Median age: country ranking (2023)

Countries with values

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Reference period: 2023

Unit: years

UN DESA Population Division · World Population Prospects 2024

Countries without a published numeric value or excluded by data-use restrictions are not ranked. Higher or lower values do not imply a better country.

Indicator

Highest

1Holy See59.6 years
2Monaco54.4 years
3Japan49 years
4Italy47.5 years
5San Marino47.4 years
6Portugal46.2 years
7Greece45.7 years
8Germany45.1 years
9Bosnia & Herzegovina44.9 years
10Spain44.9 years

Bars show relative size from zero. Higher does not mean better.

Median age · Exact values
Rank	Country	Value	Quality
1	Holy See	59.6 years	Estimated
2	Monaco	54.4 years	Estimated
3	Japan	49 years	Estimated
4	Italy	47.5 years	Estimated
5	San Marino	47.4 years	Estimated
6	Portugal	46.2 years	Estimated
7	Greece	45.7 years	Estimated
8	Germany	45.1 years	Estimated
9	Bosnia & Herzegovina	44.9 years	Estimated
10	Spain	44.9 years	Estimated
11	Croatia	44.8 years	Estimated
12	South Korea	44.5 years	Estimated
13	Bulgaria	44.3 years	Estimated
14	Liechtenstein	44.2 years	Estimated
15	Slovenia	43.9 years	Estimated
16	Serbia	43.9 years	Estimated
17	Hungary	43.3 years	Estimated
18	Andorra	43.2 years	Estimated
19	Austria	43.1 years	Estimated
20	Latvia	43.1 years	Estimated
21	Finland	42.8 years	Estimated
22	Czechia	42.7 years	Estimated
23	Romania	42.6 years	Estimated
24	Switzerland	42.3 years	Estimated
25	Lithuania	42.1 years	Estimated
26	Ukraine	42 years	Estimated
27	Estonia	41.9 years	Estimated
28	France	41.8 years	Estimated
29	Cuba	41.7 years	Estimated
30	Belgium	41.4 years	Estimated
31	Netherlands	41.4 years	Estimated
32	Poland	41.3 years	Estimated
33	Slovakia	41.3 years	Estimated
34	Denmark	41.2 years	Estimated
35	Belarus	40.5 years	Estimated
36	Canada	40.3 years	Estimated
37	Malta	40.3 years	Estimated
38	North Macedonia	40.3 years	Estimated
39	Sweden	39.9 years	Estimated
40	United Kingdom	39.8 years	Estimated
41	Thailand	39.7 years	Estimated
42	Norway	39.5 years	Estimated
43	Russia	39.5 years	Estimated
44	Montenegro	39.3 years	Estimated
45	China	39.1 years	Estimated
46	Barbados	38.9 years	Estimated
47	Luxembourg	38.9 years	Estimated
48	Ireland	38.4 years	Estimated
49	United States	38 years	Estimated
50	Palau	37.8 years	Estimated
51	Cyprus	37.8 years	Estimated
52	Moldova	37.8 years	Estimated
53	Australia	37.8 years	Estimated
54	New Zealand	37.3 years	Estimated
55	Mauritius	36.9 years	Estimated
56	Georgia	36.8 years	Estimated
57	Trinidad & Tobago	36.7 years	Estimated
58	Albania	36.3 years	Estimated
59	North Korea	36 years	Estimated
60	Chile	36 years	Estimated
61	Armenia	35.8 years	Estimated
62	Iceland	35.8 years	Estimated
63	Uruguay	35.8 years	Estimated
64	Dominica	35.6 years	Estimated
65	Antigua & Barbuda	35.5 years	Estimated
66	St. Kitts & Nevis	35.3 years	Estimated
67	Singapore	35.1 years	Estimated
68	Bahamas	34.6 years	Estimated
69	Kuwait	34.5 years	Estimated
70	Costa Rica	34.1 years	Estimated
71	Brazil	33.9 years	Estimated
72	St. Vincent & Grenadines	33.9 years	Estimated
73	St. Lucia	33.7 years	Estimated
74	Seychelles	33.7 years	Estimated
75	Grenada	33.4 years	Estimated
76	Qatar	33.2 years	Estimated
77	Bahrain	32.9 years	Estimated
78	Iran	32.9 years	Estimated
79	Sri Lanka	32.8 years	Estimated
80	Azerbaijan	32.6 years	Estimated
81	Türkiye	32.5 years	Estimated
82	Vietnam	32.4 years	Estimated
83	Tunisia	32.1 years	Estimated
84	Argentina	32.1 years	Estimated
85	Brunei	31.8 years	Estimated
86	Jamaica	31.7 years	Estimated
87	Colombia	31.6 years	Estimated
88	United Arab Emirates	31.2 years	Estimated
89	Maldives	31.1 years	Estimated
