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Median age by country, 2017

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

2017
#Country / areaMedian age2007
1Holy See60.6 yrs58.8 yrs
2Monaco54.0 yrs46.1 yrs
3Saint Helena47.0 yrs43.6 yrs
4Japan46.5 yrs43.2 yrs
5Italy45.2 yrs41.5 yrs
6Martinique45.0 yrs37.0 yrs
7Germany44.9 yrs42.1 yrs
8San Marino44.3 yrs40.2 yrs
9Isle of Man44.2 yrs40.5 yrs
10Portugal43.7 yrs39.2 yrs
11Greece43.4 yrs39.1 yrs
12Saint Pierre and Miquelon43.4 yrs39.4 yrs
13Croatia43.2 yrs40.4 yrs
14Guernsey43.1 yrs39.8 yrs
15Bermuda43.1 yrs39.5 yrs
16Bulgaria43.0 yrs40.5 yrs
17Liechtenstein42.9 yrs38.6 yrs
18Serbia42.7 yrs40.5 yrs
19Lithuania42.7 yrs38.4 yrs
20China, Hong Kong SAR42.7 yrs38.7 yrs
21Slovenia42.6 yrs39.7 yrs
22Spain42.4 yrs38.2 yrs
23United States Virgin Islands42.4 yrs36.8 yrs
24Latvia42.3 yrs38.9 yrs
25Bosnia and Herzegovina42.2 yrs36.0 yrs
26Austria42.1 yrs39.7 yrs
27Guadeloupe42.1 yrs35.1 yrs
28Puerto Rico42.0 yrs34.6 yrs
29Finland41.6 yrs40.4 yrs
30Netherlands41.4 yrs38.7 yrs
31Jersey41.4 yrs38.6 yrs
32Switzerland41.4 yrs39.9 yrs
33Hungary41.4 yrs38.2 yrs
34Czechia41.2 yrs38.1 yrs
35Romania41.0 yrs36.9 yrs
36Republic of Korea41.0 yrs34.8 yrs
37Estonia40.9 yrs38.7 yrs
38Andorra40.8 yrs37.2 yrs
39Denmark40.7 yrs39.1 yrs
40France40.7 yrs38.4 yrs
41Belgium40.6 yrs39.6 yrs
42Cuba40.4 yrs35.7 yrs
43China, Taiwan Province of China40.0 yrs34.9 yrs
44Ukraine39.8 yrs38.0 yrs
45Canada39.8 yrs38.1 yrs
46Sweden39.7 yrs39.5 yrs
47Montserrat39.6 yrs37.4 yrs
48Aruba39.5 yrs36.0 yrs
49Malta39.5 yrs37.7 yrs
50Curaçao39.2 yrs36.5 yrs
51Gibraltar39.2 yrs38.1 yrs
52Slovakia39.0 yrs35.1 yrs
53Poland39.0 yrs36.1 yrs
54United Kingdom38.9 yrs37.8 yrs
55Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba38.9 yrs35.5 yrs
56Belarus38.8 yrs37.5 yrs
57Falkland Islands (Malvinas)38.7 yrs36.3 yrs
58Norway38.4 yrs37.3 yrs
59Luxembourg38.4 yrs37.6 yrs
60Sint Maarten (Dutch part)38.3 yrs33.2 yrs
61Faroe Islands38.1 yrs35.6 yrs
62Russian Federation38.0 yrs36.6 yrs
63North Macedonia37.8 yrs33.2 yrs
64Montenegro37.6 yrs34.4 yrs
65Barbados37.5 yrs34.6 yrs
66Saint Barthélemy37.4 yrs36.0 yrs
67Thailand36.7 yrs32.1 yrs
68United States of America36.6 yrs35.5 yrs
69Australia36.3 yrs35.8 yrs
70China, Macao SAR36.3 yrs33.7 yrs
71China36.3 yrs32.8 yrs
72New Zealand36.2 yrs35.1 yrs
73Ireland36.1 yrs32.4 yrs
74Georgia36.1 yrs34.7 yrs
75Turks and Caicos Islands36.0 yrs30.8 yrs
76British Virgin Islands35.9 yrs31.6 yrs
77Cayman Islands35.8 yrs33.5 yrs
78Republic of Moldova35.8 yrs32.6 yrs
79Niue35.7 yrs32.5 yrs
80Palau35.7 yrs32.2 yrs
