Median age by country, 2058
Half the population is older and half is younger than this age. Values are UN medium-variant projections.
| # | Country / area | Median age | 2048 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 65.8 yrs | 61.0 yrs |
| 2 | China, Macao SAR | 59.6 yrs | 55.2 yrs |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 59.5 yrs | 56.0 yrs |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 58.2 yrs | 53.9 yrs |
| 5 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 57.9 yrs | 55.7 yrs |
| 6 | Andorra | 57.1 yrs | 53.8 yrs |
| 7 | Singapore | 55.2 yrs | 49.8 yrs |
| 8 | Malta | 54.7 yrs | 52.3 yrs |
| 9 | China | 54.2 yrs | 51.6 yrs |
| 10 | Albania | 54.1 yrs | 50.2 yrs |
| 11 | Japan | 53.0 yrs | 52.8 yrs |
| 12 | Italy | 52.9 yrs | 52.9 yrs |
| 13 | Bermuda | 52.9 yrs | 52.2 yrs |
| 14 | Ukraine | 52.7 yrs | 50.6 yrs |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7 yrs | 51.1 yrs |
| 16 | Poland | 52.2 yrs | 51.5 yrs |
| 17 | Mauritius | 52.2 yrs | 48.3 yrs |
| 18 | Spain | 51.8 yrs | 51.8 yrs |
| 19 | Chile | 51.6 yrs | 48.1 yrs |
| 20 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 51.4 yrs | 52.1 yrs |
| 21 | Lithuania | 51.4 yrs | 49.9 yrs |
| 22 | Cuba | 51.1 yrs | 49.5 yrs |
| 23 | British Virgin Islands | 50.8 yrs | 48.7 yrs |
| 24 | French Polynesia | 50.6 yrs | 46.8 yrs |
| 25 | San Marino | 50.5 yrs | 51.1 yrs |
| 26 | Anguilla | 50.4 yrs | 46.4 yrs |
| 27 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 50.2 yrs | 53.6 yrs |
| 28 | Maldives | 50.2 yrs | 48.7 yrs |
| 29 | Greece | 50.1 yrs | 50.0 yrs |
| 30 | Thailand | 50.1 yrs | 48.2 yrs |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 49.9 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 32 | Croatia | 49.8 yrs | 49.0 yrs |
| 33 | Jamaica | 49.5 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 34 | Isle of Man | 49.4 yrs | 48.6 yrs |
| 35 | Slovakia | 49.1 yrs | 49.3 yrs |
| 36 | Curaçao | 49.0 yrs | 46.8 yrs |
| 37 | Estonia | 48.9 yrs | 48.6 yrs |
| 38 | Guernsey | 48.9 yrs | 48.4 yrs |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 48.9 yrs | 47.5 yrs |
| 40 | Serbia | 48.8 yrs | 48.3 yrs |
| 41 | Austria | 48.7 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 42 | Saint Helena | 48.7 yrs | 50.2 yrs |
| 43 | Belarus | 48.7 yrs | 48.1 yrs |
| 44 | Latvia | 48.7 yrs | 48.1 yrs |
| 45 | Cyprus | 48.3 yrs | 47.4 yrs |
| 46 | Saint Barthélemy | 48.2 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 47 | Portugal | 48.1 yrs | 48.4 yrs |
| 48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.9 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 49 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 47.9 yrs | 46.6 yrs |
| 50 | Uruguay | 47.8 yrs | 44.5 yrs |
| 51 | Saint Lucia | 47.8 yrs | 45.0 yrs |
| 52 | Finland | 47.7 yrs | 46.4 yrs |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 47.7 yrs | 48.2 yrs |
| 54 | Martinique | 47.7 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 55 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 47.5 yrs | 43.0 yrs |
