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Median age years

In 2023, Vatican City had the highest median age: 59.6.

Definition. The age that divides the population into two halves of equal size. How we measure

Source: UN WPP 20242023Updated 28 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data, ranked

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Every row is 2023, so countries are compared on the same year.
1Vatican City59.62023
2Monaco54.42023
3Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha50.42023
4Japan49.02023
5Martinique48.82023
6Italy47.52023
7San Marino47.42023
8Guadeloupe46.62023
9Saint Pierre and Miquelon46.42023
10Portugal46.22023
11Hong Kong46.22023
12Greece45.72023
13Isle of Man45.72023
14Puerto Rico45.32023
15Germany45.12023
16Bermuda45.12023
17Bosnia and Herzegovina44.92023
18Spain44.92023
19Croatia44.82023
20US Virgin Islands44.72023
21South Korea44.52023
22Bulgaria44.32023
23Liechtenstein44.22023
24Guernsey44.02023
25Slovenia43.92023
26Serbia43.92023
27Taiwan43.52023
28Hungary43.32023
29Andorra43.22023
30Jersey43.12023
31Austria43.12023
32Latvia43.12023
33Finland42.82023
34Czechia42.72023
35Romania42.62023
36Switzerland42.32023
37Lithuania42.12023
38Ukraine42.02023
39Estonia41.92023
40France41.82023
41Cuba41.72023
42Sint Maarten41.62023
43Montserrat41.52023
44Falkland Islands41.52023
45Belgium41.42023
46Netherlands41.42023
47Poland41.32023
48Slovakia41.32023
49Denmark41.22023
50Aruba41.02023
51Belarus40.52023
52Canada40.32023
53Malta40.32023
54North Macedonia40.32023
55Sweden39.92023
56United Kingdom39.82023
57Caribbean Netherlands39.72023
58Thailand39.72023
59Norway39.52023
60Russia39.52023
61Saint Martin39.42023
62Montenegro39.32023
63China39.12023
64Barbados38.92023
65Luxembourg38.92023
66Gibraltar38.92023
67Saint Barthélemy38.82023
68Ireland38.42023
69Macao38.32023
70Turks and Caicos Islands38.32023
71Curaçao38.22023
72United States38.02023
73Anguilla38.02023
74Cayman Islands37.92023
75Palau37.82023
76Cyprus37.82023
77Moldova37.82023
78Australia37.82023
79British Virgin Islands37.52023
80Réunion37.42023
81New Zealand37.32023
82Faroe Islands37.32023
83Wallis and Futuna37.22023
84Mauritius36.92023
85Georgia36.82023
86Trinidad and Tobago36.72023
87Niue36.62023
88Albania36.32023
89Northern Mariana Islands36.12023
90North Korea36.02023
91Chile36.02023
92Armenia35.82023
93Iceland35.82023
94Uruguay35.82023
95Dominica35.62023
96Antigua and Barbuda35.52023
97Saint Kitts and Nevis35.32023
98Singapore35.12023
99Cook Islands35.12023
100French Polynesia34.82023
101Bahamas34.62023
102Kuwait34.52023
103Greenland34.22023
104Costa Rica34.12023
105Brazil33.92023
106Saint Vincent and the Grenadines33.92023
107New Caledonia33.92023
108Saint Lucia33.72023
109Seychelles33.72023
110Grenada33.42023
111Qatar33.22023
112Bahrain32.92023
113Iran32.92023
114Sri Lanka32.82023
115Azerbaijan32.62023
116Türkiye32.52023
117Vietnam32.42023
118Tunisia32.12023
119Argentina32.12023
120Western Sahara32.02023
121Brunei31.82023
122Jamaica31.72023
123Colombia31.62023
124Kosovo31.42023
125United Arab Emirates31.22023
126Maldives31.12023
127Guam31.12023
128Malaysia30.12023
129Indonesia29.82023
130Panama29.62023
131Myanmar29.52023
132Kazakhstan29.52023
133Peru29.52023
134Bhutan29.42023
135Oman29.32023
136Saudi Arabia29.22023
137Morocco29.22023
138Israel29.12023
139Venezuela29.02023
140Mexico28.92023
141American Samoa28.42023
142Ecuador28.42023
143Lebanon28.32023
144South Africa28.22023
145Algeria28.22023
146Suriname28.12023
147India28.12023
148Cabo Verde27.92023
149Fiji27.72023
150Dominican Republic27.72023
151Libya27.22023
152El Salvador27.02023
153Uzbekistan26.92023
154Mongolia26.82023
155Tokelau26.72023
156Paraguay26.32023
157Turkmenistan26.22023
158Belize25.92023
159Cambodia25.82023
160Guyana25.62023
161Bangladesh25.32023
162Philippines25.32023
163Nicaragua25.32023
164French Guiana25.22023
165Kyrgyzstan25.12023
166Nepal24.72023
167Bolivia24.72023
168Djibouti24.42023
169Tuvalu24.32023
170Laos24.32023
171Jordan24.32023
172Egypt24.02023
173Honduras23.52023
174Haiti23.52023
175Botswana22.92023
176Micronesia22.92023
177Kiribati22.72023
178Guatemala22.62023
179Papua New Guinea22.32023
180Syria22.22023
181Eswatini22.02023
182Tajikistan21.92023
183Gabon21.52023
184Lesotho21.42023
185Equatorial Guinea21.02023
186Timor-Leste21.02023
187Namibia21.02023
188Ghana20.92023
189Marshall Islands20.72023
190Tonga20.72023
191Nauru20.42023
192Iraq20.32023
193Comoros20.32023
194Pakistan20.32023
195Solomon Islands20.32023
196Vanuatu20.12023
197Samoa19.92023
198Palestine19.82023
199Kenya19.52023
200Rwanda19.42023
201Sierra Leone19.32023
202Senegal19.12023
203São Tomé and Príncipe19.12023
204Guinea-Bissau18.92023
205Madagascar18.92023
206Togo18.82023
207Ethiopia18.72023
208Eritrea18.72023
209Liberia18.42023
210Republic of the Congo18.32023
211Sudan18.32023
212Yemen18.22023
213Gambia18.22023
214Côte d'Ivoire18.12023
215Guinea18.02023
216South Sudan18.02023
217Zimbabwe17.82023
218Benin17.82023
219Nigeria17.82023
220Cameroon17.82023
221Malawi17.62023
222Zambia17.52023
223Burkina Faso17.32023
224Tanzania17.22023
225Mauritania17.12023
226Afghanistan16.92023
227Mayotte16.82023
228Uganda16.52023
229Angola16.52023
230Mozambique16.32023
231Burundi15.92023
232Democratic Republic of the Congo15.82023
233Mali15.52023
234Somalia15.42023
235Chad15.42023
236Niger15.22023
237Central African Republic14.32023

Source: UN WPP 20242023Updated 28 Oct 2026

Median age, 2023
under 21.021.0–28.028.0–36.036.0–41.041.0+
No data

237 of 237 countries and territories reported for 2023.

Years after 2023 are projections.

Over time

The median country’s value ranged from 27.4 to 32.1 between 2009 and 2023.

20.030.040.050.060.070.02009201420192023Vatican CityMonacoSaint Helena, Ascen…Saint Helen…JapanMartiniqueMedian

The median of reporting countries and the five highest in 2023. Dashed: median.

Source: UN WPP 20242009–2023Updated 28 Oct 2026

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