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Median age by country, 2013

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

2013
#Country / areaMedian age2003
1Holy See61.4 yrs55.6 yrs
2Monaco51.0 yrs45.0 yrs
3Saint Helena45.4 yrs39.0 yrs
4Japan45.1 yrs41.8 yrs
5Germany44.5 yrs40.1 yrs
6Italy43.6 yrs40.2 yrs
7San Marino42.7 yrs38.7 yrs
8Isle of Man42.5 yrs39.1 yrs
9Saint Pierre and Miquelon42.3 yrs37.3 yrs
10Bulgaria42.1 yrs39.6 yrs
11Austria41.8 yrs38.3 yrs
12Guernsey41.8 yrs38.4 yrs
13Serbia41.8 yrs39.7 yrs
14Portugal41.8 yrs37.7 yrs
15Greece41.7 yrs37.7 yrs
16Croatia41.7 yrs39.5 yrs
17Bermuda41.5 yrs37.5 yrs
18Finland41.4 yrs39.3 yrs
19Liechtenstein41.4 yrs36.7 yrs
20Slovenia41.3 yrs38.2 yrs
21Martinique41.3 yrs35.3 yrs
22Latvia41.3 yrs37.9 yrs
23Lithuania41.3 yrs36.5 yrs
24Switzerland41.0 yrs38.6 yrs
25China, Hong Kong SAR41.0 yrs36.6 yrs
26Netherlands40.7 yrs37.2 yrs
27Spain40.6 yrs37.3 yrs
28Jersey40.3 yrs37.5 yrs
29Denmark40.2 yrs38.0 yrs
30Hungary40.2 yrs37.7 yrs
31Belgium40.2 yrs38.7 yrs
32Estonia40.1 yrs37.9 yrs
33Bosnia and Herzegovina40.1 yrs33.9 yrs
34Sweden39.9 yrs38.8 yrs
35France39.8 yrs37.4 yrs
36United States Virgin Islands39.8 yrs34.6 yrs
37Czechia39.6 yrs37.3 yrs
38Romania39.5 yrs34.7 yrs
39Malta39.4 yrs36.5 yrs
40Canada39.3 yrs36.9 yrs
41Andorra39.1 yrs37.4 yrs
42Curaçao38.9 yrs34.3 yrs
43Guadeloupe38.9 yrs33.5 yrs
44Ukraine38.8 yrs37.3 yrs
45Cuba38.8 yrs33.7 yrs
46Gibraltar38.8 yrs37.6 yrs
47United Kingdom38.6 yrs37.2 yrs
48Montserrat38.6 yrs36.9 yrs
49Republic of Korea38.5 yrs32.3 yrs
50Puerto Rico38.3 yrs32.6 yrs
51Belarus38.3 yrs36.5 yrs
52Aruba38.2 yrs34.2 yrs
53Luxembourg38.1 yrs36.8 yrs
54Norway38.0 yrs36.4 yrs
55Falkland Islands (Malvinas)38.0 yrs35.0 yrs
56China, Taiwan Province of China38.0 yrs32.7 yrs
57Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba37.9 yrs33.7 yrs
58Faroe Islands37.9 yrs34.5 yrs
59Poland37.6 yrs35.1 yrs
60Slovakia37.4 yrs33.9 yrs
61Russian Federation37.4 yrs36.2 yrs
62Saint Barthélemy36.8 yrs34.9 yrs
63New Zealand36.5 yrs34.0 yrs
64Barbados36.4 yrs33.3 yrs
65United States of America36.2 yrs34.9 yrs
66Australia36.2 yrs35.1 yrs
67Montenegro36.1 yrs33.1 yrs
68China, Macao SAR36.0 yrs32.4 yrs
69Georgia35.9 yrs33.7 yrs
70Sint Maarten (Dutch part)35.9 yrs31.6 yrs
71North Macedonia35.9 yrs31.8 yrs
72China35.1 yrs30.7 yrs
73Cayman Islands35.0 yrs32.5 yrs
74Thailand34.9 yrs30.3 yrs
75Niue34.7 yrs30.5 yrs
76Ireland34.6 yrs32.1 yrs
77Iceland34.5 yrs32.7 yrs
78Republic of Moldova34.4 yrs31.5 yrs
79Turks and Caicos Islands34.3 yrs28.9 yrs
80Palau34.3 yrs30.8 yrs
81Cyprus33.8 yrs31.2 yrs
82Uruguay33.7 yrs31.4 yrs
