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Median age by country, 2008

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

2008
#Country / areaMedian age1998
1Holy See59.6 yrs52.1 yrs
2Monaco46.6 yrs44.0 yrs
3Saint Helena44.4 yrs33.6 yrs
4Japan43.5 yrs40.1 yrs
5Germany42.5 yrs38.2 yrs
6Italy41.8 yrs38.6 yrs
7Serbia40.8 yrs38.5 yrs
8Finland40.7 yrs37.7 yrs
9Bulgaria40.7 yrs38.1 yrs
10Isle of Man40.7 yrs38.2 yrs
11Croatia40.6 yrs37.9 yrs
12San Marino40.6 yrs37.0 yrs
13Austria40.1 yrs36.4 yrs
14Guernsey40.1 yrs36.8 yrs
15Switzerland40.1 yrs37.1 yrs
16Slovenia40.0 yrs36.1 yrs
17Saint Pierre and Miquelon39.7 yrs34.7 yrs
18Belgium39.7 yrs37.3 yrs
19Sweden39.6 yrs38.0 yrs
20Bermuda39.6 yrs35.2 yrs
21Portugal39.6 yrs36.0 yrs
22Greece39.5 yrs36.6 yrs
23Denmark39.3 yrs37.0 yrs
24Latvia39.1 yrs36.3 yrs
25Liechtenstein39.1 yrs34.6 yrs
26China, Hong Kong SAR39.1 yrs34.0 yrs
27Netherlands39.0 yrs35.6 yrs
28Jersey38.9 yrs36.1 yrs
29Estonia38.8 yrs36.3 yrs
30Lithuania38.8 yrs34.2 yrs
31France38.6 yrs36.1 yrs
32Spain38.4 yrs35.5 yrs
33Hungary38.4 yrs37.2 yrs
34Canada38.3 yrs35.0 yrs
35Czechia38.3 yrs35.9 yrs
36Ukraine38.2 yrs35.5 yrs
37Gibraltar38.2 yrs36.3 yrs
38Malta38.0 yrs34.8 yrs
39United Kingdom37.9 yrs36.2 yrs
40Luxembourg37.7 yrs36.1 yrs
41Andorra37.6 yrs34.7 yrs
42Belarus37.6 yrs34.8 yrs
43Martinique37.5 yrs32.4 yrs
44Montserrat37.5 yrs33.6 yrs
45Norway37.4 yrs35.5 yrs
46Romania37.4 yrs33.5 yrs
47United States Virgin Islands37.3 yrs31.2 yrs
48Curaçao37.0 yrs31.5 yrs
49Bosnia and Herzegovina36.7 yrs32.1 yrs
50Russian Federation36.7 yrs35.1 yrs
51Falkland Islands (Malvinas)36.6 yrs33.6 yrs
52Aruba36.4 yrs32.1 yrs
53Poland36.4 yrs33.7 yrs
54Cuba36.3 yrs31.0 yrs
55Saint Barthélemy36.3 yrs33.2 yrs
56Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba36.0 yrs31.4 yrs
57Faroe Islands35.9 yrs33.5 yrs
58Australia35.8 yrs33.7 yrs
59United States of America35.7 yrs33.9 yrs
60Guadeloupe35.5 yrs30.1 yrs
61Slovakia35.5 yrs32.4 yrs
62New Zealand35.4 yrs32.6 yrs
63Republic of Korea35.4 yrs29.7 yrs
64China, Taiwan Province of China35.4 yrs29.8 yrs
65Puerto Rico35.1 yrs30.6 yrs
66Barbados35.0 yrs31.6 yrs
67Georgia34.8 yrs32.3 yrs
68Montenegro34.7 yrs31.7 yrs
69China, Macao SAR34.2 yrs30.7 yrs
70Cayman Islands33.8 yrs31.3 yrs
71North Macedonia33.7 yrs30.2 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)33.6 yrs30.0 yrs
73Iceland33.5 yrs31.4 yrs
74China33.3 yrs27.8 yrs
75Republic of Moldova32.9 yrs30.6 yrs
76Niue32.8 yrs27.7 yrs
77Greenland32.6 yrs30.2 yrs
78Thailand32.6 yrs27.9 yrs
79Palau32.6 yrs28.5 yrs
80Ireland32.5 yrs31.0 yrs
81Uruguay32.5 yrs30.8 yrs
82Singapore32.5 yrs30.7 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea32.5 yrs28.2 yrs
