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Median age by country, 1988

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

1988
#Country / areaMedian age1978
1Holy See45.0 yrs38.6 yrs
2Monaco42.7 yrs43.0 yrs
3Isle of Man38.3 yrs38.0 yrs
4Sweden37.3 yrs34.6 yrs
5Germany36.6 yrs35.4 yrs
6Japan36.0 yrs30.7 yrs
7Switzerland35.7 yrs33.1 yrs
8Denmark35.7 yrs32.6 yrs
9Italy35.5 yrs32.7 yrs
10Guernsey35.5 yrs32.5 yrs
11Luxembourg35.2 yrs33.8 yrs
12Serbia35.1 yrs32.4 yrs
13Bulgaria35.0 yrs32.9 yrs
14Hungary34.8 yrs33.2 yrs
15Finland34.8 yrs30.9 yrs
16Belgium34.8 yrs33.0 yrs
17United Kingdom34.7 yrs33.1 yrs
18Austria34.5 yrs33.5 yrs
19Greece34.4 yrs32.8 yrs
20Jersey34.3 yrs33.7 yrs
21San Marino34.1 yrs31.2 yrs
22Norway34.1 yrs31.8 yrs
23Croatia34.0 yrs32.2 yrs
24Czechia33.8 yrs31.6 yrs
25Gibraltar33.5 yrs30.1 yrs
26Latvia33.5 yrs34.1 yrs
27France33.2 yrs30.8 yrs
28Ukraine33.0 yrs33.0 yrs
29Estonia33.0 yrs33.0 yrs
30Netherlands32.8 yrs29.6 yrs
31Slovenia32.5 yrs30.1 yrs
32Portugal32.3 yrs29.0 yrs
33Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.0 yrs32.0 yrs
34Romania31.9 yrs30.6 yrs
35Spain31.8 yrs29.4 yrs
36Bermuda31.8 yrs28.3 yrs
37Belarus31.5 yrs29.7 yrs
38Russian Federation31.5 yrs29.7 yrs
39United States of America31.3 yrs28.6 yrs
40Malta31.3 yrs28.2 yrs
41Lithuania31.3 yrs30.7 yrs
42Liechtenstein31.3 yrs28.4 yrs
43Canada31.1 yrs27.4 yrs
44Andorra31.0 yrs25.9 yrs
45Poland30.7 yrs28.0 yrs
46Australia30.6 yrs27.9 yrs
47Aruba30.0 yrs22.9 yrs
48Slovakia29.9 yrs27.5 yrs
49Uruguay29.7 yrs29.1 yrs
50Saint Pierre and Miquelon29.5 yrs25.3 yrs
51New Zealand29.4 yrs26.2 yrs
52Faroe Islands29.4 yrs26.8 yrs
53Georgia29.1 yrs27.7 yrs
54China, Hong Kong SAR28.7 yrs23.5 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy28.6 yrs26.3 yrs
56Cyprus28.4 yrs25.7 yrs
57Iceland28.3 yrs25.3 yrs
58Republic of Moldova28.3 yrs26.3 yrs
59Montenegro28.2 yrs24.9 yrs
60Bosnia and Herzegovina27.8 yrs24.0 yrs
61Singapore27.7 yrs22.5 yrs
62Cayman Islands27.6 yrs24.0 yrs
63Ireland27.3 yrs25.4 yrs
64Barbados27.3 yrs23.5 yrs
65North Macedonia27.3 yrs24.2 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba27.1 yrs23.2 yrs
67Qatar26.7 yrs21.3 yrs
68Puerto Rico26.7 yrs23.0 yrs
69China, Macao SAR26.7 yrs20.2 yrs
70Martinique26.5 yrs19.9 yrs
71Saint Helena26.4 yrs21.7 yrs
72Montserrat26.3 yrs22.3 yrs
73Argentina26.2 yrs26.0 yrs
74Curaçao26.1 yrs21.2 yrs
75Greenland26.0 yrs22.0 yrs
76Cuba25.9 yrs22.3 yrs
77United States Virgin Islands25.8 yrs21.1 yrs
78Sint Maarten (Dutch part)25.4 yrs22.3 yrs
79Guadeloupe25.3 yrs20.5 yrs
80United Arab Emirates25.1 yrs24.5 yrs
81China, Taiwan Province of China25.1 yrs20.7 yrs
82Armenia25.0 yrs21.5 yrs
83Northern Mariana Islands24.9 yrs17.9 yrs
84British Virgin Islands24.8 yrs21.7 yrs
