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Median age by country, 1981

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

1981
#Country / areaMedian age1971
1Monaco43.2 yrs43.7 yrs
2Holy See40.8 yrs34.0 yrs
3Isle of Man37.5 yrs40.9 yrs
4Germany35.7 yrs33.4 yrs
5Sweden35.4 yrs34.3 yrs
6Guernsey34.0 yrs33.8 yrs
7Switzerland34.0 yrs31.1 yrs
8Luxembourg34.0 yrs34.3 yrs
9Jersey33.8 yrs33.9 yrs
10Denmark33.7 yrs31.5 yrs
11Latvia33.7 yrs33.3 yrs
12Austria33.6 yrs32.4 yrs
13United Kingdom33.5 yrs33.1 yrs
14Bulgaria33.4 yrs32.4 yrs
15Italy33.3 yrs32.1 yrs
16Hungary33.3 yrs33.2 yrs
17Belgium33.3 yrs33.4 yrs
18Greece32.8 yrs32.0 yrs
19Estonia32.7 yrs32.8 yrs
20Serbia32.7 yrs31.3 yrs
21Norway32.6 yrs31.6 yrs
22Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.6 yrs31.3 yrs
23Ukraine32.5 yrs31.7 yrs
24Croatia32.4 yrs31.4 yrs
25Japan32.3 yrs28.6 yrs
26Czechia32.2 yrs32.3 yrs
27Finland32.2 yrs28.9 yrs
28San Marino32.1 yrs29.9 yrs
29France31.6 yrs31.3 yrs
30Gibraltar30.9 yrs29.5 yrs
31Lithuania30.9 yrs29.9 yrs
32Romania30.7 yrs30.5 yrs
33Netherlands30.6 yrs27.6 yrs
34Slovenia30.6 yrs29.9 yrs
35Russian Federation30.3 yrs30.1 yrs
36Belarus30.2 yrs29.4 yrs
37Spain29.9 yrs29.1 yrs
38Portugal29.8 yrs28.6 yrs
39Liechtenstein29.5 yrs26.3 yrs
40United States of America29.4 yrs26.8 yrs
41Bermuda29.4 yrs26.1 yrs
42Malta29.3 yrs25.1 yrs
43Uruguay29.1 yrs28.9 yrs
44Poland28.8 yrs27.3 yrs
45Australia28.6 yrs26.5 yrs
46Canada28.5 yrs25.2 yrs
47Georgia28.1 yrs28.0 yrs
48Slovakia28.1 yrs27.3 yrs
49Andorra28.0 yrs24.8 yrs
50Faroe Islands27.6 yrs25.5 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy27.4 yrs24.9 yrs
52New Zealand27.2 yrs24.6 yrs
53Cyprus27.1 yrs23.9 yrs
54Republic of Moldova26.8 yrs25.4 yrs
55Saint Pierre and Miquelon26.7 yrs24.0 yrs
56Iceland26.1 yrs23.6 yrs
57Argentina26.0 yrs25.9 yrs
58Montenegro25.7 yrs22.8 yrs
59Ireland25.6 yrs26.0 yrs
60United Arab Emirates25.4 yrs22.2 yrs
61North Macedonia25.2 yrs21.9 yrs
62Bosnia and Herzegovina25.1 yrs21.4 yrs
63Cayman Islands25.0 yrs20.3 yrs
64China, Hong Kong SAR25.0 yrs20.6 yrs
65Aruba24.8 yrs19.5 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba24.7 yrs20.6 yrs
67Barbados24.7 yrs21.5 yrs
68China, Macao SAR24.4 yrs17.8 yrs
69Singapore24.3 yrs19.1 yrs
70Israel24.1 yrs22.4 yrs
71Puerto Rico23.9 yrs20.6 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)23.7 yrs20.0 yrs
73Nauru23.7 yrs17.8 yrs
74Montserrat23.7 yrs19.7 yrs
75Cuba23.4 yrs20.8 yrs
76Qatar23.2 yrs21.3 yrs
77Greenland23.2 yrs18.5 yrs
78Saint Helena22.9 yrs20.6 yrs
79Armenia22.6 yrs20.2 yrs
80Curaçao22.6 yrs18.9 yrs
81French Guiana22.5 yrs20.8 yrs
82British Virgin Islands22.4 yrs19.9 yrs
83Kazakhstan22.3 yrs21.7 yrs
84Chile22.3 yrs19.9 yrs
85China, Taiwan Province of China22.1 yrs18.0 yrs
