Median age of the population
The age that divides the population into two equal halves on 1 January: half the people are younger and half are older.
40 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Years. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 45.5 years | 42.8 yearsp (provisional) | 45.8 years |
| 2024 | 44.7 yearsep (estimated, provisional) | 45.5 years | 42.6 yearsp (provisional) | 45.6 years |
| 2023 | 44.5 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 45.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 42.3 yearsp (provisional) | 45.3 years |
| 2022 | 44.4 years | 45.8 years | 42.1 yearsp (provisional) | 45.1 years |
| 2021 | 44.2 yearsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) | 45.9 years | 42.0 years | 44.6 years |
| 2020 | 43.9 yearse (estimated) | 45.9 years | 41.9 years | 44.2 years |
| 2019 | 43.7 years | 46.0 years | 41.8 years | 43.9 years |
| 2018 | 43.5 yearse (estimated) | 46.0 years | 41.6 yearsp (provisional) | 43.5 years |
| 2017 | 43.2 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 45.9 years | 41.4 years | 43.2 years |
| 2016 | 43.0 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 45.8 years | 41.2 years | 42.7 years |
| 2015 | 42.8 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 45.9 years | 41.0 years | 42.3 years |
| 2014 | 42.5 yearsbe (break in time series, estimated) | 45.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 40.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 41.8 years |
| 2013 | – | 45.4 years | 40.6 years | 41.3 years |
| 2012 | 41.9 yearsb (break in time series) | 45.0 years | 40.3 yearsb (break in time series) | 40.8 years |
| 2011 | 41.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 44.7 yearsb (break in time series) | 40.0 years | 40.3 years |
| 2010 | 41.3 yearsb (break in time series) | 44.2 years | 39.8 years | 39.9 years |
| 2009 | 41.0 years | 43.7 years | 39.6 years | 39.4 years |
| 2008 | 40.6 yearsb (break in time series) | 43.2 years | 39.3 years | 39.2 years |
| 2007 | 40.3 years | 42.8 years | 39.1 years | 39.0 years |
| 2006 | 40.0 years | 42.3 years | 38.9 years | 38.8 years |
| 2005 | 39.6 years | 41.8 years | 38.6 years | 38.6 years |
| 2004 | 39.3 years | 41.4 years | 38.4 years | 38.3 years |
| 2003 | 39.0 years | 40.9 years | 38.1 years | 38.1 years |
| 2002 | 38.7 years | 40.6 years | 37.9 years | 37.9 years |
| 2001 | 38.4 yearsb (break in time series) | 40.2 years | 37.6 years | 37.6 years |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 40 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Monaco (50.8 years) and the lowest Türkiye (34.4 years).
- Half of the countries are above 43.2 years and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 37 countries and fell in 0.
- The figure for the European Union was 44.9 years in 2025, against 43.9 years in 2020 (+2.3%). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Monaco 50.8 years
- 2 Italy 49.1 years
- 3 Bulgaria 47.3 years
- 4 Portugal 47.3 years
- 5 Greece 47.2 years
- 6 Spain 45.8 years
- 7 Croatia 45.5 years
- 8 Germany 45.5 years
- 9 Slovenia 45.5 years
- 10 Serbia 45.4 years
- 11 Liechtenstein 45.3 years
- 12 Hungary 44.8 years
- 13 Latvia 44.4 years
- 14 Albania 44.3 years
- 15 Czechia 44.3 years
- 16 Lithuania 44.3 years
- 17 Romania 44.1 yearse (estimated)
- 18 Austria 43.8 years
- 19 Finland 43.5 years
- 20 Poland 43.4 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
- 21 Slovakia 43.0 years
- 22 Estonia 42.9 years
- 23 Switzerland 42.9 years
- 24 France 42.8 yearsp (provisional)
- 25 Netherlands 42.6 years
- 26 Denmark 42.2 years
- 27 Belgium 42.1 years
- 28 North Macedonia 42.1 years
- 29 Moldova 41.3 years
- 30 Sweden 41.2 years
- 31 Cyprus 41.0 years
- 32 Norway 40.8 years
- 33 Montenegro 40.4 years
- 34 Malta 40.0 years
- 35 Luxembourg 39.8 years
- 36 Ireland 39.6 years
- 37 Georgia 39.2 years
- 38 Iceland 37.2 years
- 39 Azerbaijan 35.1 years
- 40 Türkiye 34.4 years
- European Union 44.9 yearsep (estimated, provisional)
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.