Median age, estimates and projections to 2100
The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size, on 1 July. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.
Highest in 2023
54.4 years
Monaco
Lowest in 2023
14.3 years
Central African Republic
Countries ranked for 2023
216
216 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Years. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
Flags: f Projection (medium variant) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Monaco (54.4 years) and the lowest Central African Republic (14.3 years).
- Half of the countries are above 31.1 years and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 206 countries and fell in 10.
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Monaco 54.4 years
- 2 Japan 49.0 years
- 3 Italy 47.5 years
- 4 San Marino 47.4 years
- 5 Portugal 46.2 years
- 6 Hong Kong SAR, China 46.2 years
- 7 Greece 45.7 years
- 8 Isle of Man 45.7 years
- 9 Puerto Rico (US) 45.3 years
- 10 Germany 45.1 years
- 11 Bermuda 45.1 years
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.9 years
- 13 Spain 44.9 years
- 14 Croatia 44.8 years
- 15 US Virgin Islands 44.7 years
- 16 South Korea 44.5 years
- 17 Bulgaria 44.3 years
- 18 Liechtenstein 44.2 years
- 19 Slovenia 43.9 years
- 20 Serbia 43.9 years
- 21 Hungary 43.3 years
- 22 Andorra 43.2 years
- 23 Austria 43.1 years
- 24 Latvia 43.1 years
- 25 Finland 42.8 years
- 26 Czechia 42.7 years
- 27 Romania 42.6 years
- 28 Switzerland 42.3 years
- 29 Lithuania 42.1 years
- 30 Ukraine 42.0 years
- 31 Estonia 41.9 years
- 32 France 41.8 years
- 33 Cuba 41.7 years
- 34 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 41.6 years
- 35 Belgium 41.4 years
- 36 Netherlands 41.4 years
- 37 Poland 41.3 years
- 38 Slovakia 41.3 years
- 39 Denmark 41.2 years
- 40 Aruba 41.0 years
- 41 Belarus 40.5 years
- 42 Canada 40.3 years
- 43 Malta 40.3 years
- 44 North Macedonia 40.3 years
- 45 Sweden 39.9 years
- 46 United Kingdom 39.8 years
- 47 Thailand 39.7 years
- 48 Norway 39.5 years
- 49 Russia 39.5 years
- 50 Saint Martin (French part) 39.4 years
- 51 Montenegro 39.3 years
- 52 China 39.1 years
- 53 Barbados 38.9 years
- 54 Luxembourg 38.9 years
- 55 Gibraltar 38.9 years
- 56 Ireland 38.4 years
- 57 Macao SAR, China 38.3 years
- 58 Turks and Caicos Islands 38.3 years
- 59 Curaçao 38.2 years
- 60 United States 38.0 years
- 61 Cayman Islands 37.9 years
- 62 Palau 37.8 years
- 63 Cyprus 37.8 years
- 64 Moldova 37.8 years
- 65 Australia 37.8 years
- 66 British Virgin Islands 37.5 years
- 67 New Zealand 37.3 years
- 68 Faroe Islands 37.3 years
- 69 Mauritius 36.9 years
- 70 Georgia 36.8 years
- 71 Trinidad and Tobago 36.7 years
- 72 Albania 36.3 years
- 73 Northern Mariana Islands 36.1 years
- 74 North Korea 36.0 years
- 75 Chile 36.0 years
- 76 Armenia 35.8 years
- 77 Iceland 35.8 years
- 78 Uruguay 35.8 years
- 79 Dominica 35.6 years
- 80 Antigua and Barbuda 35.5 years
- 81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35.3 years
- 82 Singapore 35.1 years
- 83 French Polynesia 34.8 years
- 84 Bahamas 34.6 years
- 85 Kuwait 34.5 years
- 86 Greenland 34.2 years
- 87 Costa Rica 34.1 years
- 88 Brazil 33.9 years
- 89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33.9 years
- 90 New Caledonia 33.9 years
- 91 Saint Lucia 33.7 years
- 92 Seychelles 33.7 years
- 93 Grenada 33.4 years
