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Median age by country, 1987

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

1987
#Country / areaMedian age1977
1Holy See44.3 yrs37.9 yrs
2Monaco42.5 yrs43.3 yrs
3Isle of Man38.3 yrs38.3 yrs
4Sweden37.2 yrs34.4 yrs
5Germany36.3 yrs35.2 yrs
6Guernsey35.5 yrs32.1 yrs
7Switzerland35.5 yrs32.8 yrs
8Denmark35.5 yrs32.3 yrs
9Japan35.5 yrs30.2 yrs
10Italy35.2 yrs32.6 yrs
11Luxembourg35.1 yrs33.8 yrs
12Bulgaria34.8 yrs32.8 yrs
13Serbia34.7 yrs32.3 yrs
14Belgium34.6 yrs33.0 yrs
15United Kingdom34.5 yrs33.0 yrs
16Hungary34.5 yrs33.2 yrs
17Finland34.5 yrs30.4 yrs
18Austria34.4 yrs33.4 yrs
19Jersey34.2 yrs33.7 yrs
20Greece34.1 yrs32.7 yrs
21Norway33.9 yrs31.5 yrs
22San Marino33.8 yrs30.9 yrs
23Croatia33.7 yrs32.2 yrs
24Czechia33.6 yrs31.6 yrs
25Latvia33.6 yrs34.1 yrs
26Gibraltar33.1 yrs29.9 yrs
27Ukraine33.0 yrs33.2 yrs
28Estonia33.0 yrs33.3 yrs
29France33.0 yrs30.6 yrs
30Netherlands32.5 yrs29.2 yrs
31Slovenia32.3 yrs30.1 yrs
32Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.1 yrs31.9 yrs
33Bermuda31.8 yrs28.1 yrs
34Portugal31.8 yrs28.8 yrs
35Romania31.7 yrs30.7 yrs
36Spain31.5 yrs29.2 yrs
37Belarus31.3 yrs29.5 yrs
38Russian Federation31.3 yrs29.5 yrs
39Lithuania31.1 yrs30.7 yrs
40United States of America31.0 yrs28.3 yrs
41Malta31.0 yrs27.8 yrs
42Liechtenstein31.0 yrs28.0 yrs
43Canada30.7 yrs27.1 yrs
44Andorra30.4 yrs25.4 yrs
45Poland30.4 yrs27.8 yrs
46Australia30.3 yrs27.6 yrs
47Uruguay29.6 yrs29.1 yrs
48Slovakia29.6 yrs27.4 yrs
49Aruba29.1 yrs22.2 yrs
50New Zealand29.1 yrs25.8 yrs
51Faroe Islands29.1 yrs26.5 yrs
52Saint Pierre and Miquelon29.0 yrs24.9 yrs
53Georgia28.9 yrs27.6 yrs
54Cyprus28.2 yrs25.3 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy28.2 yrs26.1 yrs
56China, Hong Kong SAR28.2 yrs23.1 yrs
57Iceland28.1 yrs25.0 yrs
58Republic of Moldova28.1 yrs26.0 yrs
59Montenegro27.9 yrs24.6 yrs
60Singapore27.3 yrs22.0 yrs
61Bosnia and Herzegovina27.3 yrs23.6 yrs
62Cayman Islands27.0 yrs23.2 yrs
63North Macedonia27.0 yrs23.8 yrs
64Ireland26.9 yrs25.4 yrs
65Barbados26.9 yrs23.1 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba26.7 yrs22.7 yrs
67Qatar26.7 yrs20.8 yrs
68China, Macao SAR26.4 yrs18.5 yrs
69Puerto Rico26.3 yrs22.8 yrs
70Argentina26.1 yrs26.0 yrs
71Saint Helena25.9 yrs21.4 yrs
72Montserrat25.9 yrs21.9 yrs
73Martinique25.7 yrs19.4 yrs
74Curaçao25.6 yrs20.8 yrs
75Greenland25.6 yrs21.5 yrs
76Cuba25.5 yrs22.0 yrs
77United Arab Emirates25.3 yrs24.4 yrs
78United States Virgin Islands25.1 yrs21.0 yrs
79Armenia24.8 yrs21.3 yrs
80Guadeloupe24.8 yrs20.0 yrs
81Sint Maarten (Dutch part)24.8 yrs21.8 yrs
82China, Taiwan Province of China24.6 yrs20.2 yrs
83Israel24.5 yrs23.5 yrs
84British Virgin Islands24.3 yrs21.4 yrs
85Republic of Korea24.3 yrs19.6 yrs
86Antigua and Barbuda24.1 yrs19.4 yrs
