Median age by country, 2079

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

◀▶2079

#	Country / area	Median age	2069
1	China, Hong Kong SAR	70.8 yrs	70.0 yrs
2	Puerto Rico	67.0 yrs	63.3 yrs
3	Republic of Korea	62.9 yrs	61.4 yrs
4	China, Macao SAR	62.6 yrs	61.4 yrs
5	China	61.1 yrs	57.4 yrs
6	Andorra	59.6 yrs	59.4 yrs
7	China, Taiwan Province of China	59.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
8	Albania	59.1 yrs	56.7 yrs
9	Ukraine	58.2 yrs	55.9 yrs
10	Saint Barthélemy	57.6 yrs	53.2 yrs
11	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	57.6 yrs	55.6 yrs
12	Singapore	57.4 yrs	58.5 yrs
13	Chile	57.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
14	Malta	56.5 yrs	55.8 yrs
15	French Polynesia	56.3 yrs	54.6 yrs
16	Costa Rica	55.7 yrs	53.6 yrs
17	Mauritius	55.6 yrs	54.9 yrs
18	Lithuania	55.4 yrs	53.4 yrs
19	Poland	55.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
20	Anguilla	54.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
21	Bermuda	54.4 yrs	53.9 yrs
22	Cuba	53.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
23	Jamaica	53.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53.3 yrs	53.5 yrs
25	North Macedonia	53.2 yrs	51.7 yrs
26	Italy	53.1 yrs	53.4 yrs
27	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	53.1 yrs	51.7 yrs
28	Belarus	53.0 yrs	52.3 yrs
29	Japan	52.8 yrs	53.6 yrs
30	Uruguay	52.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
31	Curaçao	52.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
32	Latvia	52.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
33	Türkiye	52.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
34	Wallis and Futuna Islands	52.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
35	Cabo Verde	52.1 yrs	50.1 yrs
36	Thailand	52.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
37	Maldives	52.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
38	Grenada	51.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
39	British Virgin Islands	51.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
40	Spain	51.7 yrs	52.7 yrs
41	Croatia	51.5 yrs	51.2 yrs
42	Estonia	51.4 yrs	51.0 yrs
43	Greece	51.2 yrs	51.5 yrs
44	Isle of Man	51.2 yrs	51.0 yrs
45	Antigua and Barbuda	50.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
46	Colombia	50.6 yrs	48.8 yrs
47	Slovakia	50.6 yrs	50.3 yrs
48	Iceland	50.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
49	Saint Lucia	50.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
50	Serbia	50.4 yrs	49.7 yrs
51	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	50.3 yrs	49.5 yrs
52	Cyprus	50.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
53	Montenegro	50.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
54	Saint Helena	50.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
55	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
56	Finland	49.7 yrs	49.7 yrs
57	Argentina	49.6 yrs	48.9 yrs
58	San Marino	49.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
59	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	49.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
60	Guernsey	49.5 yrs	49.8 yrs
61	Trinidad and Tobago	49.5 yrs	49.0 yrs
62	Austria	49.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
63	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	49.2 yrs	49.5 yrs
64	Brazil	49.2 yrs	48.1 yrs
65	Armenia	48.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
66	Bhutan	48.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
67	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	48.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
68	Norway	48.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
69	Montserrat	48.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
70	Barbados	48.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
71	Romania	48.1 yrs	47.8 yrs
72	Luxembourg	48.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
73	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
74	Tunisia	48.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
75	Bulgaria	48.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
76	El Salvador	47.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
77	Aruba	47.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
78	Netherlands	47.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
79	Belgium	47.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
80	Slovenia	47.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
81	Switzerland	47.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
82	Sweden	47.6 yrs	47.5 yrs
83	Ecuador	47.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
84	Martinique	47.5 yrs	47.4 yrs
85	Ireland	47.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
86	Gibraltar	47.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
87	Germany	47.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
88	Belize	46.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
89	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	46.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
90	Canada	46.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
91	Liechtenstein	46.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
92	Guadeloupe	46.6 yrs	46.2 yrs
93	Sri Lanka	46.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
94	Denmark	46.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
95	Jersey	46.5 yrs	46.9 yrs
96	Czechia	46.5 yrs	47.4 yrs
97	Mexico	46.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
98	United Kingdom	46.3 yrs	45.9 yrs
99	New Zealand	46.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
100	Viet Nam	46.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
101	Peru	46.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
102	Portugal	46.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
103	Cayman Islands	46.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
104	Dominica	46.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
105	Bahamas	46.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
106	Malaysia	45.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
107	Hungary	45.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
108	Réunion	45.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
109	Georgia	45.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
110	Holy See	45.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
111	India	45.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
112	France	45.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	45.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
