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Median age by country, 1999

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

1999
#Country / areaMedian age1989
1Holy See53.0 yrs45.7 yrs
2Monaco44.3 yrs42.9 yrs
3Japan40.4 yrs36.4 yrs
4Italy38.9 yrs35.8 yrs
5Serbia38.8 yrs35.4 yrs
6Germany38.7 yrs36.6 yrs
7Bulgaria38.4 yrs35.2 yrs
8Croatia38.3 yrs34.3 yrs
9Sweden38.2 yrs37.4 yrs
10Isle of Man38.2 yrs38.3 yrs
11Finland38.0 yrs35.2 yrs
12Belgium37.6 yrs35.0 yrs
13Switzerland37.4 yrs35.8 yrs
14San Marino37.3 yrs34.4 yrs
15Hungary37.3 yrs35.0 yrs
16Guernsey37.1 yrs35.5 yrs
17Denmark37.1 yrs36.0 yrs
18Greece36.8 yrs34.7 yrs
19Estonia36.7 yrs33.2 yrs
20Austria36.7 yrs34.6 yrs
21Latvia36.7 yrs33.5 yrs
22Slovenia36.6 yrs32.9 yrs
23Gibraltar36.5 yrs33.9 yrs
24United Kingdom36.4 yrs34.9 yrs
25Jersey36.4 yrs34.3 yrs
26France36.4 yrs33.5 yrs
27Portugal36.4 yrs32.7 yrs
28Luxembourg36.2 yrs35.3 yrs
29Czechia36.1 yrs34.0 yrs
30Ukraine35.9 yrs33.1 yrs
31Netherlands35.9 yrs33.0 yrs
32Spain35.9 yrs32.1 yrs
33Norway35.7 yrs34.2 yrs
34Canada35.4 yrs31.5 yrs
35Saint Pierre and Miquelon35.4 yrs30.1 yrs
36Bermuda35.4 yrs31.8 yrs
37Russian Federation35.4 yrs31.8 yrs
38Andorra35.3 yrs31.6 yrs
39Belarus35.2 yrs31.7 yrs
40Malta35.2 yrs31.6 yrs
41Liechtenstein35.0 yrs31.6 yrs
42Montserrat34.7 yrs26.7 yrs
43Lithuania34.6 yrs31.4 yrs
44Saint Helena34.5 yrs27.0 yrs
45China, Hong Kong SAR34.5 yrs29.3 yrs
46United States of America34.1 yrs31.6 yrs
47Australia34.1 yrs30.8 yrs
48Poland34.0 yrs31.1 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)33.9 yrs31.9 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy33.6 yrs29.0 yrs
51Faroe Islands33.6 yrs29.6 yrs
52Romania33.5 yrs32.0 yrs
53New Zealand33.0 yrs29.8 yrs
54Slovakia32.7 yrs30.1 yrs
55Martinique32.7 yrs27.3 yrs
56Georgia32.6 yrs29.3 yrs
57Aruba32.5 yrs30.6 yrs
58Bosnia and Herzegovina32.4 yrs28.2 yrs
59Curaçao32.1 yrs26.7 yrs
60Barbados32.1 yrs27.7 yrs
61Montenegro32.0 yrs28.5 yrs
62Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba31.9 yrs27.5 yrs
63Cayman Islands31.9 yrs28.2 yrs
64United States Virgin Islands31.9 yrs26.5 yrs
65Iceland31.7 yrs28.6 yrs
66Cuba31.6 yrs26.3 yrs
67Ireland31.3 yrs27.8 yrs
68Guadeloupe31.3 yrs25.8 yrs
69China, Macao SAR31.1 yrs27.0 yrs
70Singapore31.0 yrs28.1 yrs
71Uruguay30.9 yrs29.8 yrs
72Puerto Rico30.9 yrs27.1 yrs
73Republic of Moldova30.8 yrs28.6 yrs
74Greenland30.7 yrs26.4 yrs
75North Macedonia30.5 yrs27.6 yrs
76Cyprus30.4 yrs28.6 yrs
77China, Taiwan Province of China30.4 yrs25.6 yrs
78Sint Maarten (Dutch part)30.2 yrs25.9 yrs
79Republic of Korea30.2 yrs25.3 yrs
80British Virgin Islands29.4 yrs25.3 yrs
81Palau29.2 yrs23.9 yrs
82Qatar28.8 yrs26.8 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea28.6 yrs24.5 yrs
84Saint Martin (French part)28.5 yrs25.3 yrs
