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Median age by country, 2000

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

2000
#Country / areaMedian age1990
1Holy See53.7 yrs46.5 yrs
2Monaco44.5 yrs43.2 yrs
3Japan40.8 yrs36.9 yrs
4Italy39.3 yrs36.1 yrs
5Serbia39.1 yrs35.8 yrs
6Germany39.0 yrs36.6 yrs
7Bulgaria38.7 yrs35.6 yrs
8Croatia38.6 yrs34.6 yrs
9Sweden38.4 yrs37.4 yrs
10Finland38.4 yrs35.5 yrs
11Isle of Man38.4 yrs38.3 yrs
12Belgium37.9 yrs35.3 yrs
13Switzerland37.7 yrs35.9 yrs
14San Marino37.6 yrs34.8 yrs
15Hungary37.5 yrs35.3 yrs
16Guernsey37.4 yrs35.5 yrs
17Denmark37.3 yrs36.1 yrs
18Austria37.1 yrs34.6 yrs
19Estonia37.0 yrs33.3 yrs
20Greece37.0 yrs35.0 yrs
21Slovenia37.0 yrs33.2 yrs
22Latvia37.0 yrs33.5 yrs
23Gibraltar36.9 yrs34.4 yrs
24Jersey36.7 yrs34.3 yrs
25Portugal36.7 yrs33.2 yrs
26United Kingdom36.6 yrs35.0 yrs
27France36.6 yrs33.7 yrs
28Czechia36.4 yrs34.3 yrs
29Ukraine36.3 yrs33.2 yrs
30Spain36.3 yrs32.5 yrs
31Netherlands36.2 yrs33.3 yrs
32Luxembourg36.2 yrs35.3 yrs
33Andorra36.0 yrs31.8 yrs
34Canada35.8 yrs31.8 yrs
35Saint Pierre and Miquelon35.8 yrs30.7 yrs
36Norway35.8 yrs34.4 yrs
37Bermuda35.8 yrs31.8 yrs
38Montserrat35.8 yrs27.1 yrs
39Russian Federation35.7 yrs32.2 yrs
40Saint Helena35.6 yrs27.6 yrs
41Belarus35.6 yrs31.9 yrs
42Malta35.5 yrs32.0 yrs
43Liechtenstein35.5 yrs31.9 yrs
44Lithuania35.0 yrs31.5 yrs
45China, Hong Kong SAR35.0 yrs29.9 yrs
46Australia34.4 yrs31.1 yrs
47United States of America34.3 yrs31.9 yrs
48Poland34.3 yrs31.4 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)34.1 yrs32.0 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy33.9 yrs29.4 yrs
51Faroe Islands33.8 yrs30.0 yrs
52Romania33.6 yrs32.1 yrs
53New Zealand33.3 yrs30.1 yrs
54Martinique33.2 yrs28.7 yrs
55Slovakia33.0 yrs30.3 yrs
56Aruba32.9 yrs30.8 yrs
57Georgia32.9 yrs29.6 yrs
58Curaçao32.7 yrs27.2 yrs
59Bosnia and Herzegovina32.7 yrs28.7 yrs
60United States Virgin Islands32.6 yrs27.2 yrs
61Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba32.4 yrs27.9 yrs
62Barbados32.4 yrs28.1 yrs
63Guadeloupe32.3 yrs26.2 yrs
64Montenegro32.3 yrs28.7 yrs
65Cuba32.1 yrs26.7 yrs
66Cayman Islands32.1 yrs28.5 yrs
67Iceland31.9 yrs29.0 yrs
68Ireland31.5 yrs28.2 yrs
69China, Macao SAR31.5 yrs27.4 yrs
70Puerto Rico31.3 yrs27.4 yrs
71Singapore31.2 yrs28.5 yrs
72Greenland31.1 yrs26.8 yrs
73China, Taiwan Province of China31.1 yrs26.1 yrs
74Uruguay31.0 yrs29.9 yrs
75Republic of Moldova31.0 yrs28.9 yrs
76North Macedonia30.9 yrs27.9 yrs
77Cyprus30.6 yrs28.8 yrs
78Republic of Korea30.6 yrs25.8 yrs
79Sint Maarten (Dutch part)30.5 yrs26.5 yrs
80Palau29.8 yrs24.6 yrs
81British Virgin Islands29.7 yrs25.9 yrs
82Dem. People's Republic of Korea29.1 yrs24.9 yrs
83Thailand29.0 yrs23.2 yrs
