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Median age by country, 1979

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

1979
#Country / areaMedian age1969
1Monaco43.0 yrs44.0 yrs
2Holy See39.4 yrs32.7 yrs
3Isle of Man37.7 yrs41.7 yrs
4Germany35.6 yrs33.1 yrs
5Sweden34.8 yrs34.6 yrs
6Latvia34.1 yrs33.0 yrs
7Luxembourg33.8 yrs34.3 yrs
8Jersey33.7 yrs34.0 yrs
9Austria33.6 yrs33.0 yrs
10Switzerland33.5 yrs30.7 yrs
11Hungary33.3 yrs33.1 yrs
12United Kingdom33.2 yrs33.4 yrs
13Guernsey33.0 yrs34.3 yrs
14Denmark33.0 yrs31.4 yrs
15Bulgaria33.0 yrs32.1 yrs
16Belgium33.0 yrs33.6 yrs
17Italy32.9 yrs31.8 yrs
18Greece32.9 yrs30.6 yrs
19Estonia32.8 yrs32.6 yrs
20Ukraine32.7 yrs30.8 yrs
21Serbia32.4 yrs30.8 yrs
22Croatia32.2 yrs30.9 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.2 yrs30.9 yrs
24Norway32.1 yrs32.1 yrs
25Czechia31.8 yrs32.7 yrs
26San Marino31.5 yrs29.9 yrs
27Finland31.3 yrs28.3 yrs
28Japan31.2 yrs27.9 yrs
29France31.1 yrs31.6 yrs
30Lithuania30.7 yrs29.6 yrs
31Romania30.5 yrs30.4 yrs
32Gibraltar30.4 yrs29.5 yrs
33Slovenia30.2 yrs29.6 yrs
34Netherlands30.0 yrs27.5 yrs
35Belarus29.9 yrs28.8 yrs
36Russian Federation29.9 yrs29.3 yrs
37Spain29.6 yrs29.3 yrs
38Portugal29.3 yrs28.4 yrs
39Uruguay29.1 yrs28.8 yrs
40United States of America28.9 yrs26.7 yrs
41Liechtenstein28.8 yrs26.0 yrs
42Malta28.6 yrs24.4 yrs
43Bermuda28.5 yrs25.4 yrs
44Poland28.3 yrs27.2 yrs
45Australia28.1 yrs26.6 yrs
46Georgia27.9 yrs27.8 yrs
47Canada27.8 yrs24.8 yrs
48Slovakia27.7 yrs27.2 yrs
49Faroe Islands27.1 yrs25.1 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy26.6 yrs24.6 yrs
51Andorra26.5 yrs25.7 yrs
52New Zealand26.5 yrs24.6 yrs
53Republic of Moldova26.5 yrs25.6 yrs
54Cyprus26.1 yrs23.4 yrs
55Argentina26.0 yrs25.8 yrs
56Saint Pierre and Miquelon25.7 yrs24.0 yrs
57Iceland25.6 yrs23.3 yrs
58Ireland25.4 yrs26.4 yrs
59Montenegro25.2 yrs22.6 yrs
60United Arab Emirates24.8 yrs22.1 yrs
61Cayman Islands24.7 yrs20.1 yrs
62North Macedonia24.5 yrs21.4 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina24.4 yrs21.0 yrs
64China, Hong Kong SAR24.0 yrs17.3 yrs
65Barbados23.9 yrs21.1 yrs
66Israel23.8 yrs22.1 yrs
67Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba23.7 yrs20.7 yrs
68Aruba23.5 yrs19.2 yrs
69Puerto Rico23.3 yrs20.0 yrs
70Singapore23.1 yrs18.3 yrs
71Sint Maarten (Dutch part)22.8 yrs19.2 yrs
72Montserrat22.8 yrs19.4 yrs
73Cuba22.7 yrs20.8 yrs
74Nauru22.5 yrs17.5 yrs
75Greenland22.4 yrs17.7 yrs
76Saint Helena22.1 yrs20.2 yrs
77British Virgin Islands22.0 yrs19.3 yrs
78Kazakhstan21.9 yrs21.4 yrs
79Qatar21.9 yrs23.5 yrs
80French Guiana21.9 yrs20.8 yrs
81Armenia21.8 yrs19.9 yrs
82China, Macao SAR21.8 yrs16.4 yrs
83Curaçao21.7 yrs18.7 yrs
84Chile21.7 yrs19.6 yrs
85United States Virgin Islands21.3 yrs21.5 yrs
86China, Taiwan Province of China21.2 yrs17.4 yrs
87Guam21.1 yrs19.2 yrs
