Median age of the population in United Kingdom
The median age in United Kingdom was 40.2 years on 1 January 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
The latest value for United Kingdom is for 2019. Most countries have figures for 2025.
United Kingdom, 2019
40.2
Change from 2018
+0.2%
European Union, 2019
43.7 years
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
42.5 years
Median age of the population in United Kingdom over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United Kingdom | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | – | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | – | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | – | 44.4 years |
| 2021 | – | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | – | 43.9 yearse (estimated) |
| 2019 | 40.2 years | 43.7 years |
| 2018 | 40.1 years | 43.5 yearse (estimated) |
| 2017 | 40.0 years | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 40.0 years | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2015 | 40.0 years | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 39.9 years | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 39.8 years | – |
| 2012 | 39.7 years | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 39.5 years | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 39.4 years | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 39.2 years | 41.0 years |
| 2008 | 39.1 years | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 38.9 years | 40.3 years |
| 2006 | 38.8 years | 40.0 years |
| 2005 | 38.6 years | 39.6 years |
| 2004 | 38.5 years | 39.3 years |
| 2003 | 38.2 years | 39.0 years |
| 2002 | 38.0 years | 38.7 years |
| 2001 | 37.7 years | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 40.1 years in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 39.2 years, the figure has changed by +2.6%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2019 was 43.7 years.
More for United Kingdom
All statistics for United Kingdom
Population aged 65 and over
18.4%
2019 · Eurostat
Old-age dependency ratio
28.9 per 100 working-age people
2019 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
67,025,542p (Provisional) people
2020 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.4 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat