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Median age by country, 2021

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

2021
#Country / areaMedian age2011
1Holy See60.2 yrs61.9 yrs
2Monaco55.3 yrs49.1 yrs
3Saint Helena49.9 yrs45.0 yrs
4Japan48.1 yrs44.5 yrs
5Martinique47.8 yrs39.8 yrs
6Italy46.8 yrs42.9 yrs
7San Marino46.3 yrs41.8 yrs
8Saint Pierre and Miquelon45.6 yrs40.8 yrs
9Portugal45.4 yrs40.9 yrs
10Isle of Man45.3 yrs41.6 yrs
11Guadeloupe45.0 yrs37.6 yrs
12China, Hong Kong SAR45.0 yrs40.3 yrs
13Greece44.9 yrs40.8 yrs
14Germany44.9 yrs43.6 yrs
15Puerto Rico44.9 yrs36.8 yrs
16United States Virgin Islands44.5 yrs39.0 yrs
17Croatia44.4 yrs41.3 yrs
18Bermuda44.3 yrs40.5 yrs
19Bosnia and Herzegovina44.2 yrs38.8 yrs
20Bulgaria44.0 yrs41.4 yrs
21Spain43.9 yrs39.6 yrs
22Guernsey43.8 yrs41.2 yrs
23Liechtenstein43.8 yrs40.5 yrs
24Serbia43.5 yrs41.4 yrs
25Republic of Korea43.4 yrs37.2 yrs
26Slovenia43.1 yrs40.8 yrs
27Lithuania43.0 yrs40.4 yrs
28Latvia42.9 yrs40.6 yrs
29Austria42.7 yrs41.2 yrs
30Hungary42.7 yrs39.4 yrs
31Jersey42.6 yrs39.8 yrs
32Czechia42.6 yrs38.9 yrs
33Andorra42.5 yrs38.6 yrs
34Finland42.3 yrs41.2 yrs
35China, Taiwan Province of China42.3 yrs37.0 yrs
36Romania42.2 yrs38.8 yrs
37Switzerland41.7 yrs40.7 yrs
38Estonia41.5 yrs39.5 yrs
39Netherlands41.5 yrs40.0 yrs
40Cuba41.4 yrs37.8 yrs
41France41.4 yrs39.3 yrs
42Denmark41.2 yrs39.7 yrs
43Ukraine41.1 yrs38.7 yrs
44Sint Maarten (Dutch part)41.0 yrs34.9 yrs
45Montserrat41.0 yrs37.9 yrs
46Belgium40.9 yrs39.9 yrs
47Aruba40.6 yrs37.5 yrs
48Slovakia40.5 yrs36.5 yrs
49Poland40.5 yrs37.0 yrs
50Falkland Islands (Malvinas)40.4 yrs37.6 yrs
51Canada40.1 yrs38.9 yrs
52Belarus39.9 yrs38.1 yrs
53Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.7 yrs37.5 yrs
54Sweden39.6 yrs39.8 yrs
55North Macedonia39.6 yrs35.0 yrs
56United Kingdom39.3 yrs38.3 yrs
57Norway39.3 yrs37.8 yrs
58Malta39.2 yrs38.9 yrs
59Gibraltar39.0 yrs38.5 yrs
60Montenegro38.9 yrs35.6 yrs
61Russian Federation38.9 yrs37.1 yrs
62Thailand38.7 yrs34.0 yrs
63Luxembourg38.6 yrs38.1 yrs
64Saint Barthélemy38.5 yrs36.8 yrs
65Barbados38.4 yrs35.9 yrs
66Saint Martin (French part)38.1 yrs30.7 yrs
67China38.0 yrs34.5 yrs
68Faroe Islands37.8 yrs37.2 yrs
69Curaçao37.7 yrs38.6 yrs
70Ireland37.6 yrs33.8 yrs
71United States of America37.5 yrs36.0 yrs
72Turks and Caicos Islands37.5 yrs33.3 yrs
73China, Macao SAR37.4 yrs35.7 yrs
74Australia37.3 yrs36.2 yrs
75Republic of Moldova37.2 yrs33.9 yrs
76Cayman Islands37.1 yrs34.7 yrs
77Palau37.1 yrs33.6 yrs
78Anguilla37.0 yrs32.0 yrs
