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Median age by country, 2014

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

2014
#Country / areaMedian age2004
1Holy See61.4 yrs56.4 yrs
2Monaco51.9 yrs45.2 yrs
3Saint Helena45.6 yrs40.1 yrs
4Japan45.5 yrs42.2 yrs
5Germany44.7 yrs40.5 yrs
6Italy44.0 yrs40.5 yrs
7Saint Pierre and Miquelon43.2 yrs37.8 yrs
8San Marino43.1 yrs39.0 yrs
9Isle of Man43.0 yrs39.5 yrs
10Bulgaria42.3 yrs39.9 yrs
11Portugal42.3 yrs38.0 yrs
12Guernsey42.2 yrs38.7 yrs
13Greece42.2 yrs38.0 yrs
14Martinique42.1 yrs35.7 yrs
15Croatia42.0 yrs39.7 yrs
16Serbia42.0 yrs40.0 yrs
17Austria41.9 yrs38.6 yrs
18Bermuda41.9 yrs38.1 yrs
19Liechtenstein41.8 yrs37.2 yrs
20Slovenia41.6 yrs38.6 yrs
21Latvia41.6 yrs38.2 yrs
22Lithuania41.6 yrs37.0 yrs
23Finland41.4 yrs39.6 yrs
24China, Hong Kong SAR41.4 yrs37.2 yrs
25Switzerland41.2 yrs38.9 yrs
26Spain41.1 yrs37.5 yrs
27Netherlands41.0 yrs37.5 yrs
28Bosnia and Herzegovina40.7 yrs34.4 yrs
29Jersey40.5 yrs37.8 yrs
30Hungary40.5 yrs37.8 yrs
31Estonia40.4 yrs38.1 yrs
32Denmark40.4 yrs38.2 yrs
33Belgium40.4 yrs39.0 yrs
34United States Virgin Islands40.2 yrs35.3 yrs
35Czechia40.0 yrs37.5 yrs
36France40.0 yrs37.7 yrs
37Sweden39.9 yrs39.0 yrs
38Romania39.9 yrs35.3 yrs
39Guadeloupe39.6 yrs34.0 yrs
40Andorra39.5 yrs37.1 yrs
41Canada39.5 yrs37.3 yrs
42Malta39.5 yrs36.8 yrs
43Cuba39.2 yrs34.2 yrs
44Republic of Korea39.2 yrs32.9 yrs
45Puerto Rico39.1 yrs33.1 yrs
46Ukraine39.0 yrs37.6 yrs
47Curaçao39.0 yrs34.9 yrs
48Gibraltar39.0 yrs37.7 yrs
49Montserrat38.9 yrs37.0 yrs
50United Kingdom38.7 yrs37.4 yrs
51Aruba38.6 yrs34.6 yrs
52China, Taiwan Province of China38.5 yrs33.3 yrs
53Belarus38.4 yrs36.8 yrs
54Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba38.2 yrs34.1 yrs
55Faroe Islands38.2 yrs34.8 yrs
56Falkland Islands (Malvinas)38.2 yrs35.2 yrs
57Luxembourg38.2 yrs37.0 yrs
58Norway38.1 yrs36.7 yrs
59Poland38.0 yrs35.3 yrs
60Slovakia37.8 yrs34.2 yrs
61Russian Federation37.5 yrs36.3 yrs
62Saint Barthélemy36.8 yrs35.2 yrs
63Barbados36.7 yrs33.6 yrs
64Sint Maarten (Dutch part)36.5 yrs32.0 yrs
65New Zealand36.5 yrs34.2 yrs
66Montenegro36.4 yrs33.4 yrs
67United States of America36.3 yrs35.0 yrs
68Australia36.3 yrs35.3 yrs
69North Macedonia36.3 yrs32.1 yrs
70Georgia36.0 yrs34.0 yrs
71China, Macao SAR36.0 yrs32.7 yrs
72China35.4 yrs31.2 yrs
73Thailand35.3 yrs30.8 yrs
74Cayman Islands35.1 yrs32.8 yrs
75Ireland35.0 yrs32.4 yrs
76Niue35.0 yrs31.0 yrs
77Turks and Caicos Islands34.8 yrs29.3 yrs
78Iceland34.7 yrs33.0 yrs
79Palau34.7 yrs31.1 yrs
80Republic of Moldova34.6 yrs31.7 yrs
81Cyprus34.2 yrs31.4 yrs
82Dem. People's Republic of Korea34.0 yrs30.9 yrs