90	Malaysia	30.1 years	Estimated
91	Indonesia	29.8 years	Estimated
92	Panama	29.6 years	Estimated
93	Myanmar (Burma)	29.5 years	Estimated
94	Kazakhstan	29.5 years	Estimated
95	Peru	29.5 years	Estimated
96	Bhutan	29.4 years	Estimated
97	Oman	29.3 years	Estimated
98	Saudi Arabia	29.2 years	Estimated
99	Morocco	29.2 years	Estimated
100	Israel	29.1 years	Estimated
101	Venezuela	29 years	Estimated
102	Mexico	28.9 years	Estimated
103	Ecuador	28.4 years	Estimated
104	Lebanon	28.3 years	Estimated
105	South Africa	28.2 years	Estimated
106	Algeria	28.2 years	Estimated
107	Suriname	28.1 years	Estimated
108	India	28.1 years	Estimated
109	Cape Verde	27.9 years	Estimated
110	Fiji	27.7 years	Estimated
111	Dominican Republic	27.7 years	Estimated
112	Libya	27.2 years	Estimated
113	El Salvador	27 years	Estimated
114	Uzbekistan	26.9 years	Estimated
115	Mongolia	26.8 years	Estimated
116	Paraguay	26.3 years	Estimated
117	Turkmenistan	26.2 years	Estimated
118	Belize	25.9 years	Estimated
119	Cambodia	25.8 years	Estimated
120	Guyana	25.6 years	Estimated
121	Bangladesh	25.3 years	Estimated
122	Philippines	25.3 years	Estimated
123	Nicaragua	25.3 years	Estimated
124	Kyrgyzstan	25.1 years	Estimated
125	Nepal	24.7 years	Estimated
126	Bolivia	24.7 years	Estimated
127	Djibouti	24.4 years	Estimated
128	Tuvalu	24.3 years	Estimated
129	Laos	24.3 years	Estimated
130	Jordan	24.3 years	Estimated
131	Egypt	24 years	Estimated
132	Honduras	23.5 years	Estimated
133	Haiti	23.5 years	Estimated
134	Botswana	22.9 years	Estimated
135	Micronesia	22.9 years	Estimated
136	Kiribati	22.7 years	Estimated
137	Guatemala	22.6 years	Estimated
138	Papua New Guinea	22.3 years	Estimated
139	Syria	22.2 years	Estimated
140	Eswatini	22 years	Estimated
141	Tajikistan	21.9 years	Estimated
142	Gabon	21.5 years	Estimated
143	Lesotho	21.4 years	Estimated
144	Equatorial Guinea	21 years	Estimated
145	Timor-Leste	21 years	Estimated
146	Namibia	21 years	Estimated
147	Ghana	20.9 years	Estimated
148	Marshall Islands	20.7 years	Estimated
149	Tonga	20.7 years	Estimated
150	Nauru	20.4 years	Estimated
151	Iraq	20.3 years	Estimated
152	Comoros	20.3 years	Estimated
153	Pakistan	20.3 years	Estimated
154	Solomon Islands	20.3 years	Estimated
155	Vanuatu	20.1 years	Estimated
156	Samoa	19.9 years	Estimated
157	State of Palestine	19.8 years	Estimated
158	Kenya	19.5 years	Estimated
159	Rwanda	19.4 years	Estimated
160	Sierra Leone	19.3 years	Estimated
161	Senegal	19.1 years	Estimated
162	São Tomé & Príncipe	19.1 years	Estimated
163	Guinea-Bissau	18.9 years	Estimated
164	Madagascar	18.9 years	Estimated
165	Togo	18.8 years	Estimated
166	Ethiopia	18.7 years	Estimated
167	Eritrea	18.7 years	Estimated
168	Liberia	18.4 years	Estimated
169	Congo - Brazzaville	18.3 years	Estimated
170	Sudan	18.3 years	Estimated
171	Yemen	18.2 years	Estimated
172	Gambia	18.2 years	Estimated
173	Côte d’Ivoire	18.1 years	Estimated
174	Guinea	18 years	Estimated
175	South Sudan	18 years	Estimated
176	Zimbabwe	17.8 years	Estimated
177	Benin	17.8 years	Estimated
178	Nigeria	17.8 years	Estimated
179	Cameroon	17.8 years	Estimated
180	Malawi	17.6 years	Estimated
181	Zambia	17.5 years	Estimated
182	Burkina Faso	17.3 years	Estimated
183	Tanzania	17.2 years	Estimated
184	Mauritania	17.1 years	Estimated
185	Afghanistan	16.9 years	Estimated
186	Uganda	16.5 years	Estimated
187	Angola	16.5 years	Estimated
188	Mozambique	16.3 years	Estimated
189	Burundi	15.9 years	Estimated
190	Congo - Kinshasa	15.8 years	Estimated
191	Mali	15.5 years	Estimated
192	Somalia	15.4 years	Estimated
193	Chad	15.4 years	Estimated
194	Niger	15.2 years	Estimated
195	Central African Republic	14.3 years	Estimated

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