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Median age by country, 2009

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

2009
#Country / areaMedian age1999
1Holy See60.3 yrs53.0 yrs
2Monaco47.3 yrs44.3 yrs
3Saint Helena44.6 yrs34.5 yrs
4Japan43.9 yrs40.4 yrs
5Germany42.9 yrs38.7 yrs
6Italy42.2 yrs38.9 yrs
7San Marino41.0 yrs37.3 yrs
8Serbia41.0 yrs38.8 yrs
9Isle of Man41.0 yrs38.2 yrs
10Finland40.9 yrs38.0 yrs
11Bulgaria40.9 yrs38.4 yrs
12Croatia40.8 yrs38.3 yrs
13Austria40.5 yrs36.7 yrs
14Guernsey40.5 yrs37.1 yrs
15Switzerland40.3 yrs37.4 yrs
16Slovenia40.3 yrs36.6 yrs
17Saint Pierre and Miquelon40.1 yrs35.4 yrs
18Portugal40.0 yrs36.4 yrs
19Greece39.9 yrs36.8 yrs
20Belgium39.8 yrs37.6 yrs
21Sweden39.7 yrs38.2 yrs
22Bermuda39.7 yrs35.4 yrs
23Liechtenstein39.6 yrs35.0 yrs
24Latvia39.5 yrs36.7 yrs
25China, Hong Kong SAR39.5 yrs34.5 yrs
26Denmark39.4 yrs37.1 yrs
27Netherlands39.3 yrs35.9 yrs
28Jersey39.2 yrs36.4 yrs
29Lithuania39.1 yrs34.6 yrs
30Estonia39.0 yrs36.7 yrs
31Spain38.8 yrs35.9 yrs
32France38.8 yrs36.4 yrs
33Hungary38.6 yrs37.3 yrs
34Canada38.5 yrs35.4 yrs
35Czechia38.5 yrs36.1 yrs
36Ukraine38.4 yrs35.9 yrs
37Gibraltar38.3 yrs36.5 yrs
38Malta38.3 yrs35.2 yrs
39Martinique38.2 yrs32.7 yrs
40Andorra38.1 yrs35.3 yrs
41United Kingdom38.1 yrs36.4 yrs
42Romania37.9 yrs33.5 yrs
43Belarus37.8 yrs35.2 yrs
44Luxembourg37.8 yrs36.2 yrs
45United States Virgin Islands37.7 yrs31.9 yrs
46Norway37.6 yrs35.7 yrs
47Montserrat37.6 yrs34.7 yrs
48Curaçao37.5 yrs32.1 yrs
49Bosnia and Herzegovina37.4 yrs32.4 yrs
50Falkland Islands (Malvinas)37.0 yrs33.9 yrs
51Russian Federation36.9 yrs35.4 yrs
52Aruba36.8 yrs32.5 yrs
53Cuba36.8 yrs31.6 yrs
54Poland36.7 yrs34.0 yrs
55Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba36.5 yrs31.9 yrs
56Saint Barthélemy36.5 yrs33.6 yrs
57Guadeloupe36.2 yrs31.3 yrs
58Faroe Islands36.2 yrs33.6 yrs
59Republic of Korea36.0 yrs30.2 yrs
60China, Taiwan Province of China36.0 yrs30.4 yrs
61Australia35.9 yrs34.1 yrs
62United States of America35.8 yrs34.1 yrs
63Slovakia35.8 yrs32.7 yrs
64New Zealand35.7 yrs33.0 yrs
65Puerto Rico35.6 yrs30.9 yrs
66Barbados35.3 yrs32.1 yrs
67Georgia35.0 yrs32.6 yrs
68Montenegro35.0 yrs32.0 yrs
69China, Macao SAR34.7 yrs31.1 yrs
70Cayman Islands34.1 yrs31.9 yrs
71North Macedonia34.1 yrs30.5 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)34.0 yrs30.2 yrs
73China33.7 yrs28.4 yrs
74Iceland33.6 yrs31.7 yrs
75Niue33.2 yrs28.1 yrs
76Republic of Moldova33.2 yrs30.8 yrs
77Thailand33.0 yrs28.5 yrs
78Ireland32.9 yrs31.3 yrs
79Palau32.9 yrs29.2 yrs
80Dem. People's Republic of Korea32.8 yrs28.6 yrs
81Uruguay32.7 yrs30.9 yrs
82Cyprus32.6 yrs30.4 yrs
83Greenland32.6 yrs30.7 yrs
84Singapore32.5 yrs31.0 yrs
85Northern Mariana Islands32.5 yrs27.1 yrs
