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Median age by country, 1997

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

1997
#Country / areaMedian age1987
1Holy See51.4 yrs44.3 yrs
2Monaco43.9 yrs42.5 yrs
3Japan39.7 yrs35.5 yrs
4Italy38.3 yrs35.2 yrs
5Serbia38.3 yrs34.7 yrs
6Isle of Man38.3 yrs38.3 yrs
7Bulgaria37.9 yrs34.8 yrs
8Sweden37.8 yrs37.2 yrs
9Germany37.8 yrs36.3 yrs
10Croatia37.6 yrs33.7 yrs
11Finland37.4 yrs34.5 yrs
12Hungary37.0 yrs34.5 yrs
13Belgium37.0 yrs34.6 yrs
14San Marino36.8 yrs33.8 yrs
15Switzerland36.8 yrs35.5 yrs
16Denmark36.8 yrs35.5 yrs
17Guernsey36.5 yrs35.5 yrs
18Greece36.4 yrs34.1 yrs
19United Kingdom36.0 yrs34.5 yrs
20Estonia36.0 yrs33.0 yrs
21Austria36.0 yrs34.4 yrs
22Gibraltar36.0 yrs33.1 yrs
23Latvia35.9 yrs33.6 yrs
24Luxembourg35.9 yrs35.1 yrs
25Jersey35.8 yrs34.2 yrs
26France35.8 yrs33.0 yrs
27Slovenia35.7 yrs32.3 yrs
28Czechia35.7 yrs33.6 yrs
29Portugal35.7 yrs31.8 yrs
30Norway35.4 yrs33.9 yrs
31Netherlands35.3 yrs32.5 yrs
32Ukraine35.2 yrs33.0 yrs
33Spain35.1 yrs31.5 yrs
34Bermuda35.0 yrs31.8 yrs
35Russian Federation34.7 yrs31.3 yrs
36Canada34.5 yrs30.7 yrs
37Malta34.5 yrs31.0 yrs
38Belarus34.4 yrs31.3 yrs
39Andorra34.3 yrs30.4 yrs
40Liechtenstein34.3 yrs31.0 yrs
41Saint Pierre and Miquelon33.9 yrs29.0 yrs
42Lithuania33.8 yrs31.1 yrs
43United States of America33.6 yrs31.0 yrs
44China, Hong Kong SAR33.6 yrs28.2 yrs
45Poland33.5 yrs30.4 yrs
46Australia33.4 yrs30.3 yrs
47Faroe Islands33.4 yrs29.1 yrs
48Romania33.4 yrs31.7 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)33.3 yrs32.1 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy32.7 yrs28.2 yrs
51Saint Helena32.7 yrs25.9 yrs
52Montserrat32.6 yrs25.9 yrs
53New Zealand32.2 yrs29.1 yrs
54Martinique32.1 yrs25.7 yrs
55Slovakia32.0 yrs29.6 yrs
56Georgia31.9 yrs28.9 yrs
57Bosnia and Herzegovina31.9 yrs27.3 yrs
58Aruba31.7 yrs29.1 yrs
59Montenegro31.3 yrs27.9 yrs
60Barbados31.2 yrs26.9 yrs
61Iceland31.1 yrs28.1 yrs
62Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba30.9 yrs26.7 yrs
63Curaçao30.9 yrs25.6 yrs
64Cayman Islands30.8 yrs27.0 yrs
65Uruguay30.7 yrs29.6 yrs
66Ireland30.6 yrs26.9 yrs
67United States Virgin Islands30.6 yrs25.1 yrs
68Cuba30.4 yrs25.5 yrs
69Singapore30.4 yrs27.3 yrs
70Republic of Moldova30.4 yrs28.1 yrs
71China, Macao SAR30.3 yrs26.4 yrs
72Puerto Rico30.2 yrs26.3 yrs
73Cyprus30.0 yrs28.2 yrs
74North Macedonia30.0 yrs27.0 yrs
75Greenland29.7 yrs25.6 yrs
76Sint Maarten (Dutch part)29.7 yrs24.8 yrs
77Guadeloupe29.4 yrs24.8 yrs
78China, Taiwan Province of China29.4 yrs24.6 yrs
79Republic of Korea29.2 yrs24.3 yrs
80Qatar28.9 yrs26.7 yrs
81British Virgin Islands28.8 yrs24.3 yrs
82Palau27.9 yrs22.1 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea27.8 yrs23.8 yrs
84Saint Martin (French part)27.7 yrs23.9 yrs
85Armenia27.4 yrs24.8 yrs