88Guadeloupe21.0 yrs17.6 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea20.9 yrs20.5 yrs
90Bahamas20.7 yrs19.5 yrs
91Western Sahara20.6 yrs22.6 yrs
92China20.6 yrs18.0 yrs
93Martinique20.5 yrs17.1 yrs
94Mauritius20.5 yrs17.1 yrs
95Republic of Korea20.4 yrs17.6 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda20.3 yrs16.7 yrs
97Trinidad and Tobago20.3 yrs17.5 yrs
98Bahrain20.3 yrs16.0 yrs
99Gabon20.2 yrs23.5 yrs
100Sri Lanka20.2 yrs18.9 yrs
101Timor-Leste20.0 yrs19.4 yrs
102Albania19.8 yrs17.9 yrs
103Tuvalu19.7 yrs16.7 yrs
104Réunion19.5 yrs16.6 yrs
105New Caledonia19.4 yrs19.5 yrs
106Azerbaijan19.3 yrs16.3 yrs
107Kyrgyzstan19.2 yrs19.0 yrs
108Kuwait19.1 yrs17.8 yrs
109Costa Rica19.0 yrs16.2 yrs
110Brazil19.0 yrs17.1 yrs
111Myanmar19.0 yrs18.5 yrs
112Anguilla18.9 yrs16.6 yrs
113Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)18.9 yrs18.3 yrs
114Seychelles18.9 yrs17.6 yrs
115India18.8 yrs18.1 yrs
116Saint Kitts and Nevis18.8 yrs14.9 yrs
117Saint Martin (French part)18.6 yrs16.4 yrs
118Türkiye18.6 yrs17.5 yrs
119Nepal18.6 yrs18.7 yrs
120Brunei Darussalam18.6 yrs16.5 yrs
121Lebanon18.6 yrs16.9 yrs
122Thailand18.5 yrs16.2 yrs
123Malaysia18.5 yrs16.1 yrs
124Equatorial Guinea18.4 yrs19.4 yrs
125Viet Nam18.3 yrs17.2 yrs
126Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
127Northern Mariana Islands18.3 yrs14.1 yrs
128Indonesia18.2 yrs18.0 yrs
129Egypt18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
130Sierra Leone18.2 yrs19.6 yrs
131Haiti18.2 yrs18.3 yrs
132South Africa18.2 yrs17.7 yrs
133Jamaica18.1 yrs16.5 yrs
134Fiji18.1 yrs15.9 yrs
135Bhutan17.9 yrs18.3 yrs
136French Polynesia17.9 yrs15.9 yrs
137Guinea17.8 yrs19.0 yrs
138Grenada17.8 yrs15.3 yrs
139Lesotho17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
140Uzbekistan17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
141Colombia17.7 yrs15.5 yrs
142Panama17.7 yrs16.4 yrs
143Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)17.6 yrs15.7 yrs
144American Samoa17.5 yrs15.0 yrs
145Turkmenistan17.4 yrs16.2 yrs
146Palau17.4 yrs15.0 yrs
147Paraguay17.4 yrs15.9 yrs
148Central African Republic17.4 yrs17.8 yrs
149Ecuador17.3 yrs16.6 yrs
150Gambia17.3 yrs18.6 yrs
151Kiribati17.3 yrs16.4 yrs
152Peru17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
153Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs16.5 yrs
154Turks and Caicos Islands17.2 yrs15.5 yrs
155Tunisia17.2 yrs16.4 yrs
156Dominica17.2 yrs14.6 yrs
157Mali17.2 yrs18.4 yrs
158Saudi Arabia17.0 yrs16.3 yrs
159Suriname17.0 yrs14.5 yrs
160Tajikistan17.0 yrs16.6 yrs
161Guyana16.9 yrs15.2 yrs
162Pakistan16.9 yrs17.2 yrs
163Lao People's Democratic Republic16.9 yrs17.7 yrs
164Liberia16.9 yrs17.8 yrs
165Cameroon16.8 yrs18.3 yrs
166Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
167Tokelau16.8 yrs14.6 yrs
168Nigeria16.8 yrs18.0 yrs
