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Median age by country, 2016

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

2016
#Country / areaMedian age2006
1Holy See60.6 yrs58.1 yrs
2Monaco53.5 yrs45.8 yrs
3Saint Helena46.2 yrs42.4 yrs
4Japan46.2 yrs42.9 yrs
5Italy44.8 yrs41.2 yrs
6Germany44.8 yrs41.5 yrs
7San Marino43.9 yrs39.8 yrs
8Isle of Man43.9 yrs40.2 yrs
9Martinique43.8 yrs36.6 yrs
10Saint Pierre and Miquelon43.5 yrs39.0 yrs
11Portugal43.3 yrs38.8 yrs
12Greece43.1 yrs38.7 yrs
13Guernsey42.9 yrs39.4 yrs
14Bulgaria42.8 yrs40.3 yrs
15Croatia42.7 yrs40.2 yrs
16Bermuda42.7 yrs39.1 yrs
17Serbia42.5 yrs40.4 yrs
18Liechtenstein42.5 yrs38.1 yrs
19Slovenia42.3 yrs39.4 yrs
20Lithuania42.3 yrs38.0 yrs
21China, Hong Kong SAR42.2 yrs38.3 yrs
22Austria42.0 yrs39.3 yrs
23Spain42.0 yrs38.0 yrs
24Latvia42.0 yrs38.7 yrs
25Bosnia and Herzegovina41.7 yrs35.5 yrs
26Finland41.5 yrs40.2 yrs
27United States Virgin Islands41.5 yrs36.3 yrs
28Netherlands41.3 yrs38.3 yrs
29Switzerland41.3 yrs39.6 yrs
30Guadeloupe41.1 yrs34.7 yrs
31Jersey41.1 yrs38.3 yrs
32Hungary41.1 yrs38.0 yrs
33Czechia40.8 yrs38.0 yrs
34Puerto Rico40.8 yrs34.1 yrs
35Estonia40.7 yrs38.5 yrs
36Denmark40.6 yrs38.8 yrs
37Romania40.6 yrs36.4 yrs
38France40.5 yrs38.1 yrs
39Belgium40.5 yrs39.4 yrs
40Republic of Korea40.5 yrs34.2 yrs
41Andorra40.4 yrs36.9 yrs
42Cuba40.1 yrs35.2 yrs
43Sweden39.9 yrs39.4 yrs
44Canada39.7 yrs37.9 yrs
45Ukraine39.5 yrs37.9 yrs
46Malta39.5 yrs37.4 yrs
47China, Taiwan Province of China39.5 yrs34.4 yrs
48Montserrat39.4 yrs37.4 yrs
49Aruba39.2 yrs35.5 yrs
50Gibraltar39.2 yrs38.0 yrs
51Curaçao39.1 yrs36.0 yrs
52United Kingdom38.8 yrs37.6 yrs
53Poland38.7 yrs35.9 yrs
54Slovakia38.6 yrs34.8 yrs
55Belarus38.6 yrs37.3 yrs
56Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba38.5 yrs35.0 yrs
57Falkland Islands (Malvinas)38.4 yrs35.9 yrs
58Norway38.3 yrs37.1 yrs
59Luxembourg38.3 yrs37.4 yrs
60Faroe Islands38.2 yrs35.3 yrs
61Russian Federation37.8 yrs36.5 yrs
62Sint Maarten (Dutch part)37.7 yrs32.8 yrs
63North Macedonia37.3 yrs32.8 yrs
64Saint Barthélemy37.2 yrs35.8 yrs
65Barbados37.2 yrs34.3 yrs
66Montenegro37.2 yrs34.0 yrs
67United States of America36.5 yrs35.4 yrs
68Australia36.3 yrs35.6 yrs
69Thailand36.3 yrs31.7 yrs
70New Zealand36.3 yrs34.8 yrs
71China, Macao SAR36.2 yrs33.2 yrs
72Georgia36.1 yrs34.5 yrs
73China36.0 yrs32.3 yrs
74Ireland35.7 yrs32.4 yrs
75Turks and Caicos Islands35.6 yrs30.2 yrs
76Cayman Islands35.5 yrs33.3 yrs
77Niue35.4 yrs32.1 yrs
78Republic of Moldova35.4 yrs32.3 yrs
79Palau35.3 yrs31.8 yrs
80Iceland35.2 yrs33.5 yrs
81Cyprus34.9 yrs31.8 yrs
