Median age by country

Median age of the adult (18+) population in 200 countries and territories, from oldest to youngest, based on the UN 2026 estimates. Oldest: Japan (55.5 years); youngest: Central African Republic (29.5 years); the population-weighted median of the world's adults is 42.8 years.

#CountryMedian age (18+)Mean age
6 Japan 55.5 years 55.5 years
9 Italy 54.2 years 53.6 years
13 Germany 53.6 years 52.9 years
14 Portugal 53.3 years 53.2 years
15 Greece 53.3 years 53.2 years
16 Bermuda 53.0 years 52.5 years
17 Hong Kong SAR China 52.9 years 53.1 years
18 Puerto Rico 52.6 years 52.4 years
19 Croatia 52.5 years 52.3 years
21 Bosnia & Herzegovina 52.2 years 52.2 years
23 Spain 52.0 years 52.1 years
24 Slovenia 51.8 years 52.1 years
25 Latvia 51.7 years 52.0 years
26 Bulgaria 51.7 years 52.0 years
27 Serbia 51.6 years 51.8 years
28 Austria 51.5 years 51.6 years
29 Finland 51.4 years 52.0 years
30 France 51.4 years 51.6 years
31 South Korea 51.3 years 51.1 years
32 Cuba 51.0 years 50.2 years
33 Czechia 50.8 years 51.5 years
34 Cook Islands 50.8 years 49.7 years
36 Estonia 50.8 years 51.7 years
37 Switzerland 50.7 years 51.3 years
39 Romania 50.6 years 50.8 years
40 Taiwan 50.5 years 51.0 years
41 Lithuania 50.5 years 50.9 years
42 Hungary 50.5 years 51.0 years
43 Belgium 50.5 years 51.0 years
44 Denmark 50.5 years 50.7 years
46 Netherlands 50.3 years 50.5 years
49 Sweden 49.6 years 50.7 years
51 Andorra 49.6 years 49.6 years
53 North Macedonia 49.4 years 49.8 years
54 Slovakia 49.4 years 50.4 years
55 Poland 49.3 years 50.8 years
56 United Kingdom 49.3 years 50.2 years
59 Montenegro 49.1 years 49.7 years
60 Belarus 49.1 years 50.0 years
61 Canada 48.8 years 50.0 years
62 Niue 48.7 years 48.4 years
63 Norway 48.6 years 49.7 years
64 Barbados 48.5 years 48.9 years
65 China 48.3 years 48.6 years
66 Ukraine 48.3 years 49.8 years
67 Russia 48.2 years 49.6 years
69 Thailand 48.0 years 48.6 years
70 Moldova 47.9 years 49.1 years
72 United States 47.7 years 49.0 years
73 Ireland 47.6 years 48.5 years
74 New Zealand 47.5 years 48.9 years
75 Australia 47.3 years 49.1 years
76 Malta 47.3 years 50.0 years
77 Georgia 47.1 years 48.6 years
79 Luxembourg 47.1 years 48.5 years
81 Palau 47.0 years 47.2 years
82 Albania 46.9 years 48.5 years
84 North Korea 46.3 years 47.1 years
85 Uruguay 46.1 years 47.9 years
89 Mauritius 45.5 years 46.8 years
90 Armenia 45.4 years 47.4 years
91 Cyprus 45.4 years 47.8 years
92 St. Vincent & Grenadines 45.3 years 46.4 years
94 Antigua & Barbuda 45.1 years 46.4 years
95 Trinidad & Tobago 45.1 years 46.7 years
96 Iceland 45.1 years 47.5 years
97 Chile 45.0 years 47.2 years
98 French Polynesia 45.0 years 46.3 years
99 Greenland 44.8 years 46.6 years
100 Dominica 44.8 years 46.7 years
103 Sri Lanka 44.4 years 45.9 years
104 St. Kitts & Nevis 44.3 years 45.9 years
105 American Samoa 44.1 years 44.5 years
106 Bahamas 44.1 years 46.0 years
107 Brazil 43.7 years 45.5 years
108 Costa Rica 43.7 years 46.0 years
109 Tunisia 43.5 years 45.1 years
110 Türkiye 43.4 years 45.0 years
111 Israel 43.2 years 45.7 years
112 Argentina 43.1 years 45.5 years
113 Vietnam 43.0 years 44.9 years
114 Venezuela 42.8 years 44.3 years
115 St. Lucia 42.7 years 44.6 years
117 Lebanon 42.6 years 44.5 years
118 Kazakhstan 42.5 years 44.5 years
119 Azerbaijan 42.4 years 44.5 years
120 Grenada 42.4 years 45.6 years
121 Singapore 42.3 years 45.5 years
122 Iran 42.3 years 44.1 years
123 Seychelles 42.1 years 44.1 years
124 Panama 41.8 years 44.1 years
125 Colombia 41.7 years 44.2 years
126 Algeria 41.6 years 43.2 years
127 Indonesia 41.6 years 43.2 years
129 Morocco 41.3 years 43.3 years
130 Brunei 41.2 years 43.0 years
131 Jamaica 40.9 years 43.2 years
132 Myanmar (Burma) 40.9 years 42.7 years