86Guadeloupe22.0 yrs18.1 yrs
87United States Virgin Islands21.9 yrs21.6 yrs
88Martinique21.8 yrs17.3 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea21.8 yrs20.4 yrs
90Guam21.5 yrs19.6 yrs
91Antigua and Barbuda21.4 yrs17.0 yrs
92Republic of Korea21.4 yrs17.8 yrs
93Western Sahara21.4 yrs18.1 yrs
94Bahrain21.3 yrs16.5 yrs
95Bahamas21.3 yrs19.7 yrs
96Mauritius21.1 yrs17.7 yrs
97China21.1 yrs18.1 yrs
98Trinidad and Tobago20.8 yrs18.0 yrs
99Sri Lanka20.5 yrs19.1 yrs
100Albania20.4 yrs18.1 yrs
101Tuvalu20.2 yrs17.4 yrs
102Réunion20.2 yrs17.2 yrs
103Azerbaijan20.1 yrs16.6 yrs
104Kuwait19.9 yrs17.4 yrs
105Anguilla19.8 yrs16.5 yrs
106Timor-Leste19.8 yrs19.5 yrs
107Seychelles19.7 yrs17.2 yrs
108New Caledonia19.7 yrs19.3 yrs
109Gabon19.6 yrs22.8 yrs
110Costa Rica19.6 yrs16.7 yrs
111Saint Martin (French part)19.6 yrs16.4 yrs
112Kyrgyzstan19.5 yrs19.0 yrs
113Saint Kitts and Nevis19.5 yrs15.5 yrs
114Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)19.4 yrs17.5 yrs
115Brazil19.4 yrs17.4 yrs
116Northern Mariana Islands19.4 yrs14.7 yrs
117Brunei Darussalam19.3 yrs16.9 yrs
118Thailand19.2 yrs16.5 yrs
119Myanmar19.2 yrs18.5 yrs
120India19.0 yrs18.1 yrs
121Türkiye18.9 yrs17.6 yrs
122Malaysia18.9 yrs16.5 yrs
123Lebanon18.9 yrs17.3 yrs
124Jamaica18.6 yrs16.5 yrs
125South Africa18.6 yrs17.7 yrs
126Indonesia18.5 yrs17.8 yrs
127Nepal18.5 yrs18.7 yrs
128Viet Nam18.5 yrs17.3 yrs
129Grenada18.4 yrs15.6 yrs
130Fiji18.4 yrs16.3 yrs
131Palau18.3 yrs15.4 yrs
132Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
133Egypt18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
134Colombia18.2 yrs15.8 yrs
135Panama18.2 yrs16.6 yrs
136Equatorial Guinea18.2 yrs19.2 yrs
137French Polynesia18.2 yrs15.9 yrs
138Uzbekistan18.1 yrs16.7 yrs
139Turks and Caicos Islands18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
140Haiti18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
141American Samoa18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
142Sierra Leone18.0 yrs19.2 yrs
143Dominica18.0 yrs14.8 yrs
144Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)18.0 yrs16.0 yrs
145Turkmenistan17.8 yrs16.2 yrs
146Kiribati17.7 yrs16.4 yrs
147Niue17.7 yrs14.2 yrs
148Paraguay17.7 yrs16.1 yrs
149Bhutan17.7 yrs18.3 yrs
150Ecuador17.6 yrs16.7 yrs
151Guinea17.6 yrs18.8 yrs
152Suriname17.6 yrs14.6 yrs
153Tunisia17.6 yrs16.5 yrs
154Lesotho17.6 yrs17.1 yrs
155Tokelau17.5 yrs14.3 yrs
156Peru17.5 yrs16.8 yrs
157Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
158Guyana17.4 yrs15.5 yrs
159Central African Republic17.4 yrs17.7 yrs
160Saudi Arabia17.3 yrs16.3 yrs
161Pakistan17.2 yrs17.0 yrs
162Tajikistan17.1 yrs16.6 yrs
163Gambia17.0 yrs18.4 yrs
164Dominican Republic17.0 yrs14.9 yrs
