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Median age by country, 2015

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

2015
#Country / areaMedian age2005
1Holy See60.8 yrs57.2 yrs
2Monaco52.8 yrs45.5 yrs
3Saint Helena45.8 yrs41.3 yrs
4Japan45.8 yrs42.5 yrs
5Germany44.8 yrs41.0 yrs
6Italy44.4 yrs40.8 yrs
7Saint Pierre and Miquelon43.5 yrs38.5 yrs
8San Marino43.5 yrs39.4 yrs
9Isle of Man43.4 yrs39.9 yrs
10Martinique42.9 yrs36.1 yrs
11Portugal42.8 yrs38.4 yrs
12Greece42.7 yrs38.3 yrs
13Guernsey42.5 yrs39.1 yrs
14Bulgaria42.5 yrs40.1 yrs
15Croatia42.3 yrs40.0 yrs
16Serbia42.3 yrs40.1 yrs
17Bermuda42.3 yrs38.6 yrs
18Liechtenstein42.1 yrs37.6 yrs
19Austria42.0 yrs38.9 yrs
20Slovenia41.9 yrs39.0 yrs
21Lithuania41.9 yrs37.5 yrs
22Latvia41.8 yrs38.4 yrs
23China, Hong Kong SAR41.7 yrs37.7 yrs
24Spain41.6 yrs37.8 yrs
25Finland41.5 yrs39.9 yrs
26Switzerland41.3 yrs39.3 yrs
27Netherlands41.2 yrs37.9 yrs
28Bosnia and Herzegovina41.2 yrs35.0 yrs
29Jersey40.8 yrs38.0 yrs
30United States Virgin Islands40.8 yrs35.8 yrs
31Hungary40.7 yrs37.9 yrs
32Estonia40.6 yrs38.3 yrs
33Denmark40.5 yrs38.5 yrs
34Czechia40.4 yrs37.8 yrs
35Belgium40.4 yrs39.2 yrs
36Guadeloupe40.3 yrs34.4 yrs
37France40.3 yrs37.9 yrs
38Romania40.3 yrs35.8 yrs
39Andorra39.9 yrs36.8 yrs
40Sweden39.9 yrs39.2 yrs
41Puerto Rico39.9 yrs33.6 yrs
42Republic of Korea39.9 yrs33.5 yrs
43Cuba39.7 yrs34.7 yrs
44Canada39.6 yrs37.6 yrs
45Malta39.5 yrs37.1 yrs
46Ukraine39.2 yrs37.7 yrs
47Montserrat39.2 yrs37.2 yrs
48Gibraltar39.1 yrs37.8 yrs
49Curaçao39.0 yrs35.4 yrs
50China, Taiwan Province of China39.0 yrs33.8 yrs
51Aruba38.9 yrs35.1 yrs
52United Kingdom38.8 yrs37.5 yrs
53Belarus38.5 yrs37.0 yrs
54Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba38.3 yrs34.6 yrs
55Faroe Islands38.3 yrs35.0 yrs
56Falkland Islands (Malvinas)38.3 yrs35.5 yrs
57Poland38.3 yrs35.6 yrs
58Luxembourg38.3 yrs37.2 yrs
59Slovakia38.2 yrs34.5 yrs
60Norway38.2 yrs36.9 yrs
61Russian Federation37.7 yrs36.4 yrs
62Sint Maarten (Dutch part)37.1 yrs32.4 yrs
63Saint Barthélemy37.0 yrs35.5 yrs
64Barbados37.0 yrs33.9 yrs
65Montenegro36.8 yrs33.7 yrs
66North Macedonia36.8 yrs32.5 yrs
67United States of America36.4 yrs35.2 yrs
68New Zealand36.4 yrs34.5 yrs
69Australia36.3 yrs35.5 yrs
70Georgia36.1 yrs34.2 yrs
71China, Macao SAR36.0 yrs33.0 yrs
72Thailand35.8 yrs31.2 yrs
73China35.7 yrs31.8 yrs
74Ireland35.4 yrs32.4 yrs
75Cayman Islands35.3 yrs33.0 yrs
76Turks and Caicos Islands35.2 yrs29.7 yrs
77Niue35.2 yrs31.6 yrs
78Palau35.0 yrs31.4 yrs
79Republic of Moldova35.0 yrs31.9 yrs
80Iceland34.9 yrs33.2 yrs
81Cyprus34.6 yrs31.6 yrs