83Dem. People's Republic of Korea33.7 yrs30.4 yrs
84British Virgin Islands33.3 yrs30.4 yrs
85Mauritius33.2 yrs29.0 yrs
86Singapore33.0 yrs31.9 yrs
87Anguilla32.9 yrs28.9 yrs
88Greenland32.8 yrs32.1 yrs
89Albania32.7 yrs27.5 yrs
90Chile32.7 yrs29.2 yrs
91Northern Mariana Islands32.7 yrs29.7 yrs
92Armenia32.1 yrs29.6 yrs
93Réunion32.1 yrs27.6 yrs
94Trinidad and Tobago31.9 yrs27.6 yrs
95Antigua and Barbuda31.3 yrs28.2 yrs
96Wallis and Futuna Islands31.3 yrs23.0 yrs
97Kuwait31.3 yrs26.3 yrs
98Saint Martin (French part)31.3 yrs28.8 yrs
99Bahamas31.3 yrs28.6 yrs
100Saint Kitts and Nevis30.9 yrs26.7 yrs
101United Arab Emirates30.7 yrs28.6 yrs
102Seychelles30.7 yrs27.5 yrs
103Cook Islands30.3 yrs24.8 yrs
104Dominica30.3 yrs27.9 yrs
105Sri Lanka30.1 yrs27.1 yrs
106New Caledonia30.0 yrs26.4 yrs
107Qatar29.9 yrs29.9 yrs
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines29.8 yrs24.6 yrs
109Bahrain29.7 yrs25.8 yrs
110Saint Lucia29.6 yrs24.0 yrs
111Brazil29.6 yrs25.2 yrs
112Argentina29.5 yrs27.3 yrs
113Costa Rica29.3 yrs25.2 yrs
114Türkiye29.1 yrs25.1 yrs
115Azerbaijan29.0 yrs26.0 yrs
116Guam28.9 yrs27.1 yrs
117French Polynesia28.9 yrs25.2 yrs
118Tunisia28.8 yrs24.7 yrs
119Grenada28.7 yrs24.1 yrs
120Israel28.6 yrs27.4 yrs
121Viet Nam28.4 yrs24.0 yrs
122Western Sahara28.2 yrs23.4 yrs
123Kazakhstan27.9 yrs27.2 yrs
124Lebanon27.9 yrs24.2 yrs
125Brunei Darussalam27.8 yrs25.7 yrs
126Iran (Islamic Republic of)27.7 yrs22.0 yrs
127Colombia27.7 yrs24.0 yrs
128Indonesia27.4 yrs24.5 yrs
129Oman27.1 yrs20.9 yrs
130Jamaica26.8 yrs23.0 yrs
131Panama26.7 yrs24.1 yrs
132Myanmar26.7 yrs23.7 yrs
133Peru26.4 yrs22.5 yrs
134Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)26.3 yrs22.2 yrs
135Algeria26.1 yrs22.2 yrs
136Suriname26.1 yrs24.0 yrs
137Malaysia26.1 yrs22.8 yrs
138Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)25.7 yrs22.8 yrs
139Mexico25.7 yrs22.7 yrs
140Morocco25.7 yrs22.3 yrs
141Saudi Arabia25.6 yrs20.0 yrs
142Maldives25.4 yrs19.3 yrs
143Mongolia25.3 yrs21.9 yrs
144Fiji25.1 yrs22.3 yrs
145Libya24.9 yrs22.2 yrs
146Tokelau24.8 yrs22.2 yrs
147Uzbekistan24.7 yrs21.3 yrs
148Ecuador24.7 yrs21.8 yrs
149South Africa24.7 yrs21.6 yrs
150India24.6 yrs21.8 yrs
151Dominican Republic24.5 yrs21.8 yrs
152Bhutan24.1 yrs20.2 yrs
153Turkmenistan23.8 yrs20.6 yrs
154Kyrgyzstan23.6 yrs21.9 yrs
155Guyana23.5 yrs21.7 yrs
156El Salvador23.3 yrs21.1 yrs
157Tuvalu23.3 yrs22.4 yrs
158Paraguay23.2 yrs19.7 yrs
159Cabo Verde23.1 yrs18.5 yrs
160American Samoa23.0 yrs20.9 yrs
161Bangladesh22.8 yrs20.3 yrs
162French Guiana22.8 yrs22.6 yrs
163Egypt22.7 yrs20.8 yrs
164Cambodia22.4 yrs18.2 yrs
165Bolivia (Plurinational State of)22.2 yrs20.3 yrs
