Median age by country, 2044
Half the population is older and half is younger than this age. Values are UN medium-variant projections.
| # | Country / area | Median age | 2034 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 58.8 yrs | 52.9 yrs |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | 54.7 yrs | 50.6 yrs |
| 3 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 54.4 yrs | 50.1 yrs |
| 4 | Japan | 53.0 yrs | 52.4 yrs |
| 5 | China, Macao SAR | 52.9 yrs | 45.9 yrs |
| 6 | Italy | 52.5 yrs | 51.0 yrs |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 52.5 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 8 | Andorra | 52.3 yrs | 47.9 yrs |
| 9 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 52.3 yrs | 47.9 yrs |
| 10 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 52.2 yrs | 50.5 yrs |
| 11 | Bermuda | 52.0 yrs | 49.7 yrs |
| 12 | San Marino | 51.8 yrs | 51.8 yrs |
| 13 | Spain | 51.6 yrs | 49.5 yrs |
| 14 | Martinique | 51.3 yrs | 51.7 yrs |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.2 yrs | 49.1 yrs |
| 16 | Saint Helena | 50.8 yrs | 51.0 yrs |
| 17 | Poland | 50.6 yrs | 46.9 yrs |
| 18 | Malta | 50.5 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 19 | Greece | 50.4 yrs | 49.7 yrs |
| 20 | China | 50.3 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 21 | Ukraine | 49.6 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 22 | Slovakia | 49.0 yrs | 46.0 yrs |
| 23 | Estonia | 48.9 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 24 | Austria | 48.8 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 25 | Slovenia | 48.8 yrs | 47.6 yrs |
| 26 | Portugal | 48.8 yrs | 49.0 yrs |
| 27 | Lithuania | 48.8 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 48.7 yrs | 46.9 yrs |
| 29 | Cuba | 48.6 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 30 | Latvia | 48.6 yrs | 46.3 yrs |
| 31 | Croatia | 48.5 yrs | 47.5 yrs |
| 32 | Isle of Man | 48.5 yrs | 47.7 yrs |
| 33 | Germany | 48.3 yrs | 47.0 yrs |
| 34 | Belarus | 48.3 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 35 | Albania | 48.1 yrs | 42.4 yrs |
| 36 | Guernsey | 48.1 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 37 | Serbia | 48.0 yrs | 46.5 yrs |
| 38 | Switzerland | 47.8 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 39 | British Virgin Islands | 47.5 yrs | 43.4 yrs |
| 40 | Singapore | 47.4 yrs | 41.3 yrs |
| 41 | Czechia | 47.3 yrs | 46.3 yrs |
| 42 | Thailand | 47.2 yrs | 44.0 yrs |
| 43 | Guadeloupe | 47.1 yrs | 48.7 yrs |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 46.9 yrs | 44.2 yrs |
| 45 | Mauritius | 46.7 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 46 | Liechtenstein | 46.7 yrs | 46.0 yrs |
| 47 | Cyprus | 46.6 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 48 | Maldives | 46.6 yrs | 39.6 yrs |
| 49 | Jersey | 46.4 yrs | 45.7 yrs |
| 50 | Chile | 46.4 yrs | 41.5 yrs |
| 51 | Finland | 46.4 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 52 | Montserrat | 46.2 yrs | 44.5 yrs |
