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Median age by country, 1982

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

1982
#Country / areaMedian age1972
1Monaco43.1 yrs43.8 yrs
2Holy See41.4 yrs34.6 yrs
3Isle of Man37.5 yrs40.5 yrs
4Sweden35.8 yrs34.2 yrs
5Germany35.7 yrs33.5 yrs
6Guernsey34.3 yrs33.5 yrs
7Switzerland34.3 yrs31.2 yrs
8Luxembourg34.2 yrs34.1 yrs
9Denmark34.1 yrs31.5 yrs
10Jersey33.9 yrs33.8 yrs
11United Kingdom33.8 yrs33.0 yrs
12Austria33.7 yrs32.3 yrs
13Italy33.6 yrs32.2 yrs
14Bulgaria33.6 yrs32.5 yrs
15Latvia33.6 yrs33.5 yrs
16Hungary33.5 yrs33.3 yrs
17Belgium33.5 yrs33.4 yrs
18Serbia33.0 yrs31.6 yrs
19Greece32.9 yrs32.2 yrs
20Norway32.9 yrs31.4 yrs
21Estonia32.8 yrs33.0 yrs
22Japan32.8 yrs28.9 yrs
23Ukraine32.6 yrs32.1 yrs
24Finland32.6 yrs29.1 yrs
25Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.6 yrs31.4 yrs
26Croatia32.5 yrs31.6 yrs
27San Marino32.4 yrs29.9 yrs
28Czechia32.4 yrs32.1 yrs
29France31.8 yrs31.1 yrs
30Gibraltar31.2 yrs29.4 yrs
31Netherlands31.0 yrs27.7 yrs
32Lithuania31.0 yrs30.1 yrs
33Romania30.9 yrs30.6 yrs
34Slovenia30.8 yrs30.0 yrs
35Russian Federation30.5 yrs30.5 yrs
36Belarus30.3 yrs29.7 yrs
37Spain30.1 yrs29.0 yrs
38Portugal30.1 yrs28.6 yrs
39Bermuda29.8 yrs26.5 yrs
40Liechtenstein29.7 yrs26.6 yrs
41United States of America29.6 yrs26.9 yrs
42Malta29.6 yrs25.6 yrs
43Uruguay29.2 yrs29.0 yrs
44Poland29.1 yrs27.2 yrs
45Australia28.9 yrs26.6 yrs
46Canada28.8 yrs25.4 yrs
47Andorra28.5 yrs24.6 yrs
48Slovakia28.4 yrs27.3 yrs
49Georgia28.3 yrs27.9 yrs
50Faroe Islands27.8 yrs25.6 yrs
51New Zealand27.5 yrs24.8 yrs
52Cyprus27.4 yrs24.1 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy27.4 yrs25.1 yrs
54Saint Pierre and Miquelon27.3 yrs24.0 yrs
55Republic of Moldova27.1 yrs25.2 yrs
56Iceland26.4 yrs23.8 yrs
57Montenegro26.1 yrs23.0 yrs
58Argentina26.0 yrs25.9 yrs
59Ireland25.7 yrs25.7 yrs
60Bosnia and Herzegovina25.5 yrs21.7 yrs
61China, Hong Kong SAR25.5 yrs21.0 yrs
62North Macedonia25.5 yrs22.3 yrs
63United Arab Emirates25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
64Aruba25.4 yrs19.8 yrs
65Cayman Islands25.2 yrs20.6 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba25.1 yrs20.6 yrs
67Barbados25.1 yrs21.7 yrs
68Singapore24.9 yrs19.5 yrs
69China, Macao SAR24.8 yrs19.1 yrs
70Israel24.2 yrs22.6 yrs
71Puerto Rico24.2 yrs21.0 yrs
72Nauru24.1 yrs18.3 yrs
73Montserrat24.1 yrs20.0 yrs
74Qatar23.9 yrs20.3 yrs
75Cuba23.8 yrs20.9 yrs
76Greenland23.6 yrs18.8 yrs
77Sint Maarten (Dutch part)23.6 yrs20.3 yrs
78Saint Helena23.4 yrs20.8 yrs
79Curaçao23.1 yrs19.1 yrs
80Armenia23.0 yrs20.4 yrs
81French Guiana22.8 yrs20.8 yrs
82Kazakhstan22.6 yrs21.9 yrs
83Chile22.6 yrs20.0 yrs
84British Virgin Islands22.6 yrs20.0 yrs
85Guadeloupe22.4 yrs18.4 yrs
