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Median age by country, 2024

Half the population is older and half is younger than this age. Values are UN medium-variant projections.

2024
#Country / areaMedian age2014
1Holy See58.7 yrs61.4 yrs
2Monaco54.0 yrs51.9 yrs
3Saint Helena50.7 yrs45.6 yrs
4Japan49.4 yrs45.5 yrs
5Martinique49.3 yrs42.1 yrs
6San Marino48.0 yrs43.1 yrs
7Italy47.9 yrs44.0 yrs
8Guadeloupe46.9 yrs39.6 yrs
9Saint Pierre and Miquelon46.8 yrs43.2 yrs
10China, Hong Kong SAR46.8 yrs41.4 yrs
11Portugal46.6 yrs42.3 yrs
12Greece46.3 yrs42.2 yrs
13Isle of Man45.9 yrs43.0 yrs
14Bermuda45.6 yrs41.9 yrs
15Puerto Rico45.5 yrs39.1 yrs
16Spain45.4 yrs41.1 yrs
17Germany45.3 yrs44.7 yrs
18Bosnia and Herzegovina45.3 yrs40.7 yrs
19Croatia45.0 yrs42.0 yrs
20Republic of Korea45.0 yrs39.2 yrs
21United States Virgin Islands44.8 yrs40.2 yrs
22Bulgaria44.5 yrs42.3 yrs
23Liechtenstein44.4 yrs41.8 yrs
24Slovenia44.3 yrs41.6 yrs
25China, Taiwan Province of China44.2 yrs38.5 yrs
26Guernsey44.1 yrs42.2 yrs
27Serbia44.1 yrs42.0 yrs
28Hungary43.6 yrs40.5 yrs
29Andorra43.5 yrs39.5 yrs
30Austria43.4 yrs41.9 yrs
31Jersey43.4 yrs40.5 yrs
32Latvia43.3 yrs41.6 yrs
33Czechia43.2 yrs40.0 yrs
34Finland43.0 yrs41.4 yrs
35Romania42.9 yrs39.9 yrs
36Switzerland42.6 yrs41.2 yrs
37Estonia42.3 yrs40.4 yrs
38Ukraine42.1 yrs39.0 yrs
39Falkland Islands (Malvinas)42.1 yrs38.2 yrs
40France42.1 yrs40.0 yrs
41Lithuania42.0 yrs41.6 yrs
42Cuba41.9 yrs39.2 yrs
43Slovakia41.8 yrs37.8 yrs
44Poland41.8 yrs38.0 yrs
45Sint Maarten (Dutch part)41.7 yrs36.5 yrs
46Belgium41.7 yrs40.4 yrs
47Montserrat41.6 yrs38.9 yrs
48Netherlands41.4 yrs41.0 yrs
49Aruba41.3 yrs38.6 yrs
50Denmark41.3 yrs40.4 yrs
51Saint Martin (French part)41.0 yrs31.8 yrs
52Belarus40.9 yrs38.4 yrs
53Malta40.7 yrs39.5 yrs
54North Macedonia40.6 yrs36.3 yrs
55Canada40.5 yrs39.5 yrs
56Sweden40.1 yrs39.9 yrs
57Thailand40.1 yrs35.3 yrs
58United Kingdom40.0 yrs38.7 yrs
59Russian Federation39.9 yrs37.5 yrs
60Norway39.7 yrs38.1 yrs
61Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba39.6 yrs38.2 yrs
62China39.6 yrs35.4 yrs
63Montenegro39.5 yrs36.4 yrs
64Barbados39.2 yrs36.7 yrs
65Luxembourg39.2 yrs38.2 yrs
66Saint Barthélemy38.9 yrs36.8 yrs
67China, Macao SAR38.9 yrs36.0 yrs
68Gibraltar38.8 yrs39.0 yrs
69Ireland38.7 yrs35.0 yrs
70Turks and Caicos Islands38.7 yrs34.8 yrs
71Curaçao38.5 yrs39.0 yrs
72United States of America38.3 yrs36.3 yrs
73Anguilla38.3 yrs33.2 yrs
74Cayman Islands38.3 yrs35.1 yrs
75Cyprus38.2 yrs34.2 yrs
76Palau38.2 yrs34.7 yrs