81Iceland35.3 yrs33.6 yrs
82Cyprus35.3 yrs32.0 yrs
83Mauritius34.9 yrs30.5 yrs
84Kuwait34.6 yrs27.7 yrs
85Dem. People's Republic of Korea34.6 yrs32.1 yrs
86Anguilla34.5 yrs30.4 yrs
87Réunion34.5 yrs29.1 yrs
88Uruguay34.3 yrs32.2 yrs
89Albania33.9 yrs29.8 yrs
90Wallis and Futuna Islands33.9 yrs26.1 yrs
91Chile33.9 yrs30.7 yrs
92Trinidad and Tobago33.9 yrs29.2 yrs
93Saint Martin (French part)33.8 yrs29.2 yrs
94Singapore33.8 yrs32.6 yrs
95Armenia33.5 yrs30.4 yrs
96Greenland33.3 yrs32.6 yrs
97Dominica33.0 yrs29.3 yrs
98Northern Mariana Islands33.0 yrs31.9 yrs
99Antigua and Barbuda32.9 yrs29.5 yrs
100Saint Kitts and Nevis32.7 yrs28.2 yrs
101Bahamas32.6 yrs29.8 yrs
102Cook Islands31.8 yrs26.7 yrs
103Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31.7 yrs26.8 yrs
104Seychelles31.6 yrs29.0 yrs
105New Caledonia31.6 yrs27.9 yrs
106Brazil31.4 yrs26.9 yrs
107Sri Lanka31.3 yrs28.3 yrs
108Saint Lucia31.3 yrs25.8 yrs
109Costa Rica31.1 yrs26.8 yrs
110French Polynesia30.9 yrs26.5 yrs
111United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs30.6 yrs
112Qatar30.5 yrs29.1 yrs
113Grenada30.4 yrs25.9 yrs
114Bahrain30.4 yrs27.3 yrs
115Argentina30.3 yrs28.2 yrs
116Guam30.2 yrs27.8 yrs
117Azerbaijan30.1 yrs27.2 yrs
118Tunisia30.1 yrs26.6 yrs
119Türkiye30.1 yrs26.8 yrs
120Viet Nam29.8 yrs25.8 yrs
121Western Sahara29.8 yrs25.5 yrs
122Iran (Islamic Republic of)29.7 yrs24.4 yrs
123Colombia29.4 yrs25.3 yrs
124Brunei Darussalam29.2 yrs27.1 yrs
125Israel28.9 yrs28.0 yrs
126Jamaica28.8 yrs24.3 yrs
127Kazakhstan28.7 yrs27.4 yrs
128Oman28.5 yrs22.6 yrs
129Indonesia28.4 yrs25.7 yrs
130Lebanon28.4 yrs25.7 yrs
131Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)28.2 yrs24.0 yrs
132Saudi Arabia28.1 yrs21.8 yrs
133Myanmar27.9 yrs24.8 yrs
134Panama27.8 yrs25.1 yrs
135Peru27.6 yrs24.0 yrs
136Malaysia27.5 yrs23.8 yrs
137Maldives27.5 yrs21.5 yrs
138Morocco27.1 yrs23.7 yrs
139Algeria27.0 yrs24.0 yrs
140Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)27.0 yrs23.9 yrs
141Suriname26.9 yrs24.8 yrs
142Mexico26.9 yrs24.0 yrs
143Fiji26.2 yrs23.5 yrs
144Ecuador26.1 yrs22.9 yrs
145Mongolia26.1 yrs23.5 yrs
146South Africa26.1 yrs22.7 yrs
147India26.0 yrs22.8 yrs
148Bhutan25.9 yrs21.9 yrs
149Uzbekistan25.8 yrs22.6 yrs
150Dominican Republic25.8 yrs22.9 yrs
151Libya25.8 yrs23.2 yrs
152Tokelau25.6 yrs25.3 yrs
153American Samoa25.3 yrs21.6 yrs
154Cabo Verde25.2 yrs20.2 yrs
155Turkmenistan24.7 yrs22.0 yrs
156Paraguay24.6 yrs21.1 yrs
157El Salvador24.5 yrs22.1 yrs
158Kyrgyzstan24.2 yrs22.5 yrs
159Tuvalu24.2 yrs22.6 yrs
160French Guiana24.1 yrs21.9 yrs
