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Median age by country, 2020

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

2020
#Country / areaMedian age2010
1Holy See60.3 yrs61.0 yrs
2Monaco54.8 yrs48.2 yrs
3Saint Helena49.3 yrs44.8 yrs
4Japan47.7 yrs44.2 yrs
5Martinique47.5 yrs39.0 yrs
6Italy46.4 yrs42.5 yrs
7San Marino45.8 yrs41.4 yrs
8Saint Pierre and Miquelon45.3 yrs40.5 yrs
9Isle of Man45.1 yrs41.3 yrs
10Portugal45.0 yrs40.5 yrs
11Germany44.9 yrs43.3 yrs
12United States Virgin Islands44.6 yrs38.4 yrs
13Guadeloupe44.4 yrs36.9 yrs
14China, Hong Kong SAR44.4 yrs39.9 yrs
15Greece44.3 yrs40.3 yrs
16Puerto Rico44.3 yrs36.1 yrs
17Croatia44.2 yrs41.0 yrs
18Bermuda44.0 yrs40.0 yrs
19Bulgaria43.9 yrs41.1 yrs
20Guernsey43.8 yrs40.8 yrs
21Bosnia and Herzegovina43.8 yrs38.1 yrs
22Liechtenstein43.6 yrs40.1 yrs
23Spain43.5 yrs39.2 yrs
24Serbia43.4 yrs41.1 yrs
25Lithuania43.1 yrs39.7 yrs
26Slovenia43.0 yrs40.5 yrs
27Latvia42.8 yrs40.1 yrs
28Republic of Korea42.8 yrs36.6 yrs
29Austria42.6 yrs40.8 yrs
30Hungary42.5 yrs38.9 yrs
31Jersey42.4 yrs39.5 yrs
32Czechia42.3 yrs38.7 yrs
33Finland42.2 yrs41.0 yrs
34Andorra42.1 yrs38.5 yrs
35Romania42.0 yrs38.3 yrs
36Switzerland41.7 yrs40.5 yrs
37China, Taiwan Province of China41.7 yrs36.5 yrs
38Netherlands41.5 yrs39.7 yrs
39Estonia41.4 yrs39.3 yrs
40Cuba41.3 yrs37.3 yrs
41France41.3 yrs39.0 yrs
42Denmark41.1 yrs39.6 yrs
43Ukraine40.8 yrs38.6 yrs
44Belgium40.8 yrs39.8 yrs
45Montserrat40.5 yrs37.7 yrs
46Aruba40.4 yrs37.1 yrs
47Sint Maarten (Dutch part)40.3 yrs34.4 yrs
48Slovakia40.2 yrs36.1 yrs
49Poland40.1 yrs36.9 yrs
50Canada39.9 yrs38.7 yrs
51Falkland Islands (Malvinas)39.9 yrs37.3 yrs
52Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.6 yrs37.0 yrs
53Sweden39.6 yrs39.7 yrs
54Belarus39.6 yrs37.9 yrs
55Saint Martin (French part)39.5 yrs30.3 yrs
56North Macedonia39.3 yrs34.5 yrs
57United Kingdom39.2 yrs38.2 yrs
58Gibraltar39.1 yrs38.4 yrs
59Norway39.0 yrs37.7 yrs
60Malta38.9 yrs38.6 yrs
61Montenegro38.7 yrs35.3 yrs
62Russian Federation38.7 yrs37.0 yrs
63Luxembourg38.6 yrs38.0 yrs
64Saint Barthélemy38.3 yrs36.8 yrs
65Thailand38.2 yrs33.5 yrs
66Barbados38.1 yrs35.6 yrs
67Faroe Islands37.9 yrs36.7 yrs
68Curaçao37.5 yrs38.0 yrs
69China37.5 yrs34.1 yrs
70Ireland37.3 yrs33.3 yrs
71United States of America37.2 yrs35.9 yrs
72Turks and Caicos Islands37.0 yrs32.5 yrs
73China, Macao SAR37.0 yrs35.3 yrs
74Australia36.9 yrs36.0 yrs
75Kuwait36.8 yrs28.6 yrs
76Cayman Islands36.8 yrs34.5 yrs
77Palau36.8 yrs33.3 yrs
78Republic of Moldova36.8 yrs33.5 yrs
79Cyprus36.5 yrs32.9 yrs