84Cyprus32.3 yrs30.2 yrs
85Northern Mariana Islands32.3 yrs26.6 yrs
86British Virgin Islands31.9 yrs29.1 yrs
87Turks and Caicos Islands31.3 yrs26.4 yrs
88Chile31.0 yrs27.3 yrs
89Mauritius30.9 yrs27.4 yrs
90Anguilla30.8 yrs27.1 yrs
91Armenia30.7 yrs27.7 yrs
92United Arab Emirates30.6 yrs27.0 yrs
93Albania30.4 yrs25.8 yrs
94Bahamas30.1 yrs26.9 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda29.8 yrs26.7 yrs
96Dominica29.7 yrs25.6 yrs
97Trinidad and Tobago29.7 yrs25.7 yrs
98Saint Martin (French part)29.5 yrs28.1 yrs
99Seychelles29.4 yrs25.4 yrs
100Réunion29.4 yrs26.8 yrs
101Qatar29.1 yrs28.8 yrs
102Sri Lanka28.6 yrs25.5 yrs
103Saint Kitts and Nevis28.6 yrs24.9 yrs
104Argentina28.4 yrs26.6 yrs
105New Caledonia28.4 yrs24.9 yrs
106Israel28.2 yrs26.3 yrs
107Guam27.9 yrs26.0 yrs
108Kuwait27.9 yrs24.5 yrs
109Bahrain27.9 yrs24.9 yrs
110Azerbaijan27.5 yrs24.1 yrs
111Kazakhstan27.4 yrs26.1 yrs
112Cook Islands27.3 yrs22.5 yrs
113Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27.3 yrs22.7 yrs
114Türkiye27.3 yrs23.3 yrs
115Brazil27.3 yrs23.6 yrs
116Costa Rica27.2 yrs23.6 yrs
117Wallis and Futuna Islands27.0 yrs20.3 yrs
118Tunisia27.0 yrs22.6 yrs
119Brunei Darussalam27.0 yrs24.2 yrs
120French Polynesia26.9 yrs23.2 yrs
121Saint Lucia26.8 yrs21.2 yrs
122Grenada26.4 yrs23.7 yrs
123Viet Nam26.3 yrs21.8 yrs
124Lebanon26.1 yrs22.7 yrs
125Indonesia26.0 yrs23.0 yrs
126Western Sahara26.0 yrs20.7 yrs
127Colombia25.7 yrs22.6 yrs
128Tokelau25.5 yrs20.9 yrs
129Panama25.4 yrs22.7 yrs
130Myanmar25.1 yrs22.4 yrs
131Iran (Islamic Republic of)25.0 yrs19.0 yrs
132Suriname25.0 yrs22.2 yrs
133Jamaica24.6 yrs21.9 yrs
134Algeria24.4 yrs19.8 yrs
135Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)24.4 yrs22.2 yrs
136Peru24.4 yrs20.8 yrs
137Mexico24.3 yrs21.2 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)24.2 yrs21.5 yrs
139Malaysia24.1 yrs22.1 yrs
140Morocco24.0 yrs20.8 yrs
141Fiji23.8 yrs20.9 yrs
142Mongolia23.8 yrs20.0 yrs
143Libya23.6 yrs20.9 yrs
144Ecuador23.2 yrs20.7 yrs
145Dominican Republic23.2 yrs20.6 yrs
146India23.1 yrs20.8 yrs
147Oman23.1 yrs19.3 yrs
148South Africa23.0 yrs20.3 yrs
149Uzbekistan22.9 yrs19.8 yrs
150Guyana22.8 yrs21.0 yrs
151Tuvalu22.7 yrs23.3 yrs
152Kyrgyzstan22.6 yrs20.9 yrs
153Saudi Arabia22.3 yrs19.4 yrs
154Turkmenistan22.3 yrs19.3 yrs
155El Salvador22.2 yrs19.6 yrs
156Bhutan22.2 yrs18.5 yrs
157Maldives22.1 yrs16.8 yrs
158Egypt21.9 yrs19.7 yrs
159French Guiana21.8 yrs23.6 yrs
160American Samoa21.6 yrs20.2 yrs
161Paraguay21.4 yrs18.7 yrs
162Bangladesh21.4 yrs19.2 yrs
163Bolivia (Plurinational State of)21.1 yrs19.6 yrs
164Botswana21.0 yrs18.0 yrs
165Cabo Verde20.6 yrs16.9 yrs