166Nicaragua22.1 yrs19.1 yrs
167Belize22.0 yrs19.2 yrs
168Botswana21.7 yrs19.6 yrs
169Philippines21.6 yrs19.5 yrs
170Djibouti21.5 yrs19.5 yrs
171Lao People's Democratic Republic21.2 yrs17.4 yrs
172Jordan21.1 yrs19.3 yrs
173Haiti21.0 yrs18.8 yrs
174Gabon20.9 yrs18.7 yrs
175Kiribati20.8 yrs19.1 yrs
176Nepal20.8 yrs18.6 yrs
177Equatorial Guinea20.7 yrs18.4 yrs
178Nauru20.6 yrs19.8 yrs
179Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.6 yrs18.8 yrs
180Papua New Guinea20.5 yrs19.0 yrs
181Tajikistan20.4 yrs18.1 yrs
182Tonga20.4 yrs19.7 yrs
183Honduras20.3 yrs17.5 yrs
184Syrian Arab Republic20.1 yrs18.2 yrs
185Namibia20.1 yrs18.2 yrs
186Marshall Islands20.1 yrs18.0 yrs
187Lesotho20.1 yrs18.6 yrs
188Samoa19.9 yrs18.9 yrs
189Vanuatu19.9 yrs17.8 yrs
190Ghana19.6 yrs17.9 yrs
191Eswatini19.5 yrs17.2 yrs
192Guatemala19.4 yrs17.0 yrs
193Pakistan19.1 yrs17.4 yrs
194Solomon Islands18.7 yrs17.7 yrs
195Congo18.4 yrs17.8 yrs
196Comoros18.3 yrs15.5 yrs
197Timor-Leste18.3 yrs17.5 yrs
198South Sudan18.3 yrs16.4 yrs
199Iraq18.2 yrs17.2 yrs
200Togo18.1 yrs17.6 yrs
201State of Palestine18.1 yrs15.6 yrs
202Côte d'Ivoire17.9 yrs15.6 yrs
203Rwanda17.9 yrs16.3 yrs
204Sao Tome and Principe17.8 yrs17.3 yrs
205Liberia17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
206Eritrea17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
207Sierra Leone17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
208Senegal17.4 yrs16.9 yrs
209Yemen17.3 yrs14.9 yrs
210Guinea-Bissau17.3 yrs16.6 yrs
211Kenya17.3 yrs16.0 yrs
212Madagascar17.1 yrs16.1 yrs
213Cameroon17.0 yrs16.4 yrs
214Zimbabwe16.9 yrs17.2 yrs
215Benin16.9 yrs16.3 yrs
216Mauritania16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
217Gambia16.6 yrs15.6 yrs
218Guinea16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
219Nigeria16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
220Ethiopia16.5 yrs15.0 yrs
221Mayotte16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
222Sudan16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
223Angola16.3 yrs16.1 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.2 yrs16.4 yrs
225Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.8 yrs
226Burundi16.0 yrs15.2 yrs
227Zambia15.9 yrs15.1 yrs
228Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
229Malawi15.8 yrs15.7 yrs
230Mozambique15.8 yrs16.1 yrs
231Afghanistan15.1 yrs13.9 yrs
232Mali15.0 yrs15.5 yrs
233Somalia14.9 yrs15.0 yrs
234Central African Republic14.9 yrs16.0 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.4 yrs
236Uganda14.5 yrs14.0 yrs
237Niger14.3 yrs14.9 yrs

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