114	Bangladesh	45.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
115	Brunei Darussalam	45.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
116	New Caledonia	44.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
117	Panama	44.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
118	Republic of Moldova	44.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
119	Morocco	44.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
120	Faroe Islands	44.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
121	United States Virgin Islands	44.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
122	Nepal	44.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
123	United States of America	44.1 yrs	43.7 yrs
124	Azerbaijan	44.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
125	Seychelles	44.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
126	Australia	43.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
127	Lebanon	43.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
128	Nicaragua	43.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
129	Dominican Republic	43.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
130	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	43.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
131	Greenland	43.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
132	Philippines	43.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
133	Russian Federation	43.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
134	Palau	42.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
135	Libya	42.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
136	Northern Mariana Islands	42.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
137	Cook Islands	42.3 yrs	44.6 yrs
138	Suriname	42.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
139	Indonesia	42.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
140	Algeria	41.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
141	Tokelau	41.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
142	Guatemala	41.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
143	Monaco	41.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
144	Myanmar	41.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
145	Lao People's Democratic Republic	41.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
146	American Samoa	40.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
147	Guam	40.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
148	Syrian Arab Republic	40.6 yrs	37.2 yrs
149	Paraguay	40.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
150	Honduras	40.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
151	Western Sahara	40.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
152	Timor-Leste	40.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
153	Guyana	39.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
154	Turkmenistan	39.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
155	Jordan	39.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
156	Fiji	39.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
157	Cambodia	38.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
158	Saint Martin (French part)	38.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
159	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	38.0 yrs	36.1 yrs
160	Botswana	37.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
161	Egypt	37.4 yrs	35.0 yrs
162	Niue	37.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
163	Mongolia	37.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
164	State of Palestine	37.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
165	Haiti	36.9 yrs	35.2 yrs
166	Israel	36.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
167	Kyrgyzstan	36.8 yrs	34.6 yrs
168	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	36.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
169	Eswatini	36.6 yrs	34.4 yrs
170	Djibouti	36.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
171	Bahrain	36.2 yrs	35.8 yrs
172	Kazakhstan	36.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
173	South Africa	36.1 yrs	35.1 yrs
174	Kuwait	35.9 yrs	35.8 yrs
175	Marshall Islands	35.6 yrs	31.4 yrs
176	Tajikistan	35.3 yrs	32.4 yrs
177	Lesotho	35.2 yrs	33.1 yrs
178	Tonga	35.0 yrs	31.5 yrs
179	Iraq	34.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
180	Saudi Arabia	34.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
181	Namibia	34.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
182	Gambia	34.4 yrs	31.8 yrs
183	French Guiana	34.4 yrs	32.3 yrs
184	Oman	34.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
185	Papua New Guinea	33.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
186	Uganda	33.8 yrs	30.5 yrs
187	Uzbekistan	33.8 yrs	32.0 yrs
188	Sierra Leone	33.7 yrs	31.4 yrs
189	United Arab Emirates	33.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
190	Kenya	33.5 yrs	31.1 yrs
191	Eritrea	33.3 yrs	30.5 yrs
192	Solomon Islands	33.3 yrs	30.9 yrs
193	Tuvalu	33.3 yrs	30.9 yrs
194	Rwanda	33.3 yrs	30.6 yrs
195	Kiribati	33.2 yrs	31.3 yrs
196	Ghana	33.0 yrs	30.9 yrs
197	Pakistan	33.0 yrs	30.7 yrs
198	Qatar	32.9 yrs	32.5 yrs
199	Senegal	32.7 yrs	30.4 yrs
200	Guinea-Bissau	32.6 yrs	30.4 yrs
201	Sao Tome and Principe	32.4 yrs	29.8 yrs
202	Burkina Faso	32.2 yrs	29.8 yrs
203	Malawi	32.0 yrs	29.6 yrs
204	South Sudan	32.0 yrs	29.8 yrs
205	Comoros	31.9 yrs	29.6 yrs
206	Ethiopia	31.8 yrs	29.4 yrs
207	Yemen	31.7 yrs	29.0 yrs
208	Liberia	31.5 yrs	29.3 yrs
209	Guinea	31.4 yrs	29.1 yrs
210	Vanuatu	31.4 yrs	29.1 yrs
211	Nauru	31.1 yrs	28.9 yrs
212	Gabon	30.9 yrs	28.9 yrs
213	Samoa	30.9 yrs	27.9 yrs
214	Sudan	30.9 yrs	28.6 yrs
215	Zimbabwe	30.8 yrs	28.3 yrs
216	Nigeria	30.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
217	Equatorial Guinea	30.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
218	Madagascar	30.3 yrs	28.2 yrs
219	Afghanistan	30.2 yrs	27.9 yrs
220	Zambia	30.1 yrs	27.9 yrs
221	Burundi	29.8 yrs	27.2 yrs
222	Cameroon	29.5 yrs	27.3 yrs
223	Mauritania	29.5 yrs	27.0 yrs
224	Niger	29.4 yrs	26.6 yrs
225	Mayotte	29.3 yrs	26.7 yrs
226	Mozambique	29.3 yrs	26.7 yrs
227	Benin	29.1 yrs	27.0 yrs
228	Congo	29.0 yrs	26.9 yrs
229	Togo	28.6 yrs	26.7 yrs
230	United Republic of Tanzania	27.8 yrs	25.7 yrs
231	Mali	27.8 yrs	25.1 yrs
232	Somalia	27.6 yrs	25.1 yrs
233	Angola	27.5 yrs	25.2 yrs
234	Central African Republic	27.5 yrs	24.7 yrs
235	Côte d'Ivoire	27.3 yrs	25.6 yrs
236	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26.9 yrs	24.4 yrs
237	Chad	26.7 yrs	24.2 yrs

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