86Thailand27.3 yrs21.8 yrs
87Niue27.2 yrs20.8 yrs
88China27.2 yrs22.6 yrs
89United Arab Emirates27.0 yrs25.3 yrs
90Chile27.0 yrs24.0 yrs
91Mauritius27.0 yrs23.3 yrs
92Anguilla26.7 yrs22.3 yrs
93Réunion26.7 yrs22.9 yrs
94Bahamas26.6 yrs23.3 yrs
95Argentina26.5 yrs26.1 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda26.4 yrs24.1 yrs
97Northern Mariana Islands26.3 yrs24.1 yrs
98Israel26.1 yrs24.5 yrs
99Turks and Caicos Islands25.9 yrs22.0 yrs
100Kazakhstan25.8 yrs23.9 yrs
101Guam25.8 yrs23.0 yrs
102Albania25.5 yrs22.1 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago25.3 yrs22.4 yrs
104Sri Lanka25.1 yrs21.7 yrs
105Seychelles25.1 yrs21.5 yrs
106Dominica25.1 yrs20.9 yrs
107New Caledonia24.6 yrs21.4 yrs
108Bahrain24.6 yrs22.6 yrs
109Kuwait24.5 yrs21.9 yrs
110Saint Kitts and Nevis24.5 yrs21.8 yrs
111Azerbaijan23.9 yrs22.1 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam23.9 yrs21.4 yrs
113Grenada23.7 yrs21.5 yrs
114Tuvalu23.6 yrs23.0 yrs
115French Guiana23.6 yrs23.2 yrs
116Costa Rica23.4 yrs21.1 yrs
117Brazil23.3 yrs20.6 yrs
118Türkiye22.9 yrs20.0 yrs
119French Polynesia22.8 yrs19.7 yrs
120Indonesia22.7 yrs19.8 yrs
121Panama22.5 yrs19.7 yrs
122Colombia22.4 yrs20.0 yrs
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.4 yrs18.9 yrs
124Lebanon22.4 yrs20.0 yrs
125Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)22.3 yrs20.4 yrs
126Myanmar22.2 yrs20.0 yrs
127Cook Islands22.1 yrs18.4 yrs
128Tunisia22.1 yrs19.2 yrs
129Malaysia21.9 yrs20.0 yrs
130Suriname21.8 yrs19.2 yrs
131Jamaica21.7 yrs20.0 yrs
132Viet Nam21.4 yrs19.1 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)21.3 yrs19.2 yrs
134Guyana20.9 yrs19.2 yrs
135Mexico20.9 yrs17.8 yrs
136Tokelau20.8 yrs18.6 yrs
137India20.7 yrs19.4 yrs
138Fiji20.7 yrs19.5 yrs
139Kyrgyzstan20.6 yrs20.5 yrs
140Saint Lucia20.6 yrs17.0 yrs
141Ecuador20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
142Peru20.5 yrs18.3 yrs
143Morocco20.5 yrs17.6 yrs
144Libya20.4 yrs16.5 yrs
145Dominican Republic20.3 yrs18.3 yrs
146Western Sahara20.1 yrs19.8 yrs
147South Africa20.1 yrs19.6 yrs
148American Samoa20.1 yrs19.2 yrs
149Wallis and Futuna Islands19.7 yrs17.5 yrs
150Mongolia19.7 yrs17.6 yrs
151Uzbekistan19.6 yrs18.8 yrs
152Egypt19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
153Algeria19.4 yrs16.7 yrs
154Bolivia (Plurinational State of)19.4 yrs18.5 yrs
155El Salvador19.3 yrs17.5 yrs
156Oman19.2 yrs16.0 yrs
157Saudi Arabia19.2 yrs17.8 yrs
158Turkmenistan19.1 yrs18.3 yrs
159Bangladesh18.9 yrs16.9 yrs
160Samoa18.8 yrs16.9 yrs
161Jordan18.8 yrs15.0 yrs
162Tonga18.7 yrs17.3 yrs
163Paraguay18.6 yrs18.1 yrs
164Kiribati18.5 yrs18.9 yrs
165Iran (Islamic Republic of)18.4 yrs17.1 yrs
166Nauru18.4 yrs21.1 yrs
167Papua New Guinea18.4 yrs17.5 yrs
168Philippines18.4 yrs17.4 yrs
