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Median age by country, 2001

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

2001
#Country / areaMedian age1991
1Holy See54.3 yrs47.3 yrs
2Monaco44.8 yrs43.3 yrs
3Japan41.1 yrs37.3 yrs
4Italy39.6 yrs36.5 yrs
5Germany39.4 yrs36.7 yrs
6Serbia39.3 yrs36.2 yrs
7Bulgaria39.0 yrs36.0 yrs
8Croatia38.9 yrs35.0 yrs
9Finland38.7 yrs35.7 yrs
10Isle of Man38.6 yrs38.3 yrs
11Sweden38.5 yrs37.4 yrs
12Belgium38.2 yrs35.5 yrs
13San Marino38.0 yrs35.1 yrs
14Switzerland38.0 yrs35.8 yrs
15Guernsey37.7 yrs35.4 yrs
16Hungary37.6 yrs35.6 yrs
17Austria37.5 yrs34.6 yrs
18Denmark37.5 yrs36.3 yrs
19Slovenia37.4 yrs33.6 yrs
20Latvia37.4 yrs33.8 yrs
21Estonia37.3 yrs33.6 yrs
22Gibraltar37.2 yrs34.9 yrs
23Greece37.1 yrs35.3 yrs
24Jersey37.0 yrs34.4 yrs
25Portugal37.0 yrs33.6 yrs
26France36.9 yrs34.0 yrs
27United Kingdom36.8 yrs35.0 yrs
28Spain36.8 yrs32.9 yrs
29Andorra36.7 yrs31.5 yrs
30Saint Helena36.7 yrs28.3 yrs
31Czechia36.7 yrs34.5 yrs
32Ukraine36.6 yrs33.4 yrs
33Montserrat36.6 yrs27.7 yrs
34Netherlands36.5 yrs33.5 yrs
35Bermuda36.4 yrs32.1 yrs
36Saint Pierre and Miquelon36.3 yrs31.2 yrs
37Luxembourg36.3 yrs35.4 yrs
38Canada36.2 yrs32.2 yrs
39Norway36.0 yrs34.5 yrs
40Russian Federation36.0 yrs32.5 yrs
41Belarus35.9 yrs32.3 yrs
42Liechtenstein35.9 yrs32.3 yrs
43Malta35.8 yrs32.3 yrs
44China, Hong Kong SAR35.6 yrs30.5 yrs
45Lithuania35.5 yrs31.7 yrs
46Australia34.6 yrs31.4 yrs
47United States of America34.5 yrs32.1 yrs
48Falkland Islands (Malvinas)34.5 yrs32.0 yrs
49Poland34.5 yrs31.8 yrs
50Saint Barthélemy34.2 yrs29.9 yrs
51Faroe Islands34.0 yrs30.6 yrs
52Martinique33.9 yrs29.9 yrs
53Romania33.8 yrs32.3 yrs
54New Zealand33.6 yrs30.4 yrs
55Aruba33.3 yrs30.5 yrs
56Slovakia33.3 yrs30.5 yrs
57United States Virgin Islands33.3 yrs27.6 yrs
58Curaçao33.2 yrs27.7 yrs
59Georgia33.2 yrs29.8 yrs
60Bosnia and Herzegovina33.0 yrs29.1 yrs
61Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba32.9 yrs28.3 yrs
62Guadeloupe32.7 yrs26.5 yrs
63Barbados32.7 yrs28.5 yrs
64Cuba32.6 yrs27.2 yrs
65Montenegro32.6 yrs29.1 yrs
66Cayman Islands32.3 yrs28.6 yrs
67Iceland32.1 yrs29.2 yrs
68China, Macao SAR31.9 yrs27.9 yrs
69Ireland31.7 yrs28.6 yrs
70Puerto Rico31.7 yrs27.8 yrs
71China, Taiwan Province of China31.6 yrs26.6 yrs
72Greenland31.5 yrs27.2 yrs
73Singapore31.4 yrs28.8 yrs
74North Macedonia31.3 yrs28.2 yrs
75Republic of Moldova31.2 yrs29.1 yrs
76Republic of Korea31.2 yrs26.3 yrs
77Uruguay31.1 yrs30.0 yrs
78Cyprus30.8 yrs29.1 yrs
79Sint Maarten (Dutch part)30.8 yrs27.1 yrs
80Palau30.2 yrs25.0 yrs
81British Virgin Islands30.0 yrs26.4 yrs
82Thailand29.5 yrs23.8 yrs
83China29.5 yrs24.1 yrs
84Dem. People's Republic of Korea29.5 yrs25.3 yrs
