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Median age around the world
Median age, 2023: highest in Vatican City, at 59.6 years, and lowest in Central African Republic, at 14.3 years, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 30.4 years in 2023.
years · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
years · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican City | 59.6 | 2023 | |
| 2 | Monaco | 54.4 | 2023 | |
| 3 | St. Helena | 50.5 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Japan | 49 | 2023 | |
| 5 | Italy | 47.5 | 2023 | |
| 6 | San Marino | 47.4 | 2023 | |
| 7 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | 46.4 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Portugal | 46.2 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Hong Kong SAR China | 46.2 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Greece | 45.8 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Isle of Man | 45.7 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 45.3 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Germany | 45.2 | 2023 | |
| 14 | Bermuda | 45.1 | 2023 | |
| 15 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 44.9 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Spain | 44.9 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Croatia | 44.8 | 2023 | |
| 18 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 44.7 | 2023 | |
| 19 | South Korea | 44.5 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 44.3 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 44.2 | 2023 | |
| 22 | Guernsey | 44 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Slovenia | 43.9 | 2023 | |
| 24 | Serbia | 43.9 | 2023 | |
| 25 | Taiwan | 43.5 | 2023 | |
| 26 | Hungary | 43.3 | 2023 | |
| 27 | Andorra | 43.2 | 2023 | |
| 28 | Jersey | 43.1 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Austria | 43.1 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Latvia | 43.1 | 2023 | |
| 31 | Finland | 42.8 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Czechia | 42.7 | 2023 | |
| 33 | Romania | 42.6 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Switzerland | 42.3 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Lithuania | 42.1 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Ukraine | 42 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Estonia | 41.9 | 2023 | |
| 38 | France | 41.8 | 2023 | |
| 39 | Cuba | 41.7 | 2023 | |
| 40 | Sint Maarten | 41.6 | 2023 | |
| 41 | Montserrat | 41.6 | 2023 | |
| 42 | Falkland Islands | 41.5 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Belgium | 41.4 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Netherlands | 41.4 | 2023 | |
| 45 | Poland | 41.3 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Slovakia | 41.3 | 2023 | |
| 47 | Denmark | 41.3 | 2023 | |
| 48 | Aruba | 41 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Belarus | 40.5 | 2023 | |
| 50 | Canada | 40.3 | 2023 | |
| 51 | Malta | 40.3 | 2023 | |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 40.3 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Sweden | 39.9 | 2023 | |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 39.8 | 2023 | |
| 55 | Thailand | 39.7 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Norway | 39.5 | 2023 | |
| 57 | Russia | 39.5 | 2023 | |
| 58 | St. Martin | 39.4 | 2023 | |
| 59 | Montenegro | 39.3 | 2023 | |
| 60 | China | 39.1 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Barbados | 38.9 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Luxembourg | 38.9 | 2023 | |
| 63 | St. Barthélemy | 38.8 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Ireland | 38.4 | 2023 | |
| 65 | Macao SAR China | 38.3 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 38.3 | 2023 | |
| 67 | Curaçao | 38.2 | 2023 | |
| 68 | United States | 38 | 2023 | |
| 69 | Anguilla | 38 | 2023 | |
| 70 | Cayman Islands | 37.9 | 2023 | |
| 71 | Palau | 37.8 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Cyprus | 37.8 | 2023 | |
| 73 | Moldova | 37.8 | 2023 | |
| 74 | Australia | 37.8 | 2023 | |
| 75 | British Virgin Islands | 37.6 | 2023 | |
| 76 | New Zealand | 37.3 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Faroe Islands | 37.3 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Wallis & Futuna | 37.2 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Mauritius | 36.9 | 2023 | |
| 80 | Georgia | 36.8 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Trinidad & Tobago | 36.7 | 2023 | |
| 82 | Niue | 36.6 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Albania | 36.3 | 2023 | |
| 84 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.1 | 2023 | |
| 85 | North Korea | 36.1 | 2023 | |
| 86 | Chile | 36 | 2023 | |
| 87 | Armenia | 35.8 | 2023 | |
| 88 | Iceland | 35.8 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Uruguay | 35.8 | 2023 | |
| 90 | Dominica | 35.6 | 2023 | |
| 91 | Antigua & Barbuda | 35.5 | 2023 | |
| 92 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 35.4 | 2023 | |
| 93 | Singapore | 35.1 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Cook Islands | 35.1 | 2023 | |
| 95 | French Polynesia | 34.8 | 2023 | |
| 96 | Bahamas | 34.6 | 2023 | |
| 97 | Kuwait | 34.5 | 2023 | |
| 98 | Greenland | 34.2 | 2023 | |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 34.1 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Brazil | 33.9 | 2023 | |
| 101 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 33.9 | 2023 | |
| 102 | New Caledonia | 33.9 | 2023 | |
| 103 | St. Lucia | 33.8 | 2023 | |
| 104 | Seychelles | 33.7 | 2023 | |
| 105 | Grenada | 33.4 | 2023 | |
| 106 | Qatar | 33.2 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Bahrain | 32.9 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Iran | 32.9 | 2023 | |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 32.8 | 2023 | |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 32.6 | 2023 | |
