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Median age by country, 1980

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

1980
#Country / areaMedian age1970
1Monaco43.0 yrs43.8 yrs
2Holy See40.1 yrs33.4 yrs
3Isle of Man37.5 yrs41.4 yrs
4Germany35.7 yrs33.2 yrs
5Sweden35.1 yrs34.4 yrs
6Latvia33.9 yrs33.2 yrs
7Luxembourg33.9 yrs34.4 yrs
8Switzerland33.8 yrs30.9 yrs
9Jersey33.7 yrs33.9 yrs
10Austria33.6 yrs32.7 yrs
11Guernsey33.6 yrs34.1 yrs
12United Kingdom33.3 yrs33.2 yrs
13Denmark33.3 yrs31.5 yrs
14Hungary33.2 yrs33.1 yrs
15Bulgaria33.2 yrs32.3 yrs
16Belgium33.1 yrs33.5 yrs
17Italy33.0 yrs31.9 yrs
18Greece32.8 yrs32.3 yrs
19Estonia32.7 yrs32.7 yrs
20Ukraine32.5 yrs31.3 yrs
21Serbia32.5 yrs31.1 yrs
22Norway32.4 yrs31.8 yrs
23Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.4 yrs31.1 yrs
24Croatia32.2 yrs31.1 yrs
25Czechia31.9 yrs32.5 yrs
26San Marino31.8 yrs29.9 yrs
27Finland31.8 yrs28.6 yrs
28Japan31.7 yrs28.3 yrs
29France31.3 yrs31.4 yrs
30Lithuania30.8 yrs29.8 yrs
31Gibraltar30.7 yrs29.5 yrs
32Romania30.6 yrs30.4 yrs
33Slovenia30.4 yrs29.8 yrs
34Netherlands30.3 yrs27.5 yrs
35Russian Federation30.1 yrs29.7 yrs
36Belarus30.0 yrs29.1 yrs
37Spain29.8 yrs29.1 yrs
38Portugal29.5 yrs28.6 yrs
39Liechtenstein29.2 yrs26.1 yrs
40United States of America29.1 yrs26.7 yrs
41Uruguay29.1 yrs28.9 yrs
42Malta29.0 yrs24.7 yrs
43Bermuda28.9 yrs25.7 yrs
44Poland28.5 yrs27.3 yrs
45Australia28.4 yrs26.6 yrs
46Canada28.1 yrs24.9 yrs
47Georgia28.0 yrs27.9 yrs
48Slovakia27.9 yrs27.3 yrs
49Faroe Islands27.4 yrs25.3 yrs
50Andorra27.2 yrs25.1 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy27.0 yrs24.7 yrs
52New Zealand26.9 yrs24.6 yrs
53Cyprus26.6 yrs23.6 yrs
54Republic of Moldova26.6 yrs25.6 yrs
55Saint Pierre and Miquelon26.1 yrs24.1 yrs
56Argentina26.0 yrs25.9 yrs
57Iceland25.9 yrs23.4 yrs
58Ireland25.5 yrs26.2 yrs
59Montenegro25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
60United Arab Emirates25.2 yrs22.0 yrs
61Cayman Islands25.0 yrs20.1 yrs
62North Macedonia24.9 yrs21.6 yrs
63Bosnia and Herzegovina24.7 yrs21.2 yrs
64China, Hong Kong SAR24.5 yrs19.3 yrs
65Barbados24.3 yrs21.3 yrs
66Aruba24.2 yrs19.4 yrs
67Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba24.2 yrs20.7 yrs
68Israel24.0 yrs22.2 yrs
69Singapore23.7 yrs18.7 yrs
70Puerto Rico23.6 yrs20.3 yrs
71Sint Maarten (Dutch part)23.4 yrs19.6 yrs
72China, Macao SAR23.4 yrs17.1 yrs
73Montserrat23.2 yrs19.5 yrs
74Cuba23.1 yrs20.7 yrs
75Nauru23.1 yrs17.3 yrs
76Greenland22.8 yrs18.1 yrs
77Qatar22.5 yrs22.8 yrs
78Saint Helena22.5 yrs20.4 yrs
79British Virgin Islands22.3 yrs19.7 yrs
80Armenia22.2 yrs20.1 yrs
81French Guiana22.2 yrs20.8 yrs
82Curaçao22.1 yrs18.8 yrs
83Chile22.0 yrs19.7 yrs
84Kazakhstan21.9 yrs21.6 yrs
85China, Taiwan Province of China21.6 yrs17.7 yrs
86United States Virgin Islands21.6 yrs21.8 yrs