82British Virgin Islands34.7 yrs31.2 yrs
83Mauritius34.4 yrs30.1 yrs
84Dem. People's Republic of Korea34.4 yrs31.8 yrs
85Uruguay34.2 yrs32.0 yrs
86Anguilla34.0 yrs30.0 yrs
87Kuwait33.7 yrs27.6 yrs
88Albania33.6 yrs29.2 yrs
89Chile33.6 yrs30.3 yrs
90Singapore33.5 yrs32.6 yrs
91Réunion33.5 yrs28.9 yrs
92Trinidad and Tobago33.4 yrs28.8 yrs
93Wallis and Futuna Islands33.3 yrs25.3 yrs
94Greenland33.2 yrs32.6 yrs
95Armenia33.1 yrs30.2 yrs
96Saint Martin (French part)33.0 yrs29.0 yrs
97Northern Mariana Islands32.9 yrs31.4 yrs
98Antigua and Barbuda32.5 yrs29.2 yrs
99Saint Kitts and Nevis32.2 yrs27.9 yrs
100Bahamas32.2 yrs29.6 yrs
101Dominica31.7 yrs29.0 yrs
102Cook Islands31.4 yrs26.1 yrs
103Seychelles31.3 yrs28.6 yrs
104Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.2 yrs26.3 yrs
105New Caledonia31.1 yrs27.4 yrs
106Sri Lanka31.0 yrs28.0 yrs
107Saint Lucia30.9 yrs25.2 yrs
108Brazil30.9 yrs26.4 yrs
109United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs30.4 yrs
110Costa Rica30.6 yrs26.4 yrs
111Qatar30.3 yrs29.6 yrs
112French Polynesia30.3 yrs26.1 yrs
113Argentina30.1 yrs28.0 yrs
114Bahrain30.1 yrs26.8 yrs
115Azerbaijan29.9 yrs26.9 yrs
116Guam29.9 yrs27.6 yrs
117Grenada29.9 yrs25.4 yrs
118Türkiye29.9 yrs26.4 yrs
119Tunisia29.7 yrs26.1 yrs
120Viet Nam29.5 yrs25.3 yrs
121Western Sahara29.4 yrs25.0 yrs
122Iran (Islamic Republic of)29.2 yrs23.8 yrs
123Colombia29.0 yrs25.0 yrs
124Israel28.8 yrs27.9 yrs
125Brunei Darussalam28.8 yrs26.9 yrs
126Kazakhstan28.5 yrs27.4 yrs
127Lebanon28.4 yrs25.3 yrs
128Jamaica28.3 yrs23.9 yrs
129Oman28.2 yrs22.1 yrs
130Indonesia28.1 yrs25.4 yrs
131Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)27.7 yrs23.5 yrs
132Saudi Arabia27.6 yrs21.2 yrs
133Myanmar27.6 yrs24.5 yrs
134Panama27.5 yrs24.8 yrs
135Peru27.3 yrs23.6 yrs
136Malaysia27.1 yrs23.5 yrs
137Maldives27.0 yrs20.9 yrs
138Algeria26.8 yrs23.6 yrs
139Morocco26.8 yrs23.3 yrs
140Suriname26.7 yrs24.6 yrs
141Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)26.7 yrs23.7 yrs
142Mexico26.6 yrs23.7 yrs
143Fiji25.9 yrs23.2 yrs
144Mongolia25.9 yrs23.1 yrs
145Ecuador25.7 yrs22.6 yrs
146South Africa25.7 yrs22.4 yrs
147India25.6 yrs22.5 yrs
148Libya25.6 yrs22.9 yrs
149Uzbekistan25.5 yrs22.3 yrs
150Tokelau25.5 yrs24.7 yrs
151Dominican Republic25.4 yrs22.6 yrs
152Bhutan25.4 yrs21.5 yrs
153American Samoa24.8 yrs21.5 yrs
154Cabo Verde24.7 yrs19.8 yrs
155Turkmenistan24.5 yrs21.6 yrs
156El Salvador24.2 yrs21.9 yrs
157Paraguay24.2 yrs20.7 yrs
158Kyrgyzstan24.1 yrs22.4 yrs
159Tuvalu23.9 yrs22.5 yrs
160Guyana23.8 yrs22.4 yrs
161Bangladesh23.8 yrs20.9 yrs
