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Median age by country, 1989

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

1989
#Country / areaMedian age1979
1Holy See45.7 yrs39.4 yrs
2Monaco42.9 yrs43.0 yrs
3Isle of Man38.3 yrs37.7 yrs
4Sweden37.4 yrs34.8 yrs
5Germany36.6 yrs35.6 yrs
6Japan36.4 yrs31.2 yrs
7Denmark36.0 yrs33.0 yrs
8Italy35.8 yrs32.9 yrs
9Switzerland35.8 yrs33.5 yrs
10Guernsey35.5 yrs33.0 yrs
11Serbia35.4 yrs32.4 yrs
12Luxembourg35.3 yrs33.8 yrs
13Finland35.2 yrs31.3 yrs
14Bulgaria35.2 yrs33.0 yrs
15Hungary35.0 yrs33.3 yrs
16Belgium35.0 yrs33.0 yrs
17United Kingdom34.9 yrs33.2 yrs
18Greece34.7 yrs32.9 yrs
19Austria34.6 yrs33.6 yrs
20San Marino34.4 yrs31.5 yrs
21Croatia34.3 yrs32.2 yrs
22Jersey34.3 yrs33.7 yrs
23Norway34.2 yrs32.1 yrs
24Czechia34.0 yrs31.8 yrs
25Gibraltar33.9 yrs30.4 yrs
26France33.5 yrs31.1 yrs
27Latvia33.5 yrs34.1 yrs
28Estonia33.2 yrs32.8 yrs
29Ukraine33.1 yrs32.7 yrs
30Netherlands33.0 yrs30.0 yrs
31Slovenia32.9 yrs30.2 yrs
32Portugal32.7 yrs29.3 yrs
33Spain32.1 yrs29.6 yrs
34Romania32.0 yrs30.5 yrs
35Falkland Islands (Malvinas)31.9 yrs32.2 yrs
36Bermuda31.8 yrs28.5 yrs
37Russian Federation31.8 yrs29.9 yrs
38Belarus31.7 yrs29.9 yrs
39United States of America31.6 yrs28.9 yrs
40Andorra31.6 yrs26.5 yrs
41Malta31.6 yrs28.6 yrs
42Liechtenstein31.6 yrs28.8 yrs
43Canada31.5 yrs27.8 yrs
44Lithuania31.4 yrs30.7 yrs
45Poland31.1 yrs28.3 yrs
46Australia30.8 yrs28.1 yrs
47Aruba30.6 yrs23.5 yrs
48Saint Pierre and Miquelon30.1 yrs25.7 yrs
49Slovakia30.1 yrs27.7 yrs
50Uruguay29.8 yrs29.1 yrs
51New Zealand29.8 yrs26.5 yrs
52Faroe Islands29.6 yrs27.1 yrs
53Georgia29.3 yrs27.9 yrs
54China, Hong Kong SAR29.3 yrs24.0 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy29.0 yrs26.6 yrs
56Iceland28.6 yrs25.6 yrs
57Cyprus28.6 yrs26.1 yrs
58Republic of Moldova28.6 yrs26.5 yrs
59Montenegro28.5 yrs25.2 yrs
60Cayman Islands28.2 yrs24.7 yrs
61Bosnia and Herzegovina28.2 yrs24.4 yrs
62Singapore28.1 yrs23.1 yrs
63Ireland27.8 yrs25.4 yrs
64Barbados27.7 yrs23.9 yrs
65North Macedonia27.6 yrs24.5 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba27.5 yrs23.7 yrs
67Martinique27.3 yrs20.5 yrs
68Puerto Rico27.1 yrs23.3 yrs
69Saint Helena27.0 yrs22.1 yrs
70China, Macao SAR27.0 yrs21.8 yrs
71Qatar26.8 yrs21.9 yrs
72Curaçao26.7 yrs21.7 yrs
73Montserrat26.7 yrs22.8 yrs
74United States Virgin Islands26.5 yrs21.3 yrs
75Greenland26.4 yrs22.4 yrs
76Argentina26.3 yrs26.0 yrs
77Cuba26.3 yrs22.7 yrs
78Sint Maarten (Dutch part)25.9 yrs22.8 yrs
79Guadeloupe25.8 yrs21.0 yrs
80Northern Mariana Islands25.8 yrs18.3 yrs
81China, Taiwan Province of China25.6 yrs21.2 yrs
82Armenia25.3 yrs21.8 yrs
83Saint Martin (French part)25.3 yrs18.6 yrs
84British Virgin Islands25.3 yrs22.0 yrs
85Republic of Korea25.3 yrs20.4 yrs
86United Arab Emirates24.9 yrs24.8 yrs
87Israel24.6 yrs23.8 yrs
