List of countries by median age

This article is a list of countries sorted by median age .

Median age by country, 2015.

methodology

The median age is the median of the ages observed in a sample . It is the age that divides the sample in such a way that at most 50% of its members are younger and at most 50% older than this age. It is used as a key figure to describe aging, for example in different countries.

The median age is usually not the same as the median or average age . The average age is the arithmetic mean of the ages observed in a sample. The median age does not change over time as quickly as the median age, so that medium and long-term trends become visible.

For example, let the sample be a family consisting of a father (age 37), mother (36) and child (2). Then the median age of the family would be 36. The median age would only be years. ${\displaystyle (37+36+2)/3=25}$

countries

The median age in Egypt was 23.8 years in 2016

The median age in Bangladesh in 2016 was 26.3 years

The median age in the People's Republic of China was 37.1 years in 2016

The median age in Germany in 2016 was 46.8 years

The median age in France was 41.2 years in 2016

The median age in India in 2016 was 27.6 years

The median age in Japan was 46.9 years

The median age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2016 was 18.4 years

The median age in Malaysia was 28.2 years in 2016

The median age in Mexico in 2016 was 28.0 years

The median age in the Netherlands in 2016 was 42.5 years

The median age in Pakistan in 2016 was 23.4 years

The median age in Russia in 2016 was 39.3 years

The median age in Saudi Arabia in 2016 was 27.2 years

The median age in Spain in 2016 was 42.3 years

The median age in the United States in 2016 was 37.9 years

Currently the median age ranges from around 15 in Niger to 40 and more in various European countries, Japan and Canada.