| 111 | Türkiye | 32.5 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Vietnam | 32.4 | 2023 | |
| 113 | Tunisia | 32.1 | 2023 | |
| 114 | Argentina | 32.1 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Western Sahara | 32 | 2023 | |
| 116 | Brunei | 31.8 | 2023 | |
| 117 | Jamaica | 31.7 | 2023 | |
| 118 | Colombia | 31.6 | 2023 | |
| 119 | Kosovo | 31.4 | 2023 | |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 31.2 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Maldives | 31.1 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Guam | 31.1 | 2023 | |
| 123 | Malaysia | 30.1 | 2023 | |
| 124 | Indonesia | 29.8 | 2023 | |
| 125 | Panama | 29.6 | 2023 | |
| 126 | Myanmar (Burma) | 29.5 | 2023 | |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 29.5 | 2023 | |
| 128 | Peru | 29.5 | 2023 | |
| 129 | Bhutan | 29.4 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Oman | 29.3 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Saudi Arabia | 29.3 | 2023 | |
| 132 | Morocco | 29.2 | 2023 | |
| 133 | Israel | 29.2 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Venezuela | 29 | 2023 | |
| 135 | Mexico | 28.9 | 2023 | |
| 136 | American Samoa | 28.4 | 2023 | |
| 137 | Ecuador | 28.4 | 2023 | |
| 138 | Lebanon | 28.3 | 2023 | |
| 139 | South Africa | 28.2 | 2023 | |
| 140 | Algeria | 28.2 | 2023 | |
| 141 | Suriname | 28.1 | 2023 | |
| 142 | India | 28.1 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 27.9 | 2023 | |
| 144 | Fiji | 27.7 | 2023 | |
| 145 | Dominican Republic | 27.7 | 2023 | |
| 146 | Libya | 27.2 | 2023 | |
| 147 | El Salvador | 27 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 26.9 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Mongolia | 26.8 | 2023 | |
| 150 | Paraguay | 26.3 | 2023 | |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 26.2 | 2023 | |
| 152 | Belize | 26 | 2023 | |
| 153 | Cambodia | 25.8 | 2023 | |
| 154 | Guyana | 25.6 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 25.3 | 2023 | |
| 156 | Philippines | 25.3 | 2023 | |
| 157 | Nicaragua | 25.3 | 2023 | |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.1 | 2023 | |
| 159 | Nepal | 24.7 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Bolivia | 24.7 | 2023 | |
| 161 | Djibouti | 24.4 | 2023 | |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 24.3 | 2023 | |
| 163 | Jordan | 24.3 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Laos | 24.3 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Egypt | 24 | 2023 | |
| 166 | Honduras | 23.6 | 2023 | |
| 167 | Haiti | 23.5 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Botswana | 22.9 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Micronesia | 22.9 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Kiribati | 22.7 | 2023 | |
| 171 | Guatemala | 22.6 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 22.3 | 2023 | |
| 173 | Syria | 22.3 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Eswatini | 22 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 21.9 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Gabon | 21.5 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Lesotho | 21.4 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 21 | 2023 | |
| 179 | Timor-Leste | 21 | 2023 | |
| 180 | Namibia | 21 | 2023 | |
| 181 | Ghana | 20.9 | 2023 | |
| 182 | Marshall Islands | 20.7 | 2023 | |
| 183 | Tonga | 20.7 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Nauru | 20.4 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Iraq | 20.4 | 2023 | |
| 186 | Comoros | 20.3 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Pakistan | 20.3 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 20.3 | 2023 | |
| 189 | Vanuatu | 20.1 | 2023 | |
| 190 | Samoa | 19.9 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Palestinian Territories | 19.8 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Kenya | 19.5 | 2023 | |
| 193 | Rwanda | 19.4 | 2023 | |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | 19.3 | 2023 | |
| 195 | Senegal | 19.1 | 2023 | |
| 196 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 19.1 | 2023 | |
| 197 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.9 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Madagascar | 18.9 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 18.7 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Eritrea | 18.7 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Liberia | 18.4 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Congo - Brazzaville | 18.3 | 2023 | |
| 203 | Sudan | 18.3 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Yemen | 18.2 | 2023 | |
| 205 | Gambia | 18.2 | 2023 | |
| 206 | Togo | 18.1 | 2023 | |
| 207 | Côte d’Ivoire | 18.1 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Guinea | 18 | 2023 | |
| 209 | South Sudan | 18 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Zimbabwe | 17.8 | 2023 | |
| 211 | Benin | 17.8 | 2023 | |
| 212 | Cameroon | 17.8 | 2023 | |
| 213 | Nigeria | 17.8 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Malawi | 17.6 | 2023 | |
| 215 | Zambia | 17.5 | 2023 | |
| 216 | Burkina Faso | 17.3 | 2023 | |
| 217 | Tanzania | 17.2 | 2023 | |
| 218 | Mauritania | 17.1 | 2023 | |
| 219 | Afghanistan | 16.9 | 2023 | |
| 220 | Uganda | 16.5 | 2023 | |
| 221 | Angola | 16.5 | 2023 | |
| 222 | Mozambique | 16.3 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Burundi | 15.9 | 2023 | |
| 224 | Congo - Kinshasa | 15.8 | 2023 | |
| 225 | Mali | 15.5 | 2023 | |
| 226 | Somalia | 15.5 | 2023 | |
| 227 | Chad | 15.4 | 2023 | |
| 228 | Niger | 15.3 | 2023 | |
| 229 | Central African Republic | 14.3 | 2023 |
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Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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