World Population PyramidsPopulation pyramids and indicators by country and year日本語

Median age by country, 1998

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

1998
#Country / areaMedian age1988
1Holy See52.1 yrs45.0 yrs
2Monaco44.0 yrs42.7 yrs
3Japan40.1 yrs36.0 yrs
4Italy38.6 yrs35.5 yrs
5Serbia38.5 yrs35.1 yrs
6Germany38.2 yrs36.6 yrs
7Isle of Man38.2 yrs38.3 yrs
8Bulgaria38.1 yrs35.0 yrs
9Sweden38.0 yrs37.3 yrs
10Croatia37.9 yrs34.0 yrs
11Finland37.7 yrs34.8 yrs
12Belgium37.3 yrs34.8 yrs
13Hungary37.2 yrs34.8 yrs
14Switzerland37.1 yrs35.7 yrs
15San Marino37.0 yrs34.1 yrs
16Denmark37.0 yrs35.7 yrs
17Guernsey36.8 yrs35.5 yrs
18Greece36.6 yrs34.4 yrs
19Austria36.4 yrs34.5 yrs
20Estonia36.3 yrs33.0 yrs
21Gibraltar36.3 yrs33.5 yrs
22Latvia36.3 yrs33.5 yrs
23United Kingdom36.2 yrs34.7 yrs
24Jersey36.1 yrs34.3 yrs
25Slovenia36.1 yrs32.5 yrs
26France36.1 yrs33.2 yrs
27Luxembourg36.1 yrs35.2 yrs
28Portugal36.0 yrs32.3 yrs
29Czechia35.9 yrs33.8 yrs
30Netherlands35.6 yrs32.8 yrs
31Ukraine35.5 yrs33.0 yrs
32Spain35.5 yrs31.8 yrs
33Norway35.5 yrs34.1 yrs
34Bermuda35.2 yrs31.8 yrs
35Russian Federation35.1 yrs31.5 yrs
36Canada35.0 yrs31.1 yrs
37Belarus34.8 yrs31.5 yrs
38Malta34.8 yrs31.3 yrs
39Andorra34.7 yrs31.0 yrs
40Saint Pierre and Miquelon34.7 yrs29.5 yrs
41Liechtenstein34.6 yrs31.3 yrs
42Lithuania34.2 yrs31.3 yrs
43China, Hong Kong SAR34.0 yrs28.7 yrs
44United States of America33.9 yrs31.3 yrs
45Australia33.7 yrs30.6 yrs
46Poland33.7 yrs30.7 yrs
47Saint Helena33.6 yrs26.4 yrs
48Falkland Islands (Malvinas)33.6 yrs32.0 yrs
49Montserrat33.6 yrs26.3 yrs
50Faroe Islands33.5 yrs29.4 yrs
51Romania33.5 yrs31.9 yrs
52Saint Barthélemy33.2 yrs28.6 yrs
53New Zealand32.6 yrs29.4 yrs
54Slovakia32.4 yrs29.9 yrs
55Martinique32.4 yrs26.5 yrs
56Georgia32.3 yrs29.1 yrs
57Aruba32.1 yrs30.0 yrs
58Bosnia and Herzegovina32.1 yrs27.8 yrs
59Montenegro31.7 yrs28.2 yrs
60Barbados31.6 yrs27.3 yrs
61Curaçao31.5 yrs26.1 yrs
62Iceland31.4 yrs28.3 yrs
63Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba31.4 yrs27.1 yrs
64Cayman Islands31.3 yrs27.6 yrs
65United States Virgin Islands31.2 yrs25.8 yrs
66Ireland31.0 yrs27.3 yrs
67Cuba31.0 yrs25.9 yrs
68Uruguay30.8 yrs29.7 yrs
69Singapore30.7 yrs27.7 yrs
70China, Macao SAR30.7 yrs26.7 yrs
71Puerto Rico30.6 yrs26.7 yrs
72Republic of Moldova30.6 yrs28.3 yrs
73Cyprus30.2 yrs28.4 yrs
74Greenland30.2 yrs26.0 yrs
75North Macedonia30.2 yrs27.3 yrs
76Guadeloupe30.1 yrs25.3 yrs
77Sint Maarten (Dutch part)30.0 yrs25.4 yrs
78China, Taiwan Province of China29.8 yrs25.1 yrs
79Republic of Korea29.7 yrs24.8 yrs
80British Virgin Islands29.1 yrs24.8 yrs
81Qatar28.8 yrs26.7 yrs
82Palau28.5 yrs23.0 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea28.2 yrs24.1 yrs
84Saint Martin (French part)28.1 yrs24.6 yrs
