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Median age by country, 1986

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

1986
#Country / areaMedian age1976
1Holy See43.7 yrs37.2 yrs
2Monaco42.3 yrs43.6 yrs
3Isle of Man38.3 yrs38.7 yrs
4Sweden37.0 yrs34.3 yrs
5Germany36.0 yrs34.8 yrs
6Guernsey35.4 yrs31.8 yrs
7Switzerland35.4 yrs32.4 yrs
8Denmark35.3 yrs32.0 yrs
9Luxembourg35.0 yrs33.9 yrs
10Japan35.0 yrs29.9 yrs
11Italy34.9 yrs32.6 yrs
12Bulgaria34.6 yrs32.8 yrs
13United Kingdom34.4 yrs32.9 yrs
14Belgium34.4 yrs33.0 yrs
15Austria34.3 yrs33.2 yrs
16Serbia34.3 yrs32.2 yrs
17Hungary34.3 yrs33.2 yrs
18Jersey34.2 yrs33.8 yrs
19Finland34.1 yrs30.0 yrs
20Greece33.8 yrs32.7 yrs
21Norway33.8 yrs31.3 yrs
22Latvia33.7 yrs34.0 yrs
23San Marino33.5 yrs30.6 yrs
24Croatia33.4 yrs32.2 yrs
25Czechia33.3 yrs31.6 yrs
26Estonia33.0 yrs33.4 yrs
27Ukraine32.9 yrs33.2 yrs
28Gibraltar32.7 yrs29.6 yrs
29France32.7 yrs30.5 yrs
30Netherlands32.2 yrs28.8 yrs
31Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.1 yrs31.9 yrs
32Slovenia31.9 yrs30.2 yrs
33Bermuda31.6 yrs28.0 yrs
34Romania31.6 yrs30.8 yrs
35Portugal31.4 yrs28.8 yrs
36Spain31.1 yrs29.1 yrs
37Lithuania31.1 yrs30.6 yrs
38Russian Federation31.1 yrs29.5 yrs
39Belarus31.0 yrs29.4 yrs
40United States of America30.7 yrs27.9 yrs
41Malta30.7 yrs27.3 yrs
42Liechtenstein30.7 yrs27.6 yrs
43Canada30.3 yrs26.7 yrs
44Poland30.1 yrs27.6 yrs
45Andorra30.0 yrs25.1 yrs
46Australia30.0 yrs27.4 yrs
47Uruguay29.5 yrs29.1 yrs
48Slovakia29.3 yrs27.3 yrs
49Faroe Islands28.9 yrs26.3 yrs
50Georgia28.8 yrs27.5 yrs
51New Zealand28.8 yrs25.5 yrs
52Saint Pierre and Miquelon28.5 yrs24.6 yrs
53Aruba28.2 yrs21.6 yrs
54Cyprus28.0 yrs24.8 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy27.9 yrs26.1 yrs
56Republic of Moldova27.9 yrs25.7 yrs
57Iceland27.8 yrs24.7 yrs
58Montenegro27.6 yrs24.3 yrs
59China, Hong Kong SAR27.6 yrs22.6 yrs
60Bosnia and Herzegovina26.9 yrs23.2 yrs
61Singapore26.8 yrs21.4 yrs
62North Macedonia26.7 yrs23.5 yrs
63Qatar26.6 yrs20.3 yrs
64Barbados26.6 yrs22.8 yrs
65Ireland26.5 yrs25.4 yrs
66Cayman Islands26.5 yrs22.6 yrs
67Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba26.4 yrs22.3 yrs
68Argentina26.1 yrs26.0 yrs
69China, Macao SAR26.1 yrs16.7 yrs
70Puerto Rico25.8 yrs22.4 yrs
71United Arab Emirates25.6 yrs24.6 yrs
72Montserrat25.6 yrs21.5 yrs
73Saint Helena25.4 yrs21.2 yrs
74Greenland25.2 yrs21.0 yrs
75Cuba25.1 yrs21.7 yrs
76Curaçao25.1 yrs20.4 yrs
77Martinique25.0 yrs18.8 yrs
78United States Virgin Islands24.5 yrs20.9 yrs
79Armenia24.4 yrs21.2 yrs
80Israel24.4 yrs23.3 yrs
81Guadeloupe24.3 yrs19.6 yrs
82Sint Maarten (Dutch part)24.3 yrs21.4 yrs
83China, Taiwan Province of China24.1 yrs19.8 yrs
84British Virgin Islands23.8 yrs21.0 yrs
85Republic of Korea23.8 yrs19.2 yrs
86Antigua and Barbuda23.7 yrs19.0 yrs