85Niue29.3 yrs23.3 yrs
86Qatar29.1 yrs27.0 yrs
87Armenia29.0 yrs25.8 yrs
88Saint Martin (French part)28.7 yrs26.1 yrs
89Chile28.4 yrs25.1 yrs
90Northern Mariana Islands28.4 yrs26.5 yrs
91Mauritius28.3 yrs24.9 yrs
92Anguilla28.1 yrs24.3 yrs
93Turks and Caicos Islands28.1 yrs23.9 yrs
94Bahamas27.9 yrs24.7 yrs
95United Arab Emirates27.7 yrs25.0 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda27.6 yrs24.8 yrs
97Dominica27.1 yrs22.1 yrs
98Réunion27.1 yrs25.3 yrs
99Argentina27.0 yrs26.3 yrs
100Israel27.0 yrs25.1 yrs
101Kazakhstan26.8 yrs24.9 yrs
102Trinidad and Tobago26.8 yrs23.5 yrs
103Seychelles26.7 yrs23.1 yrs
104Guam26.6 yrs24.3 yrs
105Albania26.5 yrs23.3 yrs
106Sri Lanka26.5 yrs22.9 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis26.0 yrs22.5 yrs
108New Caledonia25.8 yrs22.3 yrs
109Bahrain25.8 yrs24.1 yrs
110Kuwait25.3 yrs22.5 yrs
111Azerbaijan25.2 yrs22.7 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam25.1 yrs22.4 yrs
113Costa Rica24.5 yrs21.9 yrs
114Brazil24.5 yrs21.6 yrs
115French Polynesia24.5 yrs20.8 yrs
116Türkiye24.4 yrs21.1 yrs
117Cook Islands24.0 yrs20.1 yrs
118Indonesia23.9 yrs20.9 yrs
119Tunisia23.8 yrs20.2 yrs
120Saint Vincent and the Grenadines23.6 yrs19.8 yrs
121Lebanon23.6 yrs20.7 yrs
122Panama23.5 yrs20.8 yrs
123Grenada23.4 yrs22.9 yrs
124Colombia23.4 yrs21.1 yrs
125Suriname23.3 yrs20.0 yrs
126Saint Lucia23.3 yrs19.3 yrs
127Myanmar23.2 yrs20.8 yrs
128Viet Nam23.1 yrs19.6 yrs
129French Guiana23.0 yrs23.3 yrs
130Malaysia22.6 yrs20.6 yrs
131Jamaica22.5 yrs21.0 yrs
132Tuvalu22.5 yrs23.9 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)22.3 yrs19.9 yrs
134Western Sahara22.3 yrs18.7 yrs
135Mexico22.1 yrs19.0 yrs
136Wallis and Futuna Islands22.0 yrs18.8 yrs
137Libya21.8 yrs17.8 yrs
138Fiji21.7 yrs20.0 yrs
139Peru21.7 yrs19.0 yrs
140Morocco21.7 yrs18.7 yrs
141Kyrgyzstan21.5 yrs20.6 yrs
142India21.4 yrs19.8 yrs
143Ecuador21.4 yrs19.4 yrs
144Guyana21.4 yrs20.1 yrs
145Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)21.4 yrs20.1 yrs
146Algeria21.3 yrs17.8 yrs
147Dominican Republic21.3 yrs19.1 yrs
148Mongolia21.1 yrs18.1 yrs
149South Africa21.1 yrs20.5 yrs
150Tokelau21.0 yrs19.7 yrs
151Iran (Islamic Republic of)20.8 yrs17.2 yrs
152Uzbekistan20.6 yrs19.0 yrs
153El Salvador20.5 yrs17.7 yrs
154American Samoa20.5 yrs19.9 yrs
155Egypt20.3 yrs18.6 yrs
156Oman20.2 yrs17.8 yrs
157Turkmenistan20.1 yrs18.4 yrs
158Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.1 yrs18.7 yrs
159Bangladesh19.9 yrs17.6 yrs
160Saudi Arabia19.7 yrs18.1 yrs
161Tonga19.5 yrs18.3 yrs
162Bhutan19.4 yrs17.5 yrs
163Nauru19.3 yrs18.7 yrs
164Paraguay19.3 yrs18.2 yrs
165Djibouti19.2 yrs16.9 yrs