86British Virgin Islands32.2 yrs29.4 yrs
87Turks and Caicos Islands31.9 yrs27.0 yrs
88Chile31.4 yrs27.7 yrs
89Mauritius31.4 yrs27.7 yrs
90Anguilla31.2 yrs27.4 yrs
91Albania31.0 yrs26.0 yrs
92Armenia31.0 yrs28.1 yrs
93United Arab Emirates30.6 yrs27.1 yrs
94Bahamas30.3 yrs27.2 yrs
95Trinidad and Tobago30.1 yrs26.1 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda30.0 yrs27.1 yrs
97Dominica30.0 yrs26.1 yrs
98Saint Martin (French part)29.9 yrs28.5 yrs
99Qatar29.8 yrs28.8 yrs
100Seychelles29.8 yrs25.8 yrs
101Réunion29.8 yrs26.8 yrs
102Saint Kitts and Nevis29.0 yrs25.3 yrs
103Sri Lanka28.9 yrs25.9 yrs
104New Caledonia28.9 yrs25.2 yrs
105Argentina28.7 yrs26.7 yrs
106Bahrain28.5 yrs25.2 yrs
107Israel28.3 yrs26.5 yrs
108Kuwait28.2 yrs24.6 yrs
109Cook Islands28.0 yrs23.1 yrs
110Wallis and Futuna Islands27.9 yrs20.9 yrs
111Guam27.9 yrs26.2 yrs
112Azerbaijan27.8 yrs24.4 yrs
113Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27.8 yrs23.0 yrs
114Saint Lucia27.7 yrs22.0 yrs
115Türkiye27.7 yrs23.7 yrs
116Brazil27.7 yrs23.9 yrs
117Costa Rica27.6 yrs23.9 yrs
118Kazakhstan27.4 yrs26.3 yrs
119Tunisia27.4 yrs23.0 yrs
120French Polynesia27.3 yrs23.6 yrs
121Brunei Darussalam27.0 yrs24.5 yrs
122Grenada26.9 yrs23.6 yrs
123Viet Nam26.8 yrs22.2 yrs
124Lebanon26.5 yrs23.0 yrs
125Western Sahara26.4 yrs21.2 yrs
126Indonesia26.3 yrs23.3 yrs
127Colombia26.1 yrs22.9 yrs
128Panama25.6 yrs23.0 yrs
129Iran (Islamic Republic of)25.5 yrs19.6 yrs
130Tokelau25.5 yrs20.9 yrs
131Myanmar25.4 yrs22.7 yrs
132Suriname25.2 yrs22.6 yrs
133Jamaica25.1 yrs22.1 yrs
134Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)24.9 yrs21.4 yrs
135Algeria24.8 yrs20.3 yrs
136Peru24.8 yrs21.1 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)24.5 yrs21.8 yrs
138Malaysia24.5 yrs22.3 yrs
139Mexico24.5 yrs21.5 yrs
140Morocco24.4 yrs21.1 yrs
141Mongolia24.1 yrs20.4 yrs
142Fiji24.0 yrs21.2 yrs
143Libya24.0 yrs21.3 yrs
144Oman23.6 yrs19.6 yrs
145Ecuador23.5 yrs20.9 yrs
146Dominican Republic23.5 yrs20.8 yrs
147India23.3 yrs21.0 yrs
148Uzbekistan23.3 yrs20.1 yrs
149South Africa23.3 yrs20.6 yrs
150Guyana23.0 yrs21.1 yrs
151Saudi Arabia22.9 yrs19.7 yrs
152Tuvalu22.9 yrs23.0 yrs
153Kyrgyzstan22.8 yrs21.1 yrs
154Maldives22.8 yrs17.2 yrs
155Turkmenistan22.6 yrs19.6 yrs
156Bhutan22.6 yrs18.7 yrs
157El Salvador22.4 yrs19.9 yrs
158Egypt22.0 yrs19.9 yrs
159French Guiana22.0 yrs23.5 yrs
160Paraguay21.8 yrs18.9 yrs
161Bangladesh21.6 yrs19.4 yrs
162American Samoa21.4 yrs20.2 yrs
163Bolivia (Plurinational State of)21.3 yrs19.7 yrs
164Botswana21.2 yrs18.4 yrs
165Cabo Verde21.0 yrs17.2 yrs
166Cambodia20.9 yrs16.5 yrs
167Nicaragua20.9 yrs17.7 yrs
168Nauru20.7 yrs18.8 yrs
169Philippines20.6 yrs18.8 yrs