83Uruguay33.9 yrs31.6 yrs
84Mauritius33.6 yrs29.3 yrs
85British Virgin Islands33.6 yrs30.7 yrs
86Anguilla33.2 yrs29.2 yrs
87Singapore33.2 yrs32.2 yrs
88Albania33.0 yrs28.1 yrs
89Greenland33.0 yrs32.3 yrs
90Chile33.0 yrs29.6 yrs
91Northern Mariana Islands32.8 yrs30.3 yrs
92Réunion32.5 yrs28.1 yrs
93Armenia32.4 yrs29.8 yrs
94Trinidad and Tobago32.4 yrs28.0 yrs
95Kuwait32.1 yrs27.0 yrs
96Wallis and Futuna Islands32.0 yrs23.7 yrs
97Saint Martin (French part)31.8 yrs28.9 yrs
98Antigua and Barbuda31.7 yrs28.5 yrs
99Bahamas31.6 yrs29.0 yrs
100Saint Kitts and Nevis31.3 yrs27.1 yrs
101United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs29.3 yrs
102Seychelles30.8 yrs27.9 yrs
103Cook Islands30.7 yrs25.3 yrs
104Sri Lanka30.4 yrs27.4 yrs
105Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30.3 yrs25.1 yrs
106New Caledonia30.3 yrs26.8 yrs
107Dominica30.1 yrs28.3 yrs
108Qatar30.0 yrs30.1 yrs
109Saint Lucia30.0 yrs24.4 yrs
110Brazil30.0 yrs25.6 yrs
111Bahrain29.9 yrs26.0 yrs
112Argentina29.7 yrs27.5 yrs
113Costa Rica29.7 yrs25.6 yrs
114Türkiye29.4 yrs25.6 yrs
115French Polynesia29.4 yrs25.5 yrs
116Azerbaijan29.3 yrs26.4 yrs
117Guam29.3 yrs27.3 yrs
118Grenada29.1 yrs24.5 yrs
119Tunisia29.1 yrs25.1 yrs
120Viet Nam28.8 yrs24.4 yrs
121Israel28.7 yrs27.5 yrs
122Western Sahara28.6 yrs23.9 yrs
123Iran (Islamic Republic of)28.2 yrs22.6 yrs
124Lebanon28.2 yrs24.6 yrs
125Kazakhstan28.1 yrs27.3 yrs
126Colombia28.1 yrs24.3 yrs
127Brunei Darussalam28.1 yrs26.1 yrs
128Indonesia27.6 yrs24.9 yrs
129Oman27.5 yrs21.3 yrs
130Jamaica27.3 yrs23.3 yrs
131Myanmar27.1 yrs24.0 yrs
132Panama27.0 yrs24.3 yrs
133Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)26.8 yrs22.6 yrs
134Peru26.7 yrs22.8 yrs
135Malaysia26.4 yrs23.0 yrs
136Algeria26.3 yrs22.7 yrs
137Saudi Arabia26.3 yrs20.3 yrs
138Suriname26.3 yrs24.3 yrs
139Maldives26.1 yrs19.8 yrs
140Morocco26.1 yrs22.6 yrs
141Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)26.0 yrs23.1 yrs
142Mexico25.9 yrs23.0 yrs
143Mongolia25.5 yrs22.3 yrs
144Fiji25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
145Libya25.2 yrs22.4 yrs
146Uzbekistan25.0 yrs21.6 yrs
147Ecuador25.0 yrs22.1 yrs
148Tokelau25.0 yrs23.0 yrs
149South Africa25.0 yrs21.9 yrs
150India24.9 yrs22.0 yrs
151Dominican Republic24.8 yrs22.1 yrs
152Bhutan24.5 yrs20.7 yrs
153Turkmenistan24.0 yrs21.0 yrs
154Kyrgyzstan23.8 yrs22.1 yrs
155Cabo Verde23.7 yrs18.9 yrs
156Guyana23.6 yrs21.9 yrs
157Paraguay23.6 yrs20.1 yrs
158American Samoa23.6 yrs21.2 yrs
159El Salvador23.5 yrs21.4 yrs
160Tuvalu23.5 yrs22.4 yrs
161Bangladesh23.1 yrs20.5 yrs
162Egypt22.8 yrs21.0 yrs
163Cambodia22.8 yrs18.7 yrs