166Nauru20.6 yrs18.6 yrs
167Nicaragua20.6 yrs17.4 yrs
168Cambodia20.5 yrs16.2 yrs
169Philippines20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
170Djibouti20.3 yrs18.3 yrs
171Syrian Arab Republic20.3 yrs17.0 yrs
172Belize20.3 yrs18.1 yrs
173Jordan20.3 yrs18.8 yrs
174Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.1 yrs17.4 yrs
175Kiribati20.0 yrs18.5 yrs
176Tonga20.0 yrs18.9 yrs
177Gabon19.8 yrs17.9 yrs
178Haiti19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
179Nepal19.7 yrs18.1 yrs
180Papua New Guinea19.7 yrs18.6 yrs
181Samoa19.6 yrs18.9 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea19.6 yrs17.9 yrs
183Tajikistan19.4 yrs16.9 yrs
184Marshall Islands19.4 yrs16.4 yrs
185Lesotho19.4 yrs17.8 yrs
186Vanuatu19.1 yrs16.7 yrs
187Namibia19.0 yrs17.8 yrs
188Lao People's Democratic Republic19.0 yrs16.9 yrs
189Ghana18.9 yrs17.0 yrs
190Honduras18.8 yrs16.6 yrs
191Congo18.5 yrs17.1 yrs
192Solomon Islands18.4 yrs16.9 yrs
193Pakistan18.4 yrs16.8 yrs
194Guatemala18.1 yrs16.4 yrs
195Eswatini18.0 yrs15.8 yrs
196Togo17.9 yrs17.0 yrs
197Iraq17.7 yrs16.7 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe17.6 yrs16.4 yrs
199Timor-Leste17.6 yrs17.6 yrs
200Zimbabwe17.4 yrs16.3 yrs
201Senegal17.3 yrs16.3 yrs
202Liberia17.3 yrs17.1 yrs
203Rwanda17.3 yrs14.3 yrs
204Eritrea17.2 yrs16.7 yrs
205South Sudan17.1 yrs15.9 yrs
206Sierra Leone17.0 yrs17.0 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
208Comoros16.9 yrs14.9 yrs
209State of Palestine16.8 yrs14.8 yrs
210Cameroon16.7 yrs16.0 yrs
211Kenya16.7 yrs15.3 yrs
212Nigeria16.7 yrs16.7 yrs
213Benin16.6 yrs15.9 yrs
214Mayotte16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
215Mauritania16.6 yrs16.4 yrs
216Madagascar16.4 yrs16.1 yrs
217Angola16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
218Sudan16.2 yrs15.7 yrs
219United Republic of Tanzania16.2 yrs16.3 yrs
220Yemen16.1 yrs14.0 yrs
221Gambia16.1 yrs15.4 yrs
222Guinea16.1 yrs16.6 yrs
223Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
224Burundi16.0 yrs14.2 yrs
225Central African Republic16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
226Mozambique15.9 yrs16.3 yrs
227Côte d'Ivoire15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
228Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
229Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
230Ethiopia15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
231Zambia15.4 yrs14.7 yrs
232Mali15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
233Chad14.6 yrs14.7 yrs
234Somalia14.5 yrs15.3 yrs
235Niger14.4 yrs15.4 yrs
236Afghanistan14.3 yrs14.2 yrs
237Uganda14.1 yrs14.0 yrs

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