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Median age by country, 2005

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

2005
#Country / areaMedian age1995
1Holy See57.2 yrs49.9 yrs
2Monaco45.5 yrs43.7 yrs
3Japan42.5 yrs39.0 yrs
4Saint Helena41.3 yrs31.2 yrs
5Germany41.0 yrs37.3 yrs
6Italy40.8 yrs37.9 yrs
7Serbia40.1 yrs37.6 yrs
8Bulgaria40.1 yrs37.3 yrs
9Croatia40.0 yrs36.8 yrs
10Finland39.9 yrs36.9 yrs
11Isle of Man39.9 yrs38.3 yrs
12San Marino39.4 yrs36.3 yrs
13Switzerland39.3 yrs36.3 yrs
14Sweden39.2 yrs37.5 yrs
15Belgium39.2 yrs36.5 yrs
16Guernsey39.1 yrs36.1 yrs
17Slovenia39.0 yrs35.0 yrs
18Austria38.9 yrs35.3 yrs
19Bermuda38.6 yrs34.1 yrs
20Saint Pierre and Miquelon38.5 yrs32.8 yrs
21Denmark38.5 yrs36.7 yrs
22Portugal38.4 yrs35.1 yrs
23Latvia38.4 yrs35.2 yrs
24Estonia38.3 yrs35.3 yrs
25Greece38.3 yrs36.0 yrs
26Jersey38.0 yrs35.4 yrs
27Netherlands37.9 yrs34.7 yrs
28Hungary37.9 yrs36.7 yrs
29France37.9 yrs35.2 yrs
30Gibraltar37.8 yrs35.5 yrs
31Spain37.8 yrs34.3 yrs
32Czechia37.8 yrs35.3 yrs
33Ukraine37.7 yrs34.5 yrs
34China, Hong Kong SAR37.7 yrs32.6 yrs
35Canada37.6 yrs33.7 yrs
36Liechtenstein37.6 yrs33.6 yrs
37United Kingdom37.5 yrs35.6 yrs
38Lithuania37.5 yrs33.0 yrs
39Montserrat37.2 yrs30.8 yrs
40Luxembourg37.2 yrs35.7 yrs
41Malta37.1 yrs33.7 yrs
42Belarus37.0 yrs33.6 yrs
43Norway36.9 yrs35.1 yrs
44Andorra36.8 yrs33.3 yrs
45Russian Federation36.4 yrs34.0 yrs
46Martinique36.1 yrs31.4 yrs
47Romania35.8 yrs33.1 yrs
48United States Virgin Islands35.8 yrs29.5 yrs
49Poland35.6 yrs32.9 yrs
50Australia35.5 yrs32.7 yrs
51Saint Barthélemy35.5 yrs31.8 yrs
52Falkland Islands (Malvinas)35.5 yrs32.7 yrs
53Curaçao35.4 yrs29.8 yrs
54United States of America35.2 yrs33.1 yrs
55Aruba35.1 yrs31.0 yrs
56Faroe Islands35.0 yrs33.1 yrs
57Bosnia and Herzegovina35.0 yrs32.1 yrs
58Cuba34.7 yrs29.3 yrs
59Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba34.6 yrs30.0 yrs
60Slovakia34.5 yrs31.4 yrs
61New Zealand34.5 yrs31.6 yrs
62Guadeloupe34.4 yrs28.4 yrs
63Georgia34.2 yrs31.2 yrs
64Barbados33.9 yrs30.3 yrs
65China, Taiwan Province of China33.8 yrs28.5 yrs
66Montenegro33.7 yrs30.6 yrs
67Puerto Rico33.6 yrs29.4 yrs
68Republic of Korea33.5 yrs28.3 yrs
69Iceland33.2 yrs30.4 yrs
70Cayman Islands33.0 yrs29.8 yrs
71China, Macao SAR33.0 yrs29.6 yrs
72Greenland32.5 yrs28.8 yrs
73Singapore32.5 yrs30.0 yrs
74North Macedonia32.5 yrs29.5 yrs
75Ireland32.4 yrs29.9 yrs
76Sint Maarten (Dutch part)32.4 yrs29.0 yrs
77Republic of Moldova31.9 yrs30.1 yrs
78Uruguay31.8 yrs30.4 yrs
79China31.8 yrs26.1 yrs
80Cyprus31.6 yrs29.6 yrs
81Niue31.6 yrs26.1 yrs
82Palau31.4 yrs26.9 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea31.4 yrs26.9 yrs
84Thailand31.2 yrs26.2 yrs
85British Virgin Islands30.9 yrs28.0 yrs
86Northern Mariana Islands30.9 yrs26.5 yrs
