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Median age by country, 2007

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

2007
#Country / areaMedian age1997
1Holy See58.8 yrs51.4 yrs
2Monaco46.1 yrs43.9 yrs
3Saint Helena43.6 yrs32.7 yrs
4Japan43.2 yrs39.7 yrs
5Germany42.1 yrs37.8 yrs
6Italy41.5 yrs38.3 yrs
7Serbia40.5 yrs38.3 yrs
8Bulgaria40.5 yrs37.9 yrs
9Isle of Man40.5 yrs38.3 yrs
10Croatia40.4 yrs37.6 yrs
11Finland40.4 yrs37.4 yrs
12San Marino40.2 yrs36.8 yrs
13Switzerland39.9 yrs36.8 yrs
14Guernsey39.8 yrs36.5 yrs
15Austria39.7 yrs36.0 yrs
16Slovenia39.7 yrs35.7 yrs
17Belgium39.6 yrs37.0 yrs
18Sweden39.5 yrs37.8 yrs
19Bermuda39.5 yrs35.0 yrs
20Saint Pierre and Miquelon39.4 yrs33.9 yrs
21Portugal39.2 yrs35.7 yrs
22Greece39.1 yrs36.4 yrs
23Denmark39.1 yrs36.8 yrs
24Latvia38.9 yrs35.9 yrs
25Estonia38.7 yrs36.0 yrs
26Netherlands38.7 yrs35.3 yrs
27China, Hong Kong SAR38.7 yrs33.6 yrs
28Jersey38.6 yrs35.8 yrs
29Liechtenstein38.6 yrs34.3 yrs
30France38.4 yrs35.8 yrs
31Lithuania38.4 yrs33.8 yrs
32Spain38.2 yrs35.1 yrs
33Hungary38.2 yrs37.0 yrs
34Canada38.1 yrs34.5 yrs
35Gibraltar38.1 yrs36.0 yrs
36Czechia38.1 yrs35.7 yrs
37Ukraine38.0 yrs35.2 yrs
38United Kingdom37.8 yrs36.0 yrs
39Malta37.7 yrs34.5 yrs
40Luxembourg37.6 yrs35.9 yrs
41Belarus37.5 yrs34.4 yrs
42Montserrat37.4 yrs32.6 yrs
43Norway37.3 yrs35.4 yrs
44Andorra37.2 yrs34.3 yrs
45Martinique37.0 yrs32.1 yrs
46Romania36.9 yrs33.4 yrs
47United States Virgin Islands36.8 yrs30.6 yrs
48Russian Federation36.6 yrs34.7 yrs
49Curaçao36.5 yrs30.9 yrs
50Falkland Islands (Malvinas)36.3 yrs33.3 yrs
51Poland36.1 yrs33.5 yrs
52Aruba36.0 yrs31.7 yrs
53Saint Barthélemy36.0 yrs32.7 yrs
54Bosnia and Herzegovina36.0 yrs31.9 yrs
55Australia35.8 yrs33.4 yrs
56Cuba35.7 yrs30.4 yrs
57Faroe Islands35.6 yrs33.4 yrs
58United States of America35.5 yrs33.6 yrs
59Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba35.5 yrs30.9 yrs
60Guadeloupe35.1 yrs29.4 yrs
61Slovakia35.1 yrs32.0 yrs
62New Zealand35.1 yrs32.2 yrs
63China, Taiwan Province of China34.9 yrs29.4 yrs
64Republic of Korea34.8 yrs29.2 yrs
65Georgia34.7 yrs31.9 yrs
66Barbados34.6 yrs31.2 yrs
67Puerto Rico34.6 yrs30.2 yrs
68Montenegro34.4 yrs31.3 yrs
69China, Macao SAR33.7 yrs30.3 yrs
70Iceland33.6 yrs31.1 yrs
71Cayman Islands33.5 yrs30.8 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)33.2 yrs29.7 yrs
73North Macedonia33.2 yrs30.0 yrs
74China32.8 yrs27.2 yrs
75Greenland32.6 yrs29.7 yrs
76Singapore32.6 yrs30.4 yrs
77Republic of Moldova32.6 yrs30.4 yrs
78Niue32.5 yrs27.2 yrs
79Ireland32.4 yrs30.6 yrs
80Uruguay32.2 yrs30.7 yrs
81Palau32.2 yrs27.9 yrs
