tobago19.8 yrs17.3 yrs
94China19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
95Timor-Leste19.7 yrs19.2 yrs
96Republic of Korea19.6 yrs17.5 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda19.4 yrs17.4 yrs
98Martinique19.4 yrs17.0 yrs
99Albania19.2 yrs17.9 yrs
100Bahrain19.2 yrs16.2 yrs
101Tuvalu19.1 yrs16.7 yrs
102Kyrgyzstan19.0 yrs19.2 yrs
103New Caledonia19.0 yrs19.6 yrs
104Réunion19.0 yrs16.2 yrs
105Myanmar18.8 yrs18.6 yrs
106India18.6 yrs18.2 yrs
107Nepal18.6 yrs18.6 yrs
108Brazil18.6 yrs16.8 yrs
109Equatorial Guinea18.6 yrs19.8 yrs
110China, Macao SAR18.5 yrs14.5 yrs
111Azerbaijan18.4 yrs16.3 yrs
112Costa Rica18.4 yrs15.8 yrs
113Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.4 yrs19.0 yrs
114Sierra Leone18.4 yrs19.8 yrs
115Egypt18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
116Türkiye18.3 yrs17.6 yrs
117Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
118Seychelles18.2 yrs18.3 yrs
119Haiti18.2 yrs18.4 yrs
120Lebanon18.2 yrs16.7 yrs
121Guinea18.1 yrs19.1 yrs
122Kuwait18.1 yrs18.6 yrs
123Saint Kitts and Nevis18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
124Anguilla18.0 yrs16.6 yrs
125Indonesia18.0 yrs18.4 yrs
126Bhutan18.0 yrs18.2 yrs
127Brunei Darussalam18.0 yrs16.0 yrs
128Malaysia18.0 yrs15.8 yrs
129South Africa18.0 yrs17.8 yrs
130Thailand17.9 yrs16.1 yrs
131Viet Nam17.9 yrs17.2 yrs
132Lesotho17.9 yrs16.6 yrs
133Fiji17.7 yrs15.7 yrs
134Western Sahara17.7 yrs22.3 yrs
135Gambia17.6 yrs18.8 yrs
136Saint Martin (French part)17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
137Jamaica17.5 yrs16.9 yrs
138Mali17.5 yrs18.6 yrs
139French Polynesia17.5 yrs16.1 yrs
140Central African Republic17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
141Northern Mariana Islands17.4 yrs13.9 yrs
142Uzbekistan17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
143Grenada17.3 yrs15.3 yrs
144Panama17.3 yrs16.4 yrs
145Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs16.4 yrs
146Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)17.2 yrs15.5 yrs
147Lao People's Democratic Republic17.2 yrs17.8 yrs
148Ecuador17.1 yrs16.6 yrs
149Cameroon17.1 yrs18.7 yrs
150Guinea-Bissau17.1 yrs18.5 yrs
151Colombia17.1 yrs15.3 yrs
152Turkmenistan17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
153Nigeria17.1 yrs18.2 yrs
154Paraguay17.1 yrs15.8 yrs
155Peru17.1 yrs16.7 yrs
156Liberia17.1 yrs18.0 yrs
157Kiribati17.0 yrs16.6 yrs
158Turks and Caicos Islands16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
159Tajikistan16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
160Tunisia16.9 yrs16.5 yrs
161Palau16.9 yrs14.2 yrs
162Mozambique16.9 yrs18.1 yrs
163American Samoa16.9 yrs14.9 yrs
164Eritrea16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
165Saudi Arabia16.8 yrs16.4 yrs
166Pakistan16.8 yrs17.6 yrs
167Burkina Faso16.8 yrs18.4 yrs
168Democratic Republic of the Congo16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
169Somalia16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
170Dominica16.6 yrs15.2 yrs
171Guyana16.4 yrs15.0 yrs
172Suriname16.4 yrs14.7 yrs
173Chad16.4 yrs17.8 yrs
174Papua New Guinea16.4 yrs16.6 yrs
175Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.2 yrs
176Benin16.4 yrs18.2 yrs
177Wallis and Futuna Islands16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
178Senegal16.3 yrs16.8 yrs
179Malawi16.3 yrs17.3 yrs
180Angola16.2 yrs17.0 yrs
181Cambodia16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
182Namibia16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
183South Sudan16.2 yrs17.1 yrs
184Afghanistan16.1 yrs17.4 yrs
185Sao Tome and Principe16.1 yrs17.4 yrs
186Djibouti16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
187Dominican Republic16.1 yrs14.3 yrs
188Vanuatu16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
189Mongolia16.1 yrs17.9 yrs
190El Salvador16.0 yrs15.6 yrs
191Côte d'Ivoire16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
192Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.0 yrs15.4 yrs
193Mauritania16.0 yrs17.6 yrs
194Morocco16.0 yrs15.5 yrs
195Ethiopia15.9 yrs17.5 yrs
196Guatemala15.9 yrs15.6 yrs
197Congo15.9 yrs16.8 yrs
198Niue15.9 yrs14.7 yrs
199Burundi15.9 yrs16.1 yrs
200Maldives15.9 yrs17.1 yrs
201Togo15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
202Tokelau15.8 yrs14.3 yrs
203United Republic of Tanzania15.7 yrs16.1 yrs
204Tonga15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
205Philippines15.6 yrs14.4 yrs
206Belize15.6 yrs14.5 yrs
207Cabo Verde15.5 yrs15.8 yrs
208Comoros15.5 yrs17.1 yrs
209Madagascar15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
210Rwanda15.5 yrs14.1 yrs
211Yemen15.4 yrs18.1 yrs
212Iraq15.3 yrs17.6 yrs
213Botswana15.3 yrs14.8 yrs
214Mexico15.3 yrs15.1 yrs
215Algeria15.2 yrs15.3 yrs
216Oman15.2 yrs16.9 yrs
217Nicaragua15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
218Niger15.2 yrs14.6 yrs
219Uganda15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
220Honduras15.1 yrs14.8 yrs
221Ghana15.0 yrs15.1 yrs
222Sudan15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
223Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.4 yrs
224Eswatini14.8 yrs15.0 yrs
225Zimbabwe14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
226Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.8 yrs
227Samoa14.7 yrs13.4 yrs
228Saint Lucia14.7 yrs14.0 yrs
229Libya14.7 yrs14.3 yrs
230Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs15.1 yrs
231Marshall Islands14.5 yrs15.4 yrs
232Cook Islands14.4 yrs13.3 yrs
233Zambia14.3 yrs15.3 yrs
234State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.5 yrs
235Jordan13.8 yrs14.3 yrs
236Mayotte13.5 yrs14.4 yrs
237Kenya13.2 yrs13.6 yrs

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