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Median age by country, 2004

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

2004
#Country / areaMedian age1994
1Holy See56.4 yrs49.3 yrs
2Monaco45.2 yrs43.5 yrs
3Japan42.2 yrs38.6 yrs
4Italy40.5 yrs37.6 yrs
5Germany40.5 yrs37.0 yrs
6Saint Helena40.1 yrs30.4 yrs
7Serbia40.0 yrs37.3 yrs
8Bulgaria39.9 yrs37.0 yrs
9Croatia39.7 yrs36.4 yrs
10Finland39.6 yrs36.6 yrs
11Isle of Man39.5 yrs38.2 yrs
12San Marino39.0 yrs36.0 yrs
13Sweden39.0 yrs37.4 yrs
14Belgium39.0 yrs36.2 yrs
15Switzerland38.9 yrs36.1 yrs
16Guernsey38.7 yrs35.8 yrs
17Austria38.6 yrs35.0 yrs
18Slovenia38.6 yrs34.8 yrs
19Denmark38.2 yrs36.6 yrs
20Latvia38.2 yrs34.9 yrs
21Estonia38.1 yrs35.0 yrs
22Bermuda38.1 yrs33.6 yrs
23Greece38.0 yrs35.8 yrs
24Portugal38.0 yrs34.7 yrs
25Saint Pierre and Miquelon37.8 yrs32.4 yrs
26Jersey37.8 yrs35.1 yrs
27Hungary37.8 yrs36.5 yrs
28Gibraltar37.7 yrs35.4 yrs
29France37.7 yrs34.9 yrs
30Ukraine37.6 yrs34.2 yrs
31Netherlands37.5 yrs34.4 yrs
32Spain37.5 yrs33.9 yrs
33Czechia37.5 yrs35.1 yrs
34United Kingdom37.4 yrs35.4 yrs
35Canada37.3 yrs33.3 yrs
36Liechtenstein37.2 yrs33.3 yrs
37China, Hong Kong SAR37.2 yrs32.0 yrs
38Andorra37.1 yrs32.8 yrs
39Montserrat37.0 yrs29.9 yrs
40Lithuania37.0 yrs32.7 yrs
41Luxembourg37.0 yrs35.6 yrs
42Belarus36.8 yrs33.2 yrs
43Malta36.8 yrs33.4 yrs
44Norway36.7 yrs34.9 yrs
45Russian Federation36.3 yrs33.7 yrs
46Martinique35.7 yrs31.1 yrs
47Australia35.3 yrs32.4 yrs
48Poland35.3 yrs32.6 yrs
49Romania35.3 yrs32.9 yrs
50United States Virgin Islands35.3 yrs29.0 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy35.2 yrs31.4 yrs
52Falkland Islands (Malvinas)35.2 yrs32.4 yrs
53United States of America35.0 yrs32.9 yrs
54Curaçao34.9 yrs29.3 yrs
55Faroe Islands34.8 yrs32.7 yrs
56Aruba34.6 yrs30.7 yrs
57Bosnia and Herzegovina34.4 yrs31.7 yrs
58Cuba34.2 yrs28.7 yrs
59Slovakia34.2 yrs31.2 yrs
60New Zealand34.2 yrs31.3 yrs
61Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba34.1 yrs29.6 yrs
62Guadeloupe34.0 yrs27.9 yrs
63Georgia34.0 yrs30.8 yrs
64Barbados33.6 yrs29.8 yrs
65Montenegro33.4 yrs30.2 yrs
66China, Taiwan Province of China33.3 yrs28.0 yrs
67Puerto Rico33.1 yrs28.9 yrs
68Iceland33.0 yrs30.1 yrs
69Republic of Korea32.9 yrs27.9 yrs
70Cayman Islands32.8 yrs29.4 yrs
71China, Macao SAR32.7 yrs29.2 yrs
72Ireland32.4 yrs29.6 yrs
73Greenland32.3 yrs28.4 yrs
74Singapore32.2 yrs29.7 yrs
75North Macedonia32.1 yrs29.3 yrs
76Sint Maarten (Dutch part)32.0 yrs28.6 yrs
77Republic of Moldova31.7 yrs29.9 yrs
78Uruguay31.6 yrs30.3 yrs
79Cyprus31.4 yrs29.5 yrs
80China31.2 yrs25.6 yrs
81Palau31.1 yrs26.4 yrs
82Niue31.0 yrs25.4 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea30.9 yrs26.4 yrs
84Thailand30.8 yrs25.6 yrs
