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Median age by country, 1978

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

1978
#Country / areaMedian age1968
1Monaco43.0 yrs44.3 yrs
2Holy See38.6 yrs32.0 yrs
3Isle of Man38.0 yrs42.0 yrs
4Germany35.4 yrs33.1 yrs
5Sweden34.6 yrs34.8 yrs
6Latvia34.1 yrs32.9 yrs
7Luxembourg33.8 yrs34.3 yrs
8Jersey33.7 yrs34.2 yrs
9Austria33.5 yrs33.3 yrs
10Hungary33.2 yrs33.0 yrs
11United Kingdom33.1 yrs33.6 yrs
12Switzerland33.1 yrs30.6 yrs
13Ukraine33.0 yrs30.3 yrs
14Estonia33.0 yrs32.5 yrs
15Belgium33.0 yrs33.7 yrs
16Bulgaria32.9 yrs31.9 yrs
17Greece32.8 yrs30.3 yrs
18Italy32.7 yrs31.6 yrs
19Denmark32.6 yrs31.4 yrs
20Guernsey32.5 yrs34.5 yrs
21Serbia32.4 yrs30.5 yrs
22Croatia32.2 yrs30.6 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.0 yrs30.8 yrs
24Norway31.8 yrs32.5 yrs
25Czechia31.6 yrs32.8 yrs
26San Marino31.2 yrs29.9 yrs
27Finland30.9 yrs28.0 yrs
28France30.8 yrs31.7 yrs
29Lithuania30.7 yrs29.4 yrs
30Japan30.7 yrs27.5 yrs
31Romania30.6 yrs30.3 yrs
32Gibraltar30.1 yrs29.6 yrs
33Slovenia30.1 yrs29.5 yrs
34Belarus29.7 yrs28.4 yrs
35Russian Federation29.7 yrs28.8 yrs
36Netherlands29.6 yrs27.5 yrs
37Spain29.4 yrs29.4 yrs
38Uruguay29.1 yrs28.7 yrs
39Portugal29.0 yrs28.3 yrs
40United States of America28.6 yrs26.7 yrs
41Liechtenstein28.4 yrs25.9 yrs
42Bermuda28.3 yrs25.2 yrs
43Malta28.2 yrs24.0 yrs
44Poland28.0 yrs27.1 yrs
45Australia27.9 yrs26.8 yrs
46Georgia27.7 yrs27.8 yrs
47Slovakia27.5 yrs27.1 yrs
48Canada27.4 yrs24.6 yrs
49Faroe Islands26.8 yrs25.0 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy26.3 yrs24.4 yrs
51Republic of Moldova26.3 yrs25.4 yrs
52New Zealand26.2 yrs24.7 yrs
53Argentina26.0 yrs25.8 yrs
54Andorra25.9 yrs26.4 yrs
55Cyprus25.7 yrs23.2 yrs
56Ireland25.4 yrs26.7 yrs
57Iceland25.3 yrs23.1 yrs
58Saint Pierre and Miquelon25.3 yrs24.0 yrs
59Montenegro24.9 yrs22.6 yrs
60United Arab Emirates24.5 yrs22.5 yrs
61North Macedonia24.2 yrs21.1 yrs
62Cayman Islands24.0 yrs20.3 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina24.0 yrs20.9 yrs
64Israel23.7 yrs22.1 yrs
65Barbados23.5 yrs21.0 yrs
66China, Hong Kong SAR23.5 yrs15.0 yrs
67Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba23.2 yrs20.7 yrs
68Puerto Rico23.0 yrs19.8 yrs
69Aruba22.9 yrs19.0 yrs
70Singapore22.5 yrs17.9 yrs
71Cuba22.3 yrs20.8 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)22.3 yrs18.9 yrs
73Montserrat22.3 yrs19.5 yrs
74Kazakhstan22.1 yrs21.4 yrs
75Greenland22.0 yrs17.3 yrs
76Nauru21.8 yrs20.3 yrs
77Saint Helena21.7 yrs20.0 yrs
78British Virgin Islands21.7 yrs18.6 yrs
79French Guiana21.6 yrs20.8 yrs
80Armenia21.5 yrs19.8 yrs
81Chile21.4 yrs19.4 yrs
82Qatar21.3 yrs23.1 yrs
83Curaçao21.2 yrs18.6 yrs
84United States Virgin Islands21.1 yrs20.8 yrs
85Guam20.7 yrs18.9 yrs
86China, Taiwan Province of China20.7 yrs17.2 yrs
87Gabon20.5 yrs23.8 yrs
88Guadeloupe20.5 yrs17.4 yrs
89Bahamas20.5 yrs19.4 yrs
90Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.5 yrs20.5 yrs
91Mauritius20.2 yrs16.9 yrs
92China, Macao SAR20.2 yrs15.4 yrs
93China20.2 yrs18.1 yrs
94Sri Lanka20.1 yrs18.8 yrs
95Trinidad and Tobago20.1 yrs17.4 yrs
96Republic of Korea20.0 yrs17.6 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda19.9 yrs17.0 yrs
98Martinique19.9 yrs17.1 yrs
99Timor-Leste19.8 yrs19.3 yrs
100Bahrain19.7 yrs16.0 yrs
101Albania19.5 yrs17.9 yrs
102Tuvalu19.5 yrs16.6 yrs
103Western Sahara19.5 yrs22.5 yrs
104Réunion19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
105New Caledonia19.2 yrs19.5 yrs
106Kyrgyzstan19.1 yrs19.1 yrs
107Azerbaijan18.9 yrs16.3 yrs
108Myanmar18.9 yrs18.5 yrs
109Brazil18.8 yrs17.0 yrs
110India18.7 yrs18.1 yrs
111Costa Rica18.7 yrs16.0 yrs
112Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.7 yrs18.8 yrs
113Kuwait18.6 yrs18.2 yrs
114Nepal18.6 yrs18.7 yrs
115Anguilla18.5 yrs16.6 yrs
116Seychelles18.5 yrs17.9 yrs
117Saint Kitts and Nevis18.5 yrs15.1 yrs
118Türkiye18.5 yrs17.5 yrs
119Equatorial Guinea18.5 yrs19.6 yrs
120Brunei Darussalam18.4 yrs16.3 yrs
121Lebanon18.4 yrs16.8 yrs
122Egypt18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
123Sierra Leone18.3 yrs19.7 yrs
124Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.5 yrs
125Thailand18.2 yrs16.2 yrs
126Haiti18.2 yrs18.4 yrs
127Malaysia18.2 yrs15.9 yrs
128Indonesia18.1 yrs18.2 yrs
129Saint Martin (French part)18.1 yrs16.3 yrs
130Viet Nam18.1 yrs17.2 yrs
131South Africa18.1 yrs17.8 yrs
132Guinea18.0 yrs19.0 yrs
133Fiji17.9 yrs15.8 yrs
134Bhutan17.9 yrs18.3 yrs
135Lesotho17.9 yrs16.7 yrs
136Northern Mariana Islands17.9 yrs14.1 yrs
137Jamaica17.8 yrs16.7 yrs
138French Polynesia17.7 yrs16.0 yrs
139Grenada17.6 yrs15.2 yrs
140Uzbekistan17.5 yrs16.7 yrs
141Panama17.5 yrs16.4 yrs
142Gambia17.4 yrs18.7 yrs
143Colombia17.4 yrs15.4 yrs
144Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)17.4 yrs15.6 yrs
145Central African Republic17.4 yrs17.9 yrs
146Paraguay17.3 yrs15.9 yrs
147Mali17.3 yrs18.5 yrs
148Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs16.4 yrs
149Ecuador17.2 yrs16.6 yrs
150Turkmenistan17.2 yrs16.3 yrs
151Peru17.2 yrs16.8 yrs
152American Samoa17.2 yrs14.9 yrs
153Kiribati17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
154Palau17.1 yrs14.6 yrs
155Turks and Caicos Islands17.0 yrs15.8 yrs
156Tunisia17.0 yrs16.4 yrs
157Lao People's Democratic Republic17.0 yrs17.7 yrs
158Liberia17.0 yrs17.9 yrs
159Cameroon16.9 yrs18.5 yrs
160Saudi Arabia16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
161Tajikistan16.9 yrs16.7 yrs
162Dominica16.9 yrs14.9 yrs
163Nigeria16.9 yrs18.1 yrs
164Pakistan16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
165Mozambique16.8 yrs17.9 yrs