166Philippines19.2 yrs17.9 yrs
167Jordan19.1 yrs17.0 yrs
168Botswana19.0 yrs16.3 yrs
169Papua New Guinea18.9 yrs17.7 yrs
170Kiribati18.8 yrs19.2 yrs
171Belize18.8 yrs16.6 yrs
172Samoa18.6 yrs17.4 yrs
173Haiti18.5 yrs17.8 yrs
174Gabon18.4 yrs17.8 yrs
175Nicaragua18.4 yrs15.7 yrs
176Nepal18.3 yrs18.1 yrs
177Lesotho18.3 yrs17.3 yrs
178Maldives18.2 yrs15.3 yrs
179Micronesia (Fed. States of)18.1 yrs15.6 yrs
180Namibia18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
181Equatorial Guinea18.0 yrs18.5 yrs
182Cabo Verde17.8 yrs16.0 yrs
183Congo17.7 yrs16.6 yrs
184Syrian Arab Republic17.7 yrs15.6 yrs
185Tajikistan17.6 yrs17.0 yrs
186Ghana17.5 yrs16.1 yrs
187Timor-Leste17.5 yrs18.0 yrs
188Cambodia17.4 yrs17.3 yrs
189Solomon Islands17.4 yrs15.8 yrs
190Togo17.4 yrs16.2 yrs
191Vanuatu17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
192Marshall Islands17.4 yrs14.1 yrs
193Liberia17.2 yrs16.7 yrs
194Pakistan17.1 yrs16.9 yrs
195Honduras17.1 yrs15.7 yrs
196Lao People's Democratic Republic17.1 yrs16.8 yrs
197Iraq16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
199Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.4 yrs
200Zimbabwe16.9 yrs15.3 yrs
201Nigeria16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
202Mayotte16.9 yrs15.8 yrs
203Guatemala16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
204Eswatini16.7 yrs15.2 yrs
205Senegal16.6 yrs15.5 yrs
206Mauritania16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
208United Republic of Tanzania16.4 yrs15.6 yrs
209Eritrea16.3 yrs16.5 yrs
210Cameroon16.3 yrs15.7 yrs
211South Sudan16.3 yrs15.9 yrs
212Guinea16.2 yrs17.2 yrs
213Angola16.1 yrs16.3 yrs
214Benin16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
215Madagascar16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
216Mozambique16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
217Democratic Republic of the Congo16.0 yrs16.7 yrs
218Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.6 yrs
219Sudan15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
220Kenya15.7 yrs14.4 yrs
221Côte d'Ivoire15.7 yrs15.0 yrs
222Malawi15.7 yrs16.1 yrs
223Rwanda15.7 yrs14.5 yrs
224Burkina Faso15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
225Mali15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
226Gambia15.4 yrs16.1 yrs
227Comoros15.3 yrs15.4 yrs
228State of Palestine15.2 yrs14.4 yrs
229Somalia15.1 yrs15.4 yrs
230Niger15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
231Ethiopia15.0 yrs15.8 yrs
232Zambia14.9 yrs14.7 yrs
233Burundi14.8 yrs14.5 yrs
234Yemen14.6 yrs13.5 yrs
235Chad14.5 yrs15.3 yrs
236Afghanistan13.9 yrs14.9 yrs
237Uganda13.9 yrs14.7 yrs

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