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Median age by country, 2012

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

2012
#Country / areaMedian age2002
1Holy See62.4 yrs54.9 yrs
2Monaco50.1 yrs44.9 yrs
3Saint Helena45.2 yrs37.8 yrs
4Japan44.8 yrs41.5 yrs
5Germany44.1 yrs39.7 yrs
6Italy43.2 yrs39.9 yrs
7San Marino42.3 yrs38.3 yrs
8Isle of Man42.0 yrs38.9 yrs
9Bulgaria41.8 yrs39.3 yrs
10Serbia41.6 yrs39.5 yrs
11Austria41.5 yrs37.9 yrs
12Guernsey41.5 yrs38.0 yrs
13Croatia41.5 yrs39.2 yrs
14Portugal41.4 yrs37.3 yrs
15Saint Pierre and Miquelon41.3 yrs36.8 yrs
16Finland41.3 yrs39.0 yrs
17Greece41.2 yrs37.4 yrs
18Slovenia41.1 yrs37.8 yrs
19Bermuda41.0 yrs37.0 yrs
20Switzerland40.9 yrs38.3 yrs
21Latvia40.9 yrs37.7 yrs
22Lithuania40.9 yrs36.0 yrs
23Liechtenstein40.9 yrs36.3 yrs
24China, Hong Kong SAR40.7 yrs36.1 yrs
25Martinique40.5 yrs34.7 yrs
26Netherlands40.4 yrs36.8 yrs
27Spain40.1 yrs37.1 yrs
28Belgium40.1 yrs38.4 yrs
29Jersey40.0 yrs37.2 yrs
30Estonia39.9 yrs37.6 yrs
31Sweden39.9 yrs38.6 yrs
32Denmark39.9 yrs37.7 yrs
33Hungary39.9 yrs37.6 yrs
34France39.5 yrs37.2 yrs
35Bosnia and Herzegovina39.5 yrs33.4 yrs
36United States Virgin Islands39.4 yrs33.9 yrs
37Czechia39.2 yrs37.0 yrs
38Malta39.2 yrs36.2 yrs
39Romania39.2 yrs34.2 yrs
40Canada39.1 yrs36.5 yrs
41Curaçao38.9 yrs33.7 yrs
42Andorra38.8 yrs37.3 yrs
43Ukraine38.8 yrs37.0 yrs
44Gibraltar38.7 yrs37.5 yrs
45United Kingdom38.5 yrs37.0 yrs
46Cuba38.3 yrs33.2 yrs
47Guadeloupe38.2 yrs33.1 yrs
48Belarus38.2 yrs36.2 yrs
49Montserrat38.2 yrs36.8 yrs
50Luxembourg38.1 yrs36.5 yrs
51Aruba37.9 yrs33.7 yrs
52Norway37.9 yrs36.2 yrs
53Republic of Korea37.9 yrs31.7 yrs
54Falkland Islands (Malvinas)37.8 yrs34.7 yrs
55Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba37.7 yrs33.3 yrs
56Puerto Rico37.5 yrs32.1 yrs
57Faroe Islands37.5 yrs34.3 yrs
58China, Taiwan Province of China37.5 yrs32.2 yrs
59Poland37.3 yrs34.8 yrs
60Russian Federation37.2 yrs36.1 yrs
61Slovakia36.9 yrs33.6 yrs
62Saint Barthélemy36.8 yrs34.6 yrs
63New Zealand36.4 yrs33.8 yrs
64Australia36.2 yrs34.9 yrs
65Barbados36.2 yrs33.0 yrs
66United States of America36.1 yrs34.7 yrs
67China, Macao SAR35.9 yrs32.2 yrs
68Montenegro35.8 yrs32.9 yrs
69Georgia35.6 yrs33.5 yrs
70Sint Maarten (Dutch part)35.4 yrs31.2 yrs
71North Macedonia35.4 yrs31.6 yrs
72China34.9 yrs30.1 yrs
73Cayman Islands34.8 yrs32.4 yrs
74Niue34.5 yrs29.9 yrs
75Iceland34.4 yrs32.4 yrs
76Thailand34.4 yrs29.9 yrs
77Ireland34.2 yrs31.9 yrs
78Republic of Moldova34.1 yrs31.4 yrs
79Palau34.0 yrs30.5 yrs
80Turks and Caicos Islands33.9 yrs28.5 yrs
81Uruguay33.5 yrs31.3 yrs
