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List of countries by median age

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date17 Jan 2024

The median age divides the population in two parts of equal size: that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It provides an important single indicator of the age distribution of a population.

Monaco has the highest median age at 54.01 years followed by Saint Helena at 52.93 years. 58 countries and dependent territories have median age over 40 years. Out of them, 36 belong to Europe, 13 to North America and 7 to Asia. 130 countries/territories have half of the population over 30 years.

With half of the population below 14.57 years, Niger is the youngest country of the world. 42 countries/regions have median age under 20 years in which first 14 and total 37 belong to Africa continent, three in Asia and two in Oceania.

Countries with greater median age tend to have lower fertility rate and higher life expectancy. In the list of top 50 countries by older population, only three have fertility rate over 2 and none have life expectancy below 75 years. In the list of top 50 countries by younger population, only have fertility rate over 3 and only 7 have life expectancy above 70 years.

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Median age (UN)
Rank Country/Region Median age Fertility rate Life expectancy Continent
Years (2024)2024Years (2024)
230Burundi16.2444.7863.27Africa
190Comoros20.6753.7965.27Africa
169Djibouti24.4962.6764.26Africa
206Eritrea18.9313.6368.73Africa
204Ethiopia19.0403.8867.30Africa
195Kenya19.8573.1964.10Africa
201Madagascar19.4643.6767.17Africa
218Malawi17.4563.7165.37Africa
80Mauritius37.7661.3975.84Africa
227Mayotte16.9764.2378.22Africa
224Mozambique17.1294.4062.64Africa
100Réunion34.3182.1882.95Africa
198Rwanda19.6093.6367.56Africa
109Seychelles33.4632.2775.21Africa
233Somalia15.3405.9858.11Africa
225South Sudan17.0824.1457.10Africa
228Uganda16.4614.2464.05Africa
223United Republic of Tanzania17.1584.5168.13Africa
219Zambia17.4454.1063.64Africa
209Zimbabwe18.6473.3462.08Africa
229Angola16.4105.0463.43Africa
216Cameroon17.7954.2362.51Africa
235Central African Republic14.9455.7456.10Africa
234Chad15.2056.0354.12Africa
210Congo18.5353.9663.47Africa
231Democratic Republic of the Congo15.5845.9961.18Africa
191Equatorial Guinea20.6143.9862.46Africa
185Gabon21.8173.3367.32Africa
205Sao Tome and Principe18.9573.6268.98Africa
143Algeria28.4562.7177.54Africa
170Egypt24.3672.8172.21Africa
155Libya27.0732.3173.44Africa
134Morocco29.5682.2475.43Africa
208Sudan18.6504.2566.43Africa
118Tunisia32.6812.0277.17Africa
125Western Sahara31.8932.2271.39Africa
174Botswana24.0412.6866.20Africa
184Eswatini21.8822.7161.64Africa
180Lesotho22.4042.9055.10Africa
186Namibia21.5133.1664.11Africa
148South Africa27.8072.2966.87Africa
217Benin17.7104.7461.41Africa
226Burkina Faso17.0444.4761.08Africa
147Cabo Verde27.9281.8577.14Africa
214Côte d'Ivoire18.1014.2360.31Africa
220Gambia17.3784.4164.86Africa
188Ghana20.8923.4065.64Africa
213Guinea18.1674.1360.71Africa
207Guinea-Bissau18.8703.7761.93Africa
211Liberia18.5143.8862.26Africa
232Mali15.3595.7160.85Africa
215Mauritania18.0814.1966.84Africa
236Niger14.5716.6064.22Africa
221Nigeria17.3554.9954.11Africa
2Saint Helena52.9271.6477.56Africa
212Senegal18.1874.1870.17Africa
200Sierra Leone19.5063.6961.26Africa
