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Median age by country, 2019

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

2019
#Country / areaMedian age2009
1Holy See60.3 yrs60.3 yrs
2Monaco54.6 yrs47.3 yrs
3Saint Helena48.5 yrs44.6 yrs
4Japan47.3 yrs43.9 yrs
5Martinique47.0 yrs38.2 yrs
6Italy46.0 yrs42.2 yrs
7San Marino45.3 yrs41.0 yrs
8Germany44.9 yrs42.9 yrs
9Isle of Man44.8 yrs41.0 yrs
10Portugal44.6 yrs40.0 yrs
11Saint Pierre and Miquelon44.5 yrs40.1 yrs
12United States Virgin Islands44.1 yrs37.7 yrs
13Greece44.0 yrs39.9 yrs
14Croatia44.0 yrs40.8 yrs
15Guadeloupe43.9 yrs36.2 yrs
16Puerto Rico43.8 yrs35.6 yrs
17China, Hong Kong SAR43.8 yrs39.5 yrs
18Bermuda43.7 yrs39.7 yrs
19Guernsey43.6 yrs40.5 yrs
20Bulgaria43.6 yrs40.9 yrs
21Liechtenstein43.4 yrs39.6 yrs
22Bosnia and Herzegovina43.3 yrs37.4 yrs
23Serbia43.2 yrs41.0 yrs
24Spain43.1 yrs38.8 yrs
25Lithuania43.1 yrs39.1 yrs
26Slovenia43.0 yrs40.3 yrs
27Latvia42.6 yrs39.5 yrs
28Austria42.4 yrs40.5 yrs
29Republic of Korea42.2 yrs36.0 yrs
30Jersey42.1 yrs39.2 yrs
31Hungary42.1 yrs38.6 yrs
32Czechia42.0 yrs38.5 yrs
33Finland42.0 yrs40.9 yrs
34Andorra41.7 yrs38.1 yrs
35Switzerland41.6 yrs40.3 yrs
36Romania41.6 yrs37.9 yrs
37Netherlands41.5 yrs39.3 yrs
38Estonia41.2 yrs39.0 yrs
39Cuba41.1 yrs36.8 yrs
40France41.1 yrs38.8 yrs
41China, Taiwan Province of China41.1 yrs36.0 yrs
42Denmark41.0 yrs39.4 yrs
43Belgium40.7 yrs39.8 yrs
44Ukraine40.5 yrs38.4 yrs
45Montserrat40.3 yrs37.6 yrs
46Aruba40.1 yrs36.8 yrs
47Canada39.8 yrs38.5 yrs
48Slovakia39.8 yrs35.8 yrs
49Poland39.7 yrs36.7 yrs
50Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.6 yrs36.5 yrs
51Sint Maarten (Dutch part)39.6 yrs34.0 yrs
52Sweden39.5 yrs39.7 yrs
53Falkland Islands (Malvinas)39.5 yrs37.0 yrs
54Belarus39.3 yrs37.8 yrs
55United Kingdom39.1 yrs38.1 yrs
56Gibraltar39.1 yrs38.3 yrs
57Malta38.9 yrs38.3 yrs
58North Macedonia38.9 yrs34.1 yrs
59Norway38.8 yrs37.6 yrs
60Saint Martin (French part)38.6 yrs29.9 yrs
61Luxembourg38.5 yrs37.8 yrs
62Russian Federation38.4 yrs36.9 yrs
63Montenegro38.3 yrs35.0 yrs
64Saint Barthélemy38.0 yrs36.5 yrs
65Barbados37.9 yrs35.3 yrs
66Faroe Islands37.9 yrs36.2 yrs
67Thailand37.7 yrs33.0 yrs
68United States of America37.0 yrs35.8 yrs
69China37.0 yrs33.7 yrs
70Ireland36.9 yrs32.9 yrs
71China, Macao SAR36.7 yrs34.7 yrs
72Curaçao36.6 yrs37.5 yrs
73Turks and Caicos Islands36.6 yrs31.9 yrs
74Australia36.5 yrs35.9 yrs
75Republic of Moldova36.5 yrs33.2 yrs
76Cayman Islands36.4 yrs34.1 yrs
77Palau36.4 yrs32.9 yrs
78Georgia36.3 yrs35.0 yrs
79New Zealand36.3 yrs35.7 yrs
80Kuwait36.2 yrs28.2 yrs
81Cyprus36.1 yrs32.6 yrs