87Armenia30.0 yrs26.9 yrs
88United Arab Emirates29.9 yrs27.0 yrs
89Qatar29.9 yrs28.2 yrs
90Chile29.9 yrs26.3 yrs
91Turks and Caicos Islands29.7 yrs24.9 yrs
92Mauritius29.7 yrs26.4 yrs
93Anguilla29.6 yrs25.9 yrs
94Bahamas29.3 yrs25.9 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda28.9 yrs25.9 yrs
96Saint Martin (French part)28.9 yrs27.1 yrs
97Albania28.6 yrs24.8 yrs
98Dominica28.6 yrs24.0 yrs
99Réunion28.6 yrs26.2 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago28.4 yrs24.6 yrs
101Seychelles28.2 yrs24.4 yrs
102Argentina27.8 yrs26.4 yrs
103Israel27.7 yrs25.7 yrs
104Sri Lanka27.7 yrs24.3 yrs
105Saint Kitts and Nevis27.5 yrs23.7 yrs
106Kazakhstan27.4 yrs25.4 yrs
107Guam27.4 yrs25.3 yrs
108Kuwait27.4 yrs24.6 yrs
109New Caledonia27.1 yrs23.8 yrs
110Azerbaijan26.7 yrs23.5 yrs
111Brunei Darussalam26.5 yrs23.4 yrs
112Bahrain26.4 yrs24.3 yrs
113Costa Rica26.0 yrs22.9 yrs
114Türkiye26.0 yrs22.2 yrs
115Brazil26.0 yrs22.7 yrs
116French Polynesia25.8 yrs22.1 yrs
117Cook Islands25.7 yrs21.5 yrs
118Saint Vincent and the Grenadines25.7 yrs21.6 yrs
119Tunisia25.6 yrs21.4 yrs
120Indonesia25.1 yrs22.1 yrs
121Grenada25.0 yrs23.6 yrs
122Lebanon24.9 yrs21.8 yrs
123Saint Lucia24.8 yrs20.1 yrs
124Viet Nam24.8 yrs20.6 yrs
125Colombia24.6 yrs21.9 yrs
126Panama24.6 yrs21.9 yrs
127Wallis and Futuna Islands24.5 yrs19.2 yrs
128Suriname24.4 yrs21.0 yrs
129Western Sahara24.4 yrs18.8 yrs
130Myanmar24.2 yrs21.7 yrs
131Tokelau23.8 yrs20.5 yrs
132Jamaica23.6 yrs21.4 yrs
133Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)23.4 yrs20.8 yrs
134Mexico23.4 yrs20.3 yrs
135Algeria23.2 yrs18.8 yrs
136Iran (Islamic Republic of)23.2 yrs17.5 yrs
137Peru23.2 yrs19.9 yrs
138Malaysia23.2 yrs21.5 yrs
139Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)23.1 yrs21.6 yrs
140Morocco23.0 yrs19.9 yrs
141Fiji22.9 yrs20.4 yrs
142Mongolia22.7 yrs19.0 yrs
143Libya22.6 yrs19.6 yrs
144Tuvalu22.5 yrs24.0 yrs
145Ecuador22.4 yrs20.1 yrs
146Dominican Republic22.4 yrs19.9 yrs
147French Guiana22.3 yrs23.5 yrs
148India22.2 yrs20.3 yrs
149Kyrgyzstan22.2 yrs20.4 yrs
150Guyana22.1 yrs20.6 yrs
151South Africa22.1 yrs20.5 yrs
152Uzbekistan21.9 yrs19.3 yrs
153El Salvador21.7 yrs18.6 yrs
154Oman21.7 yrs19.1 yrs
155American Samoa21.4 yrs20.0 yrs
156Turkmenistan21.3 yrs18.7 yrs
157Egypt21.2 yrs19.1 yrs
158Bhutan21.1 yrs17.8 yrs
159Saudi Arabia20.8 yrs18.7 yrs
160Bangladesh20.7 yrs18.4 yrs
161Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.6 yrs19.1 yrs
162Paraguay20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
163Maldives20.4 yrs15.8 yrs
164Nauru20.1 yrs18.2 yrs
165Botswana20.1 yrs17.1 yrs
166Philippines19.9 yrs18.1 yrs
167Tonga19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
168Nicaragua19.8 yrs16.5 yrs
169Djibouti19.7 yrs17.4 yrs