87Guadeloupe21.5 yrs17.8 yrs
88Dem. People's Republic of Korea21.4 yrs20.4 yrs
89Guam21.3 yrs19.5 yrs
90Martinique21.2 yrs17.2 yrs
91Western Sahara21.1 yrs20.3 yrs
92Bahamas21.0 yrs19.6 yrs
93Bahrain20.9 yrs16.2 yrs
94Republic of Korea20.9 yrs17.7 yrs
95China20.9 yrs18.0 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda20.8 yrs16.7 yrs
97Mauritius20.8 yrs17.4 yrs
98Trinidad and Tobago20.6 yrs17.7 yrs
99Sri Lanka20.4 yrs19.0 yrs
100Albania20.1 yrs18.0 yrs
101Timor-Leste20.1 yrs19.5 yrs
102Gabon19.9 yrs23.1 yrs
103Tuvalu19.9 yrs17.0 yrs
104Réunion19.9 yrs16.9 yrs
105Azerbaijan19.7 yrs16.4 yrs
106Kuwait19.5 yrs17.5 yrs
107New Caledonia19.5 yrs19.4 yrs
108Anguilla19.4 yrs16.6 yrs
109Kyrgyzstan19.4 yrs19.0 yrs
110Costa Rica19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
111Seychelles19.3 yrs17.4 yrs
112Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)19.2 yrs17.7 yrs
113Brazil19.2 yrs17.3 yrs
114Saint Martin (French part)19.1 yrs16.4 yrs
115Saint Kitts and Nevis19.1 yrs15.0 yrs
116Myanmar19.1 yrs18.5 yrs
117Brunei Darussalam19.0 yrs16.7 yrs
118India18.9 yrs18.1 yrs
119Thailand18.9 yrs16.3 yrs
120Türkiye18.8 yrs17.5 yrs
121Lebanon18.8 yrs17.1 yrs
122Northern Mariana Islands18.8 yrs14.3 yrs
123Malaysia18.7 yrs16.3 yrs
124Nepal18.5 yrs18.7 yrs
125Indonesia18.4 yrs17.9 yrs
126Viet Nam18.4 yrs17.2 yrs
127South Africa18.4 yrs17.7 yrs
128Jamaica18.3 yrs16.4 yrs
129Fiji18.3 yrs16.1 yrs
130Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
131Equatorial Guinea18.3 yrs19.3 yrs
132Egypt18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
133Haiti18.2 yrs18.3 yrs
134Grenada18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
135Sierra Leone18.1 yrs19.4 yrs
136Panama18.0 yrs16.5 yrs
137French Polynesia18.0 yrs15.8 yrs
138Uzbekistan17.9 yrs16.7 yrs
139Colombia17.9 yrs15.7 yrs
140Bhutan17.8 yrs18.3 yrs
141Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)17.8 yrs15.9 yrs
142American Samoa17.8 yrs15.2 yrs
143Guinea17.7 yrs18.9 yrs
144Palau17.7 yrs15.3 yrs
145Lesotho17.7 yrs17.0 yrs
146Turks and Caicos Islands17.6 yrs15.3 yrs
147Dominica17.6 yrs14.6 yrs
148Turkmenistan17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
149Paraguay17.6 yrs16.0 yrs
150Kiribati17.5 yrs16.4 yrs
151Ecuador17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
152Tunisia17.4 yrs16.4 yrs
153Peru17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
154Central African Republic17.4 yrs17.8 yrs
155Suriname17.3 yrs14.5 yrs
156Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs16.5 yrs
157Niue17.2 yrs14.3 yrs
158Guyana17.1 yrs15.3 yrs
159Gambia17.1 yrs18.4 yrs
160Saudi Arabia17.1 yrs16.3 yrs
161Tokelau17.1 yrs14.5 yrs
162Pakistan17.1 yrs17.1 yrs
163Tajikistan17.0 yrs16.6 yrs
164Mali17.0 yrs18.4 yrs
165Papua New Guinea16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