169Bhutan18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
170Nepal18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
171Haiti18.0 yrs17.9 yrs
172Gabon17.9 yrs18.3 yrs
173Djibouti17.9 yrs16.5 yrs
174Equatorial Guinea17.9 yrs19.0 yrs
175Namibia17.8 yrs15.9 yrs
176Belize17.7 yrs16.4 yrs
177Botswana17.7 yrs15.8 yrs
178Lesotho17.7 yrs17.6 yrs
179Timor-Leste17.6 yrs18.5 yrs
180Micronesia (Fed. States of)17.2 yrs15.3 yrs
181Congo17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
182Sierra Leone17.1 yrs17.6 yrs
183Nicaragua17.1 yrs15.3 yrs
184Eritrea17.0 yrs16.8 yrs
185Mayotte17.0 yrs15.0 yrs
186Liberia17.0 yrs16.8 yrs
187Togo16.9 yrs15.9 yrs
188Lao People's Democratic Republic16.9 yrs16.7 yrs
189Ghana16.8 yrs16.0 yrs
190Guinea16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
191Syrian Arab Republic16.8 yrs15.0 yrs
192Cabo Verde16.7 yrs15.7 yrs
193Solomon Islands16.7 yrs15.3 yrs
194Tajikistan16.7 yrs17.2 yrs
195Pakistan16.7 yrs17.1 yrs
196Iraq16.6 yrs15.8 yrs
197Nigeria16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
198Vanuatu16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
199Guatemala16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
200Honduras16.4 yrs15.5 yrs
201Maldives16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
202Democratic Republic of the Congo16.3 yrs16.8 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe16.3 yrs16.4 yrs
204Mauritania16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
205Mozambique16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
206Senegal16.2 yrs15.2 yrs
207United Republic of Tanzania16.2 yrs15.3 yrs
208Guinea-Bissau16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
209Marshall Islands16.1 yrs13.6 yrs
210Madagascar16.1 yrs15.5 yrs
211Angola16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
212Zimbabwe16.0 yrs14.9 yrs
213Central African Republic16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
214Cameroon15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
215Cambodia15.9 yrs17.0 yrs
216Benin15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
217South Sudan15.8 yrs15.4 yrs
218Sudan15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
219Malawi15.7 yrs16.3 yrs
220Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs14.9 yrs
221Eswatini15.5 yrs14.3 yrs
222Gambia15.5 yrs16.3 yrs
223Ethiopia15.4 yrs15.9 yrs
224Niger15.4 yrs15.4 yrs
225Somalia15.3 yrs15.9 yrs
226Kenya15.2 yrs14.0 yrs
227Burkina Faso15.2 yrs15.7 yrs
228Mali15.2 yrs15.8 yrs
229Comoros14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
230Chad14.9 yrs15.3 yrs
231Zambia14.7 yrs14.5 yrs
232State of Palestine14.7 yrs14.3 yrs
233Afghanistan14.3 yrs15.2 yrs
234Uganda14.1 yrs14.8 yrs
235Burundi14.0 yrs15.1 yrs
236Yemen13.9 yrs13.8 yrs
237Rwanda13.8 yrs14.6 yrs

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