| 53 | Romania | 46.2 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 54 | Hungary | 46.0 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 45.8 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 56 | Curaçao | 45.5 yrs | 41.4 yrs |
| 57 | French Polynesia | 45.2 yrs | 41.2 yrs |
| 58 | Belgium | 45.1 yrs | 43.8 yrs |
| 59 | Armenia | 45.0 yrs | 41.6 yrs |
| 60 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 45.0 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 45.0 yrs | 42.2 yrs |
| 62 | Anguilla | 44.9 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 63 | Norway | 44.7 yrs | 42.5 yrs |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.6 yrs | 41.8 yrs |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 44.5 yrs | 39.8 yrs |
| 66 | Monaco | 44.5 yrs | 48.4 yrs |
| 67 | Netherlands | 44.4 yrs | 42.6 yrs |
| 68 | Canada | 44.4 yrs | 42.5 yrs |
| 69 | Montenegro | 44.3 yrs | 42.5 yrs |
| 70 | Cayman Islands | 44.2 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 71 | Antigua and Barbuda | 43.9 yrs | 39.9 yrs |
| 72 | Sweden | 43.8 yrs | 42.5 yrs |
| 73 | Denmark | 43.7 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 74 | Aruba | 43.5 yrs | 43.3 yrs |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 43.5 yrs | 38.9 yrs |
| 76 | Iceland | 43.4 yrs | 39.8 yrs |
| 77 | Jamaica | 43.2 yrs | 37.9 yrs |
| 78 | Barbados | 43.2 yrs | 41.4 yrs |
| 79 | France | 43.2 yrs | 43.5 yrs |
| 80 | Uruguay | 43.1 yrs | 39.5 yrs |
| 81 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 43.1 yrs | 43.0 yrs |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.7 yrs | 39.4 yrs |
| 83 | United States Virgin Islands | 42.7 yrs | 44.7 yrs |
| 84 | Holy See | 42.5 yrs | 47.6 yrs |
| 85 | Russian Federation | 42.5 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 42.4 yrs | 41.4 yrs |
| 87 | Grenada | 42.4 yrs | 38.5 yrs |
| 88 | Saint Barthélemy | 42.3 yrs | 40.7 yrs |
| 89 | Türkiye | 42.2 yrs | 37.7 yrs |
| 90 | Brazil | 42.1 yrs | 38.5 yrs |
| 91 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 42.1 yrs | 39.3 yrs |
| 92 | New Zealand | 42.0 yrs | 40.4 yrs |
| 93 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 41.9 yrs | 38.6 yrs |
| 94 | Australia | 41.7 yrs | 40.5 yrs |
| 95 | Gibraltar | 41.7 yrs | 39.6 yrs |
| 96 | Seychelles | 41.7 yrs | 38.1 yrs |
| 97 | Ireland | 41.6 yrs | 40.4 yrs |
| 98 | Dominica | 41.5 yrs | 39.7 yrs |
| 99 | Republic of Moldova | 41.4 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 100 | Colombia | 41.3 yrs | 36.7 yrs |
| 101 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 41.2 yrs | 36.9 yrs |
| 102 | Bahamas | 41.2 yrs | 38.6 yrs |
| 103 | United States of America | 41.1 yrs | 40.3 yrs |
| 104 | Palau | 41.0 yrs | 41.3 yrs |
| 105 | Saint Martin (French part) | 40.8 yrs | 50.9 yrs |
| 106 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 40.6 yrs | 40.7 yrs |
| 107 | Réunion | 40.3 yrs | 40.4 yrs |
| 108 | Georgia | 40.1 yrs | 39.6 yrs |
| 109 | Brunei Darussalam | 40.1 yrs | 36.8 yrs |
| 110 | Greenland | 40.0 yrs | 38.7 yrs |