85British Virgin Islands30.7 yrs27.7 yrs
86Northern Mariana Islands30.3 yrs26.6 yrs
87Qatar30.1 yrs27.8 yrs
88Armenia29.8 yrs26.6 yrs
89Chile29.6 yrs26.0 yrs
90United Arab Emirates29.3 yrs26.4 yrs
91Turks and Caicos Islands29.3 yrs24.6 yrs
92Mauritius29.3 yrs26.0 yrs
93Anguilla29.2 yrs25.6 yrs
94Bahamas29.0 yrs25.6 yrs
95Saint Martin (French part)28.9 yrs26.8 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda28.5 yrs25.7 yrs
97Dominica28.3 yrs23.5 yrs
98Albania28.1 yrs24.4 yrs
99Réunion28.1 yrs26.0 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago28.0 yrs24.4 yrs
101Seychelles27.9 yrs24.2 yrs
102Argentina27.5 yrs26.4 yrs
103Israel27.5 yrs25.6 yrs
104Sri Lanka27.4 yrs23.9 yrs
105Kazakhstan27.3 yrs25.3 yrs
106Guam27.3 yrs25.1 yrs
107Saint Kitts and Nevis27.1 yrs23.4 yrs
108Kuwait27.0 yrs24.1 yrs
109New Caledonia26.8 yrs23.4 yrs
110Azerbaijan26.4 yrs23.3 yrs
111Brunei Darussalam26.1 yrs23.1 yrs
112Bahrain26.0 yrs24.2 yrs
113Costa Rica25.6 yrs22.6 yrs
114Türkiye25.6 yrs21.9 yrs
115Brazil25.6 yrs22.4 yrs
116French Polynesia25.5 yrs21.8 yrs
117Cook Islands25.3 yrs21.1 yrs
118Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25.1 yrs21.1 yrs
119Tunisia25.1 yrs21.0 yrs
120Indonesia24.9 yrs21.8 yrs
121Lebanon24.6 yrs21.5 yrs
122Grenada24.5 yrs23.5 yrs
123Saint Lucia24.4 yrs19.9 yrs
124Viet Nam24.4 yrs20.3 yrs
125Colombia24.3 yrs21.7 yrs
126Suriname24.3 yrs20.7 yrs
127Panama24.3 yrs21.6 yrs
128Myanmar24.0 yrs21.5 yrs
129Western Sahara23.9 yrs18.4 yrs
130Wallis and Futuna Islands23.7 yrs19.2 yrs
131Jamaica23.3 yrs21.3 yrs
132Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)23.1 yrs20.6 yrs
133Tokelau23.0 yrs20.3 yrs
134Malaysia23.0 yrs21.3 yrs
135Mexico23.0 yrs20.0 yrs
136Peru22.8 yrs19.6 yrs
137Algeria22.7 yrs18.5 yrs
138Iran (Islamic Republic of)22.6 yrs17.1 yrs
139Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)22.6 yrs21.2 yrs
140Fiji22.6 yrs20.3 yrs
141Morocco22.6 yrs19.6 yrs
142Tuvalu22.4 yrs24.1 yrs
143Libya22.4 yrs19.1 yrs
144French Guiana22.4 yrs23.4 yrs
145Mongolia22.3 yrs18.8 yrs
146Ecuador22.1 yrs19.9 yrs
147Kyrgyzstan22.1 yrs20.3 yrs
148Dominican Republic22.1 yrs19.7 yrs
149India22.0 yrs20.2 yrs
150Guyana21.9 yrs20.5 yrs
151South Africa21.9 yrs20.9 yrs
152Uzbekistan21.6 yrs19.2 yrs
153El Salvador21.4 yrs18.3 yrs
154Oman21.3 yrs19.1 yrs
155American Samoa21.2 yrs20.0 yrs
156Egypt21.0 yrs19.0 yrs
157Turkmenistan21.0 yrs18.6 yrs
158Bhutan20.7 yrs17.7 yrs
159Bangladesh20.5 yrs18.2 yrs
160Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.5 yrs19.0 yrs
161Saudi Arabia20.3 yrs18.5 yrs
162Paraguay20.1 yrs18.3 yrs
163Nauru20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
164Tonga19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
165Botswana19.8 yrs16.9 yrs
