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Median age by country, 2002

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

2002
#Country / areaMedian age1992
1Holy See54.9 yrs48.0 yrs
2Monaco44.9 yrs43.4 yrs
3Japan41.5 yrs37.8 yrs
4Italy39.9 yrs36.9 yrs
5Germany39.7 yrs36.7 yrs
6Serbia39.5 yrs36.6 yrs
7Bulgaria39.3 yrs36.4 yrs
8Croatia39.2 yrs35.4 yrs
9Finland39.0 yrs36.0 yrs
10Isle of Man38.9 yrs38.2 yrs
11Sweden38.6 yrs37.4 yrs
12Belgium38.4 yrs35.7 yrs
13San Marino38.3 yrs35.4 yrs
14Switzerland38.3 yrs35.8 yrs
15Guernsey38.0 yrs35.5 yrs
16Austria37.9 yrs34.6 yrs
17Slovenia37.8 yrs34.0 yrs
18Saint Helena37.8 yrs29.0 yrs
19Denmark37.7 yrs36.4 yrs
20Latvia37.7 yrs34.2 yrs
21Estonia37.6 yrs34.0 yrs
22Hungary37.6 yrs36.0 yrs
23Gibraltar37.5 yrs35.1 yrs
24Greece37.4 yrs35.4 yrs
25Andorra37.3 yrs31.5 yrs
26Portugal37.3 yrs34.0 yrs
27Jersey37.2 yrs34.6 yrs
28France37.2 yrs34.3 yrs
29Spain37.1 yrs33.2 yrs
30United Kingdom37.0 yrs35.1 yrs
31Ukraine37.0 yrs33.6 yrs
32Czechia37.0 yrs34.7 yrs
33Bermuda37.0 yrs32.6 yrs
34Netherlands36.8 yrs33.8 yrs
35Saint Pierre and Miquelon36.8 yrs31.6 yrs
36Montserrat36.8 yrs28.3 yrs
37Canada36.5 yrs32.6 yrs
38Luxembourg36.5 yrs35.5 yrs
39Liechtenstein36.3 yrs32.6 yrs
40Norway36.2 yrs34.6 yrs
41Belarus36.2 yrs32.6 yrs
42Malta36.2 yrs32.7 yrs
43Russian Federation36.1 yrs32.9 yrs
44China, Hong Kong SAR36.1 yrs31.0 yrs
45Lithuania36.0 yrs32.0 yrs
46Australia34.9 yrs31.7 yrs
47Poland34.8 yrs32.1 yrs
48United States of America34.7 yrs32.4 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)34.7 yrs32.1 yrs
50Martinique34.7 yrs30.3 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy34.6 yrs30.4 yrs
52Faroe Islands34.3 yrs31.3 yrs
53Romania34.2 yrs32.5 yrs
54United States Virgin Islands33.9 yrs28.0 yrs
55New Zealand33.8 yrs30.7 yrs
56Aruba33.7 yrs30.3 yrs
57Curaçao33.7 yrs28.3 yrs
58Slovakia33.6 yrs30.7 yrs
59Georgia33.5 yrs30.1 yrs
60Bosnia and Herzegovina33.4 yrs29.9 yrs
61Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba33.3 yrs28.8 yrs
62Cuba33.2 yrs27.6 yrs
63Guadeloupe33.1 yrs26.9 yrs
64Barbados33.0 yrs28.9 yrs
65Montenegro32.9 yrs29.4 yrs
66Iceland32.4 yrs29.5 yrs
67Cayman Islands32.4 yrs28.9 yrs
68China, Taiwan Province of China32.2 yrs27.0 yrs
69China, Macao SAR32.2 yrs28.3 yrs
70Puerto Rico32.1 yrs28.2 yrs
71Ireland31.9 yrs28.9 yrs
72Greenland31.9 yrs27.6 yrs
73Singapore31.7 yrs29.1 yrs
74Republic of Korea31.7 yrs26.9 yrs
75North Macedonia31.6 yrs28.5 yrs
76Republic of Moldova31.4 yrs29.4 yrs
77Uruguay31.3 yrs30.1 yrs
78Sint Maarten (Dutch part)31.2 yrs27.7 yrs
79Cyprus31.0 yrs29.3 yrs
80Palau30.5 yrs25.4 yrs
81British Virgin Islands30.2 yrs26.8 yrs
82China30.1 yrs24.6 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea30.0 yrs25.6 yrs
84Thailand29.9 yrs24.4 yrs
85Niue29.9 yrs23.9 yrs
86Qatar29.4 yrs27.2 yrs
87Armenia29.3 yrs26.1 yrs
88Northern Mariana Islands29.0 yrs26.5 yrs