84China29.0 yrs23.7 yrs
85Qatar28.9 yrs26.9 yrs
86Niue28.7 yrs22.6 yrs
87Armenia28.6 yrs25.6 yrs
88Saint Martin (French part)28.6 yrs25.8 yrs
89Chile28.0 yrs24.8 yrs
90Mauritius28.0 yrs24.6 yrs
91Anguilla27.8 yrs23.8 yrs
92Northern Mariana Islands27.8 yrs26.3 yrs
93Bahamas27.6 yrs24.3 yrs
94Turks and Caicos Islands27.5 yrs23.7 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda27.4 yrs24.6 yrs
96United Arab Emirates27.3 yrs24.9 yrs
97Réunion26.9 yrs24.7 yrs
98Argentina26.8 yrs26.3 yrs
99Israel26.8 yrs24.8 yrs
100Kazakhstan26.6 yrs24.7 yrs
101Dominica26.6 yrs21.8 yrs
102Guam26.4 yrs24.1 yrs
103Trinidad and Tobago26.4 yrs23.2 yrs
104Seychelles26.3 yrs22.6 yrs
105Albania26.2 yrs22.9 yrs
106Sri Lanka26.2 yrs22.6 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis25.7 yrs22.4 yrs
108Bahrain25.6 yrs23.7 yrs
109New Caledonia25.5 yrs22.0 yrs
110Kuwait24.9 yrs22.3 yrs
111Azerbaijan24.8 yrs22.6 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam24.8 yrs22.2 yrs
113Costa Rica24.2 yrs21.7 yrs
114Brazil24.2 yrs21.4 yrs
115French Polynesia24.1 yrs20.5 yrs
116Türkiye24.0 yrs20.8 yrs
117Indonesia23.6 yrs20.6 yrs
118Cook Islands23.5 yrs19.8 yrs
119Grenada23.4 yrs22.6 yrs
120Tunisia23.4 yrs20.0 yrs
121Panama23.3 yrs20.5 yrs
122Lebanon23.3 yrs20.6 yrs
123French Guiana23.3 yrs23.3 yrs
124Colombia23.2 yrs20.8 yrs
125Saint Vincent and the Grenadines23.2 yrs19.5 yrs
126Suriname23.0 yrs19.8 yrs
127Myanmar22.9 yrs20.6 yrs
128Saint Lucia22.8 yrs18.9 yrs
129Tuvalu22.7 yrs23.7 yrs
130Viet Nam22.7 yrs19.5 yrs
131Malaysia22.5 yrs20.4 yrs
132Jamaica22.3 yrs20.8 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)22.0 yrs19.8 yrs
134Mexico21.8 yrs18.7 yrs
135Western Sahara21.8 yrs18.9 yrs
136Libya21.6 yrs17.4 yrs
137Wallis and Futuna Islands21.5 yrs18.5 yrs
138Fiji21.4 yrs19.9 yrs
139Peru21.4 yrs18.8 yrs
140Morocco21.4 yrs18.4 yrs
141Kyrgyzstan21.3 yrs20.7 yrs
142India21.2 yrs19.7 yrs
143Guyana21.2 yrs19.9 yrs
144Ecuador21.1 yrs19.2 yrs
145Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)21.1 yrs20.0 yrs
146Dominican Republic21.1 yrs18.9 yrs
147Tokelau20.9 yrs19.6 yrs
148Algeria20.8 yrs17.5 yrs
149South Africa20.8 yrs20.3 yrs
150Mongolia20.7 yrs17.9 yrs
151Uzbekistan20.4 yrs18.9 yrs
152American Samoa20.3 yrs19.8 yrs
153Iran (Islamic Republic of)20.2 yrs17.1 yrs
154El Salvador20.2 yrs17.7 yrs
155Egypt20.1 yrs18.5 yrs
156Oman19.9 yrs17.3 yrs
157Bolivia (Plurinational State of)19.9 yrs18.6 yrs
158Turkmenistan19.8 yrs18.3 yrs
159Saudi Arabia19.7 yrs18.0 yrs
160Bangladesh19.7 yrs17.4 yrs
161Tonga19.3 yrs18.1 yrs
162Nauru19.1 yrs19.2 yrs
163Paraguay19.1 yrs18.2 yrs
164Philippines19.0 yrs17.8 yrs
165Bhutan19.0 yrs17.4 yrs
166Jordan19.0 yrs16.1 yrs
167Djibouti18.9 yrs16.8 yrs
168Samoa18.8 yrs17.4 yrs