82Cyprus33.5 yrs31.0 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea33.5 yrs30.0 yrs
84British Virgin Islands33.1 yrs30.2 yrs
85Singapore32.9 yrs31.7 yrs
86Mauritius32.8 yrs28.7 yrs
87Northern Mariana Islands32.7 yrs29.0 yrs
88Greenland32.6 yrs31.9 yrs
89Albania32.4 yrs27.0 yrs
90Anguilla32.4 yrs28.4 yrs
91Chile32.4 yrs28.8 yrs
92Armenia31.8 yrs29.3 yrs
93Trinidad and Tobago31.5 yrs27.2 yrs
94Réunion31.5 yrs27.4 yrs
95Bahamas31.1 yrs28.3 yrs
96Saint Martin (French part)31.0 yrs28.8 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda30.9 yrs27.9 yrs
98United Arab Emirates30.7 yrs28.1 yrs
99Kuwait30.6 yrs25.7 yrs
100Dominica30.6 yrs27.6 yrs
101Wallis and Futuna Islands30.5 yrs22.5 yrs
102Seychelles30.5 yrs27.1 yrs
103Saint Kitts and Nevis30.4 yrs26.4 yrs
104Qatar29.9 yrs29.4 yrs
105Cook Islands29.9 yrs24.4 yrs
106Sri Lanka29.8 yrs26.8 yrs
107New Caledonia29.7 yrs26.1 yrs
108Bahrain29.5 yrs25.8 yrs
109Argentina29.3 yrs27.1 yrs
110Saint Vincent and the Grenadines29.3 yrs24.1 yrs
111Saint Lucia29.2 yrs23.7 yrs
112Brazil29.1 yrs24.9 yrs
113Azerbaijan28.8 yrs25.6 yrs
114Costa Rica28.8 yrs24.8 yrs
115Türkiye28.8 yrs24.8 yrs
116Guam28.6 yrs26.8 yrs
117Israel28.5 yrs27.2 yrs
118Tunisia28.5 yrs24.2 yrs
119French Polynesia28.5 yrs24.9 yrs
120Grenada28.3 yrs23.8 yrs
121Viet Nam28.0 yrs23.5 yrs
122Western Sahara27.8 yrs22.8 yrs
123Kazakhstan27.7 yrs27.0 yrs
124Lebanon27.6 yrs23.9 yrs
125Brunei Darussalam27.4 yrs25.4 yrs
126Colombia27.3 yrs23.7 yrs
127Iran (Islamic Republic of)27.1 yrs21.4 yrs
128Indonesia27.1 yrs24.2 yrs
129Oman26.6 yrs20.6 yrs
130Panama26.5 yrs23.8 yrs
131Jamaica26.4 yrs22.8 yrs
132Myanmar26.4 yrs23.4 yrs
133Peru26.0 yrs22.1 yrs
134Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)25.9 yrs21.7 yrs
135Suriname25.9 yrs23.7 yrs
136Algeria25.8 yrs21.7 yrs
137Malaysia25.7 yrs22.7 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
139Mexico25.4 yrs22.4 yrs
140Morocco25.4 yrs22.0 yrs
141Mongolia25.0 yrs21.6 yrs
142Saudi Arabia24.9 yrs19.8 yrs
143Fiji24.9 yrs22.0 yrs
144Tokelau24.8 yrs21.4 yrs
145Maldives24.7 yrs18.7 yrs
146Libya24.7 yrs22.0 yrs
147Uzbekistan24.4 yrs20.9 yrs
148Ecuador24.4 yrs21.6 yrs
149India24.3 yrs21.6 yrs
150Dominican Republic24.3 yrs21.6 yrs
151South Africa24.3 yrs21.3 yrs
152Bhutan23.7 yrs19.8 yrs
153Guyana23.5 yrs21.5 yrs
154Turkmenistan23.5 yrs20.4 yrs
155Kyrgyzstan23.4 yrs21.7 yrs
156Tuvalu23.1 yrs22.4 yrs
157El Salvador23.0 yrs20.8 yrs
158Paraguay22.9 yrs19.5 yrs
159French Guiana22.8 yrs22.7 yrs
160Egypt22.6 yrs20.5 yrs
161Cabo Verde22.6 yrs18.1 yrs
162Bangladesh22.5 yrs20.1 yrs
163American Samoa22.5 yrs20.7 yrs