| 111 | Argentina | 39.8 yrs | 36.4 yrs |
| 112 | Bhutan | 39.5 yrs | 34.9 yrs |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 39.3 yrs | 37.0 yrs |
| 114 | Tunisia | 39.0 yrs | 36.6 yrs |
| 115 | Faroe Islands | 39.0 yrs | 37.7 yrs |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.8 yrs | 37.1 yrs |
| 117 | Viet Nam | 38.8 yrs | 37.1 yrs |
| 118 | Northern Mariana Islands | 38.5 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 38.4 yrs | 35.9 yrs |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 38.3 yrs | 37.3 yrs |
| 121 | Malaysia | 38.3 yrs | 34.6 yrs |
| 122 | Cabo Verde | 37.9 yrs | 33.4 yrs |
| 123 | Ecuador | 37.1 yrs | 33.1 yrs |
| 124 | Peru | 37.0 yrs | 33.4 yrs |
| 125 | Mexico | 36.6 yrs | 32.9 yrs |
| 126 | El Salvador | 36.4 yrs | 32.2 yrs |
| 127 | Cook Islands | 36.4 yrs | 43.5 yrs |
| 128 | Panama | 36.3 yrs | 33.2 yrs |
| 129 | India | 36.1 yrs | 32.3 yrs |
| 130 | Belize | 35.6 yrs | 31.2 yrs |
| 131 | Western Sahara | 35.6 yrs | 34.3 yrs |
| 132 | Morocco | 35.4 yrs | 32.5 yrs |
| 133 | Indonesia | 35.3 yrs | 32.9 yrs |
| 134 | Kuwait | 35.3 yrs | 34.9 yrs |
| 135 | Myanmar | 35.2 yrs | 32.7 yrs |
| 136 | Bahrain | 34.4 yrs | 33.8 yrs |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 34.3 yrs | 31.4 yrs |
| 138 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 34.3 yrs | 31.0 yrs |
| 139 | Lebanon | 34.3 yrs | 31.3 yrs |
| 140 | Suriname | 34.2 yrs | 31.4 yrs |
| 141 | Libya | 34.2 yrs | 30.6 yrs |
| 142 | Guam | 33.7 yrs | 32.9 yrs |
| 143 | American Samoa | 33.6 yrs | 30.2 yrs |
| 144 | Philippines | 33.5 yrs | 29.8 yrs |
| 145 | Tokelau | 33.3 yrs | 30.1 yrs |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 33.3 yrs | 29.2 yrs |
| 147 | Nicaragua | 32.8 yrs | 29.1 yrs |
| 148 | Nepal | 32.7 yrs | 28.7 yrs |
| 149 | Algeria | 32.5 yrs | 30.0 yrs |
| 150 | United Arab Emirates | 32.4 yrs | 32.0 yrs |
| 151 | Qatar | 32.3 yrs | 32.5 yrs |
| 152 | Niue | 32.1 yrs | 31.6 yrs |
| 153 | Paraguay | 31.9 yrs | 29.5 yrs |
| 154 | Fiji | 31.8 yrs | 29.6 yrs |
| 155 | South Africa | 31.6 yrs | 30.1 yrs |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 31.2 yrs | 29.9 yrs |
| 157 | Israel | 31.1 yrs | 29.8 yrs |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.0 yrs | 27.8 yrs |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 30.9 yrs | 29.3 yrs |
| 160 | Syrian Arab Republic | 30.8 yrs | 26.9 yrs |
| 161 | Guyana | 30.6 yrs | 28.4 yrs |
| 162 | Cambodia | 30.6 yrs | 28.0 yrs |
| 163 | Guatemala | 30.6 yrs | 26.9 yrs |
| 164 | Oman | 30.5 yrs | 29.9 yrs |
| 165 | Honduras | 30.5 yrs | 27.3 yrs |
| 166 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 30.4 yrs | 27.6 yrs |
| 167 | Jordan | 30.4 yrs | 27.1 yrs |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 30.2 yrs | 29.1 yrs |
| 169 | Djibouti | 29.9 yrs | 27.5 yrs |
| 170 | Mongolia | 29.8 yrs | 27.1 yrs |
| 171 | Haiti | 29.5 yrs | 26.6 yrs |
| 172 | Egypt | 29.1 yrs | 26.4 yrs |
| 173 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.8 yrs | 26.4 yrs |
