World Population PyramidsPopulation pyramids and indicators by country and year日本語

Median age by country, 2023

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

2023
#Country / areaMedian age2013
1Holy See59.6 yrs61.4 yrs
2Monaco54.4 yrs51.0 yrs
3Saint Helena50.5 yrs45.4 yrs
4Japan49.0 yrs45.1 yrs
5Martinique48.8 yrs41.3 yrs
6Italy47.5 yrs43.6 yrs
7San Marino47.4 yrs42.7 yrs
8Guadeloupe46.6 yrs38.9 yrs
9Saint Pierre and Miquelon46.4 yrs42.3 yrs
10Portugal46.2 yrs41.8 yrs
11China, Hong Kong SAR46.1 yrs41.0 yrs
12Greece45.8 yrs41.7 yrs
13Isle of Man45.7 yrs42.5 yrs
14Puerto Rico45.3 yrs38.3 yrs
15Germany45.1 yrs44.5 yrs
16Bermuda45.1 yrs41.5 yrs
17Spain44.9 yrs40.6 yrs
18Bosnia and Herzegovina44.9 yrs40.1 yrs
19Croatia44.8 yrs41.7 yrs
20United States Virgin Islands44.7 yrs39.8 yrs
21Republic of Korea44.5 yrs38.5 yrs
22Bulgaria44.3 yrs42.1 yrs
23Liechtenstein44.2 yrs41.4 yrs
24Guernsey44.0 yrs41.8 yrs
25Slovenia43.9 yrs41.3 yrs
26Serbia43.9 yrs41.8 yrs
27China, Taiwan Province of China43.5 yrs38.0 yrs
28Hungary43.3 yrs40.2 yrs
29Andorra43.2 yrs39.1 yrs
30Austria43.1 yrs41.8 yrs
31Jersey43.1 yrs40.3 yrs
32Latvia43.1 yrs41.3 yrs
33Finland42.8 yrs41.4 yrs
34Czechia42.7 yrs39.6 yrs
35Romania42.6 yrs39.5 yrs
36Switzerland42.3 yrs41.0 yrs
37Lithuania42.1 yrs41.3 yrs
38Ukraine42.0 yrs38.8 yrs
39Estonia41.9 yrs40.1 yrs
40France41.8 yrs39.8 yrs
41Cuba41.7 yrs38.8 yrs
42Sint Maarten (Dutch part)41.6 yrs35.9 yrs
43Falkland Islands (Malvinas)41.5 yrs38.0 yrs
44Montserrat41.5 yrs38.6 yrs
45Netherlands41.4 yrs40.7 yrs
46Belgium41.4 yrs40.2 yrs
47Slovakia41.3 yrs37.4 yrs
48Denmark41.3 yrs40.2 yrs
49Poland41.3 yrs37.6 yrs
50Aruba41.0 yrs38.2 yrs
51Belarus40.5 yrs38.3 yrs
52Canada40.3 yrs39.3 yrs
53Malta40.3 yrs39.4 yrs
54North Macedonia40.3 yrs35.9 yrs
55Sweden39.9 yrs39.9 yrs
56United Kingdom39.8 yrs38.6 yrs
57Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.7 yrs37.9 yrs
58Thailand39.7 yrs34.9 yrs
59Norway39.5 yrs38.0 yrs
60Russian Federation39.5 yrs37.4 yrs
61Saint Martin (French part)39.4 yrs31.3 yrs
62Montenegro39.3 yrs36.1 yrs
63China39.1 yrs35.1 yrs
64Gibraltar38.9 yrs38.8 yrs
65Barbados38.9 yrs36.4 yrs
66Luxembourg38.9 yrs38.1 yrs
67Saint Barthélemy38.8 yrs36.8 yrs
68Ireland38.4 yrs34.6 yrs
69Turks and Caicos Islands38.3 yrs34.3 yrs
70China, Macao SAR38.3 yrs36.0 yrs
71Curaçao38.2 yrs38.9 yrs
72United States of America38.0 yrs36.2 yrs
73Anguilla38.0 yrs32.9 yrs
74Cayman Islands37.9 yrs35.0 yrs
75Australia37.8 yrs36.2 yrs
76Cyprus37.8 yrs33.8 yrs
77Palau37.8 yrs34.3 yrs