87Chile23.7 yrs20.9 yrs
88Kazakhstan23.6 yrs22.3 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea23.4 yrs19.9 yrs
90Saint Martin (French part)23.2 yrs17.2 yrs
91French Guiana23.2 yrs20.9 yrs
92Northern Mariana Islands23.2 yrs16.9 yrs
93Bahamas22.9 yrs20.0 yrs
94Mauritius22.9 yrs19.6 yrs
95Tuvalu22.8 yrs18.9 yrs
96Guam22.7 yrs20.1 yrs
97Bahrain22.4 yrs18.6 yrs
98Réunion22.3 yrs18.7 yrs
99Trinidad and Tobago22.1 yrs19.5 yrs
100China22.1 yrs19.4 yrs
101Anguilla21.9 yrs17.5 yrs
102Nauru21.9 yrs20.2 yrs
103Azerbaijan21.8 yrs18.0 yrs
104Albania21.8 yrs19.0 yrs
105Kuwait21.8 yrs17.6 yrs
106Saint Kitts and Nevis21.5 yrs17.8 yrs
107Sri Lanka21.4 yrs19.8 yrs
108Turks and Caicos Islands21.3 yrs16.7 yrs
109Thailand21.3 yrs17.6 yrs
110Seychelles21.2 yrs17.9 yrs
111Palau21.2 yrs16.6 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam21.1 yrs17.8 yrs
113Grenada21.0 yrs17.0 yrs
114New Caledonia21.0 yrs18.9 yrs
115Costa Rica20.8 yrs18.1 yrs
116Kyrgyzstan20.4 yrs18.9 yrs
117Dominica20.4 yrs16.3 yrs
118Brazil20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
119Niue20.3 yrs15.6 yrs
120Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)20.2 yrs18.3 yrs
121Western Sahara20.2 yrs16.5 yrs
122Jamaica19.8 yrs17.2 yrs
123Türkiye19.8 yrs18.2 yrs
124Malaysia19.8 yrs17.7 yrs
125Myanmar19.8 yrs18.8 yrs
126Lebanon19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
127Colombia19.7 yrs16.9 yrs
128Indonesia19.5 yrs17.9 yrs
129South Africa19.5 yrs17.9 yrs
130French Polynesia19.5 yrs17.2 yrs
131Panama19.4 yrs17.1 yrs
132India19.3 yrs18.5 yrs
133Fiji19.3 yrs17.4 yrs
134Suriname19.0 yrs16.2 yrs
135Viet Nam19.0 yrs17.7 yrs
136Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)19.0 yrs17.0 yrs
137Equatorial Guinea19.0 yrs18.8 yrs
138American Samoa19.0 yrs16.6 yrs
139Guyana18.9 yrs16.2 yrs
140Tunisia18.9 yrs16.8 yrs
141Kiribati18.8 yrs16.8 yrs
142Uzbekistan18.7 yrs17.1 yrs
143Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.6 yrs15.9 yrs
144Timor-Leste18.6 yrs19.5 yrs
145Gabon18.5 yrs21.1 yrs
146Ecuador18.4 yrs17.0 yrs
147Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.4 yrs18.3 yrs
148Egypt18.3 yrs18.3 yrs
149Tokelau18.3 yrs15.4 yrs
150Turkmenistan18.3 yrs16.9 yrs
151Nepal18.3 yrs18.7 yrs
152Cook Islands18.1 yrs14.1 yrs
153Dominican Republic18.1 yrs15.9 yrs
154Paraguay18.1 yrs16.9 yrs
155Peru18.1 yrs17.1 yrs
156Haiti18.0 yrs18.3 yrs
157Saudi Arabia17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
158Sierra Leone17.7 yrs18.5 yrs
159Mexico17.5 yrs15.2 yrs
160Mongolia17.5 yrs16.0 yrs
161Lesotho17.5 yrs17.9 yrs
162Papua New Guinea17.4 yrs16.2 yrs
163Bhutan17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
164Morocco17.4 yrs15.9 yrs
165El Salvador17.3 yrs15.8 yrs
166Guinea17.3 yrs18.3 yrs
167Philippines17.3 yrs15.4 yrs
168Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs17.1 yrs
169Tajikistan17.2 yrs16.8 yrs
170Wallis and Futuna Islands17.1 yrs16.2 yrs
171Tonga17.1 yrs15.6 yrs
172Pakistan17.1 yrs16.8 yrs
173Central African Republic17.1 yrs17.4 yrs
174Cambodia16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
175Eritrea16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
176Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
177Saint Lucia16.8 yrs14.3 yrs
178Bangladesh16.8 yrs16.4 yrs
179Liberia16.8 yrs17.1 yrs
180Angola16.7 yrs16.1 yrs
181Samoa16.7 yrs14.5 yrs
182Lao People's Democratic Republic16.7 yrs17.4 yrs
183Vanuatu16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
184Algeria16.5 yrs15.2 yrs
185Belize16.5 yrs15.4 yrs
186Gambia16.4 yrs17.7 yrs
187Sao Tome and Principe16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
188Djibouti16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
189Congo16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
190Nigeria16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
191Malawi16.2 yrs16.3 yrs
192Libya16.2 yrs14.6 yrs
193Ghana16.0 yrs14.9 yrs
194Guatemala16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
195Somalia16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
196Mali16.0 yrs17.7 yrs
197Cameroon15.9 yrs17.2 yrs
198Guinea-Bissau15.9 yrs17.4 yrs
199Togo15.9 yrs15.9 yrs
200Benin15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
201Mauritania15.9 yrs16.1 yrs
202Ethiopia15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
203Burkina Faso15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
204Botswana15.8 yrs15.1 yrs
205Mozambique15.8 yrs17.0 yrs
206Maldives15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
207Iraq15.7 yrs15.6 yrs
208Oman15.7 yrs15.2 yrs
209Sudan15.7 yrs15.0 yrs
210Namibia15.7 yrs16.4 yrs
211Cabo Verde15.6 yrs15.7 yrs
212Honduras15.5 yrs15.1 yrs
213South Sudan15.5 yrs16.2 yrs
214Comoros15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
215Madagascar15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
216Niger15.3 yrs15.2 yrs
217Afghanistan15.2 yrs16.3 yrs
218Senegal15.2 yrs16.5 yrs
219Solomon Islands15.2 yrs14.8 yrs
220United Republic of Tanzania15.2 yrs15.8 yrs
221Chad15.2 yrs16.6 yrs
222Nicaragua15.2 yrs15.2 yrs
223Burundi15.2 yrs15.9 yrs
224Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.2 yrs14.9 yrs
225Côte d'Ivoire14.9 yrs16.3 yrs
226Syrian Arab Republic14.9 yrs14.6 yrs
227Zimbabwe14.9 yrs14.8 yrs
228Uganda14.8 yrs15.1 yrs
229Jordan14.8 yrs13.8 yrs
230Mayotte14.7 yrs13.6 yrs
231Rwanda14.7 yrs15.4 yrs
232Zambia14.5 yrs14.4 yrs
233State of Palestine14.3 yrs14.1 yrs
234Eswatini14.2 yrs14.9 yrs
235Kenya14.0 yrs13.2 yrs
236Yemen13.9 yrs15.7 yrs
237Marshall Islands13.7 yrs14.7 yrs

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