82Niue35.9 yrs33.2 yrs
83Réunion35.9 yrs29.8 yrs
84British Virgin Islands35.9 yrs32.2 yrs
85Mauritius35.6 yrs31.4 yrs
86Iceland35.5 yrs33.6 yrs
87Anguilla35.5 yrs31.2 yrs
88Wallis and Futuna Islands35.1 yrs27.9 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea35.1 yrs32.8 yrs
90Uruguay34.8 yrs32.7 yrs
91Albania34.7 yrs31.0 yrs
92Trinidad and Tobago34.7 yrs30.1 yrs
93Armenia34.5 yrs31.0 yrs
94Chile34.3 yrs31.4 yrs
95Singapore34.2 yrs32.5 yrs
96Dominica34.0 yrs30.0 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda33.8 yrs30.0 yrs
98Saint Kitts and Nevis33.7 yrs29.0 yrs
99Greenland33.5 yrs32.6 yrs
100Bahamas33.3 yrs30.3 yrs
101Northern Mariana Islands33.3 yrs32.5 yrs
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines32.7 yrs27.8 yrs
103Cook Islands32.5 yrs28.0 yrs
104New Caledonia32.5 yrs28.9 yrs
105French Polynesia32.4 yrs27.3 yrs
106Brazil32.3 yrs27.7 yrs
107Seychelles32.2 yrs29.8 yrs
108Saint Lucia32.2 yrs27.7 yrs
109Costa Rica32.0 yrs27.6 yrs
110Sri Lanka31.8 yrs28.9 yrs
111Grenada31.4 yrs26.9 yrs
112Qatar31.2 yrs29.8 yrs
113Bahrain31.2 yrs28.5 yrs
114United Arab Emirates30.8 yrs30.6 yrs
115Argentina30.8 yrs28.7 yrs
116Iran (Islamic Republic of)30.8 yrs25.5 yrs
117Tunisia30.8 yrs27.4 yrs
118Türkiye30.8 yrs27.7 yrs
119Azerbaijan30.7 yrs27.8 yrs
120Guam30.7 yrs27.9 yrs
121Viet Nam30.6 yrs26.8 yrs
122Western Sahara30.6 yrs26.4 yrs
123Colombia30.1 yrs26.1 yrs
124Brunei Darussalam30.0 yrs27.0 yrs
125Jamaica29.8 yrs25.1 yrs
126Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)29.3 yrs24.9 yrs
127Kazakhstan29.1 yrs27.4 yrs
128Israel28.9 yrs28.3 yrs
129Indonesia28.9 yrs26.3 yrs
130Oman28.9 yrs23.6 yrs
131Maldives28.5 yrs22.8 yrs
132Saudi Arabia28.4 yrs22.9 yrs
133Panama28.4 yrs25.6 yrs
134Myanmar28.4 yrs25.4 yrs
135Peru28.2 yrs24.8 yrs
136Malaysia28.2 yrs24.5 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)27.9 yrs24.5 yrs
138Morocco27.9 yrs24.4 yrs
139Lebanon27.9 yrs26.5 yrs
140Mexico27.6 yrs24.5 yrs
141Algeria27.4 yrs24.8 yrs
142Suriname27.3 yrs25.2 yrs
143Bhutan27.1 yrs22.6 yrs
144Ecuador26.9 yrs23.5 yrs
145South Africa26.9 yrs23.3 yrs
146Fiji26.8 yrs24.0 yrs
147India26.7 yrs23.3 yrs
148Uzbekistan26.4 yrs23.3 yrs
149Dominican Republic26.4 yrs23.5 yrs
150Mongolia26.3 yrs24.1 yrs
151American Samoa26.3 yrs21.4 yrs
152Libya26.2 yrs24.0 yrs
153Cabo Verde26.0 yrs21.0 yrs
154Tokelau25.8 yrs25.5 yrs
155El Salvador25.3 yrs22.4 yrs
156Paraguay25.2 yrs21.8 yrs
157Turkmenistan25.1 yrs22.6 yrs
158French Guiana25.0 yrs22.0 yrs
159Cambodia24.8 yrs20.9 yrs
160Guyana24.6 yrs23.0 yrs
161Kyrgyzstan24.5 yrs22.8 yrs
162Bangladesh24.4 yrs21.6 yrs
163Tuvalu24.3 yrs22.9 yrs
