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Median age by country, 1991

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

1991
#Country / areaMedian age1981
1Holy See47.3 yrs40.8 yrs
2Monaco43.3 yrs43.2 yrs
3Isle of Man38.3 yrs37.5 yrs
4Sweden37.4 yrs35.4 yrs
5Japan37.3 yrs32.3 yrs
6Germany36.7 yrs35.7 yrs
7Italy36.5 yrs33.3 yrs
8Denmark36.3 yrs33.7 yrs
9Serbia36.2 yrs32.7 yrs
10Bulgaria36.0 yrs33.4 yrs
11Switzerland35.8 yrs34.0 yrs
12Finland35.7 yrs32.2 yrs
13Hungary35.6 yrs33.3 yrs
14Belgium35.5 yrs33.3 yrs
15Guernsey35.4 yrs34.0 yrs
16Luxembourg35.4 yrs34.0 yrs
17Greece35.3 yrs32.8 yrs
18San Marino35.1 yrs32.1 yrs
19United Kingdom35.0 yrs33.5 yrs
20Croatia35.0 yrs32.4 yrs
21Gibraltar34.9 yrs30.9 yrs
22Austria34.6 yrs33.6 yrs
23Czechia34.5 yrs32.2 yrs
24Norway34.5 yrs32.6 yrs
25Jersey34.4 yrs33.8 yrs
26France34.0 yrs31.6 yrs
27Latvia33.8 yrs33.7 yrs
28Estonia33.6 yrs32.7 yrs
29Slovenia33.6 yrs30.6 yrs
30Portugal33.6 yrs29.8 yrs
31Netherlands33.5 yrs30.6 yrs
32Ukraine33.4 yrs32.5 yrs
33Spain32.9 yrs29.9 yrs
34Russian Federation32.5 yrs30.3 yrs
35Belarus32.3 yrs30.2 yrs
36Malta32.3 yrs29.3 yrs
37Liechtenstein32.3 yrs29.5 yrs
38Romania32.3 yrs30.7 yrs
39Canada32.2 yrs28.5 yrs
40United States of America32.1 yrs29.4 yrs
41Bermuda32.1 yrs29.4 yrs
42Falkland Islands (Malvinas)32.0 yrs32.6 yrs
43Poland31.8 yrs28.8 yrs
44Lithuania31.7 yrs30.9 yrs
45Andorra31.5 yrs28.0 yrs
46Australia31.4 yrs28.6 yrs
47Saint Pierre and Miquelon31.2 yrs26.7 yrs
48Faroe Islands30.6 yrs27.6 yrs
49Aruba30.5 yrs24.8 yrs
50Slovakia30.5 yrs28.1 yrs
51China, Hong Kong SAR30.5 yrs25.0 yrs
52New Zealand30.4 yrs27.2 yrs
53Uruguay30.0 yrs29.1 yrs
54Saint Barthélemy29.9 yrs27.4 yrs
55Martinique29.9 yrs21.8 yrs
56Georgia29.8 yrs28.1 yrs
57Iceland29.2 yrs26.1 yrs
58Cyprus29.1 yrs27.1 yrs
59Bosnia and Herzegovina29.1 yrs25.1 yrs
60Republic of Moldova29.1 yrs26.8 yrs
61Montenegro29.1 yrs25.7 yrs
62Singapore28.8 yrs24.3 yrs
63Ireland28.6 yrs25.6 yrs
64Cayman Islands28.6 yrs25.0 yrs
65Barbados28.5 yrs24.7 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba28.3 yrs24.7 yrs
67Saint Helena28.3 yrs22.9 yrs
68North Macedonia28.2 yrs25.2 yrs
69China, Macao SAR27.9 yrs24.4 yrs
70Puerto Rico27.8 yrs23.9 yrs
71Curaçao27.7 yrs22.6 yrs
72Montserrat27.7 yrs23.7 yrs
73United States Virgin Islands27.6 yrs21.9 yrs
74Cuba27.2 yrs23.4 yrs
75Greenland27.2 yrs23.2 yrs
76Sint Maarten (Dutch part)27.1 yrs23.7 yrs
77Qatar27.0 yrs23.2 yrs
78China, Taiwan Province of China26.6 yrs22.1 yrs
79Guadeloupe26.5 yrs22.0 yrs
80Northern Mariana Islands26.5 yrs19.4 yrs
81British Virgin Islands26.4 yrs22.4 yrs
82Argentina26.3 yrs26.0 yrs
83Republic of Korea26.3 yrs21.4 yrs
84Saint Martin (French part)26.1 yrs19.6 yrs