| 56 | Slovenia | 47.5 yrs | 48.3 yrs |
| 57 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 47.4 yrs | 45.7 yrs |
| 58 | Switzerland | 47.4 yrs | 47.9 yrs |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.2 yrs | 45.4 yrs |
| 60 | Grenada | 47.1 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 61 | Romania | 47.0 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 62 | Iceland | 46.9 yrs | 44.4 yrs |
| 63 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 46.9 yrs | 42.2 yrs |
| 64 | Türkiye | 46.9 yrs | 43.7 yrs |
| 65 | Norway | 46.9 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 66 | Germany | 46.8 yrs | 48.2 yrs |
| 67 | Jersey | 46.6 yrs | 46.3 yrs |
| 68 | Czechia | 46.5 yrs | 46.4 yrs |
| 69 | Montenegro | 46.5 yrs | 44.8 yrs |
| 70 | Montserrat | 46.5 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 71 | Belgium | 46.4 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 72 | Netherlands | 46.3 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 73 | Guadeloupe | 46.3 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 74 | Liechtenstein | 46.3 yrs | 46.6 yrs |
| 75 | Luxembourg | 46.3 yrs | 45.5 yrs |
| 76 | Colombia | 46.2 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 77 | Armenia | 46.1 yrs | 45.2 yrs |
| 78 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 45.9 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 79 | Canada | 45.8 yrs | 44.9 yrs |
| 80 | Brazil | 45.8 yrs | 43.4 yrs |
| 81 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 45.7 yrs | 43.4 yrs |
| 82 | Aruba | 45.6 yrs | 43.8 yrs |
| 83 | Barbados | 45.6 yrs | 44.0 yrs |
| 84 | Sweden | 45.5 yrs | 43.9 yrs |
| 85 | Hungary | 45.5 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 86 | Bhutan | 45.4 yrs | 41.3 yrs |
| 87 | Ireland | 45.2 yrs | 42.4 yrs |
| 88 | Denmark | 45.2 yrs | 44.1 yrs |
| 89 | Cayman Islands | 45.1 yrs | 44.2 yrs |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.1 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 91 | Argentina | 45.0 yrs | 41.2 yrs |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 44.8 yrs | 39.8 yrs |
| 93 | France | 44.6 yrs | 43.3 yrs |
| 94 | Gibraltar | 44.5 yrs | 42.7 yrs |
| 95 | United Kingdom | 44.3 yrs | 42.6 yrs |
| 96 | Bahamas | 44.3 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 97 | New Zealand | 44.0 yrs | 42.4 yrs |
| 98 | Dominica | 43.7 yrs | 41.8 yrs |
| 99 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 43.5 yrs | 42.8 yrs |
| 100 | Réunion | 43.2 yrs | 41.1 yrs |
| 101 | Tunisia | 43.1 yrs | 39.8 yrs |
| 102 | United States of America | 42.9 yrs | 41.5 yrs |
| 103 | Holy See | 42.9 yrs | 42.8 yrs |
| 104 | Viet Nam | 42.9 yrs | 39.7 yrs |
| 105 | Russian Federation | 42.9 yrs | 41.8 yrs |
| 106 | Australia | 42.8 yrs | 41.8 yrs |
| 107 | Seychelles | 42.8 yrs | 42.3 yrs |
| 108 | Brunei Darussalam | 42.8 yrs | 41.0 yrs |
| 109 | Malaysia | 42.7 yrs | 39.5 yrs |
| 110 | Republic of Moldova | 42.7 yrs | 40.7 yrs |
| 111 | Ecuador | 42.6 yrs | 38.7 yrs |