85Thailand27.9 yrs22.2 yrs
86China27.8 yrs23.0 yrs
87Armenia27.7 yrs25.0 yrs
88Niue27.7 yrs21.3 yrs
89Mauritius27.4 yrs23.7 yrs
90Chile27.3 yrs24.3 yrs
91Anguilla27.1 yrs22.8 yrs
92United Arab Emirates27.0 yrs25.1 yrs
93Bahamas26.9 yrs23.6 yrs
94Réunion26.8 yrs23.5 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda26.7 yrs24.3 yrs
96Argentina26.6 yrs26.2 yrs
97Northern Mariana Islands26.6 yrs24.9 yrs
98Turks and Caicos Islands26.4 yrs22.6 yrs
99Israel26.3 yrs24.5 yrs
100Kazakhstan26.1 yrs24.3 yrs
101Guam26.0 yrs23.4 yrs
102Albania25.8 yrs22.4 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago25.7 yrs22.7 yrs
104Dominica25.6 yrs21.2 yrs
105Sri Lanka25.5 yrs22.0 yrs
106Seychelles25.4 yrs21.9 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis24.9 yrs22.0 yrs
108New Caledonia24.9 yrs21.8 yrs
109Bahrain24.9 yrs23.0 yrs
110Kuwait24.5 yrs22.1 yrs
111Brunei Darussalam24.2 yrs21.6 yrs
112Azerbaijan24.1 yrs22.4 yrs
113Grenada23.7 yrs21.9 yrs
114Costa Rica23.6 yrs21.3 yrs
115Brazil23.6 yrs20.9 yrs
116French Guiana23.6 yrs23.3 yrs
117Tuvalu23.3 yrs23.3 yrs
118Türkiye23.3 yrs20.3 yrs
119French Polynesia23.2 yrs20.0 yrs
120Indonesia23.0 yrs20.1 yrs
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22.7 yrs19.1 yrs
122Panama22.7 yrs19.9 yrs
123Lebanon22.7 yrs20.2 yrs
124Colombia22.6 yrs20.3 yrs
125Tunisia22.6 yrs19.4 yrs
126Cook Islands22.5 yrs18.9 yrs
127Myanmar22.4 yrs20.2 yrs
128Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)22.2 yrs20.4 yrs
129Suriname22.2 yrs19.4 yrs
130Malaysia22.1 yrs20.1 yrs
131Jamaica21.9 yrs20.3 yrs
132Viet Nam21.8 yrs19.2 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)21.5 yrs19.4 yrs
134Saint Lucia21.2 yrs17.4 yrs
135Mexico21.2 yrs18.1 yrs
136Guyana21.0 yrs19.4 yrs
137Kyrgyzstan20.9 yrs20.6 yrs
138Tokelau20.9 yrs19.0 yrs
139Fiji20.9 yrs19.6 yrs
140Libya20.9 yrs16.8 yrs
141India20.8 yrs19.5 yrs
142Peru20.8 yrs18.4 yrs
143Morocco20.8 yrs17.9 yrs
144Ecuador20.7 yrs18.8 yrs
145Western Sahara20.7 yrs19.4 yrs
146Dominican Republic20.6 yrs18.5 yrs
147Wallis and Futuna Islands20.3 yrs17.9 yrs
148South Africa20.3 yrs19.8 yrs
149American Samoa20.2 yrs19.5 yrs
150Mongolia20.0 yrs17.7 yrs
151Algeria19.8 yrs17.0 yrs
152Uzbekistan19.8 yrs18.8 yrs
153Egypt19.7 yrs18.4 yrs
154El Salvador19.6 yrs17.6 yrs
155Bolivia (Plurinational State of)19.6 yrs18.5 yrs
156Saudi Arabia19.4 yrs17.9 yrs
157Oman19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
158Turkmenistan19.3 yrs18.3 yrs
159Bangladesh19.2 yrs17.1 yrs
160Iran (Islamic Republic of)19.0 yrs17.1 yrs
161Samoa18.9 yrs17.1 yrs
162Tonga18.9 yrs17.6 yrs
163Jordan18.8 yrs15.2 yrs
164Paraguay18.7 yrs18.1 yrs
165Nauru18.6 yrs20.4 yrs
166Papua New Guinea18.6 yrs17.5 yrs
167Philippines18.6 yrs17.6 yrs
168Kiribati18.5 yrs19.1 yrs
169Bhutan18.5 yrs17.4 yrs
