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Median age by country, 2006

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

2006
#Country / areaMedian age1996
1Holy See58.1 yrs50.6 yrs
2Monaco45.8 yrs43.8 yrs
3Japan42.9 yrs39.4 yrs
4Saint Helena42.4 yrs32.0 yrs
5Germany41.5 yrs37.5 yrs
6Italy41.2 yrs38.0 yrs
7Serbia40.4 yrs37.9 yrs
8Bulgaria40.3 yrs37.6 yrs
9Croatia40.2 yrs37.2 yrs
10Finland40.2 yrs37.1 yrs
11Isle of Man40.2 yrs38.3 yrs
12San Marino39.8 yrs36.5 yrs
13Switzerland39.6 yrs36.5 yrs
14Guernsey39.4 yrs36.3 yrs
15Sweden39.4 yrs37.6 yrs
16Slovenia39.4 yrs35.3 yrs
17Belgium39.4 yrs36.7 yrs
18Austria39.3 yrs35.6 yrs
19Bermuda39.1 yrs34.6 yrs
20Saint Pierre and Miquelon39.0 yrs33.3 yrs
21Denmark38.8 yrs36.7 yrs
22Portugal38.8 yrs35.4 yrs
23Greece38.7 yrs36.2 yrs
24Latvia38.7 yrs35.5 yrs
25Estonia38.5 yrs35.7 yrs
26Netherlands38.3 yrs35.0 yrs
27Jersey38.3 yrs35.6 yrs
28China, Hong Kong SAR38.3 yrs33.1 yrs
29France38.1 yrs35.5 yrs
30Liechtenstein38.1 yrs34.0 yrs
31Gibraltar38.0 yrs35.7 yrs
32Spain38.0 yrs34.7 yrs
33Czechia38.0 yrs35.5 yrs
34Hungary38.0 yrs36.9 yrs
35Lithuania38.0 yrs33.4 yrs
36Ukraine37.9 yrs34.8 yrs
37Canada37.9 yrs34.1 yrs
38United Kingdom37.6 yrs35.8 yrs
39Malta37.4 yrs34.1 yrs
40Montserrat37.4 yrs31.7 yrs
41Luxembourg37.4 yrs35.8 yrs
42Belarus37.3 yrs34.0 yrs
43Norway37.1 yrs35.2 yrs
44Andorra36.9 yrs33.8 yrs
45Martinique36.6 yrs31.8 yrs
46Russian Federation36.5 yrs34.4 yrs
47Romania36.4 yrs33.2 yrs
48United States Virgin Islands36.3 yrs30.0 yrs
49Curaçao36.0 yrs30.3 yrs
50Falkland Islands (Malvinas)35.9 yrs33.0 yrs
51Poland35.9 yrs33.2 yrs
52Saint Barthélemy35.8 yrs32.2 yrs
53Australia35.6 yrs33.0 yrs
54Aruba35.5 yrs31.3 yrs
55Bosnia and Herzegovina35.5 yrs32.0 yrs
56United States of America35.4 yrs33.4 yrs
57Faroe Islands35.3 yrs33.2 yrs
58Cuba35.2 yrs29.9 yrs
59Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba35.0 yrs30.4 yrs
60Slovakia34.8 yrs31.7 yrs
61New Zealand34.8 yrs31.9 yrs
62Guadeloupe34.7 yrs28.9 yrs
63Georgia34.5 yrs31.5 yrs
64China, Taiwan Province of China34.4 yrs28.9 yrs
65Barbados34.3 yrs30.7 yrs
66Republic of Korea34.2 yrs28.8 yrs
67Puerto Rico34.1 yrs29.8 yrs
68Montenegro34.0 yrs31.0 yrs
69Iceland33.5 yrs30.8 yrs
70Cayman Islands33.3 yrs30.3 yrs
71China, Macao SAR33.2 yrs30.0 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)32.8 yrs29.4 yrs
73North Macedonia32.8 yrs29.8 yrs
74Greenland32.6 yrs29.3 yrs
75Singapore32.6 yrs30.2 yrs
76Ireland32.4 yrs30.3 yrs
77Republic of Moldova32.3 yrs30.3 yrs
78China32.3 yrs26.6 yrs
79Niue32.1 yrs26.7 yrs
80Uruguay32.0 yrs30.6 yrs
81Cyprus31.8 yrs29.8 yrs
82Palau31.8 yrs27.4 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea31.8 yrs27.3 yrs