88Chile24.6 yrs21.7 yrs
89Antigua and Barbuda24.5 yrs20.3 yrs
90Kazakhstan24.5 yrs21.9 yrs
91Dem. People's Republic of Korea24.5 yrs20.9 yrs
92Mauritius24.2 yrs20.5 yrs
93Bahamas24.0 yrs20.7 yrs
94Réunion24.0 yrs19.5 yrs
95Palau23.9 yrs17.4 yrs
96Guam23.7 yrs21.1 yrs
97Tuvalu23.5 yrs19.7 yrs
98China23.4 yrs20.6 yrs
99Anguilla23.3 yrs18.9 yrs
100Turks and Caicos Islands23.3 yrs17.2 yrs
101Bahrain23.3 yrs20.3 yrs
102French Guiana23.3 yrs21.9 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago22.9 yrs20.3 yrs
104Thailand22.7 yrs18.5 yrs
105Albania22.6 yrs19.8 yrs
106Azerbaijan22.5 yrs19.3 yrs
107Grenada22.3 yrs17.8 yrs
108Sri Lanka22.3 yrs20.2 yrs
109Kuwait22.2 yrs19.1 yrs
110Seychelles22.2 yrs18.9 yrs
111Saint Kitts and Nevis22.2 yrs18.8 yrs
112Niue21.9 yrs16.7 yrs
113New Caledonia21.9 yrs19.4 yrs
114Brunei Darussalam21.9 yrs18.6 yrs
115Costa Rica21.5 yrs19.0 yrs
116Dominica21.5 yrs17.2 yrs
117Brazil21.1 yrs19.0 yrs
118Kyrgyzstan20.7 yrs19.2 yrs
119Colombia20.5 yrs17.7 yrs
120Jamaica20.5 yrs18.1 yrs
121Türkiye20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
122Indonesia20.4 yrs18.2 yrs
123Myanmar20.4 yrs19.0 yrs
124Lebanon20.4 yrs18.6 yrs
125Malaysia20.3 yrs18.5 yrs
126French Polynesia20.3 yrs17.9 yrs
127Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)20.2 yrs18.9 yrs
128Panama20.2 yrs17.7 yrs
129South Africa20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
130Nauru19.8 yrs22.5 yrs
131Fiji19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
132Guyana19.7 yrs16.9 yrs
133Tunisia19.7 yrs17.2 yrs
134American Samoa19.7 yrs17.5 yrs
135India19.6 yrs18.8 yrs
136Suriname19.6 yrs17.0 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)19.6 yrs17.6 yrs
138Cook Islands19.4 yrs15.4 yrs
139Tokelau19.4 yrs16.8 yrs
140Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.3 yrs16.2 yrs
141Viet Nam19.3 yrs18.3 yrs
142Kiribati19.2 yrs17.3 yrs
143Western Sahara19.1 yrs20.6 yrs
144Ecuador19.0 yrs17.3 yrs
145Uzbekistan18.9 yrs17.7 yrs
146Equatorial Guinea18.8 yrs18.4 yrs
147Dominican Republic18.7 yrs16.5 yrs
148Peru18.6 yrs17.3 yrs
149Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.6 yrs18.3 yrs
150Egypt18.4 yrs18.2 yrs
151Mexico18.4 yrs15.5 yrs
152Turkmenistan18.3 yrs17.4 yrs
153Wallis and Futuna Islands18.2 yrs16.2 yrs
154Paraguay18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
155Saint Lucia18.1 yrs15.7 yrs
156Nepal18.1 yrs18.6 yrs
157Morocco18.1 yrs16.3 yrs
158Timor-Leste18.1 yrs20.0 yrs
159Gabon18.0 yrs20.2 yrs
160Saudi Arabia17.9 yrs17.0 yrs
161Tonga17.9 yrs16.1 yrs
162Haiti17.9 yrs18.2 yrs
163Mongolia17.8 yrs16.4 yrs
164Philippines17.7 yrs16.0 yrs
165El Salvador17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
166Papua New Guinea17.6 yrs16.7 yrs
167Sierra Leone17.5 yrs18.2 yrs
168Bhutan17.4 yrs17.9 yrs
169Lesotho17.4 yrs17.8 yrs