85Thailand28.5 yrs22.7 yrs
86China28.4 yrs23.4 yrs
87Armenia28.1 yrs25.3 yrs
88Niue28.1 yrs21.9 yrs
89Chile27.7 yrs24.6 yrs
90Mauritius27.7 yrs24.2 yrs
91Anguilla27.4 yrs23.3 yrs
92Bahamas27.2 yrs24.0 yrs
93United Arab Emirates27.1 yrs24.9 yrs
94Antigua and Barbuda27.1 yrs24.5 yrs
95Northern Mariana Islands27.1 yrs25.8 yrs
96Turks and Caicos Islands27.0 yrs23.3 yrs
97Réunion26.8 yrs24.0 yrs
98Argentina26.7 yrs26.3 yrs
99Israel26.5 yrs24.6 yrs
100Kazakhstan26.3 yrs24.5 yrs
101Guam26.2 yrs23.7 yrs
102Dominica26.1 yrs21.5 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago26.1 yrs22.9 yrs
104Albania26.0 yrs22.6 yrs
105Sri Lanka25.9 yrs22.3 yrs
106Seychelles25.8 yrs22.2 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis25.3 yrs22.2 yrs
108New Caledonia25.2 yrs21.9 yrs
109Bahrain25.2 yrs23.3 yrs
110Kuwait24.6 yrs22.2 yrs
111Brunei Darussalam24.5 yrs21.9 yrs
112Azerbaijan24.4 yrs22.5 yrs
113Costa Rica23.9 yrs21.5 yrs
114Brazil23.9 yrs21.1 yrs
115Türkiye23.7 yrs20.5 yrs
116Grenada23.6 yrs22.3 yrs
117French Polynesia23.6 yrs20.3 yrs
118French Guiana23.5 yrs23.3 yrs
119Indonesia23.3 yrs20.4 yrs
120Cook Islands23.1 yrs19.4 yrs
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines23.0 yrs19.3 yrs
122Tunisia23.0 yrs19.7 yrs
123Tuvalu23.0 yrs23.5 yrs
124Panama23.0 yrs20.2 yrs
125Lebanon23.0 yrs20.4 yrs
126Colombia22.9 yrs20.5 yrs
127Myanmar22.7 yrs20.4 yrs
128Suriname22.6 yrs19.6 yrs
129Malaysia22.3 yrs20.3 yrs
130Viet Nam22.2 yrs19.3 yrs
131Jamaica22.1 yrs20.5 yrs
132Saint Lucia22.0 yrs18.1 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)21.8 yrs19.6 yrs
134Mexico21.5 yrs18.4 yrs
135Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)21.4 yrs20.2 yrs
136Libya21.3 yrs17.1 yrs
137Fiji21.2 yrs19.8 yrs
138Western Sahara21.2 yrs19.1 yrs
139Guyana21.1 yrs19.7 yrs
140Kyrgyzstan21.1 yrs20.7 yrs
141Peru21.1 yrs18.6 yrs
142Morocco21.1 yrs18.1 yrs
143India21.0 yrs19.6 yrs
144Wallis and Futuna Islands20.9 yrs18.2 yrs
145Ecuador20.9 yrs19.0 yrs
146Tokelau20.9 yrs19.4 yrs
147Dominican Republic20.8 yrs18.7 yrs
148South Africa20.6 yrs20.0 yrs
149Mongolia20.4 yrs17.8 yrs
150Algeria20.3 yrs17.2 yrs
151American Samoa20.2 yrs19.7 yrs
152Uzbekistan20.1 yrs18.9 yrs
153Egypt19.9 yrs18.4 yrs
154El Salvador19.9 yrs17.6 yrs
155Saudi Arabia19.7 yrs17.9 yrs
156Bolivia (Plurinational State of)19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
157Iran (Islamic Republic of)19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
158Oman19.6 yrs16.8 yrs
159Turkmenistan19.6 yrs18.3 yrs
160Bangladesh19.4 yrs17.2 yrs
161Tonga19.1 yrs17.9 yrs
162Samoa18.9 yrs17.2 yrs
163Paraguay18.9 yrs18.2 yrs
164Jordan18.9 yrs15.3 yrs
165Nauru18.8 yrs19.8 yrs
166Philippines18.8 yrs17.7 yrs
167Bhutan18.7 yrs17.4 yrs
168Kiribati18.6 yrs19.2 yrs
169Djibouti18.6 yrs16.7 yrs
170Papua New Guinea18.6 yrs17.6 yrs