85Republic of Korea24.8 yrs20.0 yrs
86Saint Martin (French part)24.6 yrs18.1 yrs
87Israel24.5 yrs23.7 yrs
88Antigua and Barbuda24.3 yrs19.9 yrs
89Kazakhstan24.3 yrs22.1 yrs
90Chile24.3 yrs21.4 yrs
91Dem. People's Republic of Korea24.1 yrs20.5 yrs
92Mauritius23.7 yrs20.2 yrs
93Bahamas23.6 yrs20.5 yrs
94Réunion23.5 yrs19.3 yrs
95Guam23.4 yrs20.7 yrs
96Tuvalu23.3 yrs19.5 yrs
97French Guiana23.3 yrs21.6 yrs
98Bahrain23.0 yrs19.7 yrs
99Palau23.0 yrs17.1 yrs
100China23.0 yrs20.2 yrs
101Anguilla22.8 yrs18.5 yrs
102Trinidad and Tobago22.7 yrs20.1 yrs
103Turks and Caicos Islands22.6 yrs17.0 yrs
104Azerbaijan22.4 yrs18.9 yrs
105Albania22.4 yrs19.5 yrs
106Thailand22.2 yrs18.2 yrs
107Kuwait22.1 yrs18.6 yrs
108Sri Lanka22.0 yrs20.1 yrs
109Saint Kitts and Nevis22.0 yrs18.5 yrs
110Grenada21.9 yrs17.6 yrs
111Seychelles21.9 yrs18.5 yrs
112New Caledonia21.8 yrs19.2 yrs
113Brunei Darussalam21.6 yrs18.4 yrs
114Costa Rica21.3 yrs18.7 yrs
115Niue21.3 yrs16.3 yrs
116Dominica21.2 yrs16.9 yrs
117Brazil20.9 yrs18.8 yrs
118Kyrgyzstan20.6 yrs19.1 yrs
119Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)20.4 yrs18.7 yrs
120Nauru20.4 yrs21.8 yrs
121Colombia20.3 yrs17.4 yrs
122Jamaica20.3 yrs17.8 yrs
123Türkiye20.3 yrs18.5 yrs
124Myanmar20.2 yrs18.9 yrs
125Lebanon20.2 yrs18.4 yrs
126Indonesia20.1 yrs18.1 yrs
127Malaysia20.1 yrs18.2 yrs
128French Polynesia20.0 yrs17.7 yrs
129Panama19.9 yrs17.5 yrs
130South Africa19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
131Fiji19.6 yrs17.9 yrs
132India19.5 yrs18.7 yrs
133American Samoa19.5 yrs17.2 yrs
134Guyana19.4 yrs16.6 yrs
135Suriname19.4 yrs16.7 yrs
136Tunisia19.4 yrs17.0 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)19.4 yrs17.4 yrs
138Western Sahara19.4 yrs19.5 yrs
139Viet Nam19.2 yrs18.1 yrs
140Kiribati19.1 yrs17.1 yrs
141Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.1 yrs16.1 yrs
142Tokelau19.0 yrs16.4 yrs
143Cook Islands18.9 yrs14.9 yrs
144Equatorial Guinea18.9 yrs18.5 yrs
145Uzbekistan18.8 yrs17.5 yrs
146Ecuador18.8 yrs17.2 yrs
147Dominican Republic18.5 yrs16.3 yrs
148Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.5 yrs18.3 yrs
149Egypt18.4 yrs18.3 yrs
150Peru18.4 yrs17.2 yrs
151Turkmenistan18.3 yrs17.2 yrs
152Timor-Leste18.3 yrs19.8 yrs
153Nepal18.2 yrs18.6 yrs
154Gabon18.1 yrs20.5 yrs
155Paraguay18.1 yrs17.3 yrs
156Mexico18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
157Wallis and Futuna Islands17.9 yrs16.3 yrs
158Saudi Arabia17.9 yrs16.9 yrs
159Haiti17.9 yrs18.2 yrs
160Morocco17.9 yrs16.2 yrs
161Mongolia17.7 yrs16.3 yrs
162El Salvador17.6 yrs16.1 yrs
163Tonga17.6 yrs15.9 yrs
164Philippines17.6 yrs15.8 yrs
165Sierra Leone17.5 yrs18.3 yrs
166Papua New Guinea17.5 yrs16.5 yrs
167Lesotho17.5 yrs17.9 yrs