161Guyana24.0 yrs22.6 yrs
162Cambodia24.0 yrs20.1 yrs
163Bangladesh24.0 yrs21.1 yrs
164Belize23.5 yrs20.1 yrs
165Nicaragua23.3 yrs20.3 yrs
166Bolivia (Plurinational State of)23.3 yrs21.0 yrs
167Egypt23.1 yrs21.6 yrs
168Philippines22.9 yrs20.3 yrs
169Djibouti22.6 yrs20.0 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic22.5 yrs18.6 yrs
171Jordan22.2 yrs20.1 yrs
172Haiti22.0 yrs19.6 yrs
173Nepal21.8 yrs19.5 yrs
174Botswana21.8 yrs20.7 yrs
175Kiribati21.6 yrs19.8 yrs
176Honduras21.6 yrs18.5 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)21.5 yrs20.0 yrs
178Gabon21.4 yrs19.5 yrs
179Papua New Guinea21.2 yrs19.5 yrs
180Equatorial Guinea21.1 yrs19.4 yrs
181Tajikistan21.0 yrs19.1 yrs
182Marshall Islands21.0 yrs19.2 yrs
183Tonga20.8 yrs19.9 yrs
184Guatemala20.6 yrs17.8 yrs
185Nauru20.6 yrs20.4 yrs
186Namibia20.6 yrs18.9 yrs
187Lesotho20.6 yrs19.2 yrs
188Eswatini20.4 yrs17.8 yrs
189Samoa20.3 yrs19.5 yrs
190Vanuatu20.2 yrs18.8 yrs
191Ghana20.0 yrs18.7 yrs
192Pakistan19.4 yrs18.2 yrs
193Timor-Leste19.3 yrs17.6 yrs
194Solomon Islands19.1 yrs18.3 yrs
195Comoros19.0 yrs16.6 yrs
196Iraq18.9 yrs17.6 yrs
197State of Palestine18.9 yrs16.5 yrs
198Syrian Arab Republic18.6 yrs19.9 yrs
199Rwanda18.5 yrs17.1 yrs
200Togo18.3 yrs17.9 yrs
201Kenya18.1 yrs16.6 yrs
202Congo18.1 yrs18.5 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe18.0 yrs17.6 yrs
204Sierra Leone18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
205Yemen17.9 yrs15.8 yrs
206Madagascar17.9 yrs16.4 yrs
207Guinea-Bissau17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
208Côte d'Ivoire17.8 yrs15.5 yrs
209Senegal17.8 yrs17.3 yrs
210Liberia17.6 yrs17.3 yrs
211Ethiopia17.5 yrs15.3 yrs
212Eritrea17.5 yrs17.0 yrs
213Cameroon17.3 yrs16.7 yrs
214Sudan17.2 yrs16.1 yrs
215Benin17.2 yrs16.5 yrs
216Gambia17.1 yrs15.9 yrs
217Guinea17.1 yrs16.1 yrs
218Zimbabwe16.9 yrs17.5 yrs
219Nigeria16.8 yrs16.8 yrs
220United Republic of Tanzania16.7 yrs16.2 yrs
221Mauritania16.7 yrs16.5 yrs
222Zambia16.4 yrs15.4 yrs
223Angola16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
224Malawi16.3 yrs15.7 yrs
225Burkina Faso16.2 yrs16.0 yrs
226Mayotte16.2 yrs16.7 yrs
227South Sudan16.1 yrs16.8 yrs
228Afghanistan15.9 yrs14.2 yrs
229Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
230Mozambique15.9 yrs16.0 yrs
231Uganda15.2 yrs14.0 yrs
232Somalia15.1 yrs14.6 yrs
233Burundi15.0 yrs15.9 yrs
234Mali14.9 yrs15.5 yrs
235Chad14.7 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.5 yrs14.5 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs16.0 yrs

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