166Liberia16.9 yrs17.6 yrs
167Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
168Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs17.7 yrs
169Cameroon16.7 yrs18.1 yrs
170Cambodia16.7 yrs16.5 yrs
171Dominican Republic16.7 yrs14.7 yrs
172Nigeria16.7 yrs17.9 yrs
173Eritrea16.6 yrs17.5 yrs
174Guinea-Bissau16.6 yrs18.0 yrs
175Mongolia16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
176Angola16.5 yrs16.1 yrs
177Somalia16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
178Vanuatu16.5 yrs15.9 yrs
179Bangladesh16.5 yrs16.8 yrs
180Burkina Faso16.5 yrs17.9 yrs
181Mozambique16.5 yrs17.6 yrs
182El Salvador16.4 yrs15.5 yrs
183Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
184Morocco16.4 yrs15.5 yrs
185Tonga16.3 yrs15.6 yrs
186Sao Tome and Principe16.2 yrs15.7 yrs
187Philippines16.2 yrs14.6 yrs
188Benin16.2 yrs17.6 yrs
189Malawi16.2 yrs16.9 yrs
190Wallis and Futuna Islands16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
191Djibouti16.1 yrs16.6 yrs
192Burundi16.1 yrs16.2 yrs
193Belize16.1 yrs14.3 yrs
194Guatemala16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
195South Sudan16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
196Congo15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
197Saint Lucia15.9 yrs13.9 yrs
198Afghanistan15.8 yrs17.0 yrs
199Cook Islands15.8 yrs13.3 yrs
200Togo15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
201Botswana15.8 yrs14.4 yrs
202Mauritania15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
203Maldives15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
204Ethiopia15.7 yrs17.0 yrs
205Senegal15.7 yrs16.8 yrs
206Mexico15.7 yrs15.0 yrs
207Ghana15.6 yrs14.9 yrs
208Chad15.6 yrs17.5 yrs
209Algeria15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
210Namibia15.5 yrs17.0 yrs
211Oman15.4 yrs16.1 yrs
212Côte d'Ivoire15.4 yrs16.6 yrs
213Comoros15.4 yrs16.1 yrs
214Sudan15.4 yrs15.1 yrs
215United Republic of Tanzania15.4 yrs16.0 yrs
216Madagascar15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
217Rwanda15.4 yrs14.7 yrs
218Iraq15.3 yrs17.0 yrs
219Samoa15.3 yrs13.5 yrs
220Niger15.3 yrs14.8 yrs
221Honduras15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
222Nicaragua15.1 yrs15.0 yrs
223Cabo Verde15.0 yrs16.0 yrs
224Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
225Libya15.0 yrs13.6 yrs
226Uganda14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
227Yemen14.8 yrs17.3 yrs
228Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.6 yrs
229Eswatini14.6 yrs15.2 yrs
230Zimbabwe14.6 yrs14.7 yrs
231Syrian Arab Republic14.5 yrs14.8 yrs
232Zambia14.2 yrs15.2 yrs
233State of Palestine14.1 yrs14.3 yrs
234Jordan14.1 yrs13.9 yrs
235Marshall Islands13.9 yrs16.2 yrs
236Mayotte13.8 yrs14.2 yrs
237Kenya13.4 yrs13.3 yrs

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