Median age: country ranking (2023)

Countries with values

195 / 195

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

Lowest

1Central African Republic14.3 years
2Niger15.2 years
3Chad15.4 years
4Somalia15.4 years
5Mali15.5 years
6Congo - Kinshasa15.8 years
7Burundi15.9 years
8Mozambique16.3 years
9Angola16.5 years
10Uganda16.5 years

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

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

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Of 195 active countries in the selected scope, 195 have published numeric values for this period. The remaining 0 are excluded, not assigned zero or last place. Missing values, publication status, rights or quality conditions can cause exclusion; this page does not establish an individual cause.

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