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Median age by country, 2018

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

2018
#Country / areaMedian age2008
1Holy See60.4 yrs59.6 yrs
2Monaco54.5 yrs46.6 yrs
3Saint Helena47.8 yrs44.4 yrs
4Japan46.9 yrs43.5 yrs
5Martinique46.2 yrs37.5 yrs
6Italy45.6 yrs41.8 yrs
7Germany44.9 yrs42.5 yrs
8San Marino44.8 yrs40.6 yrs
9Isle of Man44.5 yrs40.7 yrs
10Portugal44.2 yrs39.6 yrs
11Greece43.7 yrs39.5 yrs
12Saint Pierre and Miquelon43.7 yrs39.7 yrs
13Croatia43.6 yrs40.6 yrs
14Bermuda43.5 yrs39.6 yrs
15Guernsey43.4 yrs40.1 yrs
16Bulgaria43.3 yrs40.7 yrs
17Liechtenstein43.2 yrs39.1 yrs
18China, Hong Kong SAR43.2 yrs39.1 yrs
19United States Virgin Islands43.2 yrs37.3 yrs
20Puerto Rico43.1 yrs35.1 yrs
21Guadeloupe43.0 yrs35.5 yrs
22Lithuania43.0 yrs38.8 yrs
23Serbia42.9 yrs40.8 yrs
24Spain42.8 yrs38.4 yrs
25Slovenia42.8 yrs40.0 yrs
26Bosnia and Herzegovina42.8 yrs36.7 yrs
27Latvia42.5 yrs39.1 yrs
28Austria42.3 yrs40.1 yrs
29Hungary41.8 yrs38.4 yrs
30Finland41.8 yrs40.7 yrs
31Jersey41.7 yrs38.9 yrs
32Czechia41.6 yrs38.3 yrs
33Republic of Korea41.6 yrs35.4 yrs
34Netherlands41.5 yrs39.0 yrs
35Switzerland41.5 yrs40.1 yrs
36Andorra41.3 yrs37.6 yrs
37Romania41.3 yrs37.4 yrs
38Estonia41.0 yrs38.8 yrs
39Denmark40.9 yrs39.3 yrs
40France40.9 yrs38.6 yrs
41Cuba40.8 yrs36.3 yrs
42Belgium40.7 yrs39.7 yrs
43China, Taiwan Province of China40.6 yrs35.4 yrs
44Ukraine40.2 yrs38.2 yrs
45Montserrat39.9 yrs37.5 yrs
46Aruba39.8 yrs36.4 yrs
47Canada39.8 yrs38.3 yrs
48Sweden39.6 yrs39.6 yrs
49Slovakia39.4 yrs35.5 yrs
50Poland39.4 yrs36.4 yrs
51Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.2 yrs36.0 yrs
52Gibraltar39.2 yrs38.2 yrs
53Malta39.2 yrs38.0 yrs
54Falkland Islands (Malvinas)39.1 yrs36.6 yrs
55United Kingdom39.0 yrs37.9 yrs
56Belarus39.0 yrs37.6 yrs
57Sint Maarten (Dutch part)38.9 yrs33.6 yrs
58Norway38.6 yrs37.4 yrs
59Luxembourg38.5 yrs37.7 yrs
60North Macedonia38.3 yrs33.7 yrs
61Russian Federation38.2 yrs36.7 yrs
62Montenegro38.0 yrs34.7 yrs
63Faroe Islands37.9 yrs35.9 yrs
64Barbados37.7 yrs35.0 yrs
65Saint Barthélemy37.6 yrs36.3 yrs
66Curaçao37.4 yrs37.0 yrs
67Thailand37.2 yrs32.6 yrs
68United States of America36.8 yrs35.7 yrs
69China36.6 yrs33.3 yrs
70Ireland36.5 yrs32.5 yrs
71China, Macao SAR36.5 yrs34.2 yrs
72Australia36.4 yrs35.8 yrs
73Turks and Caicos Islands36.3 yrs31.3 yrs
74Georgia36.2 yrs34.8 yrs
75New Zealand36.2 yrs35.4 yrs
76Cayman Islands36.1 yrs33.8 yrs
77Palau36.1 yrs32.6 yrs
78Republic of Moldova36.1 yrs32.9 yrs
79Niue36.0 yrs32.8 yrs
80British Virgin Islands35.8 yrs31.9 yrs