169Eritrea16.7 yrs17.7 yrs
170Niue16.7 yrs14.4 yrs
171Papua New Guinea16.7 yrs16.3 yrs
172Mozambique16.7 yrs17.8 yrs
173Guinea-Bissau16.6 yrs18.2 yrs
174Burkina Faso16.6 yrs18.1 yrs
175Cambodia16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
176Somalia16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
177Dominican Republic16.5 yrs14.6 yrs
178Bangladesh16.5 yrs16.9 yrs
179Angola16.4 yrs16.4 yrs
180Vanuatu16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
181Mongolia16.4 yrs16.7 yrs
182Benin16.3 yrs17.8 yrs
183Malawi16.3 yrs17.1 yrs
184Morocco16.3 yrs15.5 yrs
185Wallis and Futuna Islands16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
186El Salvador16.2 yrs15.5 yrs
187Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.2 yrs15.6 yrs
188Sao Tome and Principe16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
189Djibouti16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
190Tonga16.1 yrs15.6 yrs
191South Sudan16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
192Guatemala16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
193Chad16.0 yrs17.6 yrs
194Philippines16.0 yrs14.6 yrs
195Belize16.0 yrs14.3 yrs
196Afghanistan15.9 yrs17.1 yrs
197Congo15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
198Senegal15.9 yrs16.8 yrs
199Burundi15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
200Mauritania15.9 yrs17.2 yrs
201Ethiopia15.8 yrs17.2 yrs
202Togo15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
203Botswana15.8 yrs14.5 yrs
204Maldives15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
205Saint Lucia15.7 yrs14.0 yrs
206Namibia15.7 yrs17.0 yrs
207Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs16.7 yrs
208United Republic of Tanzania15.5 yrs16.0 yrs
209Mexico15.5 yrs15.0 yrs
210Rwanda15.5 yrs14.5 yrs
211Algeria15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
212Ghana15.4 yrs14.9 yrs
213Cook Islands15.4 yrs13.3 yrs
214Comoros15.4 yrs16.3 yrs
215Madagascar15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
216Iraq15.3 yrs17.1 yrs
217Oman15.3 yrs16.3 yrs
218Sudan15.3 yrs15.2 yrs
219Niger15.3 yrs14.7 yrs
220Honduras15.2 yrs14.8 yrs
221Cabo Verde15.1 yrs15.9 yrs
222Samoa15.1 yrs13.5 yrs
223Nicaragua15.1 yrs15.0 yrs
224Yemen15.0 yrs17.6 yrs
225Uganda15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
226Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
227Libya14.9 yrs13.7 yrs
228Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.6 yrs
229Eswatini14.7 yrs15.2 yrs
230Syrian Arab Republic14.5 yrs14.9 yrs
231Zimbabwe14.5 yrs14.7 yrs
232Zambia14.2 yrs15.3 yrs
233State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.4 yrs
234Marshall Islands14.1 yrs16.1 yrs
235Jordan14.0 yrs14.0 yrs
236Mayotte13.6 yrs14.3 yrs
237Kenya13.3 yrs13.4 yrs

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