170Jordan19.7 yrs18.5 yrs
171Belize19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
172Kiribati19.5 yrs18.7 yrs
173Micronesia (Fed. States of)19.4 yrs16.8 yrs
174Cabo Verde19.3 yrs16.4 yrs
175Samoa19.3 yrs18.6 yrs
176Papua New Guinea19.3 yrs18.2 yrs
177Haiti19.2 yrs17.9 yrs
178Gabon19.1 yrs17.7 yrs
179Cambodia19.1 yrs15.9 yrs
180Nepal19.0 yrs18.1 yrs
181Lesotho18.9 yrs17.4 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea18.9 yrs18.0 yrs
183Syrian Arab Republic18.7 yrs16.4 yrs
184Marshall Islands18.7 yrs15.3 yrs
185Tajikistan18.6 yrs16.6 yrs
186Namibia18.5 yrs17.6 yrs
187Vanuatu18.4 yrs16.9 yrs
188Ghana18.3 yrs16.5 yrs
189Congo18.1 yrs17.0 yrs
190Solomon Islands18.1 yrs16.5 yrs
191Honduras18.0 yrs16.1 yrs
192Pakistan17.8 yrs16.6 yrs
193Lao People's Democratic Republic17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
194Togo17.7 yrs16.6 yrs
195Timor-Leste17.6 yrs17.8 yrs
196Eswatini17.5 yrs15.0 yrs
197Sao Tome and Principe17.5 yrs16.1 yrs
198Zimbabwe17.5 yrs15.5 yrs
199Iraq17.4 yrs16.4 yrs
200Guatemala17.4 yrs16.3 yrs
201Liberia17.3 yrs16.9 yrs
202Eritrea17.2 yrs17.0 yrs
203Senegal17.1 yrs16.0 yrs
204Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.1 yrs
205Nigeria16.8 yrs16.5 yrs
206Rwanda16.8 yrs13.2 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau16.7 yrs16.1 yrs
208Mayotte16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
209Cameroon16.6 yrs15.8 yrs
210Mauritania16.5 yrs16.5 yrs
211Benin16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
212South Sudan16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
213Kenya16.3 yrs14.9 yrs
214United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
215Angola16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
216Madagascar16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
217Central African Republic16.1 yrs16.1 yrs
218Guinea16.0 yrs17.0 yrs
219Comoros16.0 yrs14.9 yrs
220Sudan16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
221State of Palestine16.0 yrs14.5 yrs
222Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
223Mozambique16.0 yrs16.1 yrs
224Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs17.0 yrs
225Gambia15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
226Burundi15.7 yrs14.3 yrs
227Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
228Côte d'Ivoire15.6 yrs15.4 yrs
229Mali15.6 yrs15.2 yrs
230Yemen15.3 yrs13.6 yrs
231Zambia15.2 yrs14.7 yrs
232Ethiopia15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
233Somalia14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
234Niger14.7 yrs15.5 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.9 yrs
236Afghanistan14.0 yrs14.6 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.4 yrs

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