84Thailand31.7 yrs26.7 yrs
85Northern Mariana Islands31.4 yrs26.3 yrs
86British Virgin Islands31.2 yrs28.4 yrs
87United Arab Emirates30.4 yrs27.2 yrs
88Chile30.3 yrs26.6 yrs
89Armenia30.2 yrs27.1 yrs
90Turks and Caicos Islands30.2 yrs25.4 yrs
91Mauritius30.1 yrs26.7 yrs
92Anguilla30.0 yrs26.3 yrs
93Qatar29.6 yrs28.6 yrs
94Bahamas29.6 yrs26.2 yrs
95Albania29.2 yrs25.2 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda29.2 yrs26.2 yrs
97Saint Martin (French part)29.0 yrs27.4 yrs
98Dominica29.0 yrs24.5 yrs
99Réunion28.9 yrs26.5 yrs
100Trinidad and Tobago28.8 yrs25.0 yrs
101Seychelles28.6 yrs24.7 yrs
102Argentina28.0 yrs26.4 yrs
103Sri Lanka28.0 yrs24.7 yrs
104Israel27.9 yrs26.0 yrs
105Saint Kitts and Nevis27.9 yrs24.1 yrs
106Guam27.6 yrs25.6 yrs
107Kuwait27.6 yrs24.6 yrs
108Kazakhstan27.4 yrs25.6 yrs
109New Caledonia27.4 yrs24.2 yrs
110Azerbaijan26.9 yrs23.7 yrs
111Brunei Darussalam26.9 yrs23.7 yrs
112Bahrain26.8 yrs24.4 yrs
113Costa Rica26.4 yrs23.1 yrs
114Türkiye26.4 yrs22.6 yrs
115Brazil26.4 yrs23.0 yrs
116Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.3 yrs22.0 yrs
117Cook Islands26.1 yrs21.7 yrs
118Tunisia26.1 yrs21.8 yrs
119French Polynesia26.1 yrs22.5 yrs
120Indonesia25.4 yrs22.4 yrs
121Grenada25.4 yrs23.7 yrs
122Wallis and Futuna Islands25.3 yrs19.3 yrs
123Viet Nam25.3 yrs21.0 yrs
124Lebanon25.3 yrs22.1 yrs
125Saint Lucia25.2 yrs20.3 yrs
126Colombia25.0 yrs22.2 yrs
127Western Sahara25.0 yrs19.4 yrs
128Panama24.8 yrs22.2 yrs
129Tokelau24.7 yrs20.6 yrs
130Suriname24.6 yrs21.4 yrs
131Myanmar24.5 yrs21.9 yrs
132Jamaica23.9 yrs21.5 yrs
133Iran (Islamic Republic of)23.8 yrs17.9 yrs
134Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)23.7 yrs21.0 yrs
135Mexico23.7 yrs20.6 yrs
136Algeria23.6 yrs19.1 yrs
137Peru23.6 yrs20.2 yrs
138Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)23.5 yrs22.0 yrs
139Malaysia23.5 yrs21.7 yrs
140Morocco23.3 yrs20.2 yrs
141Fiji23.2 yrs20.5 yrs
142Mongolia23.1 yrs19.4 yrs
143Libya22.9 yrs20.0 yrs
144Ecuador22.6 yrs20.3 yrs
145Dominican Republic22.6 yrs20.1 yrs
146India22.5 yrs20.5 yrs
147Tuvalu22.5 yrs23.9 yrs
148Guyana22.4 yrs20.7 yrs
149Kyrgyzstan22.4 yrs20.5 yrs
150South Africa22.4 yrs20.2 yrs
151Uzbekistan22.3 yrs19.4 yrs
152Oman22.1 yrs19.1 yrs
153French Guiana22.1 yrs23.6 yrs
154El Salvador21.9 yrs18.9 yrs
155Turkmenistan21.6 yrs18.9 yrs
156Bhutan21.5 yrs18.0 yrs
157American Samoa21.5 yrs20.1 yrs
158Egypt21.4 yrs19.3 yrs
159Saudi Arabia21.2 yrs18.9 yrs
160Bangladesh20.9 yrs18.7 yrs
161Maldives20.9 yrs16.1 yrs
162Bolivia (Plurinational State of)20.8 yrs19.3 yrs
163Paraguay20.7 yrs18.5 yrs
164Botswana20.4 yrs17.4 yrs
165Nauru20.3 yrs18.3 yrs