82Dem. People's Republic of Korea34.2 yrs31.4 yrs
83Uruguay34.0 yrs31.8 yrs
84Mauritius34.0 yrs29.7 yrs
85British Virgin Islands33.8 yrs30.9 yrs
86Anguilla33.5 yrs29.6 yrs
87Albania33.3 yrs28.6 yrs
88Singapore33.3 yrs32.5 yrs
89Chile33.3 yrs29.9 yrs
90Greenland33.1 yrs32.5 yrs
91Kuwait32.9 yrs27.4 yrs
92Trinidad and Tobago32.9 yrs28.4 yrs
93Réunion32.9 yrs28.6 yrs
94Northern Mariana Islands32.8 yrs30.9 yrs
95Armenia32.7 yrs30.0 yrs
96Wallis and Futuna Islands32.7 yrs24.5 yrs
97Saint Martin (French part)32.3 yrs28.9 yrs
98Antigua and Barbuda32.1 yrs28.9 yrs
99Bahamas31.9 yrs29.3 yrs
100Saint Kitts and Nevis31.8 yrs27.5 yrs
101Cook Islands31.1 yrs25.7 yrs
102Seychelles31.0 yrs28.2 yrs
103United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs29.9 yrs
104Sri Lanka30.7 yrs27.7 yrs
105Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30.7 yrs25.7 yrs
106New Caledonia30.7 yrs27.1 yrs
107Saint Lucia30.5 yrs24.8 yrs
108Dominica30.5 yrs28.6 yrs
109Brazil30.5 yrs26.0 yrs
110Costa Rica30.2 yrs26.0 yrs
111Qatar30.1 yrs29.9 yrs
112Bahrain30.0 yrs26.4 yrs
113Argentina29.9 yrs27.8 yrs
114French Polynesia29.8 yrs25.8 yrs
115Azerbaijan29.6 yrs26.7 yrs
116Guam29.6 yrs27.4 yrs
117Türkiye29.6 yrs26.0 yrs
118Grenada29.5 yrs25.0 yrs
119Tunisia29.4 yrs25.6 yrs
120Viet Nam29.2 yrs24.8 yrs
121Western Sahara29.0 yrs24.4 yrs
122Israel28.8 yrs27.7 yrs
123Iran (Islamic Republic of)28.7 yrs23.2 yrs
124Colombia28.6 yrs24.6 yrs
125Brunei Darussalam28.5 yrs26.5 yrs
126Lebanon28.4 yrs24.9 yrs
127Kazakhstan28.3 yrs27.4 yrs
128Indonesia27.9 yrs25.1 yrs
129Oman27.8 yrs21.7 yrs
130Jamaica27.8 yrs23.6 yrs
131Myanmar27.4 yrs24.2 yrs
132Panama27.3 yrs24.6 yrs
133Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)27.2 yrs23.1 yrs
134Peru27.1 yrs23.2 yrs
135Saudi Arabia27.0 yrs20.8 yrs
136Malaysia26.8 yrs23.2 yrs
137Algeria26.6 yrs23.2 yrs
138Maldives26.6 yrs20.4 yrs
139Suriname26.5 yrs24.4 yrs
140Morocco26.4 yrs23.0 yrs
141Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)26.3 yrs23.4 yrs
142Mexico26.3 yrs23.4 yrs
143Mongolia25.7 yrs22.7 yrs
144Fiji25.6 yrs22.9 yrs
145Ecuador25.4 yrs22.4 yrs
146Libya25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
147South Africa25.4 yrs22.1 yrs
148India25.3 yrs22.2 yrs
149Uzbekistan25.3 yrs21.9 yrs
150Tokelau25.3 yrs23.8 yrs
151Dominican Republic25.1 yrs22.4 yrs
152Bhutan24.9 yrs21.1 yrs
153Turkmenistan24.3 yrs21.3 yrs
154Cabo Verde24.2 yrs19.3 yrs
155American Samoa24.2 yrs21.4 yrs
156Kyrgyzstan24.0 yrs22.2 yrs
157Paraguay23.9 yrs20.4 yrs
158El Salvador23.8 yrs21.7 yrs
159Guyana23.7 yrs22.1 yrs
160Tuvalu23.7 yrs22.5 yrs