87Northern Mariana Islands24.1 yrs17.4 yrs
88Chile24.0 yrs21.2 yrs
89Kazakhstan23.9 yrs22.1 yrs
90Saint Martin (French part)23.9 yrs17.6 yrs
91Dem. People's Republic of Korea23.8 yrs20.2 yrs
92Bahamas23.3 yrs20.2 yrs
93Mauritius23.3 yrs19.9 yrs
94French Guiana23.2 yrs21.3 yrs
95Guam23.0 yrs20.4 yrs
96Tuvalu23.0 yrs19.1 yrs
97Réunion22.9 yrs19.0 yrs
98Bahrain22.6 yrs19.2 yrs
99China22.6 yrs19.8 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago22.4 yrs19.8 yrs
101Anguilla22.3 yrs18.0 yrs
102Azerbaijan22.1 yrs18.4 yrs
103Albania22.1 yrs19.2 yrs
104Palau22.1 yrs16.9 yrs
105Turks and Caicos Islands22.0 yrs16.9 yrs
106Kuwait21.9 yrs18.1 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis21.8 yrs18.1 yrs
108Thailand21.8 yrs17.9 yrs
109Sri Lanka21.7 yrs20.0 yrs
110Grenada21.5 yrs17.3 yrs
111Seychelles21.5 yrs18.2 yrs
112New Caledonia21.4 yrs19.0 yrs
113Brunei Darussalam21.4 yrs18.0 yrs
114Costa Rica21.1 yrs18.4 yrs
115Nauru21.1 yrs20.9 yrs
116Dominica20.9 yrs16.6 yrs
117Niue20.8 yrs15.9 yrs
118Brazil20.6 yrs18.6 yrs
119Kyrgyzstan20.5 yrs19.0 yrs
120Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
121Colombia20.0 yrs17.1 yrs
122Jamaica20.0 yrs17.5 yrs
123Türkiye20.0 yrs18.3 yrs
124Malaysia20.0 yrs18.0 yrs
125Myanmar20.0 yrs18.8 yrs
126Lebanon20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
127Indonesia19.8 yrs18.0 yrs
128Western Sahara19.8 yrs17.7 yrs
129Panama19.7 yrs17.3 yrs
130French Polynesia19.7 yrs17.5 yrs
131South Africa19.6 yrs18.0 yrs
132Fiji19.5 yrs17.7 yrs
133India19.4 yrs18.6 yrs
134Guyana19.2 yrs16.4 yrs
135Suriname19.2 yrs16.4 yrs
136Tunisia19.2 yrs16.9 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)19.2 yrs17.2 yrs
138American Samoa19.2 yrs16.9 yrs
139Viet Nam19.1 yrs17.9 yrs
140Equatorial Guinea19.0 yrs18.6 yrs
141Kiribati18.9 yrs17.0 yrs
142Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18.9 yrs16.0 yrs
143Uzbekistan18.8 yrs17.3 yrs
144Ecuador18.6 yrs17.1 yrs
145Tokelau18.6 yrs15.8 yrs
146Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs18.3 yrs
147Timor-Leste18.5 yrs19.7 yrs
148Egypt18.4 yrs18.3 yrs
149Cook Islands18.4 yrs14.4 yrs
150Gabon18.3 yrs20.8 yrs
151Dominican Republic18.3 yrs16.1 yrs
152Turkmenistan18.3 yrs17.1 yrs
153Nepal18.3 yrs18.6 yrs
154Peru18.3 yrs17.1 yrs
155Paraguay18.1 yrs17.1 yrs
156Haiti17.9 yrs18.2 yrs
157Saudi Arabia17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
158Mexico17.8 yrs15.3 yrs
159Sierra Leone17.6 yrs18.4 yrs
160Morocco17.6 yrs16.0 yrs
161Mongolia17.6 yrs16.1 yrs
162Lesotho17.6 yrs17.9 yrs
163Wallis and Futuna Islands17.5 yrs16.3 yrs
164El Salvador17.5 yrs16.0 yrs
165Papua New Guinea17.5 yrs16.4 yrs
166Philippines17.4 yrs15.6 yrs
167Bhutan17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
168Guinea17.3 yrs18.1 yrs
169Tonga17.3 yrs15.7 yrs
170Tajikistan17.2 yrs16.9 yrs
171Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.1 yrs17.2 yrs
172Pakistan17.1 yrs16.8 yrs
173Central African Republic17.1 yrs17.4 yrs
174Cambodia17.0 yrs16.2 yrs
175Saint Lucia17.0 yrs14.7 yrs
176Samoa16.9 yrs14.7 yrs
177Bangladesh16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
178Eritrea16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
179Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
180Liberia16.8 yrs17.1 yrs
181Algeria16.7 yrs15.2 yrs
182Lao People's Democratic Republic16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
183Angola16.6 yrs16.2 yrs
184Vanuatu16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
185Djibouti16.5 yrs16.1 yrs
186Libya16.5 yrs14.7 yrs
187Congo16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
188Sao Tome and Principe16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
189Belize16.4 yrs15.6 yrs
190Gambia16.3 yrs17.6 yrs
191Malawi16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
192Nigeria16.1 yrs17.1 yrs
193Oman16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
194Ghana16.0 yrs15.0 yrs
195Guatemala16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
196Mauritania16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
197Ethiopia15.9 yrs15.9 yrs
198Guinea-Bissau15.9 yrs17.1 yrs
199Somalia15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
200Togo15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
201Namibia15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
202Iraq15.8 yrs15.3 yrs
203Cameroon15.8 yrs17.1 yrs
204Benin15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
205Botswana15.8 yrs15.3 yrs
206Mali15.8 yrs17.5 yrs
207Mozambique15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
208Cabo Verde15.7 yrs15.5 yrs
209Sudan15.7 yrs15.0 yrs
210Burkina Faso15.7 yrs16.8 yrs
211Maldives15.7 yrs15.9 yrs
212Honduras15.5 yrs15.1 yrs
213Madagascar15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
214Comoros15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
215Niger15.4 yrs15.2 yrs
216South Sudan15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
217Solomon Islands15.3 yrs14.8 yrs
218United Republic of Tanzania15.3 yrs15.7 yrs
219Chad15.3 yrs16.4 yrs
220Nicaragua15.3 yrs15.2 yrs
221Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.3 yrs15.0 yrs
222Afghanistan15.2 yrs16.1 yrs
223Senegal15.2 yrs16.3 yrs
224Burundi15.1 yrs15.9 yrs
225Syrian Arab Republic15.0 yrs14.6 yrs
226Mayotte15.0 yrs13.5 yrs
227Jordan15.0 yrs13.8 yrs
228Côte d'Ivoire14.9 yrs16.0 yrs
229Zimbabwe14.9 yrs14.8 yrs
230Uganda14.8 yrs15.1 yrs
231Rwanda14.6 yrs15.5 yrs
232Zambia14.5 yrs14.3 yrs
233Eswatini14.3 yrs14.8 yrs
234State of Palestine14.3 yrs14.1 yrs
235Kenya14.0 yrs13.2 yrs
236Yemen13.8 yrs15.4 yrs
237Marshall Islands13.6 yrs14.5 yrs

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