166Nicaragua20.1 yrs16.8 yrs
167Philippines20.1 yrs18.3 yrs
168Jordan19.9 yrs18.7 yrs
169Cabo Verde19.8 yrs16.6 yrs
170Djibouti19.8 yrs17.5 yrs
171Tonga19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
172Belize19.8 yrs17.4 yrs
173Micronesia (Fed. States of)19.7 yrs17.0 yrs
174Cambodia19.6 yrs15.7 yrs
175Kiribati19.6 yrs18.6 yrs
176Samoa19.4 yrs18.7 yrs
177Haiti19.4 yrs17.9 yrs
178Papua New Guinea19.4 yrs18.3 yrs
179Gabon19.3 yrs17.8 yrs
180Syrian Arab Republic19.2 yrs16.6 yrs
181Nepal19.2 yrs18.1 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea19.1 yrs17.9 yrs
183Lesotho19.0 yrs17.5 yrs
184Marshall Islands18.9 yrs15.7 yrs
185Tajikistan18.8 yrs16.6 yrs
186Namibia18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
187Vanuatu18.6 yrs16.5 yrs
188Ghana18.5 yrs16.6 yrs
189Congo18.3 yrs17.1 yrs
190Solomon Islands18.2 yrs16.6 yrs
191Honduras18.2 yrs16.3 yrs
192Lao People's Democratic Republic18.1 yrs16.8 yrs
193Pakistan18.0 yrs16.7 yrs
194Togo17.8 yrs16.7 yrs
195Eswatini17.6 yrs15.2 yrs
196Guatemala17.6 yrs16.3 yrs
197Sao Tome and Principe17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
198Timor-Leste17.6 yrs17.7 yrs
199Zimbabwe17.5 yrs15.8 yrs
200Iraq17.4 yrs16.5 yrs
201Liberia17.3 yrs16.9 yrs
202Senegal17.2 yrs16.1 yrs
203Eritrea17.1 yrs17.3 yrs
204Rwanda17.0 yrs13.5 yrs
205Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.1 yrs
206Guinea-Bissau16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
207Nigeria16.8 yrs16.5 yrs
208Mayotte16.7 yrs16.9 yrs
209Cameroon16.6 yrs15.8 yrs
210South Sudan16.6 yrs15.8 yrs
211Kenya16.5 yrs15.0 yrs
212Benin16.5 yrs15.8 yrs
213Mauritania16.5 yrs16.4 yrs
214Comoros16.3 yrs14.9 yrs
215United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
216State of Palestine16.3 yrs14.6 yrs
217Madagascar16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
218Angola16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
219Sudan16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
220Guinea16.0 yrs16.9 yrs
221Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
222Mozambique16.0 yrs16.2 yrs
223Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
224Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs16.6 yrs
225Gambia15.8 yrs15.6 yrs
226Burundi15.8 yrs14.1 yrs
227Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
228Yemen15.6 yrs13.8 yrs
229Côte d'Ivoire15.5 yrs15.5 yrs
230Mali15.5 yrs15.2 yrs
231Zambia15.3 yrs14.7 yrs
232Ethiopia15.2 yrs15.5 yrs
233Somalia14.8 yrs15.4 yrs
234Chad14.6 yrs15.0 yrs
235Niger14.6 yrs15.5 yrs
236Afghanistan14.1 yrs14.4 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.2 yrs

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