80Georgia36.5 yrs35.1 yrs
81New Zealand36.5 yrs35.9 yrs
82Réunion36.3 yrs30.1 yrs
83British Virgin Islands36.3 yrs32.7 yrs
84Anguilla36.1 yrs31.6 yrs
85Niue36.0 yrs33.6 yrs
86Mauritius35.9 yrs31.8 yrs
87Iceland35.6 yrs33.9 yrs
88Wallis and Futuna Islands35.6 yrs28.8 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea35.4 yrs33.0 yrs
90Trinidad and Tobago35.3 yrs30.6 yrs
91Albania35.1 yrs31.6 yrs
92Armenia35.0 yrs31.3 yrs
93Uruguay35.0 yrs33.0 yrs
94Chile34.7 yrs31.7 yrs
95Singapore34.5 yrs32.7 yrs
96Dominica34.4 yrs30.4 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda34.3 yrs30.3 yrs
98Saint Kitts and Nevis34.2 yrs29.6 yrs
99Greenland33.6 yrs32.5 yrs
100Bahamas33.6 yrs30.5 yrs
101Northern Mariana Islands33.6 yrs32.6 yrs
102Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.1 yrs28.3 yrs
103French Polynesia33.0 yrs27.7 yrs
104New Caledonia32.9 yrs29.2 yrs
105Cook Islands32.7 yrs28.7 yrs
106Brazil32.7 yrs28.2 yrs
107Seychelles32.6 yrs30.1 yrs
108Saint Lucia32.6 yrs28.3 yrs
109Costa Rica32.5 yrs28.0 yrs
110Sri Lanka32.1 yrs29.2 yrs
111Grenada31.9 yrs27.5 yrs
112Qatar31.6 yrs30.3 yrs
113Iran (Islamic Republic of)31.3 yrs26.1 yrs
114Türkiye31.2 yrs28.1 yrs
115Azerbaijan31.1 yrs28.2 yrs
116Argentina31.1 yrs28.9 yrs
117Tunisia31.1 yrs27.8 yrs
118Viet Nam31.0 yrs27.2 yrs
119United Arab Emirates30.9 yrs30.7 yrs
120Bahrain30.9 yrs29.0 yrs
121Western Sahara30.9 yrs26.9 yrs
122Guam30.8 yrs28.0 yrs
123Colombia30.4 yrs26.5 yrs
124Brunei Darussalam30.4 yrs27.0 yrs
125Jamaica30.2 yrs25.5 yrs
126Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)29.7 yrs25.2 yrs
127Kazakhstan29.2 yrs27.4 yrs
128Indonesia29.1 yrs26.6 yrs
129Maldives29.1 yrs23.4 yrs
130Israel29.0 yrs28.4 yrs
131Oman28.8 yrs24.2 yrs
132Panama28.7 yrs25.9 yrs
133Myanmar28.7 yrs25.8 yrs
134Malaysia28.6 yrs25.0 yrs
135Saudi Arabia28.5 yrs23.6 yrs
136Peru28.5 yrs25.2 yrs
137Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)28.3 yrs24.8 yrs
138Morocco28.2 yrs24.7 yrs
139Mexico27.9 yrs24.8 yrs
140Lebanon27.8 yrs26.8 yrs
141Algeria27.6 yrs25.1 yrs
142Bhutan27.6 yrs23.0 yrs
143Suriname27.5 yrs25.4 yrs
144South Africa27.3 yrs23.6 yrs
145Ecuador27.2 yrs23.8 yrs
146Fiji27.1 yrs24.3 yrs
147India27.0 yrs23.6 yrs
148Dominican Republic26.7 yrs23.7 yrs
149American Samoa26.7 yrs21.5 yrs
150Uzbekistan26.6 yrs23.6 yrs
151Libya26.5 yrs24.3 yrs
152Cabo Verde26.4 yrs21.5 yrs
153Mongolia26.4 yrs24.4 yrs
154Tokelau26.1 yrs25.1 yrs
155El Salvador25.7 yrs22.6 yrs
156Paraguay25.5 yrs22.2 yrs
157Turkmenistan25.4 yrs22.9 yrs
158French Guiana25.2 yrs22.2 yrs
159Cambodia25.1 yrs21.3 yrs