164Belize24.3 yrs20.5 yrs
165Nicaragua24.0 yrs20.9 yrs
166Bolivia (Plurinational State of)23.8 yrs21.3 yrs
167Philippines23.7 yrs20.6 yrs
168Egypt23.3 yrs22.0 yrs
169Djibouti23.2 yrs20.5 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic23.1 yrs19.5 yrs
171Jordan22.9 yrs20.5 yrs
172Nepal22.7 yrs20.0 yrs
173Haiti22.5 yrs20.0 yrs
174Honduras22.2 yrs19.1 yrs
175Botswana22.1 yrs21.2 yrs
176Kiribati22.0 yrs20.1 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)21.9 yrs20.2 yrs
178Gabon21.5 yrs20.0 yrs
179Papua New Guinea21.5 yrs19.8 yrs
180Tajikistan21.3 yrs19.6 yrs
181Marshall Islands21.3 yrs19.5 yrs
182Guatemala21.2 yrs18.3 yrs
183Equatorial Guinea21.2 yrs19.9 yrs
184Eswatini21.0 yrs18.3 yrs
185Tonga20.9 yrs20.1 yrs
186Nauru20.9 yrs20.7 yrs
187Lesotho20.8 yrs19.5 yrs
188Namibia20.7 yrs19.2 yrs
189Samoa20.4 yrs19.7 yrs
190Ghana20.3 yrs19.0 yrs
191Vanuatu20.2 yrs19.3 yrs
192Syrian Arab Republic19.8 yrs20.5 yrs
193Timor-Leste19.8 yrs17.7 yrs
194Pakistan19.6 yrs18.6 yrs
195Comoros19.5 yrs17.2 yrs
196Solomon Islands19.5 yrs18.5 yrs
197Iraq19.4 yrs17.8 yrs
198State of Palestine19.1 yrs17.1 yrs
199Rwanda18.7 yrs17.4 yrs
200Kenya18.5 yrs16.8 yrs
201Sierra Leone18.4 yrs17.1 yrs
202Togo18.4 yrs18.0 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe18.3 yrs17.7 yrs
204Guinea-Bissau18.2 yrs17.0 yrs
205Senegal18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
206Madagascar18.2 yrs16.6 yrs
207Congo18.1 yrs18.6 yrs
208Yemen18.0 yrs16.3 yrs
209Ethiopia17.9 yrs15.6 yrs
210Eritrea17.8 yrs17.3 yrs
211Côte d'Ivoire17.8 yrs16.2 yrs
212Liberia17.8 yrs17.3 yrs
213Sudan17.7 yrs16.3 yrs
214Gambia17.5 yrs16.2 yrs
215Cameroon17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
216Guinea17.4 yrs16.2 yrs
217Benin17.3 yrs16.7 yrs
218Zimbabwe17.2 yrs17.4 yrs
219Nigeria17.1 yrs16.7 yrs
220Zambia16.8 yrs15.5 yrs
221United Republic of Tanzania16.8 yrs16.1 yrs
222Mauritania16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
223Mayotte16.7 yrs16.6 yrs
224Malawi16.7 yrs15.7 yrs
225South Sudan16.6 yrs17.3 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.4 yrs16.0 yrs
227Angola16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
228Afghanistan16.2 yrs14.4 yrs
229Mozambique16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
230Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
231Uganda15.7 yrs14.1 yrs
232Somalia15.2 yrs14.5 yrs
233Burundi15.2 yrs16.2 yrs
234Mali15.0 yrs15.4 yrs
235Chad14.8 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.7 yrs14.3 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs15.8 yrs

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