166Eritrea16.7 yrs17.9 yrs
167Guinea-Bissau16.7 yrs18.4 yrs
168Democratic Republic of the Congo16.7 yrs17.4 yrs
169Suriname16.7 yrs14.5 yrs
170Burkina Faso16.7 yrs18.3 yrs
171Guyana16.6 yrs15.1 yrs
172Somalia16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
173Papua New Guinea16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
174Tokelau16.4 yrs14.5 yrs
175Bangladesh16.4 yrs17.0 yrs
176Benin16.4 yrs18.0 yrs
177Angola16.3 yrs16.7 yrs
178Wallis and Futuna Islands16.3 yrs16.2 yrs
179Cambodia16.3 yrs16.7 yrs
180Dominican Republic16.3 yrs14.4 yrs
181Niue16.3 yrs14.5 yrs
182Malawi16.3 yrs17.2 yrs
183Mongolia16.3 yrs17.2 yrs
184Chad16.2 yrs17.7 yrs
185Vanuatu16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
186Morocco16.2 yrs15.5 yrs
187El Salvador16.1 yrs15.5 yrs
188Sao Tome and Principe16.1 yrs16.6 yrs
189Djibouti16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
190Senegal16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
191Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.1 yrs15.5 yrs
192South Sudan16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
193Afghanistan16.0 yrs17.3 yrs
194Guatemala16.0 yrs15.6 yrs
195Congo15.9 yrs16.7 yrs
196Tonga15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
197Namibia15.9 yrs17.1 yrs
198Burundi15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
199Mauritania15.9 yrs17.4 yrs
200Ethiopia15.8 yrs17.4 yrs
201Côte d'Ivoire15.8 yrs16.8 yrs
202Togo15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
203Philippines15.8 yrs14.5 yrs
204Belize15.8 yrs14.3 yrs
205Maldives15.8 yrs16.7 yrs
206United Republic of Tanzania15.6 yrs16.1 yrs
207Comoros15.5 yrs16.6 yrs
208Botswana15.5 yrs14.6 yrs
209Rwanda15.5 yrs14.3 yrs
210Madagascar15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
211Mexico15.4 yrs15.0 yrs
212Algeria15.3 yrs15.3 yrs
213Oman15.3 yrs16.6 yrs
214Cabo Verde15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
215Niger15.3 yrs14.7 yrs
216Yemen15.2 yrs17.9 yrs
217Iraq15.2 yrs17.4 yrs
218Ghana15.2 yrs15.0 yrs
219Saint Lucia15.2 yrs14.1 yrs
220Nicaragua15.2 yrs15.0 yrs
221Uganda15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
222Sudan15.1 yrs15.2 yrs
223Honduras15.1 yrs14.8 yrs
224Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
225Cook Islands14.9 yrs13.3 yrs
226Samoa14.9 yrs13.4 yrs
227Eswatini14.8 yrs15.1 yrs
228Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.7 yrs
229Libya14.8 yrs13.9 yrs
230Zimbabwe14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
231Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs15.0 yrs
232Zambia14.3 yrs15.3 yrs
233Marshall Islands14.3 yrs15.7 yrs
234State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.4 yrs
235Jordan13.9 yrs14.1 yrs
236Mayotte13.5 yrs14.4 yrs
237Kenya13.3 yrs13.5 yrs

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