85Armenia25.8 yrs22.6 yrs
86Réunion25.3 yrs20.2 yrs
87Dem. People's Republic of Korea25.3 yrs21.8 yrs
88Israel25.1 yrs24.1 yrs
89Chile25.1 yrs22.3 yrs
90United Arab Emirates25.0 yrs25.4 yrs
91Palau25.0 yrs18.3 yrs
92Kazakhstan24.9 yrs22.3 yrs
93Mauritius24.9 yrs21.1 yrs
94Antigua and Barbuda24.8 yrs21.4 yrs
95Bahamas24.7 yrs21.3 yrs
96Anguilla24.3 yrs19.8 yrs
97Guam24.3 yrs21.5 yrs
98Bahrain24.1 yrs21.3 yrs
99China24.1 yrs21.1 yrs
100Turks and Caicos Islands23.9 yrs18.1 yrs
101Tuvalu23.9 yrs20.2 yrs
102Thailand23.8 yrs19.2 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago23.5 yrs20.8 yrs
104Albania23.3 yrs20.4 yrs
105Niue23.3 yrs17.7 yrs
106French Guiana23.3 yrs22.5 yrs
107Seychelles23.1 yrs19.7 yrs
108Grenada22.9 yrs18.4 yrs
109Sri Lanka22.9 yrs20.5 yrs
110Azerbaijan22.7 yrs20.1 yrs
111Kuwait22.5 yrs19.9 yrs
112Saint Kitts and Nevis22.5 yrs19.5 yrs
113Brunei Darussalam22.4 yrs19.3 yrs
114New Caledonia22.3 yrs19.7 yrs
115Dominica22.1 yrs18.0 yrs
116Costa Rica21.9 yrs19.6 yrs
117Brazil21.6 yrs19.4 yrs
118Colombia21.1 yrs18.2 yrs
119Türkiye21.1 yrs18.9 yrs
120Jamaica21.0 yrs18.6 yrs
121Indonesia20.9 yrs18.5 yrs
122Panama20.8 yrs18.2 yrs
123Myanmar20.8 yrs19.2 yrs
124French Polynesia20.8 yrs18.2 yrs
125Lebanon20.7 yrs18.9 yrs
126Kyrgyzstan20.6 yrs19.5 yrs
127Malaysia20.6 yrs18.9 yrs
128South Africa20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
129Tunisia20.2 yrs17.6 yrs
130Guyana20.1 yrs17.4 yrs
131Cook Islands20.1 yrs16.2 yrs
132Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)20.1 yrs19.4 yrs
133Suriname20.0 yrs17.6 yrs
134Fiji20.0 yrs18.4 yrs
135Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)19.9 yrs18.0 yrs
136American Samoa19.9 yrs18.1 yrs
137India19.8 yrs19.0 yrs
138Saint Vincent and the Grenadines19.8 yrs16.8 yrs
139Tokelau19.7 yrs17.5 yrs
140Viet Nam19.6 yrs18.5 yrs
141Ecuador19.4 yrs17.6 yrs
142Saint Lucia19.3 yrs16.1 yrs
143Kiribati19.2 yrs17.7 yrs
144Dominican Republic19.1 yrs17.0 yrs
145Uzbekistan19.0 yrs18.1 yrs
146Peru19.0 yrs17.5 yrs
147Mexico19.0 yrs15.9 yrs
148Wallis and Futuna Islands18.8 yrs16.0 yrs
149Nauru18.7 yrs23.7 yrs
150Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18.7 yrs18.3 yrs
151Morocco18.7 yrs16.6 yrs
152Western Sahara18.7 yrs21.4 yrs
153Egypt18.6 yrs18.2 yrs
154Equatorial Guinea18.5 yrs18.2 yrs
155Turkmenistan18.4 yrs17.8 yrs
156Tonga18.3 yrs16.4 yrs
157Paraguay18.2 yrs17.7 yrs
158Saudi Arabia18.1 yrs17.3 yrs
159Nepal18.1 yrs18.5 yrs
160Mongolia18.1 yrs16.8 yrs
161Timor-Leste18.0 yrs19.8 yrs
162Philippines17.9 yrs16.4 yrs
163Algeria17.8 yrs15.6 yrs
164Oman17.8 yrs15.4 yrs
165Gabon17.8 yrs19.6 yrs
166Haiti17.8 yrs18.1 yrs
167Libya17.8 yrs15.1 yrs
168El Salvador17.7 yrs16.5 yrs
169Papua New Guinea17.7 yrs17.0 yrs
