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Median age by country, 2003

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

2003
#Country / areaMedian age1993
1Holy See55.6 yrs48.7 yrs
2Monaco45.0 yrs43.4 yrs
3Japan41.8 yrs38.2 yrs
4Italy40.2 yrs37.1 yrs
5Germany40.1 yrs36.8 yrs
6Serbia39.7 yrs36.9 yrs
7Bulgaria39.6 yrs36.7 yrs
8Croatia39.5 yrs35.9 yrs
9Finland39.3 yrs36.3 yrs
10Isle of Man39.1 yrs38.2 yrs
11Saint Helena39.0 yrs29.7 yrs
12Sweden38.8 yrs37.4 yrs
13San Marino38.7 yrs35.7 yrs
14Belgium38.7 yrs35.9 yrs
15Switzerland38.6 yrs35.9 yrs
16Guernsey38.4 yrs35.7 yrs
17Austria38.3 yrs34.8 yrs
18Slovenia38.2 yrs34.4 yrs
19Denmark38.0 yrs36.5 yrs
20Estonia37.9 yrs34.5 yrs
21Latvia37.9 yrs34.6 yrs
22Greece37.7 yrs35.6 yrs
23Hungary37.7 yrs36.3 yrs
24Portugal37.7 yrs34.4 yrs
25Gibraltar37.6 yrs35.3 yrs
26Jersey37.5 yrs34.9 yrs
27Bermuda37.5 yrs33.1 yrs
28Andorra37.4 yrs32.1 yrs
29France37.4 yrs34.6 yrs
30Ukraine37.3 yrs33.9 yrs
31Saint Pierre and Miquelon37.3 yrs31.9 yrs
32Spain37.3 yrs33.6 yrs
33Czechia37.3 yrs34.9 yrs
34United Kingdom37.2 yrs35.3 yrs
35Netherlands37.2 yrs34.1 yrs
36Canada36.9 yrs32.9 yrs
37Montserrat36.9 yrs29.1 yrs
38Luxembourg36.8 yrs35.5 yrs
39Liechtenstein36.7 yrs32.9 yrs
40China, Hong Kong SAR36.6 yrs31.5 yrs
41Belarus36.5 yrs32.9 yrs
42Malta36.5 yrs33.0 yrs
43Lithuania36.5 yrs32.3 yrs
44Norway36.4 yrs34.8 yrs
45Russian Federation36.2 yrs33.4 yrs
46Martinique35.3 yrs30.7 yrs
47Australia35.1 yrs32.0 yrs
48Poland35.1 yrs32.4 yrs
49Falkland Islands (Malvinas)35.0 yrs32.2 yrs
50United States of America34.9 yrs32.6 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy34.9 yrs30.9 yrs
52Romania34.7 yrs32.7 yrs
53United States Virgin Islands34.6 yrs28.5 yrs
54Faroe Islands34.5 yrs32.0 yrs
55Curaçao34.3 yrs28.8 yrs
56Aruba34.2 yrs30.5 yrs
57New Zealand34.0 yrs31.0 yrs
58Slovakia33.9 yrs31.0 yrs
59Bosnia and Herzegovina33.9 yrs30.9 yrs
60Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba33.7 yrs29.1 yrs
61Cuba33.7 yrs28.2 yrs
62Georgia33.7 yrs30.4 yrs
63Guadeloupe33.5 yrs27.4 yrs
64Barbados33.3 yrs29.4 yrs
65Montenegro33.1 yrs29.8 yrs
66Iceland32.7 yrs29.7 yrs
67China, Taiwan Province of China32.7 yrs27.5 yrs
68Puerto Rico32.6 yrs28.6 yrs
69Cayman Islands32.5 yrs29.1 yrs
70China, Macao SAR32.4 yrs28.8 yrs
71Republic of Korea32.3 yrs27.4 yrs
72Ireland32.1 yrs29.2 yrs
73Greenland32.1 yrs28.0 yrs
74Singapore31.9 yrs29.4 yrs
75North Macedonia31.8 yrs28.9 yrs
76Sint Maarten (Dutch part)31.6 yrs28.2 yrs
77Republic of Moldova31.5 yrs29.7 yrs
78Uruguay31.4 yrs30.2 yrs
79Cyprus31.2 yrs29.4 yrs
80Palau30.8 yrs25.9 yrs
81China30.7 yrs25.1 yrs
82Niue30.5 yrs24.7 yrs
83British Virgin Islands30.4 yrs27.3 yrs
84Dem. People's Republic of Korea30.4 yrs26.0 yrs
85Thailand30.3 yrs25.0 yrs
