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Median age by country, 2010

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

2010
#Country / areaMedian age2000
1Holy See61.0 yrs53.7 yrs
2Monaco48.2 yrs44.5 yrs
3Saint Helena44.8 yrs35.6 yrs
4Japan44.2 yrs40.8 yrs
5Germany43.3 yrs39.0 yrs
6Italy42.5 yrs39.3 yrs
7San Marino41.4 yrs37.6 yrs
8Isle of Man41.3 yrs38.4 yrs
9Serbia41.1 yrs39.1 yrs
10Bulgaria41.1 yrs38.7 yrs
11Croatia41.0 yrs38.6 yrs
12Finland41.0 yrs38.4 yrs
13Austria40.8 yrs37.1 yrs
14Guernsey40.8 yrs37.4 yrs
15Saint Pierre and Miquelon40.5 yrs35.8 yrs
16Switzerland40.5 yrs37.7 yrs
17Slovenia40.5 yrs37.0 yrs
18Portugal40.5 yrs36.7 yrs
19Greece40.3 yrs37.0 yrs
20Latvia40.1 yrs37.0 yrs
21Liechtenstein40.1 yrs35.5 yrs
22Bermuda40.0 yrs35.8 yrs
23China, Hong Kong SAR39.9 yrs35.0 yrs
24Belgium39.8 yrs37.9 yrs
25Netherlands39.7 yrs36.2 yrs
26Sweden39.7 yrs38.4 yrs
27Lithuania39.7 yrs35.0 yrs
28Denmark39.6 yrs37.3 yrs
29Jersey39.5 yrs36.7 yrs
30Estonia39.3 yrs37.0 yrs
31Spain39.2 yrs36.3 yrs
32France39.0 yrs36.6 yrs
33Martinique39.0 yrs33.2 yrs
34Hungary38.9 yrs37.5 yrs
35Canada38.7 yrs35.8 yrs
36Czechia38.7 yrs36.4 yrs
37Ukraine38.6 yrs36.3 yrs
38Malta38.6 yrs35.5 yrs
39Andorra38.5 yrs36.0 yrs
40Gibraltar38.4 yrs36.9 yrs
41United States Virgin Islands38.4 yrs32.6 yrs
42Romania38.3 yrs33.6 yrs
43United Kingdom38.2 yrs36.6 yrs
44Bosnia and Herzegovina38.1 yrs32.7 yrs
45Curaçao38.0 yrs32.7 yrs
46Luxembourg38.0 yrs36.2 yrs
47Belarus37.9 yrs35.6 yrs
48Norway37.7 yrs35.8 yrs
49Montserrat37.7 yrs35.8 yrs
50Cuba37.3 yrs32.1 yrs
51Falkland Islands (Malvinas)37.3 yrs34.1 yrs
52Aruba37.1 yrs32.9 yrs
53Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba37.0 yrs32.4 yrs
54Russian Federation37.0 yrs35.7 yrs
55Guadeloupe36.9 yrs32.3 yrs
56Poland36.9 yrs34.3 yrs
57Saint Barthélemy36.8 yrs33.9 yrs
58Faroe Islands36.7 yrs33.8 yrs
59Republic of Korea36.6 yrs30.6 yrs
60China, Taiwan Province of China36.5 yrs31.1 yrs
61Slovakia36.1 yrs33.0 yrs
62Puerto Rico36.1 yrs31.3 yrs
63Australia36.0 yrs34.4 yrs
64United States of America35.9 yrs34.3 yrs
65New Zealand35.9 yrs33.3 yrs
66Barbados35.6 yrs32.4 yrs
67Montenegro35.3 yrs32.3 yrs
68China, Macao SAR35.3 yrs31.5 yrs
69Georgia35.1 yrs32.9 yrs
70Cayman Islands34.5 yrs32.1 yrs
71North Macedonia34.5 yrs30.9 yrs
72Sint Maarten (Dutch part)34.4 yrs30.5 yrs
73China34.1 yrs29.0 yrs
74Iceland33.9 yrs31.9 yrs
75Niue33.6 yrs28.7 yrs
76Thailand33.5 yrs29.0 yrs
77Republic of Moldova33.5 yrs31.0 yrs
78Ireland33.3 yrs31.5 yrs
79Palau33.3 yrs29.8 yrs
80Uruguay33.0 yrs31.0 yrs
81Dem. People's Republic of Korea33.0 yrs29.1 yrs