171Botswana18.4 yrs16.0 yrs
172Belize18.3 yrs16.5 yrs
173Nepal18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
174Haiti18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
175Gabon18.1 yrs18.0 yrs
176Lesotho18.0 yrs17.4 yrs
177Namibia17.9 yrs16.8 yrs
178Equatorial Guinea17.9 yrs18.8 yrs
179Nicaragua17.7 yrs15.4 yrs
180Micronesia (Fed. States of)17.6 yrs15.5 yrs
181Timor-Leste17.5 yrs18.1 yrs
182Ghana17.2 yrs16.0 yrs
183Cabo Verde17.2 yrs15.8 yrs
184Syrian Arab Republic17.2 yrs15.3 yrs
185Togo17.2 yrs16.1 yrs
186Maldives17.2 yrs15.4 yrs
187Congo17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
188Tajikistan17.1 yrs17.2 yrs
189Liberia17.1 yrs16.9 yrs
190Solomon Islands17.0 yrs15.5 yrs
191Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.5 yrs
192Pakistan16.9 yrs16.9 yrs
193Vanuatu16.9 yrs16.7 yrs
194Mayotte16.9 yrs15.5 yrs
195Lao People's Democratic Republic16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
196Iraq16.8 yrs15.9 yrs
197Nigeria16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
198Honduras16.8 yrs15.6 yrs
199Marshall Islands16.8 yrs13.8 yrs
200Sao Tome and Principe16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
201Zimbabwe16.6 yrs15.0 yrs
202Eritrea16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
203Cambodia16.5 yrs17.1 yrs
204Guinea16.5 yrs17.2 yrs
205Guatemala16.5 yrs16.0 yrs
206Senegal16.4 yrs15.3 yrs
207Mauritania16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
208United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs15.5 yrs
209Guinea-Bissau16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
210Mozambique16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
211Eswatini16.1 yrs14.8 yrs
212Cameroon16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
213Democratic Republic of the Congo16.1 yrs16.7 yrs
214Madagascar16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
215South Sudan16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
216Angola16.0 yrs16.5 yrs
217Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.9 yrs
218Benin15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
219Sudan15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
220Côte d'Ivoire15.7 yrs14.9 yrs
221Malawi15.7 yrs16.3 yrs
222Gambia15.4 yrs16.2 yrs
223Kenya15.4 yrs14.2 yrs
224Niger15.3 yrs15.4 yrs
225Burkina Faso15.3 yrs15.5 yrs
226Mali15.3 yrs15.5 yrs
227Ethiopia15.2 yrs15.8 yrs
228Somalia15.2 yrs15.6 yrs
229Comoros15.1 yrs15.4 yrs
230State of Palestine14.9 yrs14.3 yrs
231Zambia14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
232Rwanda14.7 yrs14.5 yrs
233Chad14.6 yrs15.3 yrs
234Burundi14.5 yrs14.7 yrs
235Yemen14.2 yrs13.6 yrs
236Afghanistan14.1 yrs15.1 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.8 yrs

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