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Median age of population
UN WPP
years
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217 countries · 1950–2023
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Data 2023 · Estimate
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Monaco
54.4
2
Japan
49
3
Italy
47.5
4
San Marino
47.4
5
Portugal
46.2
6
Hong Kong SAR, China
46.2
7
Greece
45.7
8
Isle of Man
45.7
9
Puerto Rico (US)
45.3
10
Germany
45.1
11
Bermuda
45.1
12
Bosnia and Herzegovina
44.9
13
Spain
44.9
14
Croatia
44.8
15
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
44.7
16
Korea, Rep.
44.5
17
Bulgaria
44.3
18
Liechtenstein
44.2
19
Slovenia
43.9
20
Serbia
43.9
21
Taiwan
43.5
22
Hungary
43.3
23
Andorra
43.2
24
Austria
43.1
25
Latvia
43.1
26
Finland
42.8
27
Czechia
42.7
28
Romania
42.6
29
Switzerland
42.3
30
Lithuania
42.1
31
Ukraine
42
32
Estonia
41.9
33
France
41.8
34
Cuba
41.7
35
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
41.6
36
Belgium
41.4
37
Netherlands
41.4
38
Poland
41.3
39
Slovak Republic
41.3
40
Denmark
41.2
41
Aruba
41
42
Belarus
40.5
43
Canada
40.3
44
Malta
40.3
45
North Macedonia
40.3
46
Sweden
39.9
47
United Kingdom
39.8
48
Thailand
39.7
49
Norway
39.5
50
Russian Federation
39.5
51
St. Martin (French part)
39.4
52
Montenegro
39.3
53
China
39.1
54
Barbados
38.9
55
Luxembourg
38.9
56
Gibraltar
38.9
57
Ireland
38.4
58
Macao SAR, China
38.3
59
Turks and Caicos Islands
38.3
60
Curacao
38.2
61
United States
38
62
Cayman Islands
37.9
63
Palau
37.8
64
Cyprus
37.8
65
Moldova
37.8
66
Australia
37.8
67
British Virgin Islands
37.5
68
New Zealand
37.3
69
Faroe Islands
37.3
70
Mauritius
36.9
71
Georgia
36.8
72
Trinidad and Tobago
36.7
73
Albania
36.3
74
Northern Mariana Islands
36.1
75
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
36
76
Chile
36
77
Armenia
35.8
78
Iceland
35.8
79
Uruguay
35.8
80
Dominica
35.6
81
Antigua and Barbuda
35.5
82
St. Kitts and Nevis
35.3
83
Singapore
35.1
84
French Polynesia
34.8
85
Bahamas, The
34.6
86
Kuwait
34.5
87
Greenland
34.2
88
Costa Rica
34.1
89
Brazil
33.9
90
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
33.9
91
New Caledonia
33.9
92
St. Lucia
33.7
93
Seychelles
33.7
94
Grenada
33.4
95
Qatar
33.2
96
Bahrain
32.9
97
Iran, Islamic Rep.
32.9
98
Sri Lanka
32.8
99
Azerbaijan
32.6
100
Turkiye
32.5
101
Viet Nam
32.4
102
Tunisia
32.1
103
Argentina
32.1
104
Brunei Darussalam
31.8
105
Jamaica
31.7
106
Colombia
31.6
107
Kosovo
31.4
108
United Arab Emirates
31.2
109
Maldives
31.1
110
Guam
31.1
111
Malaysia
30.1
112
Indonesia
29.8
113
Panama
29.6
114
Myanmar
29.5
115
Kazakhstan
29.5
116
Peru
29.5
117
Bhutan
29.4
118
Oman
29.3
119
Saudi Arabia
29.2
120
Morocco
29.2
121
Israel
29.1
122
Venezuela, RB
29
123
Mexico
28.9
124
American Samoa
28.4
125
Ecuador
28.4
126
Lebanon
28.3
127
South Africa
28.2
128
Algeria
28.2
129
Suriname
28.1
130
India
28.1
131
Cabo Verde
27.9
132
Fiji
27.7
133
Dominican Republic
27.7
134
Libya
27.2
135
El Salvador
27
136
Uzbekistan
26.9
137
Mongolia
26.8
138
Paraguay
26.3
139
Turkmenistan
26.2
140
Belize
25.9
141
Cambodia
25.8
142
Guyana
25.6
143
Bangladesh
25.3
144
Philippines
25.3
145
Nicaragua
25.3
146
Kyrgyz Republic
25.1
147
Nepal
24.7
148
Bolivia
24.7
149
Djibouti
24.4
150
Tuvalu
24.3
151
Lao PDR
24.3
152
Jordan
24.3
153
Egypt, Arab Rep.
24
154
Honduras
23.5
155
Haiti
23.5
156
Botswana
22.9
157
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
22.9
158
Kiribati
22.7
159
Guatemala
22.6
160
Papua New Guinea
22.3
161
Syrian Arab Republic
22.2
162
Eswatini
22
163
Tajikistan
21.9
164
Gabon
21.5
165
Lesotho
21.4
166
Equatorial Guinea
21
167
Timor-Leste
21
168
Namibia
21
169
Ghana
20.9
170
Marshall Islands
20.7
171
Tonga
20.7
172
Naoero
20.4
173
Iraq
20.3
174
Comoros
20.3
175
Pakistan
20.3
176
Solomon Islands
20.3
177
Vanuatu
20.1
178
Samoa
19.9
179
West Bank and Gaza
19.8
180
Kenya
19.5
181
Rwanda
19.4
182
Sierra Leone
19.3
183
Senegal
19.1
184
Sao Tome and Principe
19.1
185
Guinea-Bissau
18.9
186
Madagascar
18.9
187
Togo
18.8
188
Ethiopia
18.7
189
Eritrea
18.7
190
Liberia
18.4
191
Congo, Rep.
18.3
192
Sudan
18.3
193
Yemen, Rep.
18.2
194
Gambia, The
18.2
195
Cote d'Ivoire
18.1
196
Guinea
18
197
South Sudan
18
198
Zimbabwe
17.8
199
Benin
17.8
200
Nigeria
17.8
201
Cameroon
17.8
202
Malawi
17.6
203
Zambia
17.5
204
Burkina Faso
17.3
205
Tanzania
17.2
206
Mauritania
17.1
207
Afghanistan
16.9
208
Uganda
16.5
209
Angola
16.5
210
Mozambique
16.3
211
Burundi
15.9
212
Congo, Dem. Rep.
15.8
213
Mali
15.5
214
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
15.4
215
Chad
15.4
216
Niger
15.2
217
Central African Republic
14.3
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