79Cyprus36.9 yrs33.2 yrs
80New Zealand36.8 yrs36.1 yrs
81British Virgin Islands36.7 yrs33.0 yrs
82Georgia36.6 yrs35.3 yrs
83Réunion36.6 yrs30.7 yrs
84Niue36.5 yrs34.0 yrs
85Mauritius36.2 yrs32.3 yrs
86Wallis and Futuna Islands36.1 yrs29.7 yrs
87Trinidad and Tobago35.8 yrs31.0 yrs
88Iceland35.7 yrs34.1 yrs
89Dem. People's Republic of Korea35.6 yrs33.3 yrs
90Albania35.5 yrs32.0 yrs
91Armenia35.5 yrs31.6 yrs
92Uruguay35.3 yrs33.3 yrs
93Chile35.1 yrs32.0 yrs
94Dominica34.9 yrs30.4 yrs
95Kuwait34.8 yrs29.5 yrs
96Singapore34.8 yrs32.8 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda34.7 yrs30.6 yrs
98Saint Kitts and Nevis34.6 yrs30.0 yrs
99Northern Mariana Islands34.3 yrs32.6 yrs
100Bahamas33.9 yrs30.8 yrs
101Greenland33.8 yrs32.5 yrs
102French Polynesia33.6 yrs28.1 yrs
103Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.4 yrs28.8 yrs
104Cook Islands33.3 yrs29.4 yrs
105New Caledonia33.3 yrs29.5 yrs
106Brazil33.1 yrs28.6 yrs
107Costa Rica33.0 yrs28.4 yrs
108Seychelles33.0 yrs30.4 yrs
109Saint Lucia32.9 yrs28.7 yrs
110Grenada32.4 yrs27.9 yrs
111Sri Lanka32.3 yrs29.5 yrs
112Qatar32.0 yrs30.1 yrs
113Iran (Islamic Republic of)31.8 yrs26.6 yrs
114Azerbaijan31.6 yrs28.5 yrs
115Türkiye31.6 yrs28.5 yrs
116Viet Nam31.5 yrs27.6 yrs
117Argentina31.4 yrs29.1 yrs
118Tunisia31.4 yrs28.2 yrs
119Western Sahara31.3 yrs27.4 yrs
120United Arab Emirates30.9 yrs30.7 yrs
121Guam30.9 yrs28.3 yrs
122Colombia30.8 yrs26.9 yrs
123Brunei Darussalam30.8 yrs27.1 yrs
124Jamaica30.7 yrs25.9 yrs
125Bahrain30.6 yrs29.2 yrs
126Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)30.2 yrs25.6 yrs
127Maldives29.7 yrs24.1 yrs
128Indonesia29.3 yrs26.9 yrs
129Kazakhstan29.3 yrs27.6 yrs
130Israel29.1 yrs28.5 yrs
131Malaysia29.1 yrs25.4 yrs
132Panama29.0 yrs26.2 yrs
133Myanmar29.0 yrs26.1 yrs
134Peru28.8 yrs25.6 yrs
135Oman28.7 yrs25.5 yrs
136Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)28.6 yrs25.1 yrs
137Morocco28.6 yrs25.0 yrs
138Saudi Arabia28.5 yrs24.2 yrs
139Bhutan28.2 yrs23.4 yrs
140Mexico28.2 yrs25.1 yrs
141Lebanon27.9 yrs27.2 yrs
142Algeria27.8 yrs25.5 yrs
143Suriname27.7 yrs25.7 yrs
144Ecuador27.6 yrs24.1 yrs
145South Africa27.6 yrs24.0 yrs
146India27.4 yrs23.9 yrs
147Fiji27.3 yrs24.6 yrs
148American Samoa27.2 yrs21.9 yrs
149Dominican Republic27.0 yrs24.0 yrs
150Cabo Verde26.8 yrs22.0 yrs
151Uzbekistan26.7 yrs24.0 yrs
152Libya26.7 yrs24.5 yrs
153Mongolia26.5 yrs24.7 yrs
154Tokelau26.4 yrs24.9 yrs
155El Salvador26.1 yrs22.8 yrs
156Paraguay25.8 yrs22.5 yrs
157Turkmenistan25.6 yrs23.3 yrs
158Cambodia25.4 yrs21.6 yrs