Country / Region	CIA World Factbook 2014 estimate
	Total	Men	Women
world	30.1	29.4	30.9
Ethiopia	17.8	17.6	18.0
Egypt	23.8	23.5	24.1
Equatorial Guinea	19.4	19.1	20.1
Afghanistan	18.6	18.5	18.6
Albania	32.5	31.2	33.8
Algeria	27.8	27.5	28.1
American Virgin Islands	45.6	45.9	45.3
Andorra	43.7	43.8	43.5
Angola	18.2	18.0	18.3
Anguilla	34.6	32.7	36.4
Antigua and Barbuda	31.1	29.4	32.6
Argentina	31.5	30.3	32.7
Armenia	34.6	32.8	36.5
Aruba	39.1	37.3	40.9
Australia	38.6	37.8	39.4
Azerbaijan	30.9	29.3	32.6
Bahamas	31.8	30.6	32.9
Bahrain	32.1	33.5	29.3
Bangladesh	26.3	25.6	26.9
Barbados	37.6	36.5	38.7
Belgium	41.4	40.2	42.7
Belize	22.4	22.2	22.6
Benin	18.0	17.7	18.4
Bermuda	43.2	41.4	45.1
Bhutan	27.2	27.7	26.6
Bolivia	24.0	23.3	24.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.7	40.2	43.1
Botswana	23.2	23.4	23.1
Brazil	31.6	30.7	32.4
British Virgin Islands	36.2	36.0	36.3
Brunei	29.9	29.5	30.3
Bulgaria	42.4	40.6	44.5
Burkina Faso	17.2	17.0	17.3
Burundi	17.0	16.8	17.2
Cayman Islands	39.5	38.8	40.1
Chile	34.0	32.9	35.2
People's Republic of China	37.1	36.2	38.1
Cook Islands	35.9	35.3	36.4
Costa Rica	30.9	30.4	31.3
Curacao	36.0	33.3	39.8
Guernsey ( Channel Islands )	43.6	42.3	44.8
Jersey ( Channel Islands )	38.5	36.2	41.2
Denmark	42.0	41.0	43.0
Germany	46.8	45.7	47.9
Djibouti	23.5	21.8	24.9
Dominica	33.0	32.5	33.5
Dominican Republic	27.8	27.6	28.0
Ecuador	27.4	26.7	28.1
Ivory Coast	20.7	20.8	20.6
El Salvador	26.6	25.1	28.1
Eritrea	19.4	19.0	19.9
Estonia	42.4	37.6	44.5
Faroe Islands	37.7	37.1	38.4
Fiji	28.6	28.4	28.8
Finland	42.4	40.8	44.3
France	41.2	39.5	42.9
French Polynesia	31.5	31.3	31.7
Gabon	18.6	18.4	18.8
Gambia	20.7	20.4	21.0
Georgia	38.0	35.1	40.7
Ghana	21.0	20.5	21.5
Gibraltar (UK)	34.5	33.6	35.0
Greece	44.2	43.1	45.3
Greenland	33.8	35.0	32.6
Grenada	29.9	29.8	29.9
Guam	30.4	29.8	30.9
Guatemala	21.7	21.0	22.4
Guinea	18.8	18.6	19.1
Guinea-Bissau	20.0	19.5	20.5
Guyana	25.8	25.5	26.2
Haiti	22.6	22.4	22.8
Honduras	22.6	22.3	23.0
Hong Kong	44.0	43.2	44.5
Hungary	41.8	39.9	44.1
Iceland	36.3	35.7	36.9
India	27.6	26.9	28.3
Indonesia	29.9	29.3	30.5
Iran	29.4	29.1	29.7
Iraq	19.9	19.6	20.2
Ireland	36.4	36.1	36.8
Isle of Man	43.9	43.2	44.7
Israel	29.7	29.1	30.4
Italy	45.1	44.0	46.2
Jamaica	25.6	25.1	26.1
Japan	46.9	45.6	48.3
Yemen	19.2	19.1	19.3
Jordan	22.3	21.9	22.7
Cambodia	24.9	24.2	25.6
Cameroon	18.5	18.4	18.6
Canada	42.0	40.8	43.3
Cape Verde	24.9	24.1	25.7
Kazakhstan	30.3	29.0	31.6
Qatar	33.0	33.6	28.5
Kenya	19.5	19.4	19.6
Kiribati	24.3	23.4	25.1
North Korea	33.8	32.3	35.4
South Korea	41.2	39.7	42.8
Kosovo	28.7	28.3	29.0
Colombia	29.6	28.7	30.6
Democratic Republic of Congo	18.4	18.1	18.6
Republic of the Congo	19.7	19.7	19.9
Comoros	19.6	19.0	20.2
Croatia	42.7	40.8	44.8
Cuba	41.1	40.0	42.2
Kuwait	29.2	30.3	27.2
Kyrgyzstan	26.2	25.2	27.3
Laos	22.7	22.4	23.0
Lesotho	24.0	24.0	24.0
Latvia	43.3	39.5	46.6
Lebanon	29.9	29.3	30.5
Liberia	18.3	18.1	18.5
Libya	28.5	28.6	28.3
Liechtenstein	42.9	41.7	44.1
Lithuania	43.4	39.5	46.7