170Djibouti18.3 yrs16.6 yrs
171Nepal18.1 yrs18.2 yrs
172Haiti18.1 yrs17.9 yrs
173Belize18.1 yrs16.4 yrs
174Botswana18.0 yrs15.9 yrs
175Gabon17.9 yrs18.1 yrs
176Equatorial Guinea17.9 yrs18.9 yrs
177Namibia17.8 yrs16.1 yrs
178Lesotho17.8 yrs17.5 yrs
179Timor-Leste17.6 yrs18.3 yrs
180Nicaragua17.4 yrs15.3 yrs
181Micronesia (Fed. States of)17.4 yrs15.4 yrs
182Congo17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
183Liberia17.1 yrs16.8 yrs
184Ghana17.0 yrs16.0 yrs
185Sierra Leone17.0 yrs17.5 yrs
186Syrian Arab Republic17.0 yrs15.2 yrs
187Togo17.0 yrs16.0 yrs
188Cabo Verde16.9 yrs15.8 yrs
189Solomon Islands16.9 yrs15.4 yrs
190Tajikistan16.9 yrs17.2 yrs
191Mayotte16.9 yrs15.3 yrs
192Lao People's Democratic Republic16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
193Pakistan16.8 yrs17.0 yrs
194Maldives16.8 yrs15.5 yrs
195Iraq16.7 yrs15.8 yrs
196Eritrea16.7 yrs16.7 yrs
197Nigeria16.7 yrs16.1 yrs
198Vanuatu16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
199Guinea16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
200Honduras16.6 yrs15.6 yrs
201Guatemala16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe16.4 yrs16.4 yrs
203Marshall Islands16.4 yrs13.7 yrs
204Mauritania16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
205Zimbabwe16.3 yrs14.9 yrs
206Senegal16.3 yrs15.3 yrs
207United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs15.4 yrs
208Mozambique16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
209Cambodia16.2 yrs17.1 yrs
210Guinea-Bissau16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
211Democratic Republic of the Congo16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
212Madagascar16.1 yrs15.6 yrs
213Angola16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
214Cameroon16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
215Central African Republic16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
216Benin15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
217South Sudan15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
218Eswatini15.8 yrs14.6 yrs
219Côte d'Ivoire15.7 yrs14.9 yrs
220Sudan15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
221Malawi15.7 yrs16.4 yrs
222Gambia15.4 yrs16.3 yrs
223Niger15.4 yrs15.4 yrs
224Ethiopia15.3 yrs15.8 yrs
225Kenya15.3 yrs14.1 yrs
226Somalia15.3 yrs15.8 yrs
227Mali15.3 yrs15.6 yrs
228Burkina Faso15.2 yrs15.6 yrs
229Comoros14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
230State of Palestine14.8 yrs14.3 yrs
231Zambia14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
232Chad14.7 yrs15.3 yrs
233Rwanda14.3 yrs14.5 yrs
234Afghanistan14.2 yrs15.1 yrs
235Burundi14.2 yrs14.9 yrs
236Yemen14.0 yrs13.7 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.8 yrs

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