86Qatar29.9 yrs27.5 yrs
87Northern Mariana Islands29.7 yrs26.6 yrs
88Armenia29.6 yrs26.4 yrs
89Chile29.2 yrs25.7 yrs
90Mauritius29.0 yrs25.7 yrs
91Anguilla28.9 yrs25.2 yrs
92Turks and Caicos Islands28.9 yrs24.3 yrs
93Saint Martin (French part)28.8 yrs26.6 yrs
94United Arab Emirates28.6 yrs25.8 yrs
95Bahamas28.6 yrs25.3 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda28.2 yrs25.4 yrs
97Dominica27.9 yrs23.0 yrs
98Trinidad and Tobago27.6 yrs24.1 yrs
99Réunion27.6 yrs25.7 yrs
100Albania27.5 yrs24.1 yrs
101Seychelles27.5 yrs23.9 yrs
102Israel27.4 yrs25.5 yrs
103Argentina27.3 yrs26.4 yrs
104Kazakhstan27.2 yrs25.1 yrs
105Guam27.1 yrs24.9 yrs
106Sri Lanka27.1 yrs23.6 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis26.7 yrs23.0 yrs
108New Caledonia26.4 yrs23.0 yrs
109Kuwait26.3 yrs23.2 yrs
110Azerbaijan26.0 yrs23.1 yrs
111Bahrain25.8 yrs24.2 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam25.7 yrs22.9 yrs
113Costa Rica25.2 yrs22.4 yrs
114Brazil25.2 yrs22.1 yrs
115French Polynesia25.2 yrs21.4 yrs
116Türkiye25.1 yrs21.6 yrs
117Cook Islands24.8 yrs20.8 yrs
118Tunisia24.7 yrs20.7 yrs
119Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24.6 yrs20.7 yrs
120Indonesia24.5 yrs21.5 yrs
121Lebanon24.2 yrs21.2 yrs
122Grenada24.1 yrs23.3 yrs
123Panama24.1 yrs21.3 yrs
124Colombia24.0 yrs21.5 yrs
125Suriname24.0 yrs20.5 yrs
126Saint Lucia24.0 yrs19.7 yrs
127Viet Nam24.0 yrs20.0 yrs
128Myanmar23.7 yrs21.3 yrs
129Western Sahara23.4 yrs18.5 yrs
130Wallis and Futuna Islands23.0 yrs19.1 yrs
131Jamaica23.0 yrs21.2 yrs
132Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)22.8 yrs20.4 yrs
133Malaysia22.8 yrs21.1 yrs
134Mexico22.7 yrs19.7 yrs
135French Guiana22.6 yrs23.4 yrs
136Peru22.5 yrs19.4 yrs
137Tuvalu22.4 yrs24.0 yrs
138Fiji22.3 yrs20.2 yrs
139Morocco22.3 yrs19.3 yrs
140Algeria22.2 yrs18.2 yrs
141Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)22.2 yrs20.8 yrs
142Tokelau22.2 yrs20.1 yrs
143Libya22.2 yrs18.7 yrs
144Iran (Islamic Republic of)22.0 yrs17.1 yrs
145Kyrgyzstan21.9 yrs20.4 yrs
146Mongolia21.9 yrs18.5 yrs
147India21.8 yrs20.1 yrs
148Ecuador21.8 yrs19.8 yrs
149Dominican Republic21.8 yrs19.4 yrs
150Guyana21.7 yrs20.4 yrs
151South Africa21.6 yrs20.9 yrs
152Uzbekistan21.3 yrs19.1 yrs
153El Salvador21.1 yrs17.9 yrs
154Oman20.9 yrs18.9 yrs
155American Samoa20.9 yrs19.9 yrs
156Egypt20.8 yrs18.9 yrs
157Turkmenistan20.6 yrs18.5 yrs
158Bangladesh20.3 yrs18.0 yrs
159Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.3 yrs18.8 yrs
160Bhutan20.2 yrs17.6 yrs
161Saudi Arabia20.0 yrs18.4 yrs
162Nauru19.8 yrs18.3 yrs
163Tonga19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
164Paraguay19.7 yrs18.3 yrs
165Botswana19.6 yrs16.7 yrs
166Djibouti19.5 yrs17.1 yrs
167Philippines19.5 yrs18.0 yrs