161Bangladesh23.5 yrs20.7 yrs
162Cambodia23.2 yrs19.1 yrs
163French Guiana23.1 yrs22.3 yrs
164Egypt22.9 yrs21.2 yrs
165Bolivia (Plurinational State of)22.8 yrs20.6 yrs
166Nicaragua22.7 yrs19.8 yrs
167Belize22.7 yrs19.6 yrs
168Philippines22.2 yrs19.9 yrs
169Djibouti22.0 yrs19.7 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic22.0 yrs17.8 yrs
171Botswana21.7 yrs20.1 yrs
172Haiti21.5 yrs19.2 yrs
173Jordan21.5 yrs19.7 yrs
174Kiribati21.3 yrs19.5 yrs
175Gabon21.2 yrs19.1 yrs
176Nepal21.2 yrs19.0 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)21.0 yrs19.4 yrs
178Honduras20.9 yrs18.0 yrs
179Equatorial Guinea20.9 yrs18.9 yrs
180Papua New Guinea20.8 yrs19.3 yrs
181Tajikistan20.7 yrs18.6 yrs
182Tonga20.7 yrs19.8 yrs
183Nauru20.5 yrs20.1 yrs
184Marshall Islands20.5 yrs18.7 yrs
185Namibia20.4 yrs18.5 yrs
186Lesotho20.4 yrs18.9 yrs
187Samoa20.1 yrs19.3 yrs
188Vanuatu20.1 yrs18.4 yrs
189Guatemala20.0 yrs17.4 yrs
190Eswatini19.9 yrs17.5 yrs
191Ghana19.8 yrs18.3 yrs
192Pakistan19.2 yrs17.8 yrs
193Solomon Islands18.9 yrs18.1 yrs
194Comoros18.8 yrs16.0 yrs
195Timor-Leste18.7 yrs17.6 yrs
196State of Palestine18.6 yrs16.0 yrs
197Iraq18.5 yrs17.4 yrs
198Syrian Arab Republic18.4 yrs18.7 yrs
199Rwanda18.3 yrs16.8 yrs
200Congo18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
201Togo18.2 yrs17.7 yrs
202Côte d'Ivoire17.9 yrs15.6 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe17.9 yrs17.5 yrs
204Yemen17.7 yrs15.3 yrs
205Sierra Leone17.7 yrs16.9 yrs
206Guinea-Bissau17.6 yrs16.7 yrs
207Kenya17.6 yrs16.3 yrs
208Liberia17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
209Senegal17.5 yrs17.1 yrs
210Madagascar17.5 yrs16.2 yrs
211South Sudan17.5 yrs16.4 yrs
212Eritrea17.4 yrs17.2 yrs
213Cameroon17.2 yrs16.6 yrs
214Benin17.1 yrs16.4 yrs
215Ethiopia17.0 yrs15.1 yrs
216Gambia16.9 yrs15.7 yrs
217Guinea16.9 yrs16.0 yrs
218Sudan16.8 yrs16.0 yrs
219Zimbabwe16.7 yrs17.5 yrs
220Nigeria16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
221Mauritania16.7 yrs16.5 yrs
222United Republic of Tanzania16.4 yrs16.3 yrs
223Mayotte16.4 yrs16.7 yrs
224Angola16.3 yrs16.2 yrs
225Zambia16.1 yrs15.2 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.0 yrs16.0 yrs
227Malawi16.0 yrs15.7 yrs
228Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
229Mozambique15.8 yrs16.0 yrs
230Afghanistan15.5 yrs14.0 yrs
231Burundi15.5 yrs15.7 yrs
232Somalia15.0 yrs14.9 yrs
233Mali14.9 yrs15.6 yrs
234Uganda14.8 yrs14.0 yrs
235Chad14.6 yrs14.6 yrs
236Central African Republic14.4 yrs16.1 yrs
237Niger14.3 yrs14.7 yrs

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