82Cyprus32.9 yrs30.6 yrs
83Singapore32.7 yrs31.2 yrs
84British Virgin Islands32.7 yrs29.7 yrs
85Northern Mariana Islands32.6 yrs27.8 yrs
86Greenland32.5 yrs31.1 yrs
87Turks and Caicos Islands32.5 yrs27.5 yrs
88Mauritius31.8 yrs28.0 yrs
89Chile31.7 yrs28.0 yrs
90Albania31.6 yrs26.2 yrs
91Anguilla31.6 yrs27.8 yrs
92Armenia31.3 yrs28.6 yrs
93United Arab Emirates30.7 yrs27.3 yrs
94Trinidad and Tobago30.6 yrs26.4 yrs
95Bahamas30.5 yrs27.6 yrs
96Dominica30.4 yrs26.6 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda30.3 yrs27.4 yrs
98Qatar30.3 yrs28.9 yrs
99Saint Martin (French part)30.3 yrs28.6 yrs
100Seychelles30.1 yrs26.3 yrs
101Réunion30.1 yrs26.9 yrs
102Saint Kitts and Nevis29.6 yrs25.7 yrs
103Sri Lanka29.2 yrs26.2 yrs
104New Caledonia29.2 yrs25.5 yrs
105Bahrain29.0 yrs25.6 yrs
106Argentina28.9 yrs26.8 yrs
107Wallis and Futuna Islands28.8 yrs21.5 yrs
108Cook Islands28.7 yrs23.5 yrs
109Kuwait28.6 yrs24.9 yrs
110Israel28.4 yrs26.8 yrs
111Saint Vincent and the Grenadines28.3 yrs23.2 yrs
112Saint Lucia28.3 yrs22.8 yrs
113Azerbaijan28.2 yrs24.8 yrs
114Brazil28.2 yrs24.2 yrs
115Türkiye28.1 yrs24.0 yrs
116Guam28.0 yrs26.4 yrs
117Costa Rica28.0 yrs24.2 yrs
118Tunisia27.8 yrs23.4 yrs
119French Polynesia27.7 yrs24.1 yrs
120Grenada27.5 yrs23.4 yrs
121Kazakhstan27.4 yrs26.6 yrs
122Viet Nam27.2 yrs22.7 yrs
123Brunei Darussalam27.0 yrs24.8 yrs
124Western Sahara26.9 yrs21.8 yrs
125Lebanon26.8 yrs23.3 yrs
126Indonesia26.6 yrs23.6 yrs
127Colombia26.5 yrs23.2 yrs
128Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.1 yrs20.2 yrs
129Panama25.9 yrs23.3 yrs
130Myanmar25.8 yrs22.9 yrs
131Jamaica25.5 yrs22.3 yrs
132Suriname25.4 yrs23.0 yrs
133Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)25.2 yrs21.1 yrs
134Peru25.2 yrs21.4 yrs
135Algeria25.1 yrs20.8 yrs
136Tokelau25.1 yrs20.9 yrs
137Malaysia25.0 yrs22.5 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)24.8 yrs22.0 yrs
139Mexico24.8 yrs21.8 yrs
140Morocco24.7 yrs21.4 yrs
141Mongolia24.4 yrs20.7 yrs
142Fiji24.3 yrs21.4 yrs
143Libya24.3 yrs21.6 yrs
144Oman24.2 yrs19.9 yrs
145Ecuador23.8 yrs21.1 yrs
146Dominican Republic23.7 yrs21.1 yrs
147India23.6 yrs21.2 yrs
148Uzbekistan23.6 yrs20.4 yrs
149Saudi Arabia23.6 yrs19.7 yrs
150South Africa23.6 yrs20.8 yrs
151Maldives23.4 yrs17.7 yrs
152Guyana23.2 yrs21.2 yrs
153Kyrgyzstan23.0 yrs21.3 yrs
154Tuvalu23.0 yrs22.7 yrs
155Bhutan23.0 yrs19.0 yrs
156Turkmenistan22.9 yrs19.8 yrs
157El Salvador22.6 yrs20.2 yrs
158Egypt22.2 yrs20.1 yrs
159Paraguay22.2 yrs19.1 yrs
160French Guiana22.2 yrs23.3 yrs
161Bangladesh21.9 yrs19.7 yrs