78Republic of Moldova37.8 yrs34.4 yrs
79British Virgin Islands37.5 yrs33.3 yrs
80Réunion37.4 yrs32.1 yrs
81New Zealand37.3 yrs36.5 yrs
82Faroe Islands37.3 yrs37.9 yrs
83Wallis and Futuna Islands37.2 yrs31.3 yrs
84Mauritius36.9 yrs33.2 yrs
85Georgia36.8 yrs35.9 yrs
86Trinidad and Tobago36.7 yrs31.9 yrs
87Niue36.5 yrs34.7 yrs
88Albania36.3 yrs32.7 yrs
89Northern Mariana Islands36.1 yrs32.7 yrs
90Chile36.0 yrs32.7 yrs
91Dem. People's Republic of Korea36.0 yrs33.7 yrs
92Iceland35.8 yrs34.5 yrs
93Armenia35.8 yrs32.1 yrs
94Uruguay35.8 yrs33.7 yrs
95Dominica35.6 yrs30.3 yrs
96Antigua and Barbuda35.5 yrs31.3 yrs
97Saint Kitts and Nevis35.4 yrs30.9 yrs
98Cook Islands35.1 yrs30.3 yrs
99Singapore35.1 yrs33.0 yrs
100French Polynesia34.8 yrs28.9 yrs
101Bahamas34.6 yrs31.3 yrs
102Kuwait34.5 yrs31.3 yrs
103Greenland34.2 yrs32.8 yrs
104Costa Rica34.1 yrs29.3 yrs
105Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.9 yrs29.8 yrs
106New Caledonia33.9 yrs30.0 yrs
107Brazil33.9 yrs29.6 yrs
108Saint Lucia33.8 yrs29.6 yrs
109Seychelles33.6 yrs30.7 yrs
110Grenada33.4 yrs28.7 yrs
111Qatar33.2 yrs29.9 yrs
112Iran (Islamic Republic of)32.9 yrs27.7 yrs
113Bahrain32.9 yrs29.7 yrs
114Sri Lanka32.8 yrs30.1 yrs
115Azerbaijan32.6 yrs29.0 yrs
116Türkiye32.5 yrs29.1 yrs
117Viet Nam32.4 yrs28.4 yrs
118Argentina32.1 yrs29.5 yrs
119Tunisia32.1 yrs28.8 yrs
120Western Sahara32.0 yrs28.2 yrs
121Brunei Darussalam31.8 yrs27.8 yrs
122Jamaica31.7 yrs26.8 yrs
123Colombia31.6 yrs27.7 yrs
124Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)31.4 yrs26.3 yrs
125United Arab Emirates31.2 yrs30.7 yrs
126Guam31.1 yrs28.9 yrs
127Maldives31.1 yrs25.4 yrs
128Malaysia30.1 yrs26.1 yrs
129Indonesia29.8 yrs27.4 yrs
130Panama29.6 yrs26.7 yrs
131Kazakhstan29.5 yrs27.9 yrs
132Myanmar29.5 yrs26.7 yrs
133Bhutan29.4 yrs24.1 yrs
134Peru29.4 yrs26.4 yrs
135Oman29.3 yrs27.1 yrs
136Saudi Arabia29.3 yrs25.6 yrs
137Morocco29.2 yrs25.7 yrs
138Israel29.1 yrs28.6 yrs
139Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)29.0 yrs25.7 yrs
140Mexico28.9 yrs25.7 yrs
141Ecuador28.4 yrs24.7 yrs
142American Samoa28.4 yrs23.0 yrs
143Lebanon28.3 yrs27.9 yrs
144Algeria28.2 yrs26.1 yrs
145South Africa28.2 yrs24.7 yrs
146India28.1 yrs24.6 yrs
147Suriname28.1 yrs26.1 yrs
148Cabo Verde27.9 yrs23.1 yrs
149Fiji27.7 yrs25.1 yrs
150Dominican Republic27.6 yrs24.5 yrs
151Libya27.2 yrs24.9 yrs
152El Salvador27.0 yrs23.3 yrs
153Uzbekistan26.9 yrs24.7 yrs
154Mongolia26.8 yrs25.3 yrs
155Tokelau26.6 yrs24.8 yrs
156Paraguay26.3 yrs23.2 yrs
157Turkmenistan26.2 yrs23.8 yrs
