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