| 112 | United States Virgin Islands | 42.5 yrs | 42.4 yrs |
| 113 | Georgia | 42.4 yrs | 40.1 yrs |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 42.4 yrs | 39.6 yrs |
| 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.3 yrs | 39.4 yrs |
| 116 | Palau | 42.3 yrs | 41.0 yrs |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 42.2 yrs | 39.1 yrs |
| 118 | El Salvador | 42.1 yrs | 38.1 yrs |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 42.0 yrs | 40.2 yrs |
| 120 | Cook Islands | 41.6 yrs | 37.5 yrs |
| 121 | Peru | 41.5 yrs | 38.4 yrs |
| 122 | Northern Mariana Islands | 41.5 yrs | 39.3 yrs |
| 123 | Faroe Islands | 41.4 yrs | 39.8 yrs |
| 124 | Mexico | 41.4 yrs | 38.0 yrs |
| 125 | Monaco | 40.9 yrs | 43.4 yrs |
| 126 | India | 40.8 yrs | 37.6 yrs |
| 127 | Belize | 40.7 yrs | 37.1 yrs |
| 128 | Panama | 40.6 yrs | 37.5 yrs |
| 129 | Greenland | 40.3 yrs | 39.6 yrs |
| 130 | Morocco | 39.9 yrs | 36.8 yrs |
| 131 | Saint Martin (French part) | 39.6 yrs | 38.6 yrs |
| 132 | Lebanon | 39.1 yrs | 35.7 yrs |
| 133 | Philippines | 39.0 yrs | 35.1 yrs |
| 134 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 38.9 yrs | 35.8 yrs |
| 135 | Libya | 38.8 yrs | 35.6 yrs |
| 136 | Indonesia | 38.7 yrs | 36.3 yrs |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 38.5 yrs | 35.6 yrs |
| 138 | American Samoa | 38.3 yrs | 34.9 yrs |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 38.2 yrs | 34.9 yrs |
| 140 | Myanmar | 38.0 yrs | 36.0 yrs |
| 141 | Nepal | 37.9 yrs | 34.2 yrs |
| 142 | Western Sahara | 37.9 yrs | 36.2 yrs |
| 143 | Suriname | 37.8 yrs | 35.3 yrs |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 37.6 yrs | 34.2 yrs |
| 145 | Algeria | 37.5 yrs | 33.8 yrs |
| 146 | Guam | 36.5 yrs | 34.3 yrs |
| 147 | Guatemala | 35.8 yrs | 32.2 yrs |
| 148 | Kuwait | 35.8 yrs | 35.5 yrs |
| 149 | Tokelau | 35.8 yrs | 34.4 yrs |
| 150 | Paraguay | 35.8 yrs | 33.0 yrs |
| 151 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35.7 yrs | 32.3 yrs |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 35.4 yrs | 32.1 yrs |
| 153 | Bahrain | 35.4 yrs | 34.8 yrs |
| 154 | Fiji | 35.1 yrs | 32.7 yrs |
| 155 | Guyana | 34.7 yrs | 31.8 yrs |
| 156 | Honduras | 34.7 yrs | 31.7 yrs |
| 157 | Cambodia | 34.5 yrs | 31.6 yrs |
| 158 | Jordan | 34.5 yrs | 31.7 yrs |
| 159 | Mongolia | 34.3 yrs | 31.3 yrs |
| 160 | Timor-Leste | 34.1 yrs | 30.4 yrs |
| 161 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 33.8 yrs | 31.4 yrs |
| 162 | South Africa | 33.6 yrs | 32.1 yrs |
| 163 | Israel | 33.5 yrs | 31.8 yrs |
| 164 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.4 yrs | 31.9 yrs |
| 165 | Niue | 33.2 yrs | 32.7 yrs |
| 166 | Haiti | 33.0 yrs | 30.6 yrs |
| 167 | Kazakhstan | 32.9 yrs | 30.8 yrs |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 32.8 yrs | 31.7 yrs |
| 169 | Botswana | 32.8 yrs | 29.7 yrs |
| 170 | United Arab Emirates | 32.7 yrs | 32.5 yrs |
| 171 | Egypt | 32.7 yrs | 30.4 yrs |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.5 yrs | 29.9 yrs |
| 173 | Djibouti | 32.5 yrs | 30.8 yrs |