168Saint Lucia17.4 yrs15.2 yrs
169Bhutan17.4 yrs17.9 yrs
170Guinea17.3 yrs18.0 yrs
171Tajikistan17.2 yrs16.9 yrs
172Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.1 yrs17.2 yrs
173Cambodia17.1 yrs16.3 yrs
174Samoa17.1 yrs14.9 yrs
175Bangladesh17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
176Algeria17.0 yrs15.3 yrs
177Pakistan17.0 yrs16.8 yrs
178Central African Republic17.0 yrs17.4 yrs
179Democratic Republic of the Congo16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
180Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs17.0 yrs
181Libya16.8 yrs14.8 yrs
182Liberia16.8 yrs17.0 yrs
183Eritrea16.7 yrs16.7 yrs
184Angola16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
185Djibouti16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
186Vanuatu16.6 yrs16.2 yrs
187Oman16.4 yrs15.3 yrs
188Congo16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
189Sao Tome and Principe16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
190Belize16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
191Malawi16.4 yrs16.3 yrs
192Gambia16.3 yrs17.4 yrs
193Nigeria16.1 yrs16.9 yrs
194Namibia16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
195Ghana16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
196Guatemala16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
197Togo16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
198Mauritania16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
199Guinea-Bissau15.9 yrs16.7 yrs
200Botswana15.9 yrs15.5 yrs
201Iraq15.8 yrs15.2 yrs
202Ethiopia15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
203Cabo Verde15.8 yrs15.3 yrs
204Cameroon15.8 yrs16.9 yrs
205Sudan15.8 yrs15.1 yrs
206Somalia15.8 yrs16.6 yrs
207Benin15.8 yrs16.4 yrs
208Mozambique15.8 yrs16.8 yrs
209South Sudan15.7 yrs16.1 yrs
210Burkina Faso15.6 yrs16.7 yrs
211Honduras15.6 yrs15.1 yrs
212Madagascar15.6 yrs15.4 yrs
213Mali15.6 yrs17.3 yrs
214Maldives15.5 yrs15.8 yrs
215Comoros15.4 yrs15.5 yrs
216Solomon Islands15.4 yrs14.8 yrs
217United Republic of Tanzania15.4 yrs15.6 yrs
218Niger15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
219Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.4 yrs15.0 yrs
220Senegal15.3 yrs16.1 yrs
221Chad15.3 yrs16.2 yrs
222Nicaragua15.3 yrs15.2 yrs
223Mayotte15.3 yrs13.5 yrs
224Syrian Arab Republic15.2 yrs14.6 yrs
225Jordan15.2 yrs13.9 yrs
226Afghanistan15.1 yrs16.0 yrs
227Côte d'Ivoire14.9 yrs15.8 yrs
228Zimbabwe14.9 yrs14.7 yrs
229Burundi14.9 yrs15.9 yrs
230Uganda14.8 yrs15.1 yrs
231Eswatini14.6 yrs14.8 yrs
232Zambia14.6 yrs14.3 yrs
233Rwanda14.5 yrs15.5 yrs
234State of Palestine14.3 yrs14.1 yrs
235Kenya14.1 yrs13.3 yrs
236Yemen13.7 yrs15.2 yrs
237Marshall Islands13.7 yrs14.3 yrs

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