158Belize25.9 yrs22.0 yrs
159Cambodia25.8 yrs22.4 yrs
160Guyana25.6 yrs23.5 yrs
161Nicaragua25.3 yrs22.1 yrs
162Bangladesh25.3 yrs22.8 yrs
163Philippines25.3 yrs21.6 yrs
164French Guiana25.2 yrs22.8 yrs
165Kyrgyzstan25.1 yrs23.6 yrs
166Nepal24.7 yrs20.8 yrs
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)24.7 yrs22.2 yrs
168Djibouti24.4 yrs21.5 yrs
169Tuvalu24.3 yrs23.3 yrs
170Jordan24.3 yrs21.1 yrs
171Lao People's Democratic Republic24.3 yrs21.2 yrs
172Egypt24.0 yrs22.7 yrs
173Honduras23.6 yrs20.3 yrs
174Haiti23.5 yrs21.0 yrs
175Botswana22.9 yrs21.7 yrs
176Micronesia (Fed. States of)22.9 yrs20.6 yrs
177Kiribati22.7 yrs20.8 yrs
178Guatemala22.6 yrs19.4 yrs
179Syrian Arab Republic22.3 yrs20.1 yrs
180Papua New Guinea22.3 yrs20.5 yrs
181Eswatini22.0 yrs19.5 yrs
182Tajikistan21.9 yrs20.4 yrs
183Gabon21.5 yrs20.9 yrs
184Lesotho21.4 yrs20.1 yrs
185Namibia21.0 yrs20.1 yrs
186Equatorial Guinea21.0 yrs20.7 yrs
187Timor-Leste21.0 yrs18.3 yrs
188Ghana20.9 yrs19.6 yrs
189Tonga20.7 yrs20.4 yrs
190Marshall Islands20.7 yrs20.1 yrs
191Iraq20.4 yrs18.2 yrs
192Nauru20.4 yrs20.6 yrs
193Comoros20.3 yrs18.3 yrs
194Solomon Islands20.3 yrs18.7 yrs
195Pakistan20.3 yrs19.1 yrs
196Vanuatu20.1 yrs19.9 yrs
197Samoa19.9 yrs19.9 yrs
198State of Palestine19.8 yrs18.1 yrs
199Kenya19.5 yrs17.3 yrs
200Rwanda19.4 yrs17.9 yrs
201Sierra Leone19.3 yrs17.4 yrs
202Sao Tome and Principe19.1 yrs17.8 yrs
203Senegal19.1 yrs17.4 yrs
204Guinea-Bissau18.9 yrs17.3 yrs
205Madagascar18.9 yrs17.1 yrs
206Togo18.8 yrs18.1 yrs
207Ethiopia18.7 yrs16.5 yrs
208Eritrea18.6 yrs17.4 yrs
209Liberia18.4 yrs17.6 yrs
210Congo18.3 yrs18.4 yrs
211Sudan18.3 yrs16.4 yrs
212Yemen18.2 yrs17.3 yrs
213Gambia18.2 yrs16.6 yrs
214Côte d'Ivoire18.1 yrs17.9 yrs
215Guinea18.0 yrs16.6 yrs
216South Sudan18.0 yrs18.3 yrs
217Cameroon17.8 yrs17.0 yrs
218Zimbabwe17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
219Nigeria17.8 yrs16.6 yrs
220Benin17.8 yrs16.9 yrs
221Malawi17.6 yrs15.8 yrs
222Zambia17.5 yrs15.9 yrs
223Burkina Faso17.3 yrs16.0 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania17.2 yrs16.2 yrs
225Mauritania17.1 yrs16.7 yrs
226Afghanistan16.9 yrs15.1 yrs
227Mayotte16.8 yrs16.5 yrs
228Uganda16.5 yrs14.5 yrs
229Angola16.4 yrs16.3 yrs
230Mozambique16.3 yrs15.8 yrs
231Burundi15.9 yrs16.0 yrs
232Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
233Mali15.5 yrs15.0 yrs
234Somalia15.4 yrs14.9 yrs
235Chad15.4 yrs14.6 yrs
236Niger15.3 yrs14.3 yrs
237Central African Republic14.3 yrs14.9 yrs

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