166Maldives19.8 yrs15.6 yrs
167Philippines19.7 yrs18.1 yrs
168Djibouti19.6 yrs17.2 yrs
169Jordan19.5 yrs18.3 yrs
170Nicaragua19.4 yrs16.3 yrs
171Belize19.4 yrs16.9 yrs
172Kiribati19.3 yrs18.8 yrs
173Samoa19.1 yrs18.3 yrs
174Papua New Guinea19.1 yrs18.1 yrs
175Micronesia (Fed. States of)19.1 yrs16.5 yrs
176Haiti19.0 yrs17.8 yrs
177Cabo Verde18.9 yrs16.3 yrs
178Gabon18.9 yrs17.7 yrs
179Nepal18.8 yrs18.2 yrs
180Lesotho18.8 yrs17.4 yrs
181Cambodia18.7 yrs17.1 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea18.6 yrs18.1 yrs
183Syrian Arab Republic18.4 yrs16.2 yrs
184Namibia18.4 yrs17.5 yrs
185Marshall Islands18.4 yrs15.0 yrs
186Tajikistan18.3 yrs16.6 yrs
187Ghana18.1 yrs16.4 yrs
188Vanuatu18.1 yrs17.0 yrs
189Congo18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
190Solomon Islands17.9 yrs16.3 yrs
191Honduras17.8 yrs16.0 yrs
192Togo17.6 yrs16.5 yrs
193Pakistan17.6 yrs16.6 yrs
194Lao People's Democratic Republic17.6 yrs16.8 yrs
195Timor-Leste17.6 yrs17.9 yrs
196Eswatini17.4 yrs15.2 yrs
197Sao Tome and Principe17.4 yrs16.1 yrs
198Zimbabwe17.4 yrs15.3 yrs
199Iraq17.3 yrs16.4 yrs
200Liberia17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
201Guatemala17.2 yrs16.2 yrs
202Eritrea17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
203Senegal17.0 yrs15.9 yrs
204Nigeria16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
205Sierra Leone16.8 yrs17.2 yrs
206Mayotte16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
208Mauritania16.6 yrs16.5 yrs
209Rwanda16.6 yrs14.0 yrs
210Cameroon16.5 yrs15.7 yrs
211South Sudan16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
212United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.2 yrs
213Benin16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
214Angola16.2 yrs16.1 yrs
215Kenya16.2 yrs14.8 yrs
216Madagascar16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
217Guinea16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
218Sudan16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
219Mozambique16.0 yrs16.1 yrs
220Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.2 yrs
221Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs16.9 yrs
222Burkina Faso15.9 yrs15.2 yrs
223State of Palestine15.8 yrs14.5 yrs
224Comoros15.7 yrs15.0 yrs
225Malawi15.7 yrs15.8 yrs
226Gambia15.6 yrs15.8 yrs
227Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs15.3 yrs
228Mali15.6 yrs15.2 yrs
229Burundi15.5 yrs13.6 yrs
230Yemen15.1 yrs13.6 yrs
231Ethiopia15.1 yrs15.6 yrs
232Zambia15.1 yrs14.7 yrs
233Somalia15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
234Niger14.8 yrs15.5 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.8 yrs
236Uganda14.0 yrs14.6 yrs
237Afghanistan13.9 yrs14.7 yrs

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