| 174 | Timor-Leste | 28.8 yrs | 25.2 yrs |
| 175 | Botswana | 28.7 yrs | 26.0 yrs |
| 176 | French Guiana | 27.8 yrs | 25.9 yrs |
| 177 | Eswatini | 27.6 yrs | 24.8 yrs |
| 178 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 27.6 yrs | 25.1 yrs |
| 179 | Uzbekistan | 27.3 yrs | 26.5 yrs |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 27.2 yrs | 24.9 yrs |
| 181 | Lesotho | 27.1 yrs | 24.0 yrs |
| 182 | Iraq | 26.4 yrs | 23.2 yrs |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 26.4 yrs | 24.1 yrs |
| 184 | Kiribati | 26.3 yrs | 23.9 yrs |
| 185 | Tajikistan | 26.2 yrs | 23.5 yrs |
| 186 | Namibia | 25.9 yrs | 23.1 yrs |
| 187 | State of Palestine | 25.9 yrs | 22.5 yrs |
| 188 | Ghana | 25.7 yrs | 23.3 yrs |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 25.5 yrs | 22.5 yrs |
| 190 | Tonga | 25.3 yrs | 22.6 yrs |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 25.1 yrs | 22.7 yrs |
| 192 | Kenya | 24.9 yrs | 22.5 yrs |
| 193 | Pakistan | 24.9 yrs | 22.6 yrs |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | 24.6 yrs | 22.0 yrs |
| 195 | Nauru | 24.6 yrs | 22.1 yrs |
| 196 | Gabon | 24.5 yrs | 22.5 yrs |
| 197 | Rwanda | 24.4 yrs | 22.1 yrs |
| 198 | Gambia | 24.3 yrs | 21.1 yrs |
| 199 | Guinea-Bissau | 24.2 yrs | 21.6 yrs |
| 200 | Senegal | 24.2 yrs | 21.8 yrs |
| 201 | Comoros | 24.1 yrs | 22.0 yrs |
| 202 | Vanuatu | 24.0 yrs | 21.8 yrs |
| 203 | South Sudan | 23.9 yrs | 21.7 yrs |
| 204 | Eritrea | 23.7 yrs | 21.6 yrs |
| 205 | Sao Tome and Principe | 23.5 yrs | 21.5 yrs |
| 206 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.4 yrs | 21.7 yrs |
| 207 | Samoa | 23.3 yrs | 21.2 yrs |
| 208 | Burkina Faso | 23.3 yrs | 20.4 yrs |
| 209 | Liberia | 23.3 yrs | 20.9 yrs |
| 210 | Ethiopia | 23.1 yrs | 20.9 yrs |
| 211 | Malawi | 23.1 yrs | 20.6 yrs |
| 212 | Madagascar | 22.9 yrs | 20.9 yrs |
| 213 | Guinea | 22.6 yrs | 20.1 yrs |
| 214 | Nigeria | 22.5 yrs | 20.2 yrs |
| 215 | Zimbabwe | 22.4 yrs | 20.3 yrs |
| 216 | Sudan | 22.4 yrs | 20.2 yrs |
| 217 | Yemen | 22.3 yrs | 19.7 yrs |
| 218 | Togo | 22.3 yrs | 20.6 yrs |
| 219 | Zambia | 22.2 yrs | 20.0 yrs |
| 220 | Congo | 22.1 yrs | 20.4 yrs |
| 221 | Uganda | 22.0 yrs | 19.0 yrs |
| 222 | Cameroon | 21.8 yrs | 19.7 yrs |
| 223 | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.8 yrs | 20.0 yrs |
| 224 | Benin | 21.8 yrs | 19.6 yrs |
| 225 | Afghanistan | 21.5 yrs | 19.1 yrs |
| 226 | Burundi | 21.3 yrs | 19.0 yrs |
| 227 | Mayotte | 21.3 yrs | 19.2 yrs |
| 228 | Mauritania | 20.9 yrs | 18.9 yrs |
| 229 | United Republic of Tanzania | 20.6 yrs | 18.7 yrs |
| 230 | Mozambique | 20.1 yrs | 18.0 yrs |
| 231 | Angola | 19.7 yrs | 17.9 yrs |
| 232 | Niger | 19.6 yrs | 17.2 yrs |
| 233 | Mali | 18.9 yrs | 17.1 yrs |
| 234 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18.7 yrs | 16.7 yrs |
| 235 | Somalia | 18.7 yrs | 16.6 yrs |
| 236 | Chad | 18.4 yrs | 16.5 yrs |
| 237 | Central African Republic | 17.4 yrs | 15.5 yrs |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.