133 Suriname 40.9 years 43.1 years
134 Marshall Islands 40.8 years 41.0 years
135 Peru 40.8 years 43.5 years
137 Mexico 40.5 years 43.1 years
138 Mongolia 40.4 years 42.2 years
139 Libya 40.4 years 41.6 years
140 Tuvalu 40.1 years 43.0 years
141 Kuwait 40.1 years 41.1 years
142 Dominican Republic 40.0 years 42.8 years
143 Ecuador 39.9 years 42.7 years
144 Fiji 39.8 years 41.9 years
145 Malaysia 39.7 years 42.3 years
146 Uzbekistan 39.5 years 42.0 years
147 India 39.3 years 41.9 years
148 Tonga 39.2 years 41.7 years
149 Kyrgyzstan 39.0 years 41.6 years
150 Cambodia 38.9 years 41.4 years
151 Samoa 38.9 years 41.5 years
152 Cape Verde 38.9 years 41.7 years
153 South Africa 38.9 years 41.6 years
154 Turkmenistan 38.8 years 41.3 years
155 Maldives 38.8 years 41.0 years
156 Guyana 38.6 years 41.8 years
157 Tokelau 38.5 years 42.2 years
158 Paraguay 38.5 years 41.5 years
159 Bahrain 38.5 years 40.3 years
160 Egypt 38.2 years 40.5 years
161 Bhutan 38.2 years 40.9 years
162 El Salvador 38.1 years 41.9 years
163 Bangladesh 37.9 years 40.9 years
164 Nicaragua 37.6 years 40.4 years
165 Jordan 37.6 years 40.2 years
166 Philippines 37.5 years 40.4 years
167 Nepal 37.3 years 40.6 years
168 Bolivia 37.3 years 40.3 years
169 Belize 37.2 years 40.1 years
170 Qatar 37.1 years 38.4 years
171 Djibouti 37.0 years 39.8 years
172 Equatorial Guinea 36.9 years 39.2 years
173 Gabon 36.8 years 39.3 years
174 Saudi Arabia 36.8 years 38.8 years
175 Laos 36.8 years 39.6 years
176 Nauru 36.8 years 38.5 years
177 Kiribati 36.8 years 39.7 years
178 Tajikistan 36.6 years 39.4 years
179 Haiti 36.4 years 39.3 years
180 Oman 36.4 years 38.0 years
182 Vanuatu 36.2 years 39.3 years
183 Comoros 36.1 years 39.0 years
184 Papua New Guinea 36.1 years 38.7 years
185 Honduras 36.1 years 39.0 years
186 Ghana 35.9 years 38.7 years
187 Micronesia 35.8 years 40.0 years
188 United Arab Emirates 35.6 years 37.5 years
189 Solomon Islands 35.6 years 38.5 years
190 Namibia 35.5 years 38.6 years
191 Eswatini 35.3 years 38.4 years
192 Republic of the Congo 35.2 years 38.0 years
193 Guatemala 35.1 years 38.7 years
194 Pakistan 35.1 years 38.6 years
195 São Tomé & Príncipe 35.0 years 38.3 years
196 Iraq 34.9 years 38.2 years
197 Lesotho 34.8 years 37.6 years
198 Togo 34.8 years 37.9 years
199 Palestine 34.8 years 38.1 years
200 Botswana 34.7 years 38.2 years
201 Rwanda 34.7 years 37.8 years
202 Côte d’Ivoire 34.6 years 37.2 years
203 Timor-Leste 34.4 years 38.5 years
204 Syria 34.3 years 38.4 years
205 Zimbabwe 34.1 years 37.1 years
206 Guinea-Bissau 34.0 years 37.2 years
207 Liberia 34.0 years 37.4 years
209 Sierra Leone 33.9 years 37.3 years
210 Benin 33.9 years 37.3 years
211 Senegal 33.9 years 37.5 years
212 Yemen 33.9 years 36.7 years
213 Kenya 33.8 years 37.0 years
214 Madagascar 33.8 years 37.5 years
215 Angola 33.8 years 37.1 years
216 Cameroon 33.8 years 36.9 years
217 Mauritania 33.7 years 37.3 years
218 Burundi 33.5 years 36.3 years
219 Sudan 33.5 years 37.3 years
220 Nigeria 33.5 years 37.0 years
221 Gambia 33.5 years 37.1 years
222 Tanzania 33.2 years 36.7 years
223 Guinea 33.1 years 37.0 years
224 Burkina Faso 33.1 years 36.5 years
225 DR Congo 33.1 years 37.0 years
226 Eritrea 33.1 years 37.7 years
227 Ethiopia 33.1 years 36.9 years
228 Zambia 33.1 years 36.0 years
229 Malawi 32.6 years 35.9 years
230 Mozambique 32.5 years 36.1 years
231 Mali 32.4 years 35.9 years
232 Somalia 32.3 years 36.2 years
233 Chad 32.3 years 35.8 years
234 Afghanistan 32.0 years 35.7 years
235 Niger 32.0 years 36.0 years
236 Uganda 31.6 years 35.2 years
237 Central African Republic 29.5 years 34.3 years

United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, five-year age groups; people under 18 are not included. See methodology.