89Saint Martin (French part)28.8 yrs26.4 yrs
90Chile28.8 yrs25.4 yrs
91Mauritius28.7 yrs25.3 yrs
92Turks and Caicos Islands28.5 yrs24.0 yrs
93Anguilla28.4 yrs24.8 yrs
94Bahamas28.3 yrs25.0 yrs
95United Arab Emirates28.1 yrs25.4 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda27.9 yrs25.1 yrs
97Dominica27.6 yrs22.5 yrs
98Réunion27.4 yrs25.5 yrs
99Israel27.2 yrs25.3 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago27.2 yrs23.8 yrs
101Argentina27.1 yrs26.4 yrs
102Seychelles27.1 yrs23.5 yrs
103Albania27.0 yrs23.7 yrs
104Kazakhstan27.0 yrs25.0 yrs
105Guam26.8 yrs24.6 yrs
106Sri Lanka26.8 yrs23.2 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis26.4 yrs22.7 yrs
108New Caledonia26.1 yrs22.7 yrs
109Bahrain25.8 yrs24.2 yrs
110Kuwait25.7 yrs22.6 yrs
111Azerbaijan25.6 yrs22.9 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
113Brazil24.9 yrs21.9 yrs
114French Polynesia24.9 yrs21.1 yrs
115Costa Rica24.8 yrs22.2 yrs
116Türkiye24.8 yrs21.4 yrs
117Cook Islands24.4 yrs20.4 yrs
118Indonesia24.2 yrs21.2 yrs
119Tunisia24.2 yrs20.5 yrs
120Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24.1 yrs20.2 yrs
121Lebanon23.9 yrs21.0 yrs
122Grenada23.8 yrs23.1 yrs
123Panama23.8 yrs21.0 yrs
124Colombia23.7 yrs21.3 yrs
125Suriname23.7 yrs20.2 yrs
126Saint Lucia23.7 yrs19.5 yrs
127Viet Nam23.5 yrs19.8 yrs
128Myanmar23.4 yrs21.1 yrs
129Jamaica22.8 yrs21.1 yrs
130Western Sahara22.8 yrs18.6 yrs
131Malaysia22.7 yrs20.8 yrs
132French Guiana22.7 yrs23.4 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)22.6 yrs20.1 yrs
134Wallis and Futuna Islands22.5 yrs19.0 yrs
135Tuvalu22.4 yrs24.0 yrs
136Mexico22.4 yrs19.3 yrs
137Peru22.1 yrs19.2 yrs
138Fiji22.0 yrs20.1 yrs
139Morocco22.0 yrs18.9 yrs
140Libya22.0 yrs18.2 yrs
141Algeria21.7 yrs18.0 yrs
142Kyrgyzstan21.7 yrs20.5 yrs
143Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)21.7 yrs20.4 yrs
144India21.6 yrs19.9 yrs
145Ecuador21.6 yrs19.6 yrs
146Dominican Republic21.6 yrs19.3 yrs
147Mongolia21.6 yrs18.3 yrs
148Guyana21.5 yrs20.2 yrs
149Iran (Islamic Republic of)21.4 yrs17.3 yrs
150Tokelau21.4 yrs19.9 yrs
151South Africa21.3 yrs20.5 yrs
152Uzbekistan20.9 yrs19.0 yrs
153El Salvador20.8 yrs17.8 yrs
154American Samoa20.7 yrs19.9 yrs
155Oman20.6 yrs18.3 yrs
156Egypt20.5 yrs18.7 yrs
157Turkmenistan20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
158Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.2 yrs18.7 yrs
159Bangladesh20.1 yrs17.8 yrs
160Saudi Arabia19.8 yrs18.2 yrs
161Bhutan19.8 yrs17.5 yrs
162Tonga19.6 yrs18.5 yrs
163Nauru19.6 yrs18.4 yrs
164Paraguay19.5 yrs18.3 yrs
165Djibouti19.4 yrs17.0 yrs
166Philippines19.3 yrs17.9 yrs
167Botswana19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
168Jordan19.2 yrs17.5 yrs
169Belize19.0 yrs16.7 yrs
170Kiribati18.9 yrs19.1 yrs
171Papua New Guinea18.9 yrs17.9 yrs
172Samoa18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
