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Median age by country, 1996

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

1996
#Country / areaMedian age1986
1Holy See50.6 yrs43.7 yrs
2Monaco43.8 yrs42.3 yrs
3Japan39.4 yrs35.0 yrs
4Isle of Man38.3 yrs38.3 yrs
5Italy38.0 yrs34.9 yrs
6Serbia37.9 yrs34.3 yrs
7Sweden37.6 yrs37.0 yrs
8Bulgaria37.6 yrs34.6 yrs
9Germany37.5 yrs36.0 yrs
10Croatia37.2 yrs33.4 yrs
11Finland37.1 yrs34.1 yrs
12Hungary36.9 yrs34.3 yrs
13Denmark36.7 yrs35.3 yrs
14Belgium36.7 yrs34.4 yrs
15San Marino36.5 yrs33.5 yrs
16Switzerland36.5 yrs35.4 yrs
17Guernsey36.3 yrs35.4 yrs
18Greece36.2 yrs33.8 yrs
19United Kingdom35.8 yrs34.4 yrs
20Luxembourg35.8 yrs35.0 yrs
21Estonia35.7 yrs33.0 yrs
22Gibraltar35.7 yrs32.7 yrs
23Austria35.6 yrs34.3 yrs
24Jersey35.6 yrs34.2 yrs
25Czechia35.5 yrs33.3 yrs
26France35.5 yrs32.7 yrs
27Latvia35.5 yrs33.7 yrs
28Portugal35.4 yrs31.4 yrs
29Slovenia35.3 yrs31.9 yrs
30Norway35.2 yrs33.8 yrs
31Netherlands35.0 yrs32.2 yrs
32Ukraine34.8 yrs32.9 yrs
33Spain34.7 yrs31.1 yrs
34Bermuda34.6 yrs31.6 yrs
35Russian Federation34.4 yrs31.1 yrs
36Canada34.1 yrs30.3 yrs
37Malta34.1 yrs30.7 yrs
38Belarus34.0 yrs31.0 yrs
39Liechtenstein34.0 yrs30.7 yrs
40Andorra33.8 yrs30.0 yrs
41United States of America33.4 yrs30.7 yrs
42Lithuania33.4 yrs31.1 yrs
43Saint Pierre and Miquelon33.3 yrs28.5 yrs
44Faroe Islands33.2 yrs28.9 yrs
45Poland33.2 yrs30.1 yrs
46Romania33.2 yrs31.6 yrs
47China, Hong Kong SAR33.1 yrs27.6 yrs
48Australia33.0 yrs30.0 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)33.0 yrs32.1 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy32.2 yrs27.9 yrs
51Saint Helena32.0 yrs25.4 yrs
52Bosnia and Herzegovina32.0 yrs26.9 yrs
53New Zealand31.9 yrs28.8 yrs
54Martinique31.8 yrs25.0 yrs
55Slovakia31.7 yrs29.3 yrs
56Montserrat31.7 yrs25.6 yrs
57Georgia31.5 yrs28.8 yrs
58Aruba31.3 yrs28.2 yrs
59Montenegro31.0 yrs27.6 yrs
60Iceland30.8 yrs27.8 yrs
61Barbados30.7 yrs26.6 yrs
62Uruguay30.6 yrs29.5 yrs
63Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba30.4 yrs26.4 yrs
64Ireland30.3 yrs26.5 yrs
65Curaçao30.3 yrs25.1 yrs
66Cayman Islands30.3 yrs26.5 yrs
67Republic of Moldova30.3 yrs27.9 yrs
68Singapore30.2 yrs26.8 yrs
69China, Macao SAR30.0 yrs26.1 yrs
70United States Virgin Islands30.0 yrs24.5 yrs
71Cuba29.9 yrs25.1 yrs
72Cyprus29.8 yrs28.0 yrs
73Puerto Rico29.8 yrs25.8 yrs
74North Macedonia29.8 yrs26.7 yrs
75Sint Maarten (Dutch part)29.4 yrs24.3 yrs
76Greenland29.3 yrs25.2 yrs
77Guadeloupe28.9 yrs24.3 yrs
78China, Taiwan Province of China28.9 yrs24.1 yrs
79Republic of Korea28.8 yrs23.8 yrs
80Qatar28.6 yrs26.6 yrs
81British Virgin Islands28.4 yrs23.8 yrs
82Saint Martin (French part)27.4 yrs23.2 yrs
83Palau27.4 yrs21.2 yrs
84Dem. People's Republic of Korea27.3 yrs23.4 yrs