- 94 Qatar 33.2 years
- 95 Bahrain 32.9 years
- 96 Iran 32.9 years
- 97 Sri Lanka 32.8 years
- 98 Azerbaijan 32.6 years
- 99 Türkiye 32.5 years
- 100 Viet Nam 32.4 years
- 101 Tunisia 32.1 years
- 102 Argentina 32.1 years
- 103 Brunei 31.8 years
- 104 Jamaica 31.7 years
- 105 Colombia 31.6 years
- 106 Kosovo 31.4 years
- 107 United Arab Emirates 31.2 years
- 108 Maldives 31.1 years
- 109 Guam 31.1 years
- 110 Malaysia 30.1 years
- 111 Indonesia 29.8 years
- 112 Panama 29.6 years
- 113 Myanmar 29.5 years
- 114 Kazakhstan 29.5 years
- 115 Peru 29.5 years
- 116 Bhutan 29.4 years
- 117 Oman 29.3 years
- 118 Saudi Arabia 29.2 years
- 119 Morocco 29.2 years
- 120 Israel 29.1 years
- 121 Venezuela 29.0 years
- 122 Mexico 28.9 years
- 123 American Samoa 28.4 years
- 124 Ecuador 28.4 years
- 125 Lebanon 28.3 years
- 126 South Africa 28.2 years
- 127 Algeria 28.2 years
- 128 Suriname 28.1 years
- 129 India 28.1 years
- 130 Cabo Verde 27.9 years
- 131 Fiji 27.7 years
- 132 Dominican Republic 27.7 years
- 133 Libya 27.2 years
- 134 El Salvador 27.0 years
- 135 Uzbekistan 26.9 years
- 136 Mongolia 26.8 years
- 137 Paraguay 26.3 years
- 138 Turkmenistan 26.2 years
- 139 Belize 25.9 years
- 140 Cambodia 25.8 years
- 141 Guyana 25.6 years
- 142 Bangladesh 25.3 years
- 143 Philippines 25.3 years
- 144 Nicaragua 25.3 years
- 145 Kyrgyzstan 25.1 years
- 146 Nepal 24.7 years
- 147 Bolivia 24.7 years
- 148 Djibouti 24.4 years
- 149 Tuvalu 24.3 years
- 150 Laos 24.3 years
- 151 Jordan 24.3 years
- 152 Egypt 24.0 years
- 153 Honduras 23.5 years
- 154 Haiti 23.5 years
- 155 Botswana 22.9 years
- 156 Micronesia 22.9 years
- 157 Kiribati 22.7 years
- 158 Guatemala 22.6 years
- 159 Papua New Guinea 22.3 years
- 160 Syria 22.2 years
- 161 Eswatini 22.0 years
- 162 Tajikistan 21.9 years
- 163 Gabon 21.5 years
- 164 Lesotho 21.4 years
- 165 Equatorial Guinea 21.0 years
- 166 Timor-Leste 21.0 years
- 167 Namibia 21.0 years
- 168 Ghana 20.9 years
- 169 Marshall Islands 20.7 years
- 170 Tonga 20.7 years
- 171 Naoero 20.4 years
- 172 Iraq 20.3 years
- 173 Comoros 20.3 years
- 174 Pakistan 20.3 years
- 175 Solomon Islands 20.3 years
- 176 Vanuatu 20.1 years
- 177 Samoa 19.9 years
- 178 West Bank and Gaza 19.8 years
- 179 Kenya 19.5 years
- 180 Rwanda 19.4 years
- 181 Sierra Leone 19.3 years
- 182 Senegal 19.1 years
- 183 São Tomé and Príncipe 19.1 years
- 184 Guinea-Bissau 18.9 years
- 185 Madagascar 18.9 years
- 186 Togo 18.8 years
- 187 Ethiopia 18.7 years
- 188 Eritrea 18.7 years
- 189 Liberia 18.4 years
- 190 Republic of the Congo 18.3 years
- 191 Sudan 18.3 years
- 192 Yemen 18.2 years
- 193 Gambia 18.2 years
- 194 Côte d'Ivoire 18.1 years
- 195 Guinea 18.0 years
- 196 South Sudan 18.0 years
- 197 Zimbabwe 17.8 years
- 198 Benin 17.8 years
- 199 Nigeria 17.8 years
- 200 Cameroon 17.8 years
- 201 Malawi 17.6 years
- 202 Zambia 17.5 years
- 203 Burkina Faso 17.3 years
- 204 Tanzania 17.2 years
- 205 Mauritania 17.1 years
- 206 Afghanistan 16.9 years
- 207 Uganda 16.5 years
- 208 Angola 16.5 years
- 209 Mozambique 16.3 years
- 210 Burundi 15.9 years
- 211 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15.8 years
- 212 Mali 15.5 years
- 213 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 15.4 years
- 214 Chad 15.4 years
- 215 Niger 15.2 years
- 216 Central African Republic 14.3 years
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