165Papua New Guinea17.0 yrs16.1 yrs
166Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs17.2 yrs
167Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.8 yrs15.7 yrs
168Mali16.8 yrs18.3 yrs
169Mongolia16.8 yrs16.2 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs17.6 yrs
171Liberia16.8 yrs17.6 yrs
172Cameroon16.7 yrs18.0 yrs
173Eritrea16.6 yrs17.4 yrs
174Cambodia16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
175Nigeria16.6 yrs17.8 yrs
176Vanuatu16.6 yrs15.9 yrs
177Morocco16.6 yrs15.5 yrs
178Angola16.5 yrs15.9 yrs
179El Salvador16.5 yrs15.5 yrs
180Guinea-Bissau16.5 yrs17.9 yrs
181Bangladesh16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
182Somalia16.4 yrs16.5 yrs
183Tonga16.4 yrs15.6 yrs
184Philippines16.4 yrs14.7 yrs
185Burkina Faso16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
186Sao Tome and Principe16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
187Belize16.3 yrs14.5 yrs
188Mozambique16.3 yrs17.5 yrs
189Cook Islands16.2 yrs13.4 yrs
190Burundi16.2 yrs16.2 yrs
191Malawi16.2 yrs16.8 yrs
192Djibouti16.1 yrs16.5 yrs
193Saint Lucia16.1 yrs13.8 yrs
194Benin16.1 yrs17.4 yrs
195Wallis and Futuna Islands16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
196Guatemala16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
197Congo15.9 yrs16.4 yrs
198Mexico15.9 yrs15.0 yrs
199South Sudan15.9 yrs16.5 yrs
200Togo15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
201Mauritania15.8 yrs16.8 yrs
202Maldives15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
203Afghanistan15.7 yrs16.8 yrs
204Ethiopia15.7 yrs16.8 yrs
205Ghana15.7 yrs14.8 yrs
206Botswana15.7 yrs14.3 yrs
207Algeria15.6 yrs15.3 yrs
208Senegal15.6 yrs16.8 yrs
209Samoa15.5 yrs13.6 yrs
210Sudan15.5 yrs15.1 yrs
211Iraq15.4 yrs16.9 yrs
212Oman15.4 yrs15.8 yrs
213Côte d'Ivoire15.3 yrs16.6 yrs
214Comoros15.3 yrs16.0 yrs
215United Republic of Tanzania15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
216Namibia15.3 yrs16.9 yrs
217Niger15.3 yrs14.9 yrs
218Madagascar15.3 yrs15.6 yrs
219Rwanda15.3 yrs14.8 yrs
220Honduras15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
221Cabo Verde15.1 yrs16.1 yrs
222Chad15.1 yrs17.4 yrs
223Nicaragua15.1 yrs15.1 yrs
224Libya15.1 yrs13.6 yrs
225Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.2 yrs
226Uganda14.8 yrs15.5 yrs
227Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.5 yrs
228Zimbabwe14.7 yrs14.7 yrs
229Yemen14.6 yrs17.0 yrs
230Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs14.8 yrs
231Eswatini14.5 yrs15.2 yrs
232Zambia14.2 yrs15.0 yrs
233State of Palestine14.2 yrs14.3 yrs
234Jordan14.2 yrs13.8 yrs
235Marshall Islands13.9 yrs15.9 yrs
236Mayotte13.9 yrs14.1 yrs
237Kenya13.5 yrs13.3 yrs

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