173Nicaragua18.7 yrs15.9 yrs
174Maldives18.7 yrs15.4 yrs
175Haiti18.6 yrs17.8 yrs
176Gabon18.5 yrs17.7 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)18.5 yrs15.8 yrs
178Lesotho18.5 yrs17.3 yrs
179Nepal18.4 yrs18.2 yrs
180Cabo Verde18.1 yrs16.0 yrs
181Namibia18.1 yrs17.4 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
183Syrian Arab Republic17.9 yrs15.8 yrs
184Cambodia17.8 yrs17.5 yrs
185Tajikistan17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
186Ghana17.7 yrs16.2 yrs
187Congo17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
188Marshall Islands17.7 yrs14.4 yrs
189Solomon Islands17.6 yrs16.0 yrs
190Vanuatu17.6 yrs16.8 yrs
191Togo17.5 yrs16.3 yrs
192Timor-Leste17.5 yrs18.0 yrs
193Pakistan17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
194Honduras17.3 yrs15.8 yrs
195Liberia17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
196Lao People's Democratic Republic17.2 yrs16.8 yrs
197Iraq17.1 yrs16.2 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe17.1 yrs16.1 yrs
199Zimbabwe17.1 yrs15.2 yrs
200Eswatini17.0 yrs15.4 yrs
201Guatemala16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
202Nigeria16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
203Mayotte16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
204Sierra Leone16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
205Senegal16.8 yrs15.7 yrs
206Mauritania16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
207Eritrea16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
208Guinea-Bissau16.5 yrs16.0 yrs
209Cameroon16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
210United Republic of Tanzania16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
211South Sudan16.3 yrs15.9 yrs
212Benin16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
213Angola16.1 yrs16.2 yrs
214Madagascar16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
215Mozambique16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
216Rwanda16.1 yrs14.5 yrs
217Guinea16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
218Democratic Republic of the Congo16.0 yrs16.7 yrs
219Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.5 yrs
220Kenya15.9 yrs14.5 yrs
221Sudan15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
222Burkina Faso15.7 yrs15.2 yrs
223Malawi15.7 yrs16.0 yrs
224Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs15.1 yrs
225Gambia15.5 yrs16.0 yrs
226Mali15.5 yrs15.3 yrs
227Comoros15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
228State of Palestine15.4 yrs14.4 yrs
229Somalia15.1 yrs15.6 yrs
230Ethiopia15.0 yrs15.8 yrs
231Zambia15.0 yrs14.7 yrs
232Niger15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
233Burundi15.0 yrs14.5 yrs
234Yemen14.7 yrs13.5 yrs
235Chad14.4 yrs15.4 yrs
236Afghanistan13.9 yrs14.8 yrs
237Uganda13.9 yrs14.7 yrs

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