81Cyprus35.7 yrs32.3 yrs
82Iceland35.4 yrs33.5 yrs
83Kuwait35.4 yrs27.9 yrs
84Réunion35.4 yrs29.4 yrs
85Saint Martin (French part)35.3 yrs29.5 yrs
86Mauritius35.2 yrs30.9 yrs
87Anguilla35.0 yrs30.8 yrs
88Dem. People's Republic of Korea34.9 yrs32.5 yrs
89Wallis and Futuna Islands34.5 yrs27.0 yrs
90Uruguay34.5 yrs32.5 yrs
91Albania34.3 yrs30.4 yrs
92Trinidad and Tobago34.3 yrs29.7 yrs
93Chile34.1 yrs31.0 yrs
94Singapore34.0 yrs32.5 yrs
95Armenia33.9 yrs30.7 yrs
96Dominica33.5 yrs29.7 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda33.4 yrs29.8 yrs
98Greenland33.4 yrs32.6 yrs
99Saint Kitts and Nevis33.2 yrs28.6 yrs
100Northern Mariana Islands33.1 yrs32.3 yrs
101Bahamas32.9 yrs30.1 yrs
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32.2 yrs27.3 yrs
103Cook Islands32.1 yrs27.3 yrs
104New Caledonia32.0 yrs28.4 yrs
105Seychelles31.9 yrs29.4 yrs
106Brazil31.8 yrs27.3 yrs
107Saint Lucia31.7 yrs26.8 yrs
108Sri Lanka31.6 yrs28.6 yrs
109French Polynesia31.6 yrs26.9 yrs
110Costa Rica31.5 yrs27.2 yrs
111Grenada30.9 yrs26.4 yrs
112United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs30.6 yrs
113Qatar30.8 yrs29.1 yrs
114Bahrain30.7 yrs27.9 yrs
115Argentina30.5 yrs28.4 yrs
116Guam30.5 yrs27.9 yrs
117Tunisia30.4 yrs27.0 yrs
118Türkiye30.4 yrs27.3 yrs
119Azerbaijan30.3 yrs27.5 yrs
120Iran (Islamic Republic of)30.3 yrs25.0 yrs
121Viet Nam30.2 yrs26.3 yrs
122Western Sahara30.2 yrs26.0 yrs
123Colombia29.7 yrs25.7 yrs
124Brunei Darussalam29.6 yrs27.0 yrs
125Jamaica29.3 yrs24.6 yrs
126Israel28.9 yrs28.2 yrs
127Kazakhstan28.9 yrs27.4 yrs
128Oman28.8 yrs23.1 yrs
129Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)28.7 yrs24.4 yrs
130Indonesia28.6 yrs26.0 yrs
131Saudi Arabia28.3 yrs22.3 yrs
132Lebanon28.3 yrs26.1 yrs
133Myanmar28.2 yrs25.1 yrs
134Panama28.1 yrs25.4 yrs
135Maldives28.0 yrs22.1 yrs
136Peru27.9 yrs24.4 yrs
137Malaysia27.8 yrs24.1 yrs
138Morocco27.5 yrs24.0 yrs
139Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)27.4 yrs24.2 yrs
140Mexico27.3 yrs24.3 yrs
141Algeria27.2 yrs24.4 yrs
142Suriname27.1 yrs25.0 yrs
143Ecuador26.5 yrs23.2 yrs
144Fiji26.5 yrs23.8 yrs
145Bhutan26.5 yrs22.2 yrs
146South Africa26.5 yrs23.0 yrs
147India26.3 yrs23.1 yrs
148Mongolia26.3 yrs23.8 yrs
149Uzbekistan26.1 yrs22.9 yrs
150Dominican Republic26.1 yrs23.2 yrs
151Libya26.0 yrs23.6 yrs
152American Samoa25.8 yrs21.6 yrs
153Tokelau25.7 yrs25.5 yrs
154Cabo Verde25.6 yrs20.6 yrs
155El Salvador24.9 yrs22.2 yrs
156Turkmenistan24.9 yrs22.3 yrs
157Paraguay24.9 yrs21.4 yrs
158French Guiana24.6 yrs21.8 yrs
159Cambodia24.4 yrs20.5 yrs
160Guyana24.3 yrs22.8 yrs