77Republic of Moldova38.1 yrs34.6 yrs
78Australia38.0 yrs36.3 yrs
79British Virgin Islands38.0 yrs33.6 yrs
80Réunion37.8 yrs32.5 yrs
81Wallis and Futuna Islands37.7 yrs32.0 yrs
82New Zealand37.5 yrs36.5 yrs
83Mauritius37.4 yrs33.6 yrs
84Trinidad and Tobago37.2 yrs32.4 yrs
85Faroe Islands37.1 yrs38.2 yrs
86Northern Mariana Islands37.1 yrs32.8 yrs
87Georgia37.0 yrs36.0 yrs
88Albania36.7 yrs33.0 yrs
89Chile36.5 yrs33.0 yrs
90Niue36.4 yrs35.0 yrs
91Dem. People's Republic of Korea36.3 yrs34.0 yrs
92Armenia36.1 yrs32.4 yrs
93Uruguay36.1 yrs33.9 yrs
94Cook Islands36.1 yrs30.7 yrs
95Iceland36.0 yrs34.7 yrs
96Dominica36.0 yrs30.1 yrs
97Antigua and Barbuda35.9 yrs31.7 yrs
98Saint Kitts and Nevis35.8 yrs31.3 yrs
99Singapore35.6 yrs33.2 yrs
100French Polynesia35.4 yrs29.4 yrs
101Bahamas35.0 yrs31.6 yrs
102Kuwait34.8 yrs32.1 yrs
103Greenland34.6 yrs33.0 yrs
104Costa Rica34.6 yrs29.7 yrs
105Brazil34.4 yrs30.0 yrs
106Saint Vincent and the Grenadines34.2 yrs30.3 yrs
107Saint Lucia34.2 yrs30.0 yrs
108New Caledonia34.2 yrs30.3 yrs
109Seychelles34.0 yrs30.8 yrs
110Grenada33.9 yrs29.1 yrs
111Qatar33.5 yrs30.0 yrs
112Iran (Islamic Republic of)33.4 yrs28.2 yrs
113Bahrain33.3 yrs29.9 yrs
114Azerbaijan33.1 yrs29.3 yrs
115Sri Lanka33.1 yrs30.4 yrs
116Türkiye33.0 yrs29.4 yrs
117Viet Nam32.9 yrs28.8 yrs
118Argentina32.5 yrs29.7 yrs
119Tunisia32.5 yrs29.1 yrs
120Western Sahara32.3 yrs28.6 yrs
121Jamaica32.2 yrs27.3 yrs
122Brunei Darussalam32.2 yrs28.1 yrs
123Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)32.0 yrs26.8 yrs
124Colombia32.0 yrs28.1 yrs
125Maldives31.9 yrs26.1 yrs
126United Arab Emirates31.6 yrs30.8 yrs
127Guam31.3 yrs29.3 yrs
128Malaysia30.5 yrs26.4 yrs
129Indonesia30.1 yrs27.6 yrs
130Panama29.9 yrs27.0 yrs
131Bhutan29.9 yrs24.5 yrs
132Peru29.8 yrs26.7 yrs
133Myanmar29.8 yrs27.1 yrs
134Kazakhstan29.6 yrs28.1 yrs
135Saudi Arabia29.6 yrs26.3 yrs
136Oman29.5 yrs27.5 yrs
137Morocco29.5 yrs26.1 yrs
138Mexico29.3 yrs25.9 yrs
139Israel29.2 yrs28.7 yrs
140Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)29.2 yrs26.0 yrs
141Ecuador28.9 yrs25.0 yrs
142American Samoa28.7 yrs23.6 yrs
143Lebanon28.6 yrs28.2 yrs
144South Africa28.5 yrs25.0 yrs
145Algeria28.4 yrs26.3 yrs
146India28.4 yrs24.9 yrs
147Cabo Verde28.4 yrs23.7 yrs
148Suriname28.4 yrs26.3 yrs
149Dominican Republic28.0 yrs24.8 yrs
150Fiji27.9 yrs25.4 yrs
151Libya27.5 yrs25.2 yrs
152El Salvador27.4 yrs23.5 yrs
153Uzbekistan27.0 yrs25.0 yrs
154Tokelau26.9 yrs25.0 yrs
155Mongolia26.9 yrs25.5 yrs
156Turkmenistan26.6 yrs24.0 yrs