170Djibouti20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
171Syrian Arab Republic20.5 yrs17.2 yrs
172Belize20.5 yrs18.3 yrs
173Jordan20.5 yrs18.9 yrs
174Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.2 yrs17.6 yrs
175Kiribati20.1 yrs18.6 yrs
176Tonga20.1 yrs19.1 yrs
177Gabon20.0 yrs18.1 yrs
178Nepal20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
179Haiti20.0 yrs18.2 yrs
180Equatorial Guinea19.9 yrs17.9 yrs
181Papua New Guinea19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
182Samoa19.7 yrs18.9 yrs
183Tajikistan19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
184Marshall Islands19.5 yrs16.8 yrs
185Lao People's Democratic Republic19.5 yrs16.9 yrs
186Lesotho19.5 yrs18.0 yrs
187Vanuatu19.3 yrs16.9 yrs
188Namibia19.2 yrs17.9 yrs
189Honduras19.1 yrs16.8 yrs
190Ghana19.0 yrs17.2 yrs
191Congo18.6 yrs17.1 yrs
192Pakistan18.6 yrs16.9 yrs
193Solomon Islands18.5 yrs17.0 yrs
194Eswatini18.3 yrs16.1 yrs
195Guatemala18.3 yrs16.5 yrs
196Togo18.0 yrs17.2 yrs
197Iraq17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe17.7 yrs16.6 yrs
199Timor-Leste17.7 yrs17.5 yrs
200Zimbabwe17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
201Senegal17.4 yrs16.4 yrs
202Rwanda17.4 yrs14.7 yrs
203Eritrea17.3 yrs16.5 yrs
204Liberia17.3 yrs17.1 yrs
205South Sudan17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
206Comoros17.2 yrs15.1 yrs
207Sierra Leone17.1 yrs16.9 yrs
208State of Palestine17.1 yrs14.9 yrs
209Guinea-Bissau17.0 yrs16.2 yrs
210Cameroon16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
211Kenya16.8 yrs15.4 yrs
212Nigeria16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
213Benin16.7 yrs15.9 yrs
214Mauritania16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
215Madagascar16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
216Mayotte16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
217Angola16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
218Yemen16.3 yrs14.2 yrs
219Sudan16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
220Gambia16.2 yrs15.4 yrs
221Guinea16.2 yrs16.5 yrs
222Côte d'Ivoire16.2 yrs15.7 yrs
223Burundi16.2 yrs14.5 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.1 yrs16.3 yrs
225Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.3 yrs
226Mozambique15.9 yrs16.2 yrs
227Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
228Central African Republic15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
229Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
230Ethiopia15.6 yrs15.2 yrs
231Zambia15.5 yrs14.8 yrs
232Mali15.4 yrs15.3 yrs
233Chad14.6 yrs14.6 yrs
234Somalia14.5 yrs15.2 yrs
235Afghanistan14.4 yrs14.1 yrs
236Niger14.3 yrs15.3 yrs
237Uganda14.1 yrs14.0 yrs

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