203Togo19.0464.0762.03Africa
135Kazakhstan29.5312.9972.16Asia
175Kyrgyzstan24.0042.8871.99Asia
183Tajikistan21.9133.0771.58Asia
157Turkmenistan26.5402.5569.67Asia
153Uzbekistan27.2352.7171.89Asia
67China39.4781.2178.99Asia
8China, Hong Kong SAR46.3470.7885.96Asia
71China, Macao SAR38.9741.1585.65Asia
32China, Taiwan Province of China43.0281.1781.67Asia
87Dem. People's Republic of Korea36.3861.7873.84Asia
3Japan49.5351.3385.08Asia
154Mongolia27.1432.6773.20Asia
15Republic of Korea45.0630.8984.26Asia
222Afghanistan17.2114.2965.06Asia
150Bangladesh27.4501.9274.27Asia
131Bhutan29.9411.3972.75Asia
142India28.6231.9872.29Asia
107Iran (Islamic Republic of)33.5621.6777.18Asia
116Maldives32.9191.6681.30Asia
165Nepal24.7891.9771.07Asia
189Pakistan20.8683.2867.48Asia
112Sri Lanka33.2421.9577.00Asia
113Brunei Darussalam33.2041.7474.61Asia
151Cambodia27.3492.2671.64Asia
130Indonesia30.1292.1271.24Asia
166Lao People's Democratic Republic24.7252.3769.54Asia
126Malaysia31.1851.7676.59Asia
132Myanmar29.8862.0967.66Asia
163Philippines25.2432.6772.40Asia
30Singapore43.3371.0584.39Asia
51Thailand40.7011.3180.13Asia
187Timor-Leste21.2042.8869.56Asia
114Viet Nam33.1821.9374.90Asia
94Armenia35.6411.5876.41Asia
115Azerbaijan32.9861.6573.73Asia
105Bahrain33.9181.7780.85Asia
69Cyprus39.0251.3182.21Asia
85Georgia36.8482.0474.37Asia
193Iraq20.4663.3472.16Asia
138Israel29.2052.8983.53Asia
172Jordan24.3122.7176.83Asia
53Kuwait40.5622.0580.63Asia
137Lebanon29.2772.0479.92Asia
136Oman29.4722.4779.18Asia
103Qatar34.0481.7681.91Asia
127Saudi Arabia31.0712.3378.29Asia
196State of Palestine19.8343.3276.12Asia
178Syrian Arab Republic22.8682.6372.60Asia
120Türkiye32.1971.8578.89Asia
106United Arab Emirates33.6991.4480.66Asia
202Yemen19.2513.5766.33Asia
47Belarus41.0681.5275.22Europe
14Bulgaria45.0741.6075.91Europe
28Czechia43.4161.7079.96Europe
35Hungary42.5441.5877.25Europe
48Poland40.8591.4878.76Europe
95Republic of Moldova35.4691.7971.64Europe
43Romania41.7691.7477.33Europe
64Russian Federation39.6491.5474.72Europe
52Slovakia40.5791.5878.52Europe
25Ukraine44.0051.2975.45Europe
46Denmark41.2921.7282.18Europe
40Estonia42.1431.6779.48Europe
81Faroe Islands37.4842.6879.25Europe
33Finland42.9561.4182.68Europe
62Guernsey39.7741.4883.10Europe
86Iceland36.7571.7283.10Europe
73Ireland38.6511.7683.03Europe
12Isle of Man45.7001.5781.46Europe
54Jersey40.3711.4981.62Europe
23Latvia44.1811.5976.20Europe
22Lithuania44.2611.6477.01Europe
59Norway39.9901.5283.70Europe
61Sweden39.8211.6783.82Europe
55United Kingdom40.2771.5882.45Europe
77Albania38.1751.3780.27Europe
24Andorra44.0511.1583.86Europe
36Bosnia and Herzegovina42.5151.3578.03Europe
20Croatia44.4431.4579.57Europe
37Gibraltar42.4931.8283.18Europe
11Greece45.8201.3882.20Europe
5Italy48.1211.3184.35Europe
124Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)31.9711.5179.85Europe
57Malta40.2571.2383.99Europe
70Montenegro39.0191.6777.95Europe
68North Macedonia39.2611.3978.11Europe
10Portugal46.1781.3882.61Europe
6San Marino47.7401.1683.73Europe
27Serbia43.4361.5377.54Europe
21Slovenia44.2901.6382.47Europe
13Spain45.3191.3084.19Europe
29Austria43.3551.4882.75Europe
45Belgium41.4921.6082.61Europe
38France42.2551.7883.49Europe
16Germany45.0171.5482.34Europe
18Liechtenstein44.4891.4984.92Europe
65Luxembourg39.5661.4182.89Europe
1Monaco54.0092.0787.14Europe
41Netherlands42.1361.6482.71Europe
34Switzerland42.6051.5184.52Europe