157Paraguay26.6 yrs23.6 yrs
158Belize26.4 yrs22.4 yrs
159Cambodia26.1 yrs22.8 yrs
160Guyana25.9 yrs23.6 yrs
161Philippines25.7 yrs21.9 yrs
162Nicaragua25.6 yrs22.4 yrs
163Bangladesh25.6 yrs23.1 yrs
164Kyrgyzstan25.3 yrs23.8 yrs
165French Guiana25.1 yrs22.8 yrs
166Nepal25.0 yrs21.0 yrs
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)24.9 yrs22.5 yrs
168Djibouti24.7 yrs21.8 yrs
169Lao People's Democratic Republic24.6 yrs21.6 yrs
170Jordan24.5 yrs21.3 yrs
171Egypt24.3 yrs22.8 yrs
172Tuvalu24.3 yrs23.5 yrs
173Honduras23.9 yrs20.6 yrs
174Haiti23.8 yrs21.3 yrs
175Botswana23.2 yrs21.7 yrs
176Micronesia (Fed. States of)23.1 yrs20.8 yrs
177Guatemala23.0 yrs19.7 yrs
178Kiribati22.8 yrs21.1 yrs
179Syrian Arab Republic22.8 yrs19.1 yrs
180Papua New Guinea22.6 yrs20.6 yrs
181Eswatini22.2 yrs19.7 yrs
182Tajikistan22.1 yrs20.6 yrs
183Lesotho21.6 yrs20.2 yrs
184Gabon21.5 yrs21.1 yrs
185Timor-Leste21.3 yrs18.5 yrs
186Ghana21.1 yrs19.7 yrs
187Namibia21.1 yrs20.3 yrs
188Equatorial Guinea20.9 yrs20.8 yrs
189Tonga20.7 yrs20.6 yrs
190Iraq20.6 yrs18.4 yrs
191Comoros20.5 yrs18.6 yrs
192Solomon Islands20.5 yrs18.8 yrs
193Marshall Islands20.5 yrs20.3 yrs
194Pakistan20.4 yrs19.2 yrs
195Nauru20.3 yrs20.5 yrs
196Vanuatu20.2 yrs20.0 yrs
197State of Palestine19.9 yrs18.4 yrs
198Kenya19.8 yrs17.5 yrs
199Samoa19.8 yrs20.0 yrs
200Rwanda19.7 yrs18.1 yrs
201Sierra Leone19.5 yrs17.5 yrs
202Senegal19.4 yrs17.5 yrs
203Sao Tome and Principe19.3 yrs17.9 yrs
204Guinea-Bissau19.2 yrs17.4 yrs
205Madagascar19.0 yrs17.3 yrs
206Ethiopia18.9 yrs16.8 yrs
207Eritrea18.9 yrs17.4 yrs
208Togo18.9 yrs18.1 yrs
209Liberia18.6 yrs17.6 yrs
210Gambia18.4 yrs16.8 yrs
211Congo18.4 yrs18.3 yrs
212Sudan18.4 yrs16.6 yrs
213Yemen18.3 yrs17.5 yrs
214South Sudan18.3 yrs18.0 yrs
215Côte d'Ivoire18.2 yrs18.1 yrs
216Guinea18.1 yrs16.8 yrs
217Zimbabwe18.0 yrs16.8 yrs
218Cameroon17.9 yrs17.1 yrs
219Nigeria17.9 yrs16.6 yrs
220Benin17.9 yrs17.0 yrs
221Malawi17.8 yrs15.9 yrs
222Zambia17.7 yrs16.0 yrs
223Burkina Faso17.5 yrs16.0 yrs
224United Republic of Tanzania17.4 yrs16.3 yrs
225Mauritania17.3 yrs16.7 yrs
226Afghanistan17.1 yrs15.3 yrs
227Mayotte16.9 yrs16.5 yrs
228Uganda16.7 yrs14.6 yrs
229Angola16.5 yrs16.3 yrs
230Mozambique16.4 yrs15.8 yrs
231Burundi16.1 yrs15.9 yrs
232Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8 yrs15.8 yrs
233Chad15.7 yrs14.7 yrs
234Mali15.6 yrs14.9 yrs
235Somalia15.5 yrs15.0 yrs
236Niger15.4 yrs14.3 yrs
237Central African Republic14.4 yrs14.6 yrs

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