Luxembourg	39.2	38.6	39.9
Macau	38.7	39.1	38.5
Madagascar	19.5	19.3	19.7
Malawi	16.5	16.3	16.6
Malaysia	28.2	28.0	28.5
Maldives	27.8	27.8	27.8
Mali	16.2	15.5	16.8
Malta	41.5	40.4	42.7
Marshall Islands	22.7	22.6	22.8
Mauritania	20.3	19.3	21.2
Mauritius	34.8	33.9	35.8
Mexico	28.0	26.9	29.1
Micronesia	24.7	24.0	25.3
Moldova	36.3	34.5	38.3
Monaco	52.4	51.1	53.7
Mongolia	27.9	27.1	28.7
Montenegro	40.2	39.3	41.3
Montserrat	32.6	32.1	33.1
Morocco	28.9	28.3	29.5
Mozambique	17.1	16.5	17.7
Myanmar	27.9	27.3	28.5
Namibia	21.0	20.2	21.7
Nauru	26.1	26.5	25.5
Nepal	23.6	22.4	24.8
Netherlands	42.5	41.4	43.4
New Caledonia	31.7	31.0	32.4
New Zealand	37.8	36.9	38.7
Nicaragua	25.2	24.3	26.0
Niger	15.3	15.2	15.4
Nigeria	18.3	18.2	18.4
Northern Mariana Islands	32.7	30.0	33.7
North Macedonia	37.5	36.4	38.6
Norway	39.1	38.4	40.0
Austria	43.8	42.7	44.9
Oman	25.4	26.5	24.0
Pakistan	23.4	23.3	23.4
Palau	33.3	32.7	34.7
Palestine	18.2	18.0	18.4
Panama	28.9	28.5	29.3
Papua New Guinea	22.9	23.0	22.8
Paraguay	27.8	27.5	28.0
Peru	27.7	26.9	28.4
Philippines	23.4	22.9	23.8
Poland	40.3	38.6	42.0
Portugal	41.8	39.8	44.0
Puerto Rico	39.5	37.5	41.4
Rwanda	19.0	18.7	19.2
Romania	40.7	39.3	42.1
Russia	39.3	36.4	42.3
Solomon Islands	22.2	22.0	22.4
St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	41.5	41.5	41.4
St. Kitts and Nevis	34.5	34.6	34.4
St. Lucia	34.2	33.0	35.3
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	45.9	45.4	46.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	33.0	33.2	32.9
Samoa	23.9	23.7	24.2
American Samoa	28.3	28.8	27.8
San Marino	44.2	43.1	45.1
Sao Tome and Principe	18.2	17.8	18.6
Zambia	16.7	16.6	16.9
Saudi Arabia	27.2	27.9	26.2
Sweden	41.2	40.2	42.2
Switzerland	42.2	41.3	43.2
Senegal	18.7	17.5	19.6
Serbia	42.3	40.7	44.0
Seychelles	34.9	34.4	35.5
Sierra Leone	19.0	18.4	19.6
Zimbabwe	20.6	20.5	20.8
Singapore	34.3	34.2	34.4
Sint Maarten	40.7	39.8	41.7
Slovakia	40.1	38.4	41.9
Slovenia	44.1	42.5	45.9
Somalia	17.9	18.1	17.8
Spain	42.3	41.2	43.6
Sri Lanka	32.5	31.2	33.7
South Africa	26.8	26.5	27.0
Sudan	19.6	19.4	19.9
South Sudan	17.1	17.0	17.3
Suriname	29.5	29.1	29.9
Swaziland	21.4	21.2	21.7
Syria	24.1	23.7	24.6
Taiwan	40.2	39.5	40.9
Tajikistan	24.2	23.6	24.8
Tanzania	17.6	17.3	17.9
Thailand	37.2	36.2	38.2
East Timor	18.8	18.2	19.4
Togo	19.7	19.4	20.0
Tonga	22.6	22.2	23.1
Trinidad and Tobago	35.5	35.0	36.0
Chad	17.6	16.6	18.6
Czech Republic	41.7	40.4	43.0
Tunisia	32.4	31.9	32.7
Turkey	30.5	30.1	31.0
Turkmenistan	27.5	27.0	28.0
Turks and Caicos Islands	32.9	33.2	32.5
Tuvalu	25.5	24.4	26.8
Uganda	15.7	15.6	15.8
Ukraine	40.4	37.2	43.5
Uruguay	34.7	33.0	36.4
Uzbekistan	28.1	27.6	28.7
United Arab Emirates	30.3	32.1	25.1
United States	37.9	36.6	39.3
United Kingdom	40.5	39.3	41.7
Vanuatu	21.7	21.3	22.1
Venezuela	28.0	27.3	28.7
Vietnam	30.1	28.9	31.2
Wallis and Futuna	31.6	30.6	32.8
Belarus	39.8	36.8	42.9
Western Sahara	21.1	20.7	21.6
Central African Republic	19.6	19.3	19.9
Cyprus	36.4	35.1	38.0
Country / Region	Total	Men	Women