74Anguilla38.6041.2877.83North America
91Antigua and Barbuda35.9381.5879.60North America
39Aruba42.2131.1977.07North America
108Bahamas33.5561.3874.63North America
60Barbados39.8531.6378.01North America
58Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba40.1911.6477.24North America
63British Virgin Islands39.7701.0476.70North America
72Cayman Islands38.7311.2175.88North America
44Cuba41.5691.4678.50North America
88Curaçao36.3191.6476.99North America
117Dominica32.7511.5874.36North America
146Dominican Republic28.0992.2074.55North America
123Grenada31.9931.9575.65North America
42Guadeloupe42.1042.0083.48North America
176Haiti23.7182.6965.37North America
119Jamaica32.3331.3472.51North America
7Martinique47.1591.8983.60North America
26Montserrat43.7401.5576.17North America
19Puerto Rico44.4821.2880.15North America
56Saint Barthélemy40.2761.0481.03North America
96Saint Kitts and Nevis35.1901.5072.34North America
99Saint Lucia34.3601.3874.28North America
66Saint Martin (French part)39.4922.3380.96North America
111Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.3621.7673.73North America
4Sint Maarten (Dutch part)48.3821.5676.17North America
84Trinidad and Tobago36.9731.6075.03North America
75Turks and Caicos Islands38.4611.6476.24North America
31United States Virgin Islands43.1782.0976.23North America
159Belize26.3771.9674.79North America
101Costa Rica34.2881.5180.47North America
149El Salvador27.6011.7773.58North America
177Guatemala23.1582.2974.01North America
168Honduras24.5312.2873.62North America
129Mexico30.2371.7875.23North America
161Nicaragua25.6102.2274.98North America
133Panama29.6242.2678.74North America
121Argentina32.1771.8578.15South America
167Bolivia (Plurinational State of)24.6522.5369.00South America
104Brazil34.0451.6276.38South America
89Chile36.2551.5381.36South America
122Colombia32.1481.6877.70South America
141Ecuador28.7431.9778.27South America
50Falkland Islands (Malvinas)40.7481.5879.65South America
173French Guiana24.1623.3777.81South America
160Guyana26.2942.3369.95South America
158Paraguay26.4952.4074.22South America
140Peru29.0672.1277.14South America
144Suriname28.4102.2772.92South America
90Uruguay36.0041.4878.32South America
145Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)28.3662.1573.07South America
9Bermuda46.2521.3881.92North America
49Canada40.7931.4783.18North America
97Greenland34.8511.9472.85North America
17Saint Pierre and Miquelon44.8851.5777.95North America
76United States of America38.3241.6679.89North America
79Australia37.7901.6083.87Oceania
82New Zealand37.2171.7583.30Oceania
152Fiji27.3372.4168.59Oceania
102New Caledonia34.2521.9781.37Oceania
179Papua New Guinea22.4373.0666.28Oceania
199Solomon Islands19.5973.8270.98Oceania
197Vanuatu19.7013.6170.89Oceania
128Guam30.2692.5078.72Oceania
181Kiribati22.2533.2067.99Oceania
162Marshall Islands25.5952.6065.42Oceania
171Micronesia (Fed. States of)24.3572.6071.89Oceania
194Nauru20.0223.3764.37Oceania
78Northern Mariana Islands37.8292.1077.75Oceania
92Palau35.8542.3165.72Oceania
139American Samoa29.1962.2173.00Oceania
110Cook Islands33.4242.1875.53Oceania
98French Polynesia34.4651.6783.84Oceania
93Niue35.7512.3771.45Oceania
192Samoa20.6073.7772.90Oceania
156Tokelau27.0262.6075.59Oceania
182Tonga22.0263.1371.55Oceania
164Tuvalu25.0553.0965.23Oceania
83Wallis and Futuna Islands37.1571.9080.29Oceania
World 30.736 2.31 73.67