159French Guiana25.2 yrs22.6 yrs
160Guyana25.1 yrs23.4 yrs
161Belize25.1 yrs21.2 yrs
162Kyrgyzstan24.8 yrs23.2 yrs
163Bangladesh24.7 yrs22.2 yrs
164Nicaragua24.6 yrs21.4 yrs
165Philippines24.5 yrs21.1 yrs
166Tuvalu24.3 yrs23.1 yrs
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)24.2 yrs21.8 yrs
168Nepal24.0 yrs20.4 yrs
169Djibouti23.8 yrs20.9 yrs
170Lao People's Democratic Republic23.7 yrs20.4 yrs
171Egypt23.6 yrs22.4 yrs
172Jordan23.6 yrs20.8 yrs
173Haiti23.0 yrs20.5 yrs
174Honduras22.9 yrs19.6 yrs
175Kiribati22.4 yrs20.4 yrs
176Botswana22.4 yrs21.7 yrs
177Micronesia (Fed. States of)22.4 yrs20.4 yrs
178Guatemala21.9 yrs18.9 yrs
179Papua New Guinea21.9 yrs20.1 yrs
180Tajikistan21.6 yrs20.0 yrs
181Eswatini21.5 yrs18.9 yrs
182Gabon21.5 yrs20.4 yrs
183Marshall Islands21.3 yrs19.7 yrs
184Lesotho21.1 yrs19.9 yrs
185Equatorial Guinea21.1 yrs20.4 yrs
186Syrian Arab Republic21.0 yrs20.9 yrs
187Tonga20.8 yrs20.1 yrs
188Namibia20.8 yrs19.6 yrs
189Nauru20.7 yrs20.8 yrs
190Ghana20.6 yrs19.3 yrs
191Samoa20.3 yrs19.7 yrs
192Timor-Leste20.3 yrs17.9 yrs
193Vanuatu20.1 yrs19.6 yrs
194Pakistan20.0 yrs18.9 yrs
195Comoros19.9 yrs17.8 yrs
196Iraq19.8 yrs18.0 yrs
197Solomon Islands19.8 yrs18.6 yrs
198State of Palestine19.4 yrs17.6 yrs
199Kenya19.0 yrs17.0 yrs
200Rwanda19.0 yrs17.6 yrs
201Sierra Leone18.8 yrs17.2 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe18.7 yrs17.8 yrs
203Senegal18.6 yrs17.4 yrs
204Togo18.6 yrs18.0 yrs
205Madagascar18.6 yrs16.8 yrs
206Guinea-Bissau18.5 yrs17.2 yrs
207Ethiopia18.3 yrs16.0 yrs
208Eritrea18.2 yrs17.4 yrs
209Yemen18.1 yrs16.9 yrs
210Congo18.1 yrs18.7 yrs
211Sudan18.0 yrs16.3 yrs
212Liberia18.0 yrs17.6 yrs
213Côte d'Ivoire17.9 yrs17.1 yrs
214Gambia17.8 yrs16.4 yrs
215Guinea17.7 yrs16.4 yrs
216Cameroon17.5 yrs16.9 yrs
217Zimbabwe17.5 yrs17.2 yrs
218Benin17.5 yrs16.8 yrs
219Nigeria17.4 yrs16.6 yrs
220South Sudan17.3 yrs18.0 yrs
221Zambia17.1 yrs15.7 yrs
222Malawi17.1 yrs15.7 yrs
223United Republic of Tanzania17.0 yrs16.1 yrs
224Mauritania16.9 yrs16.8 yrs
225Burkina Faso16.8 yrs16.0 yrs
226Mayotte16.7 yrs16.4 yrs
227Afghanistan16.6 yrs14.8 yrs
228Angola16.4 yrs16.3 yrs
229Mozambique16.2 yrs15.8 yrs
230Uganda16.1 yrs14.3 yrs
231Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
232Burundi15.5 yrs16.2 yrs
233Somalia15.3 yrs14.7 yrs
234Mali15.2 yrs15.2 yrs
235Chad15.0 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger15.0 yrs14.2 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs15.5 yrs

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