| 174 | Oman | 32.4 yrs | 31.2 yrs |
| 175 | Qatar | 32.3 yrs | 32.3 yrs |
| 176 | Eswatini | 31.7 yrs | 28.8 yrs |
| 177 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 31.4 yrs | 28.7 yrs |
| 178 | Lesotho | 30.7 yrs | 28.3 yrs |
| 179 | State of Palestine | 30.6 yrs | 27.3 yrs |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 30.2 yrs | 28.1 yrs |
| 181 | Uzbekistan | 30.1 yrs | 27.8 yrs |
| 182 | French Guiana | 30.1 yrs | 28.3 yrs |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 29.9 yrs | 27.3 yrs |
| 184 | Namibia | 29.9 yrs | 27.2 yrs |
| 185 | Iraq | 29.7 yrs | 27.3 yrs |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 29.4 yrs | 27.5 yrs |
| 187 | Kiribati | 29.3 yrs | 27.2 yrs |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 28.7 yrs | 26.9 yrs |
| 189 | Ghana | 28.6 yrs | 26.6 yrs |
| 190 | Gambia | 28.6 yrs | 25.5 yrs |
| 191 | Sierra Leone | 28.6 yrs | 25.8 yrs |
| 192 | Kenya | 28.3 yrs | 25.8 yrs |
| 193 | Tonga | 28.3 yrs | 26.1 yrs |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 28.2 yrs | 26.0 yrs |
| 195 | Pakistan | 28.1 yrs | 25.8 yrs |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.8 yrs | 25.2 yrs |
| 197 | Rwanda | 27.8 yrs | 25.3 yrs |
| 198 | Senegal | 27.7 yrs | 25.1 yrs |
| 199 | Eritrea | 27.2 yrs | 24.6 yrs |
| 200 | Comoros | 27.1 yrs | 25.0 yrs |
| 201 | Gabon | 26.9 yrs | 25.2 yrs |
| 202 | Burkina Faso | 26.9 yrs | 24.3 yrs |
| 203 | South Sudan | 26.9 yrs | 24.6 yrs |
| 204 | Uganda | 26.8 yrs | 23.4 yrs |
| 205 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.8 yrs | 24.4 yrs |
| 206 | Nauru | 26.8 yrs | 25.4 yrs |
| 207 | Vanuatu | 26.8 yrs | 24.9 yrs |
| 208 | Malawi | 26.8 yrs | 24.1 yrs |
| 209 | Ethiopia | 26.7 yrs | 24.1 yrs |
| 210 | Liberia | 26.6 yrs | 24.2 yrs |
| 211 | Guinea | 26.4 yrs | 23.7 yrs |
| 212 | Yemen | 26.3 yrs | 23.5 yrs |
| 213 | Sudan | 26.0 yrs | 23.5 yrs |
| 214 | Madagascar | 25.9 yrs | 23.7 yrs |
| 215 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.9 yrs | 24.0 yrs |
| 216 | Nigeria | 25.8 yrs | 23.4 yrs |
| 217 | Zambia | 25.4 yrs | 23.1 yrs |
| 218 | Zimbabwe | 25.4 yrs | 23.2 yrs |
| 219 | Afghanistan | 25.1 yrs | 22.5 yrs |
| 220 | Samoa | 25.1 yrs | 23.8 yrs |
| 221 | Cameroon | 24.8 yrs | 22.6 yrs |
| 222 | Togo | 24.7 yrs | 23.0 yrs |
| 223 | Congo | 24.6 yrs | 22.7 yrs |
| 224 | Benin | 24.6 yrs | 22.6 yrs |
| 225 | Burundi | 24.4 yrs | 22.1 yrs |
| 226 | Mayotte | 24.2 yrs | 22.1 yrs |
| 227 | Mauritania | 24.2 yrs | 21.8 yrs |
| 228 | Mozambique | 23.8 yrs | 21.1 yrs |
| 229 | Côte d'Ivoire | 23.7 yrs | 22.4 yrs |
| 230 | Niger | 23.5 yrs | 20.6 yrs |
| 231 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.4 yrs | 21.4 yrs |
| 232 | Angola | 22.7 yrs | 20.5 yrs |
| 233 | Mali | 22.3 yrs | 19.8 yrs |
| 234 | Somalia | 22.2 yrs | 19.7 yrs |
| 235 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21.8 yrs | 19.6 yrs |
| 236 | Chad | 21.6 yrs | 19.3 yrs |
| 237 | Central African Republic | 21.6 yrs | 18.6 yrs |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.