85United Arab Emirates27.2 yrs25.6 yrs
86Armenia27.1 yrs24.4 yrs
87Thailand26.7 yrs21.3 yrs
88Niue26.7 yrs20.3 yrs
89Mauritius26.7 yrs22.9 yrs
90Chile26.6 yrs23.7 yrs
91China26.6 yrs22.1 yrs
92Réunion26.5 yrs22.3 yrs
93Argentina26.4 yrs26.1 yrs
94Anguilla26.3 yrs21.9 yrs
95Northern Mariana Islands26.3 yrs23.2 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda26.2 yrs23.7 yrs
97Bahamas26.2 yrs22.9 yrs
98Israel26.0 yrs24.4 yrs
99Kazakhstan25.6 yrs23.6 yrs
100Guam25.6 yrs22.7 yrs
101Turks and Caicos Islands25.4 yrs21.3 yrs
102Albania25.2 yrs21.8 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago25.0 yrs22.1 yrs
104Sri Lanka24.7 yrs21.4 yrs
105Seychelles24.7 yrs21.2 yrs
106Kuwait24.6 yrs21.8 yrs
107Dominica24.5 yrs20.4 yrs
108Bahrain24.4 yrs22.4 yrs
109New Caledonia24.2 yrs21.0 yrs
110Saint Kitts and Nevis24.1 yrs21.5 yrs
111Tuvalu23.9 yrs22.8 yrs
112Azerbaijan23.7 yrs21.8 yrs
113Grenada23.7 yrs21.0 yrs
114Brunei Darussalam23.7 yrs21.1 yrs
115French Guiana23.6 yrs23.2 yrs
116Costa Rica23.1 yrs20.8 yrs
117Brazil23.0 yrs20.4 yrs
118Türkiye22.6 yrs19.8 yrs
119French Polynesia22.5 yrs19.5 yrs
120Indonesia22.4 yrs19.5 yrs
121Colombia22.2 yrs19.7 yrs
122Panama22.2 yrs19.4 yrs
123Lebanon22.1 yrs19.8 yrs
124Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)22.0 yrs20.2 yrs
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.0 yrs18.6 yrs
126Myanmar21.9 yrs19.8 yrs
127Tunisia21.8 yrs18.9 yrs
128Cook Islands21.7 yrs18.1 yrs
129Malaysia21.7 yrs19.8 yrs
130Jamaica21.5 yrs19.8 yrs
131Suriname21.4 yrs19.0 yrs
132Viet Nam21.0 yrs19.0 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)21.0 yrs19.0 yrs
134Guyana20.7 yrs18.9 yrs
135Tokelau20.6 yrs18.3 yrs
136Mexico20.6 yrs17.5 yrs
137India20.5 yrs19.3 yrs
138Kyrgyzstan20.5 yrs20.4 yrs
139Fiji20.5 yrs19.3 yrs
140Ecuador20.3 yrs18.4 yrs
141Saint Lucia20.3 yrs16.8 yrs
142Peru20.2 yrs18.1 yrs
143Morocco20.2 yrs17.4 yrs
144South Africa20.2 yrs19.5 yrs
145Dominican Republic20.1 yrs18.1 yrs
146American Samoa20.1 yrs19.0 yrs
147Libya20.0 yrs16.2 yrs
148Uzbekistan19.4 yrs18.7 yrs
149Mongolia19.4 yrs17.5 yrs
150Western Sahara19.4 yrs20.2 yrs
151Wallis and Futuna Islands19.3 yrs17.1 yrs
152Egypt19.3 yrs18.3 yrs
153Bolivia (Plurinational State of)19.3 yrs18.4 yrs
154Algeria19.1 yrs16.5 yrs
155Oman19.1 yrs15.7 yrs
156El Salvador18.9 yrs17.3 yrs
157Saudi Arabia18.9 yrs17.7 yrs
158Turkmenistan18.9 yrs18.3 yrs
159Samoa18.7 yrs16.7 yrs
160Bangladesh18.7 yrs16.8 yrs
161Jordan18.7 yrs14.8 yrs
162Kiribati18.6 yrs18.8 yrs
163Tonga18.6 yrs17.1 yrs
164Paraguay18.5 yrs18.1 yrs
165Nauru18.3 yrs21.9 yrs
166Papua New Guinea18.3 yrs17.4 yrs
167Philippines18.3 yrs17.3 yrs
168Nepal18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
169Bhutan18.0 yrs17.4 yrs