170Bangladesh17.6 yrs16.5 yrs
171Bhutan17.5 yrs17.7 yrs
172Samoa17.4 yrs15.5 yrs
173Sierra Leone17.4 yrs18.0 yrs
174Cambodia17.3 yrs16.6 yrs
175Namibia17.3 yrs15.3 yrs
176Lesotho17.3 yrs17.6 yrs
177Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.2 yrs17.4 yrs
178Guinea17.2 yrs17.6 yrs
179Tajikistan17.0 yrs17.1 yrs
180Jordan17.0 yrs14.2 yrs
181Djibouti16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
182Pakistan16.9 yrs17.2 yrs
183Vanuatu16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
184Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
185Democratic Republic of the Congo16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
186Liberia16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
187Congo16.6 yrs15.9 yrs
188Belize16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
189Central African Republic16.6 yrs17.4 yrs
190Eritrea16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
191Angola16.3 yrs16.5 yrs
192Botswana16.3 yrs15.7 yrs
193Sao Tome and Principe16.2 yrs16.3 yrs
194Togo16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
195Nigeria16.2 yrs16.6 yrs
196Iraq16.1 yrs15.4 yrs
197Ghana16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
198Gambia16.1 yrs17.0 yrs
199Guatemala16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
200Malawi16.1 yrs16.2 yrs
201Mauritania16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
202Cabo Verde16.0 yrs15.1 yrs
203Guinea-Bissau16.0 yrs16.5 yrs
204Mozambique16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
205South Sudan15.9 yrs15.9 yrs
206Ethiopia15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
207Solomon Islands15.8 yrs14.8 yrs
208Benin15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
209Madagascar15.8 yrs15.3 yrs
210Mayotte15.8 yrs13.9 yrs
211Cameroon15.7 yrs16.7 yrs
212Sudan15.7 yrs15.5 yrs
213Nicaragua15.7 yrs15.1 yrs
214Honduras15.7 yrs15.2 yrs
215Syrian Arab Republic15.6 yrs14.6 yrs
216United Republic of Tanzania15.6 yrs15.3 yrs
217Micronesia (Fed. States of)15.6 yrs15.0 yrs
218Senegal15.5 yrs15.6 yrs
219Niger15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
220Comoros15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
221Somalia15.4 yrs16.4 yrs
222Zimbabwe15.3 yrs14.7 yrs
223Chad15.3 yrs15.1 yrs
224Burkina Faso15.3 yrs16.4 yrs
225Mali15.3 yrs16.8 yrs
226Maldives15.3 yrs15.8 yrs
227Eswatini15.2 yrs14.5 yrs
228Côte d'Ivoire15.0 yrs15.3 yrs
229Afghanistan14.9 yrs15.7 yrs
230Uganda14.7 yrs14.8 yrs
231Zambia14.7 yrs14.2 yrs
232Burundi14.5 yrs16.2 yrs
233Rwanda14.5 yrs15.3 yrs
234Kenya14.4 yrs13.5 yrs
235State of Palestine14.4 yrs14.2 yrs
236Marshall Islands14.1 yrs13.9 yrs
237Yemen13.5 yrs14.6 yrs

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