168Maldives19.3 yrs15.4 yrs
169Jordan19.3 yrs17.9 yrs
170Belize19.2 yrs16.8 yrs
171Kiribati19.1 yrs19.0 yrs
172Nicaragua19.1 yrs16.1 yrs
173Papua New Guinea19.0 yrs18.0 yrs
174Samoa18.9 yrs18.0 yrs
175Haiti18.8 yrs17.8 yrs
176Micronesia (Fed. States of)18.8 yrs16.2 yrs
177Gabon18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
178Nepal18.6 yrs18.2 yrs
179Lesotho18.6 yrs17.3 yrs
180Cabo Verde18.5 yrs16.1 yrs
181Equatorial Guinea18.4 yrs18.2 yrs
182Cambodia18.2 yrs17.8 yrs
183Syrian Arab Republic18.2 yrs16.0 yrs
184Namibia18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
185Tajikistan18.1 yrs16.7 yrs
186Marshall Islands18.0 yrs14.7 yrs
187Ghana17.9 yrs16.3 yrs
188Congo17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
189Vanuatu17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
190Solomon Islands17.7 yrs16.2 yrs
191Togo17.6 yrs16.4 yrs
192Honduras17.5 yrs15.9 yrs
193Timor-Leste17.5 yrs18.0 yrs
194Pakistan17.4 yrs16.7 yrs
195Lao People's Democratic Republic17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
196Sao Tome and Principe17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
197Liberia17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
198Iraq17.2 yrs16.3 yrs
199Eswatini17.2 yrs15.6 yrs
200Zimbabwe17.2 yrs15.1 yrs
201Guatemala17.0 yrs16.2 yrs
202Senegal16.9 yrs15.8 yrs
203Nigeria16.9 yrs16.3 yrs
204Eritrea16.8 yrs16.5 yrs
205Sierra Leone16.8 yrs17.3 yrs
206Mayotte16.7 yrs16.3 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
208Mauritania16.6 yrs16.5 yrs
209Cameroon16.4 yrs15.7 yrs
210United Republic of Tanzania16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
211South Sudan16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
212Benin16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
213Rwanda16.3 yrs14.7 yrs
214Angola16.1 yrs16.1 yrs
215Madagascar16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
216Mozambique16.1 yrs16.1 yrs
217Guinea16.0 yrs17.1 yrs
218Kenya16.0 yrs14.7 yrs
219Sudan16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
220Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.4 yrs
221Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs16.7 yrs
222Burkina Faso15.8 yrs15.2 yrs
223Malawi15.7 yrs15.9 yrs
224Gambia15.6 yrs16.0 yrs
225Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs15.2 yrs
226State of Palestine15.6 yrs14.4 yrs
227Comoros15.5 yrs15.2 yrs
228Mali15.5 yrs15.2 yrs
229Burundi15.2 yrs13.6 yrs
230Zambia15.1 yrs14.7 yrs
231Ethiopia15.0 yrs15.7 yrs
232Somalia15.0 yrs15.6 yrs
233Yemen14.9 yrs13.5 yrs
234Niger14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
235Chad14.4 yrs15.1 yrs
236Uganda14.0 yrs14.7 yrs
237Afghanistan13.9 yrs14.8 yrs

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