160Guyana24.8 yrs23.2 yrs
161Belize24.7 yrs20.9 yrs
162Kyrgyzstan24.6 yrs23.0 yrs
163Bangladesh24.6 yrs21.9 yrs
164Tuvalu24.3 yrs23.0 yrs
165Nicaragua24.3 yrs21.2 yrs
166Philippines24.1 yrs20.9 yrs
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)24.0 yrs21.6 yrs
168Egypt23.5 yrs22.2 yrs
169Djibouti23.5 yrs20.7 yrs
170Nepal23.4 yrs20.2 yrs
171Lao People's Democratic Republic23.4 yrs19.9 yrs
172Jordan23.3 yrs20.6 yrs
173Haiti22.8 yrs20.3 yrs
174Honduras22.6 yrs19.3 yrs
175Botswana22.3 yrs21.5 yrs
176Kiribati22.2 yrs20.3 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)22.1 yrs20.3 yrs
178Papua New Guinea21.7 yrs20.0 yrs
179Guatemala21.6 yrs18.6 yrs
180Gabon21.5 yrs20.2 yrs
181Tajikistan21.4 yrs19.8 yrs
182Marshall Islands21.4 yrs19.6 yrs
183Eswatini21.3 yrs18.6 yrs
184Equatorial Guinea21.1 yrs20.2 yrs
185Lesotho21.0 yrs19.7 yrs
186Tonga20.9 yrs20.1 yrs
187Nauru20.9 yrs20.8 yrs
188Namibia20.8 yrs19.4 yrs
189Ghana20.4 yrs19.2 yrs
190Samoa20.4 yrs19.7 yrs
191Syrian Arab Republic20.4 yrs20.7 yrs
192Vanuatu20.2 yrs19.5 yrs
193Timor-Leste20.1 yrs17.8 yrs
194Pakistan19.8 yrs18.8 yrs
195Comoros19.7 yrs17.5 yrs
196Iraq19.6 yrs17.9 yrs
197Solomon Islands19.6 yrs18.5 yrs
198State of Palestine19.3 yrs17.3 yrs
199Rwanda18.9 yrs17.5 yrs
200Kenya18.8 yrs16.9 yrs
201Sierra Leone18.6 yrs17.1 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe18.5 yrs17.8 yrs
203Togo18.5 yrs18.0 yrs
204Guinea-Bissau18.4 yrs17.1 yrs
205Senegal18.4 yrs17.4 yrs
206Madagascar18.4 yrs16.6 yrs
207Yemen18.1 yrs16.6 yrs
208Ethiopia18.1 yrs15.8 yrs
209Congo18.1 yrs18.8 yrs
210Eritrea18.0 yrs17.3 yrs
211Côte d'Ivoire17.9 yrs16.7 yrs
212Liberia17.9 yrs17.4 yrs
213Sudan17.8 yrs16.3 yrs
214Gambia17.6 yrs16.3 yrs
215Guinea17.6 yrs16.3 yrs
216Cameroon17.4 yrs16.8 yrs
217Zimbabwe17.4 yrs17.3 yrs
218Benin17.4 yrs16.7 yrs
219Nigeria17.2 yrs16.6 yrs
220South Sudan17.0 yrs17.6 yrs
221Zambia16.9 yrs15.6 yrs
222United Republic of Tanzania16.9 yrs16.1 yrs
223Malawi16.9 yrs15.7 yrs
224Mauritania16.8 yrs16.7 yrs
225Mayotte16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
226Burkina Faso16.6 yrs16.0 yrs
227Afghanistan16.4 yrs14.6 yrs
228Angola16.3 yrs16.3 yrs
229Mozambique16.1 yrs15.8 yrs
230Uganda15.9 yrs14.2 yrs
231Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
232Somalia15.3 yrs14.6 yrs
233Burundi15.3 yrs16.4 yrs
234Mali15.1 yrs15.3 yrs
235Chad14.9 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger14.8 yrs14.3 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs15.6 yrs

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