82Thailand32.1 yrs27.3 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea32.1 yrs27.8 yrs
84Cyprus32.0 yrs30.0 yrs
85Northern Mariana Islands31.9 yrs26.3 yrs
86British Virgin Islands31.6 yrs28.8 yrs
87Turks and Caicos Islands30.8 yrs25.9 yrs
88Chile30.7 yrs27.0 yrs
89United Arab Emirates30.6 yrs27.0 yrs
90Mauritius30.5 yrs27.0 yrs
91Armenia30.4 yrs27.4 yrs
92Anguilla30.4 yrs26.7 yrs
93Albania29.8 yrs25.5 yrs
94Bahamas29.8 yrs26.6 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda29.5 yrs26.4 yrs
96Dominica29.3 yrs25.1 yrs
97Saint Martin (French part)29.2 yrs27.7 yrs
98Trinidad and Tobago29.2 yrs25.3 yrs
99Qatar29.1 yrs28.9 yrs
100Réunion29.1 yrs26.7 yrs
101Seychelles29.0 yrs25.1 yrs
102Sri Lanka28.3 yrs25.1 yrs
103Argentina28.2 yrs26.5 yrs
104Saint Kitts and Nevis28.2 yrs24.5 yrs
105Israel28.0 yrs26.1 yrs
106New Caledonia27.9 yrs24.6 yrs
107Guam27.8 yrs25.8 yrs
108Kuwait27.7 yrs24.5 yrs
109Kazakhstan27.4 yrs25.8 yrs
110Bahrain27.3 yrs24.6 yrs
111Azerbaijan27.2 yrs23.9 yrs
112Brunei Darussalam27.1 yrs23.9 yrs
113Brazil26.9 yrs23.3 yrs
114Costa Rica26.8 yrs23.4 yrs
115Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.8 yrs22.4 yrs
116Türkiye26.8 yrs22.9 yrs
117Cook Islands26.7 yrs22.1 yrs
118Tunisia26.6 yrs22.1 yrs
119French Polynesia26.5 yrs22.8 yrs
120Wallis and Futuna Islands26.1 yrs19.7 yrs
121Grenada25.9 yrs23.7 yrs
122Saint Lucia25.8 yrs20.6 yrs
123Viet Nam25.8 yrs21.4 yrs
124Indonesia25.7 yrs22.7 yrs
125Lebanon25.7 yrs22.4 yrs
126Western Sahara25.5 yrs20.1 yrs
127Colombia25.3 yrs22.4 yrs
128Tokelau25.3 yrs20.8 yrs
129Panama25.1 yrs22.5 yrs
130Suriname24.8 yrs21.8 yrs
131Myanmar24.8 yrs22.2 yrs
132Iran (Islamic Republic of)24.4 yrs18.4 yrs
133Jamaica24.3 yrs21.7 yrs
134Algeria24.0 yrs19.4 yrs
135Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)24.0 yrs22.3 yrs
136Peru24.0 yrs20.5 yrs
137Mexico24.0 yrs20.9 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)23.9 yrs21.3 yrs
139Malaysia23.8 yrs21.9 yrs
140Morocco23.7 yrs20.5 yrs
141Fiji23.5 yrs20.7 yrs
142Mongolia23.5 yrs19.7 yrs
143Libya23.2 yrs20.4 yrs
144Ecuador22.9 yrs20.5 yrs
145Dominican Republic22.9 yrs20.3 yrs
146India22.8 yrs20.7 yrs
147South Africa22.7 yrs20.1 yrs
148Uzbekistan22.6 yrs19.6 yrs
149Oman22.6 yrs19.2 yrs
150Guyana22.6 yrs20.9 yrs
151Tuvalu22.6 yrs23.6 yrs
152Kyrgyzstan22.5 yrs20.6 yrs
153El Salvador22.1 yrs19.3 yrs
154Turkmenistan22.0 yrs19.1 yrs
155Bhutan21.9 yrs18.2 yrs
156French Guiana21.9 yrs23.6 yrs
157Saudi Arabia21.8 yrs19.2 yrs
158Egypt21.6 yrs19.5 yrs
159American Samoa21.6 yrs20.1 yrs
160Maldives21.5 yrs16.4 yrs
161Paraguay21.1 yrs18.6 yrs
162Bangladesh21.1 yrs18.9 yrs
163Bolivia (Plurinational State of)21.0 yrs19.4 yrs