161Kyrgyzstan24.3 yrs22.6 yrs
162Tuvalu24.3 yrs22.7 yrs
163Bangladesh24.2 yrs21.4 yrs
164Belize23.9 yrs20.3 yrs
165Nicaragua23.6 yrs20.6 yrs
166Bolivia (Plurinational State of)23.5 yrs21.1 yrs
167Philippines23.3 yrs20.5 yrs
168Egypt23.2 yrs21.9 yrs
169Djibouti22.9 yrs20.3 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic22.8 yrs19.0 yrs
171Jordan22.5 yrs20.3 yrs
172Haiti22.3 yrs19.8 yrs
173Nepal22.1 yrs19.7 yrs
174Botswana21.9 yrs21.0 yrs
175Honduras21.9 yrs18.8 yrs
176Kiribati21.8 yrs20.0 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)21.7 yrs20.1 yrs
178Gabon21.4 yrs19.8 yrs
179Papua New Guinea21.4 yrs19.7 yrs
180Marshall Islands21.2 yrs19.4 yrs
181Tajikistan21.1 yrs19.4 yrs
182Equatorial Guinea21.1 yrs19.6 yrs
183Guatemala20.9 yrs18.1 yrs
184Tonga20.9 yrs20.0 yrs
185Nauru20.8 yrs20.6 yrs
186Eswatini20.7 yrs18.0 yrs
187Namibia20.7 yrs19.0 yrs
188Lesotho20.7 yrs19.4 yrs
189Samoa20.4 yrs19.6 yrs
190Vanuatu20.2 yrs19.1 yrs
191Ghana20.1 yrs18.9 yrs
192Timor-Leste19.6 yrs17.6 yrs
193Pakistan19.5 yrs18.4 yrs
194Solomon Islands19.3 yrs18.4 yrs
195Comoros19.2 yrs16.9 yrs
196Iraq19.1 yrs17.7 yrs
197Syrian Arab Republic19.1 yrs20.3 yrs
198State of Palestine19.0 yrs16.8 yrs
199Rwanda18.6 yrs17.3 yrs
200Kenya18.3 yrs16.7 yrs
201Togo18.3 yrs17.9 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe18.2 yrs17.6 yrs
203Sierra Leone18.2 yrs17.0 yrs
204Congo18.1 yrs18.5 yrs
205Madagascar18.1 yrs16.4 yrs
206Guinea-Bissau18.0 yrs16.9 yrs
207Senegal18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
208Yemen17.9 yrs16.1 yrs
209Côte d'Ivoire17.8 yrs15.8 yrs
210Ethiopia17.7 yrs15.4 yrs
211Liberia17.7 yrs17.3 yrs
212Eritrea17.6 yrs17.2 yrs
213Sudan17.5 yrs16.2 yrs
214Cameroon17.3 yrs16.7 yrs
215Gambia17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
216Guinea17.3 yrs16.1 yrs
217Benin17.3 yrs16.6 yrs
218Zimbabwe17.0 yrs17.4 yrs
219Nigeria16.9 yrs16.7 yrs
220United Republic of Tanzania16.8 yrs16.2 yrs
221Mauritania16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
222Zambia16.6 yrs15.4 yrs
223Mayotte16.5 yrs16.6 yrs
224Malawi16.5 yrs15.7 yrs
225Angola16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.3 yrs16.0 yrs
227Afghanistan16.1 yrs14.3 yrs
228South Sudan16.1 yrs17.1 yrs
229Mozambique16.0 yrs15.9 yrs
230Democratic Republic of the Congo15.9 yrs15.8 yrs
231Uganda15.5 yrs14.1 yrs
232Somalia15.2 yrs14.5 yrs
233Burundi15.0 yrs16.0 yrs
234Mali14.9 yrs15.4 yrs
235Chad14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.6 yrs14.4 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs16.0 yrs

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