164Cambodia22.0 yrs17.8 yrs
165Bolivia (Plurinational State of)22.0 yrs20.2 yrs
166Botswana21.8 yrs19.3 yrs
167Nicaragua21.7 yrs18.7 yrs
168Belize21.6 yrs19.0 yrs
169Philippines21.4 yrs19.3 yrs
170Djibouti21.2 yrs19.4 yrs
171Jordan21.0 yrs19.2 yrs
172Syrian Arab Republic20.8 yrs17.9 yrs
173Lao People's Democratic Republic20.8 yrs17.2 yrs
174Nauru20.7 yrs19.6 yrs
175Haiti20.7 yrs18.6 yrs
176Gabon20.6 yrs18.5 yrs
177Kiribati20.6 yrs18.9 yrs
178Nepal20.6 yrs18.4 yrs
179Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.5 yrs18.5 yrs
180Equatorial Guinea20.5 yrs18.1 yrs
181Papua New Guinea20.3 yrs18.9 yrs
182Tajikistan20.2 yrs17.8 yrs
183Tonga20.2 yrs19.6 yrs
184Lesotho20.0 yrs18.5 yrs
185Namibia19.9 yrs18.1 yrs
186Honduras19.9 yrs17.3 yrs
187Marshall Islands19.9 yrs17.7 yrs
188Samoa19.8 yrs18.7 yrs
189Vanuatu19.8 yrs17.6 yrs
190Ghana19.4 yrs17.7 yrs
191Eswatini19.2 yrs17.0 yrs
192Guatemala19.1 yrs16.9 yrs
193Pakistan19.0 yrs17.3 yrs
194Congo18.6 yrs17.7 yrs
195Solomon Islands18.6 yrs17.6 yrs
196South Sudan18.2 yrs16.3 yrs
197Iraq18.1 yrs17.1 yrs
198Comoros18.1 yrs15.4 yrs
199Togo18.1 yrs17.5 yrs
200Timor-Leste18.1 yrs17.5 yrs
201State of Palestine17.9 yrs15.4 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe17.8 yrs17.1 yrs
203Rwanda17.8 yrs16.1 yrs
204Liberia17.7 yrs17.3 yrs
205Côte d'Ivoire17.5 yrs15.6 yrs
206Eritrea17.4 yrs16.5 yrs
207Senegal17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
208Guinea-Bissau17.3 yrs16.5 yrs
209Sierra Leone17.3 yrs16.8 yrs
210Yemen17.1 yrs14.7 yrs
211Kenya17.1 yrs15.9 yrs
212Zimbabwe17.0 yrs17.1 yrs
213Cameroon16.9 yrs16.4 yrs
214Benin16.9 yrs16.2 yrs
215Madagascar16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
216Mauritania16.8 yrs16.6 yrs
217Nigeria16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
218Gambia16.5 yrs15.5 yrs
219Guinea16.5 yrs16.0 yrs
220Sudan16.4 yrs15.9 yrs
221Mayotte16.4 yrs16.9 yrs
222Angola16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
223Ethiopia16.3 yrs15.0 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.1 yrs16.4 yrs
225Burundi16.1 yrs15.0 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
227Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
228Zambia15.8 yrs15.0 yrs
229Mozambique15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
230Malawi15.7 yrs15.7 yrs
231Central African Republic15.2 yrs16.0 yrs
232Mali15.1 yrs15.5 yrs
233Afghanistan14.9 yrs13.9 yrs
234Somalia14.9 yrs15.1 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.4 yrs
236Uganda14.4 yrs13.9 yrs
237Niger14.2 yrs15.0 yrs

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