86Martinique22.4 yrs17.4 yrs
87China, Taiwan Province of China22.4 yrs18.3 yrs
88United States Virgin Islands22.3 yrs21.4 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea22.1 yrs20.2 yrs
90Antigua and Barbuda21.9 yrs17.3 yrs
91Guam21.8 yrs19.7 yrs
92Republic of Korea21.8 yrs18.0 yrs
93Bahamas21.6 yrs19.7 yrs
94Bahrain21.5 yrs16.8 yrs
95Mauritius21.3 yrs18.0 yrs
96Western Sahara21.3 yrs17.4 yrs
97Trinidad and Tobago21.1 yrs18.3 yrs
98China21.1 yrs18.3 yrs
99Albania20.7 yrs18.2 yrs
100Sri Lanka20.7 yrs19.2 yrs
101Tuvalu20.7 yrs17.8 yrs
102Réunion20.5 yrs17.5 yrs
103Azerbaijan20.4 yrs16.8 yrs
104Kuwait20.4 yrs17.3 yrs
105Saint Martin (French part)20.4 yrs16.4 yrs
106Anguilla20.2 yrs16.5 yrs
107Northern Mariana Islands20.1 yrs15.2 yrs
108Seychelles20.0 yrs17.3 yrs
109Costa Rica19.9 yrs16.9 yrs
110Saint Kitts and Nevis19.9 yrs16.0 yrs
111New Caledonia19.9 yrs19.2 yrs
112Kyrgyzstan19.7 yrs18.9 yrs
113Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)19.6 yrs17.7 yrs
114Thailand19.6 yrs16.7 yrs
115Brazil19.6 yrs17.6 yrs
116Brunei Darussalam19.6 yrs17.0 yrs
117Timor-Leste19.5 yrs19.4 yrs
118Gabon19.4 yrs22.4 yrs
119Myanmar19.3 yrs18.6 yrs
120Malaysia19.1 yrs16.8 yrs
121Lebanon19.1 yrs17.4 yrs
122India19.0 yrs18.2 yrs
123Türkiye19.0 yrs17.7 yrs
124Grenada18.9 yrs15.9 yrs
125Jamaica18.9 yrs16.6 yrs
126Palau18.9 yrs15.5 yrs
127Turks and Caicos Islands18.8 yrs15.8 yrs
128South Africa18.8 yrs17.7 yrs
129Indonesia18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
130Fiji18.6 yrs16.5 yrs
131Viet Nam18.6 yrs17.3 yrs
132Colombia18.5 yrs16.0 yrs
133Dominica18.5 yrs15.1 yrs
134Nepal18.5 yrs18.7 yrs
135Panama18.4 yrs16.6 yrs
136French Polynesia18.4 yrs16.1 yrs
137Uzbekistan18.3 yrs16.7 yrs
138Egypt18.3 yrs18.1 yrs
139Niue18.3 yrs14.3 yrs
140Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.3 yrs18.3 yrs
141Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)18.2 yrs16.2 yrs
142American Samoa18.2 yrs15.7 yrs
143Haiti18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
144Equatorial Guinea18.1 yrs19.1 yrs
145Kiribati18.0 yrs16.5 yrs
146Turkmenistan18.0 yrs16.3 yrs
147Sierra Leone17.9 yrs19.1 yrs
148Suriname17.9 yrs14.8 yrs
149Tunisia17.9 yrs16.5 yrs
150Tokelau17.9 yrs14.4 yrs
151Paraguay17.8 yrs16.2 yrs
152Ecuador17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
153Guyana17.7 yrs15.6 yrs
154Bhutan17.6 yrs18.2 yrs
155Peru17.6 yrs16.9 yrs
156Lesotho17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
157Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.5 yrs16.6 yrs
158Guinea17.5 yrs18.7 yrs
159Saudi Arabia17.4 yrs16.3 yrs
160Pakistan17.3 yrs16.9 yrs
161Central African Republic17.3 yrs17.6 yrs
162Saint Vincent and the Grenadines17.2 yrs15.8 yrs
163Dominican Republic17.2 yrs15.1 yrs