169Papua New Guinea18.8 yrs17.6 yrs
170Botswana18.7 yrs16.1 yrs
171Kiribati18.6 yrs19.2 yrs
172Belize18.6 yrs16.5 yrs
173Haiti18.4 yrs17.8 yrs
174Nepal18.3 yrs18.1 yrs
175Gabon18.2 yrs17.9 yrs
176Lesotho18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
177Nicaragua18.0 yrs15.6 yrs
178Namibia17.9 yrs17.3 yrs
179Equatorial Guinea17.9 yrs18.6 yrs
180Micronesia (Fed. States of)17.8 yrs15.5 yrs
181Maldives17.7 yrs15.4 yrs
182Syrian Arab Republic17.5 yrs15.4 yrs
183Timor-Leste17.5 yrs18.0 yrs
184Cabo Verde17.4 yrs15.9 yrs
185Congo17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
186Tajikistan17.4 yrs17.1 yrs
187Ghana17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
188Togo17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
189Solomon Islands17.2 yrs15.7 yrs
190Liberia17.2 yrs16.8 yrs
191Vanuatu17.1 yrs16.7 yrs
192Marshall Islands17.1 yrs13.9 yrs
193Cambodia17.0 yrs17.2 yrs
194Pakistan17.0 yrs16.9 yrs
195Lao People's Democratic Republic17.0 yrs16.8 yrs
196Iraq16.9 yrs16.0 yrs
197Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.4 yrs
198Honduras16.9 yrs15.7 yrs
199Mayotte16.9 yrs15.7 yrs
200Sao Tome and Principe16.8 yrs16.3 yrs
201Zimbabwe16.8 yrs15.2 yrs
202Nigeria16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
203Guatemala16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
204Mauritania16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
205Senegal16.5 yrs15.4 yrs
206Eswatini16.4 yrs15.0 yrs
207Guinea16.4 yrs17.2 yrs
208United Republic of Tanzania16.4 yrs15.5 yrs
209Eritrea16.3 yrs16.5 yrs
210Guinea-Bissau16.3 yrs15.9 yrs
211Cameroon16.2 yrs15.7 yrs
212Mozambique16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
213South Sudan16.2 yrs15.9 yrs
214Democratic Republic of the Congo16.1 yrs16.7 yrs
215Madagascar16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
216Angola16.0 yrs16.4 yrs
217Benin16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
218Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.8 yrs
219Sudan15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
220Côte d'Ivoire15.7 yrs14.9 yrs
221Malawi15.7 yrs16.2 yrs
222Kenya15.6 yrs14.3 yrs
223Gambia15.4 yrs16.1 yrs
224Burkina Faso15.4 yrs15.4 yrs
225Mali15.4 yrs15.4 yrs
226Comoros15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
227Somalia15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
228Niger15.2 yrs15.4 yrs
229Rwanda15.2 yrs14.4 yrs
230Ethiopia15.1 yrs15.8 yrs
231State of Palestine15.1 yrs14.4 yrs
232Zambia14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
233Chad14.6 yrs15.2 yrs
234Burundi14.6 yrs14.6 yrs
235Yemen14.4 yrs13.6 yrs
236Afghanistan14.0 yrs15.0 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.8 yrs

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