162Bolivia (Plurinational State of)21.6 yrs19.9 yrs
163Cabo Verde21.5 yrs17.4 yrs
164Botswana21.5 yrs18.7 yrs
165American Samoa21.5 yrs20.3 yrs
166Cambodia21.3 yrs17.0 yrs
167Nicaragua21.2 yrs18.0 yrs
168Philippines20.9 yrs19.0 yrs
169Belize20.9 yrs18.6 yrs
170Nauru20.8 yrs19.1 yrs
171Djibouti20.7 yrs18.9 yrs
172Syrian Arab Republic20.7 yrs17.5 yrs
173Jordan20.6 yrs19.0 yrs
174Kiribati20.3 yrs18.6 yrs
175Haiti20.3 yrs18.4 yrs
176Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.3 yrs17.8 yrs
177Gabon20.2 yrs18.2 yrs
178Nepal20.2 yrs18.3 yrs
179Equatorial Guinea20.2 yrs17.9 yrs
180Tonga20.1 yrs19.3 yrs
181Papua New Guinea20.0 yrs18.8 yrs
182Lao People's Democratic Republic19.9 yrs17.0 yrs
183Tajikistan19.8 yrs17.4 yrs
184Samoa19.7 yrs18.8 yrs
185Lesotho19.7 yrs18.2 yrs
186Marshall Islands19.6 yrs17.1 yrs
187Vanuatu19.5 yrs17.1 yrs
188Namibia19.4 yrs17.9 yrs
189Honduras19.3 yrs16.9 yrs
190Ghana19.2 yrs17.3 yrs
191Congo18.8 yrs17.4 yrs
192Pakistan18.8 yrs17.0 yrs
193Eswatini18.6 yrs16.4 yrs
194Guatemala18.6 yrs16.6 yrs
195Solomon Islands18.5 yrs17.2 yrs
196Togo18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
197Iraq17.9 yrs16.9 yrs
198Sao Tome and Principe17.8 yrs16.8 yrs
199Timor-Leste17.8 yrs17.5 yrs
200South Sudan17.6 yrs16.2 yrs
201Comoros17.5 yrs15.2 yrs
202Rwanda17.5 yrs15.2 yrs
203Senegal17.4 yrs16.5 yrs
204Liberia17.4 yrs17.2 yrs
205Eritrea17.3 yrs16.3 yrs
206Zimbabwe17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
207State of Palestine17.3 yrs15.1 yrs
208Guinea-Bissau17.1 yrs16.3 yrs
209Sierra Leone17.1 yrs16.9 yrs
210Kenya16.9 yrs15.6 yrs
211Cameroon16.8 yrs16.2 yrs
212Côte d'Ivoire16.7 yrs15.7 yrs
213Benin16.7 yrs16.0 yrs
214Mauritania16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
215Yemen16.6 yrs14.4 yrs
216Nigeria16.6 yrs16.8 yrs
217Madagascar16.6 yrs16.1 yrs
218Burundi16.4 yrs14.6 yrs
219Mayotte16.4 yrs16.9 yrs
220Angola16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
221Gambia16.3 yrs15.4 yrs
222Guinea16.3 yrs16.4 yrs
223Sudan16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.1 yrs16.4 yrs
225Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.4 yrs
226Ethiopia15.8 yrs15.1 yrs
227Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
228Mozambique15.8 yrs16.2 yrs
229Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
230Zambia15.6 yrs14.8 yrs
231Central African Republic15.6 yrs16.0 yrs
232Mali15.3 yrs15.4 yrs
233Afghanistan14.6 yrs14.0 yrs
234Somalia14.6 yrs15.2 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.3 yrs15.2 yrs
237Uganda14.2 yrs14.0 yrs

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