164Tajikistan17.1 yrs16.6 yrs
165Papua New Guinea17.1 yrs16.0 yrs
166Mongolia17.0 yrs16.1 yrs
167Gambia16.9 yrs18.3 yrs
168Liberia16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
169Cambodia16.7 yrs16.0 yrs
170Cook Islands16.7 yrs13.5 yrs
171Democratic Republic of the Congo16.7 yrs17.1 yrs
172Mali16.7 yrs18.2 yrs
173Morocco16.7 yrs15.6 yrs
174Lao People's Democratic Republic16.7 yrs17.6 yrs
175Angola16.6 yrs15.8 yrs
176Eritrea16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
177El Salvador16.6 yrs15.5 yrs
178Tonga16.6 yrs15.6 yrs
179Vanuatu16.6 yrs15.9 yrs
180Philippines16.6 yrs14.8 yrs
181Nigeria16.5 yrs17.7 yrs
182Bangladesh16.5 yrs16.5 yrs
183Cameroon16.4 yrs17.8 yrs
184Somalia16.4 yrs16.5 yrs
185Guinea-Bissau16.3 yrs17.7 yrs
186Sao Tome and Principe16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
187Burkina Faso16.3 yrs17.5 yrs
188Belize16.3 yrs14.7 yrs
189Mexico16.3 yrs15.0 yrs
190Saint Lucia16.2 yrs13.8 yrs
191Malawi16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
192Mozambique16.2 yrs17.4 yrs
193Djibouti16.1 yrs16.4 yrs
194Benin16.1 yrs17.1 yrs
195Congo16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
196Burundi16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
197Guatemala15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
198Algeria15.8 yrs15.4 yrs
199Wallis and Futuna Islands15.8 yrs15.6 yrs
200Ghana15.8 yrs14.7 yrs
201Togo15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
202Mauritania15.8 yrs16.6 yrs
203Maldives15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
204South Sudan15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
205Samoa15.7 yrs13.7 yrs
206Botswana15.7 yrs14.4 yrs
207Afghanistan15.6 yrs16.7 yrs
208Ethiopia15.6 yrs16.7 yrs
209Sudan15.6 yrs15.0 yrs
210Chad15.5 yrs17.3 yrs
211Iraq15.4 yrs16.8 yrs
212Oman15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
213Senegal15.4 yrs16.8 yrs
214Comoros15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
215Niger15.3 yrs14.9 yrs
216Honduras15.3 yrs14.9 yrs
217Madagascar15.3 yrs15.6 yrs
218Cabo Verde15.2 yrs16.1 yrs
219Côte d'Ivoire15.2 yrs16.6 yrs
220United Republic of Tanzania15.2 yrs15.9 yrs
221Namibia15.2 yrs16.8 yrs
222Nicaragua15.2 yrs15.1 yrs
223Libya15.2 yrs13.6 yrs
224Rwanda15.2 yrs15.0 yrs
225Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.0 yrs15.1 yrs
226Uganda14.8 yrs15.4 yrs
227Solomon Islands14.8 yrs15.4 yrs
228Zimbabwe14.7 yrs14.8 yrs
229Syrian Arab Republic14.6 yrs14.7 yrs
230Yemen14.4 yrs16.7 yrs
231Eswatini14.4 yrs15.2 yrs
232Zambia14.3 yrs14.9 yrs
233Jordan14.3 yrs13.8 yrs
234State of Palestine14.2 yrs14.2 yrs
235Mayotte14.1 yrs13.9 yrs
236Marshall Islands13.9 yrs15.5 yrs
237Kenya13.6 yrs13.2 yrs

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