162Cambodia23.6 yrs19.6 yrs
163French Guiana23.6 yrs22.1 yrs
164Belize23.1 yrs19.8 yrs
165Egypt23.0 yrs21.4 yrs
166Nicaragua23.0 yrs20.1 yrs
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)23.0 yrs20.8 yrs
168Philippines22.6 yrs20.1 yrs
169Djibouti22.3 yrs19.8 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic22.3 yrs18.1 yrs
171Haiti21.8 yrs19.4 yrs
172Jordan21.8 yrs19.9 yrs
173Botswana21.7 yrs20.4 yrs
174Kiribati21.5 yrs19.6 yrs
175Nepal21.5 yrs19.2 yrs
176Gabon21.3 yrs19.3 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)21.3 yrs19.7 yrs
178Honduras21.2 yrs18.2 yrs
179Papua New Guinea21.0 yrs19.4 yrs
180Equatorial Guinea21.0 yrs19.1 yrs
181Tajikistan20.9 yrs18.8 yrs
182Marshall Islands20.8 yrs18.9 yrs
183Tonga20.7 yrs19.8 yrs
184Nauru20.5 yrs20.3 yrs
185Namibia20.5 yrs18.7 yrs
186Lesotho20.4 yrs19.0 yrs
187Guatemala20.3 yrs17.6 yrs
188Eswatini20.2 yrs17.6 yrs
189Samoa20.2 yrs19.4 yrs
190Vanuatu20.2 yrs18.6 yrs
191Ghana19.9 yrs18.5 yrs
192Pakistan19.3 yrs18.0 yrs
193Solomon Islands19.0 yrs18.2 yrs
194Timor-Leste19.0 yrs17.6 yrs
195Comoros18.9 yrs16.3 yrs
196State of Palestine18.8 yrs16.3 yrs
197Iraq18.7 yrs17.4 yrs
198Syrian Arab Republic18.4 yrs19.2 yrs
199Rwanda18.4 yrs17.0 yrs
200Togo18.2 yrs17.8 yrs
201Congo18.1 yrs18.3 yrs
202Kenya17.9 yrs16.5 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe17.9 yrs17.6 yrs
204Yemen17.8 yrs15.6 yrs
205Côte d'Ivoire17.8 yrs15.5 yrs
206Sierra Leone17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau17.7 yrs16.8 yrs
208Madagascar17.7 yrs16.3 yrs
209Senegal17.6 yrs17.2 yrs
210Liberia17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
211Eritrea17.4 yrs17.1 yrs
212Ethiopia17.3 yrs15.2 yrs
213Cameroon17.3 yrs16.6 yrs
214Benin17.1 yrs16.5 yrs
215Gambia17.0 yrs15.8 yrs
216Guinea17.0 yrs16.0 yrs
217Sudan17.0 yrs16.1 yrs
218South Sudan17.0 yrs16.6 yrs
219Zimbabwe16.8 yrs17.5 yrs
220Nigeria16.7 yrs16.8 yrs
221Mauritania16.7 yrs16.5 yrs
222United Republic of Tanzania16.6 yrs16.3 yrs
223Angola16.3 yrs16.2 yrs
224Zambia16.3 yrs15.3 yrs
225Mayotte16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.1 yrs16.0 yrs
227Malawi16.1 yrs15.7 yrs
228Mozambique15.9 yrs16.0 yrs
229Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.9 yrs
230Afghanistan15.7 yrs14.1 yrs
231Burundi15.1 yrs15.8 yrs
232Uganda15.0 yrs14.0 yrs
233Somalia15.0 yrs14.8 yrs
234Mali14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
235Chad14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.4 yrs14.6 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs16.0 yrs

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