170Algeria17.2 yrs15.4 yrs
171Guinea17.2 yrs17.8 yrs
172Samoa17.2 yrs15.1 yrs
173Tajikistan17.2 yrs17.0 yrs
174Bangladesh17.2 yrs16.5 yrs
175Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.1 yrs17.2 yrs
176Cambodia17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
177Libya17.1 yrs14.9 yrs
178Pakistan16.9 yrs16.9 yrs
179Liberia16.9 yrs16.9 yrs
180Central African Republic16.9 yrs17.4 yrs
181Oman16.8 yrs15.3 yrs
182Namibia16.8 yrs15.7 yrs
183Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs16.9 yrs
184Democratic Republic of the Congo16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
185Djibouti16.7 yrs16.1 yrs
186Vanuatu16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
187Eritrea16.6 yrs16.7 yrs
188Angola16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
189Congo16.5 yrs15.9 yrs
190Belize16.5 yrs16.0 yrs
191Sao Tome and Principe16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
192Malawi16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
193Gambia16.2 yrs17.3 yrs
194Togo16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
195Nigeria16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
196Ghana16.0 yrs15.4 yrs
197Guatemala16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
198Botswana16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
199Mauritania16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
200South Sudan16.0 yrs16.1 yrs
201Iraq15.9 yrs15.3 yrs
202Guinea-Bissau15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
203Mozambique15.9 yrs16.7 yrs
204Ethiopia15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
205Cabo Verde15.8 yrs15.1 yrs
206Sudan15.8 yrs15.3 yrs
207Benin15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
208Cameroon15.7 yrs16.8 yrs
209Madagascar15.7 yrs15.4 yrs
210Somalia15.6 yrs16.5 yrs
211Honduras15.6 yrs15.2 yrs
212Solomon Islands15.5 yrs14.8 yrs
213United Republic of Tanzania15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
214Burkina Faso15.5 yrs16.6 yrs
215Mayotte15.5 yrs13.6 yrs
216Mali15.5 yrs17.2 yrs
217Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.5 yrs15.0 yrs
218Comoros15.4 yrs15.4 yrs
219Nicaragua15.4 yrs15.1 yrs
220Niger15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
221Maldives15.4 yrs15.8 yrs
222Syrian Arab Republic15.3 yrs14.5 yrs
223Senegal15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
224Chad15.3 yrs16.0 yrs
225Jordan15.3 yrs14.0 yrs
226Afghanistan15.1 yrs15.9 yrs
227Zimbabwe15.0 yrs14.5 yrs
228Côte d'Ivoire14.9 yrs15.6 yrs
229Uganda14.8 yrs15.0 yrs
230Eswatini14.8 yrs14.7 yrs
231Burundi14.7 yrs15.9 yrs
232Zambia14.6 yrs14.2 yrs
233Rwanda14.5 yrs15.5 yrs
234State of Palestine14.3 yrs14.1 yrs
235Kenya14.2 yrs13.3 yrs
236Marshall Islands13.8 yrs14.1 yrs
237Yemen13.6 yrs15.0 yrs

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