164Botswana20.7 yrs17.7 yrs
165Nauru20.4 yrs18.4 yrs
166Nicaragua20.3 yrs17.1 yrs
167Philippines20.3 yrs18.4 yrs
168Cabo Verde20.2 yrs16.7 yrs
169Cambodia20.1 yrs15.9 yrs
170Belize20.1 yrs17.7 yrs
171Jordan20.1 yrs18.8 yrs
172Djibouti20.0 yrs17.9 yrs
173Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.0 yrs17.2 yrs
174Syrian Arab Republic19.9 yrs16.8 yrs
175Tonga19.9 yrs18.7 yrs
176Kiribati19.8 yrs18.5 yrs
177Haiti19.6 yrs18.0 yrs
178Gabon19.5 yrs17.9 yrs
179Samoa19.5 yrs18.8 yrs
180Nepal19.5 yrs18.1 yrs
181Papua New Guinea19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea19.4 yrs17.9 yrs
183Marshall Islands19.2 yrs16.1 yrs
184Lesotho19.2 yrs17.7 yrs
185Tajikistan19.1 yrs16.7 yrs
186Namibia18.9 yrs17.8 yrs
187Vanuatu18.8 yrs16.5 yrs
188Ghana18.7 yrs16.8 yrs
189Lao People's Democratic Republic18.6 yrs16.9 yrs
190Congo18.5 yrs17.1 yrs
191Honduras18.5 yrs16.4 yrs
192Solomon Islands18.3 yrs16.7 yrs
193Pakistan18.2 yrs16.7 yrs
194Togo17.9 yrs16.9 yrs
195Eswatini17.8 yrs15.5 yrs
196Guatemala17.8 yrs16.4 yrs
197Iraq17.6 yrs16.6 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe17.6 yrs16.3 yrs
199Timor-Leste17.6 yrs17.6 yrs
200Zimbabwe17.5 yrs16.0 yrs
201Senegal17.3 yrs16.2 yrs
202Liberia17.3 yrs17.0 yrs
203Rwanda17.1 yrs13.8 yrs
204Eritrea17.0 yrs17.0 yrs
205Guinea-Bissau16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
206Sierra Leone16.9 yrs17.1 yrs
207Nigeria16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
208South Sudan16.8 yrs15.8 yrs
209Cameroon16.7 yrs15.9 yrs
210Mayotte16.7 yrs17.0 yrs
211Kenya16.6 yrs15.2 yrs
212Comoros16.6 yrs14.9 yrs
213State of Palestine16.5 yrs14.7 yrs
214Benin16.5 yrs15.8 yrs
215Mauritania16.5 yrs16.3 yrs
216Madagascar16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
217Angola16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
218United Republic of Tanzania16.2 yrs16.2 yrs
219Guinea16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
220Sudan16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
221Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
222Mozambique16.0 yrs16.3 yrs
223Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
224Gambia15.9 yrs15.5 yrs
225Burundi15.9 yrs14.0 yrs
226Yemen15.8 yrs13.9 yrs
227Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.3 yrs
228Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
229Côte d'Ivoire15.5 yrs15.6 yrs
230Mali15.5 yrs15.2 yrs
231Zambia15.4 yrs14.7 yrs
232Ethiopia15.3 yrs15.4 yrs
233Somalia14.6 yrs15.3 yrs
234Chad14.6 yrs14.9 yrs
235Niger14.5 yrs15.4 yrs
236Afghanistan14.2 yrs14.3 yrs
237Uganda14.0 yrs14.1 yrs

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