170Iran (Islamic Republic of)17.9 yrs17.2 yrs
171Haiti17.9 yrs18.0 yrs
172Equatorial Guinea17.9 yrs19.0 yrs
173Gabon17.8 yrs18.5 yrs
174Namibia17.7 yrs15.7 yrs
175Timor-Leste17.7 yrs18.6 yrs
176Djibouti17.5 yrs16.4 yrs
177Lesotho17.5 yrs17.5 yrs
178Belize17.4 yrs16.5 yrs
179Botswana17.4 yrs15.8 yrs
180Eritrea17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
181Congo17.1 yrs16.3 yrs
182Sierra Leone17.1 yrs17.7 yrs
183Micronesia (Fed. States of)17.0 yrs15.2 yrs
184Guinea16.9 yrs17.3 yrs
185Mayotte16.9 yrs14.7 yrs
186Liberia16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
187Nicaragua16.8 yrs15.2 yrs
188Lao People's Democratic Republic16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
189Togo16.7 yrs15.9 yrs
190Pakistan16.7 yrs17.1 yrs
191Ghana16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
192Cabo Verde16.6 yrs15.6 yrs
193Democratic Republic of the Congo16.6 yrs16.8 yrs
194Syrian Arab Republic16.6 yrs14.9 yrs
195Solomon Islands16.6 yrs15.2 yrs
196Tajikistan16.6 yrs17.2 yrs
197Iraq16.5 yrs15.7 yrs
198Nigeria16.5 yrs16.2 yrs
199Vanuatu16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
200Mauritania16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
201Guatemala16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
202United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs15.2 yrs
203Honduras16.3 yrs15.5 yrs
204Sao Tome and Principe16.2 yrs16.4 yrs
205Mozambique16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
206Guinea-Bissau16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
207Senegal16.1 yrs15.2 yrs
208Madagascar16.1 yrs15.4 yrs
209Maldives16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
210Angola16.0 yrs16.7 yrs
211Central African Republic16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
212Cameroon15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
213Zimbabwe15.8 yrs14.9 yrs
214Benin15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
215South Sudan15.8 yrs15.5 yrs
216Cambodia15.7 yrs16.9 yrs
217Sudan15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
218Marshall Islands15.7 yrs13.7 yrs
219Malawi15.7 yrs16.2 yrs
220Gambia15.6 yrs16.4 yrs
221Ethiopia15.5 yrs15.8 yrs
222Côte d'Ivoire15.5 yrs14.9 yrs
223Niger15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
224Somalia15.4 yrs16.0 yrs
225Eswatini15.2 yrs14.2 yrs
226Burkina Faso15.2 yrs15.8 yrs
227Mali15.2 yrs16.0 yrs
228Kenya15.0 yrs14.0 yrs
229Chad15.0 yrs15.2 yrs
230Comoros14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
231Zambia14.7 yrs14.5 yrs
232State of Palestine14.6 yrs14.3 yrs
233Afghanistan14.4 yrs15.2 yrs
234Uganda14.2 yrs14.8 yrs
235Burundi14.1 yrs15.2 yrs
236Yemen13.8 yrs13.9 yrs
237Rwanda13.5 yrs14.7 yrs

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