164French Guiana22.8 yrs22.4 yrs
165Bolivia (Plurinational State of)22.5 yrs20.5 yrs
166Nicaragua22.4 yrs19.4 yrs
167Belize22.4 yrs19.4 yrs
168Philippines21.9 yrs19.7 yrs
169Djibouti21.8 yrs19.6 yrs
170Botswana21.7 yrs19.8 yrs
171Lao People's Democratic Republic21.6 yrs17.6 yrs
172Haiti21.3 yrs19.0 yrs
173Jordan21.3 yrs19.5 yrs
174Gabon21.1 yrs18.9 yrs
175Kiribati21.1 yrs19.3 yrs
176Nepal21.0 yrs18.8 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)20.8 yrs19.1 yrs
178Equatorial Guinea20.8 yrs18.6 yrs
179Tajikistan20.6 yrs18.3 yrs
180Tonga20.6 yrs19.8 yrs
181Papua New Guinea20.6 yrs19.1 yrs
182Honduras20.6 yrs17.8 yrs
183Nauru20.5 yrs20.0 yrs
184Namibia20.3 yrs18.4 yrs
185Marshall Islands20.3 yrs18.4 yrs
186Lesotho20.2 yrs18.8 yrs
187Samoa20.0 yrs19.1 yrs
188Vanuatu20.0 yrs18.1 yrs
189Eswatini19.7 yrs17.4 yrs
190Ghana19.7 yrs18.1 yrs
191Guatemala19.7 yrs17.2 yrs
192Pakistan19.2 yrs17.6 yrs
193Syrian Arab Republic19.1 yrs18.4 yrs
194Solomon Islands18.8 yrs17.9 yrs
195Comoros18.6 yrs15.7 yrs
196Timor-Leste18.5 yrs17.6 yrs
197Iraq18.4 yrs17.3 yrs
198State of Palestine18.4 yrs15.8 yrs
199Congo18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
200Côte d'Ivoire18.1 yrs15.6 yrs
201Togo18.1 yrs17.6 yrs
202Rwanda18.1 yrs16.6 yrs
203South Sudan18.0 yrs16.4 yrs
204Sao Tome and Principe17.9 yrs17.4 yrs
205Liberia17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
206Yemen17.5 yrs15.1 yrs
207Kenya17.5 yrs16.2 yrs
208Sierra Leone17.5 yrs16.8 yrs
209Senegal17.5 yrs17.0 yrs
210Eritrea17.4 yrs17.1 yrs
211Guinea-Bissau17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
212Madagascar17.3 yrs16.2 yrs
213Cameroon17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
214Benin17.0 yrs16.3 yrs
215Ethiopia16.8 yrs15.1 yrs
216Gambia16.8 yrs15.6 yrs
217Guinea16.8 yrs16.0 yrs
218Zimbabwe16.8 yrs17.4 yrs
219Mauritania16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
220Sudan16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
221Nigeria16.6 yrs16.9 yrs
222Mayotte16.5 yrs16.7 yrs
223Angola16.3 yrs16.2 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
225Zambia16.0 yrs15.1 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
227Burundi15.9 yrs15.5 yrs
228Malawi15.9 yrs15.7 yrs
229Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
230Mozambique15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
231Afghanistan15.3 yrs13.9 yrs
232Somalia15.0 yrs15.0 yrs
233Mali14.9 yrs15.6 yrs
234Chad14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
235Uganda14.6 yrs14.0 yrs
236Central African Republic14.6 yrs16.0 yrs
237Niger14.3 yrs14.8 yrs

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