Historical development

The following list shows the historical development of the median age in different countries, which shows the aging of a society over time. All figures come from the UN . All figures from 2015 onwards are UN forecasts. The table is sortable

country	Median age
	1955	1985	2015	2030	2050
world	23.1	23.3	29.6	33.0	36.1
Afghanistan	19.2	16.3	17.3	21.9	28.9
Egypt	20.7	19.5	24.7	26.6	31.2
Albania	20.6	22.8	36.2	41.6	49.5
Algeria	18.6	17.1	27.5	31.8	37.0
Angola	18.8	16.0	16.4	18.1	21.1
Argentina	26.3	27.3	30.8	34.1	38.5
Armenia	22.7	25.3	33.9	40.4	45.5
Azerbaijan	22.1	22.8	30.3	36.7	40.0
Ethiopia	18.0	17.0	18.6	22.6	28.8
Australia	30.2	30.7	37.4	39.8	41.5
Bangladesh	19.4	17.7	25.6	31.6	40.0
Belgium	34.6	35.3	41.3	43.4	44.7
Brazil	18.9	21.2	31.3	37.7	45.1
Bulgaria	28.9	35.3	43.5	47.1	48.1
Chile	21.5	24.2	33.7	39.2	45.1
People's Republic of China	22.3	23.6	37.0	43.0	48.0
Costa Rica	18.1	22.0	31.4	38.0	45.4
Denmark	32.4	36.0	41.6	42.4	44.2
Germany	34.5	37.2	45.9	47.6	50.3
Dominican Republic	16.8	19.2	26.1	30.6	37.2
Ecuador	19.2	19.6	26.6	31.2	37.3
El Salvador	18.2	18.6	25.8	31.8	39.6
Ivory Coast	18.6	17.4	18.3	19.6	22.5
Finland	28.0	34.7	42.5	43.9	44.7
France	32.9	33.8	41.2	43.3	44.3
Georgia	27.4	29.8	38.0	40.9	42.0
Ghana	17.6	17.4	20.4	22.8	26.9
Greece	26.9	34.0	43.3	47.1	48.1
Guatemala	17.8	16.6	21.3	26.3	33.0
Guinea	20.8	18.7	18.4	20.4	24.3
Haiti	20.0	18.8	23.0	27.2	33.1
Honduras	17.9	16.4	23.0	29.0	36.8
Hong Kong	24.0	28.3	43.2	48.0	52.4
India	20.8	20.6	26.7	31.4	37.5
Indonesia	20.4	19.9	28.0	31.9	36.6
Iraq	20.3	16.7	19.4	21.4	24.7
Iran	20.9	17.3	29.5	38.4	45.2
Ireland	30.1	26.8	36.9	41.3	42.6
Israel	24.6	25.4	30.2	31.7	35.1
Italy	30.1	35.5	45.9	50.9	51.4
Jamaica	22.0	20.6	29.4	35.9	44.7
Japan	23.6	35.0	46.3	51.5	53.2
Yemen	18.7	14.7	19.2	22.8	29.3
Jordan	17.6	16.3	22.1	26.0	32.1
Cambodia	17.9	18.5	24.1	28.5	34.3
Cameroon	20.4	17.2	18.3	20.4	24.4
Canada	27.3	31.0	40.5	43.3	45.2
Kazakhstan	23.3	24.6	29.3	32.0	34.6
Qatar	19.4	26.9	31.3	34.7	40.5
Kenya	18.9	15.0	19.0	22.5	27.4
Colombia	17.7	20.2	30.0	36.4	43.3
Democratic Republic of Congo	18.1	17.5	16.8	18.2	22.1
North Korea	19.1	23.5	34.0	37.7	42.1
South Korea	18.9	24.3	40.8	47.8	53.9
Croatia	28.2	34.3	42.6	46.7	49.8
Cuba	22.4	25.5	41.1	45.5	50.4
Kuwait	22.7	22.2	33.4	34.8	38.1
Lebanon	22.0	21.5	28.5	37.9	47.6
Madagascar	20.2	16.9	18.7	21.2	24.9
Malaysia	18.5	20.5	27.7	34.1	40.2
Mali	20.1	17.4	16.0	17.8	21.6
Morocco	19.2	18.7	27.9	33.0	38.9
Mexico	17.8	18.2	27.5	33.2	40.8
Mongolia	24.3	18.5	27.1	30.3	34.2
Mozambique	18.9	17.3	17.2	19.3	22.6
Myanmar	22.2	19.8	27.7	32.0	37.5
Nepal	20.2	19.0	23.2	29.5	39.0
New Zealand	28.7	29.5	37.3	39.8	43.1
Netherlands	28.5	33.1	42.1	44.5	46.8
Nigeria	19.1	17.5	17.9	19.2	22.4
Norway	33.6	34.6	39.2	41.1	43.2
Oman	18.5	17.5	29.0	34.1	39.9
Austria	35.1	35.8	43.2	46.5	49.9
Pakistan	20.2	18.6	22.5	25.6	30.9
Panama	18.4	20.3	28.4	32.3	37.6
Paraguay	16.2	18.9	24.9	29.8	35.6
Peru	18.8	19.4	27.5	32.4	38.6
Philippines	17.2	18.7	24.1	27.5	31.8
Poland	26.0	30.7	39.7	46.3	52.2
Portugal	27.2	32.1	43.9	50.1	53.1
Rwanda	17.5	15.2	19.4	22.9	28.7
Romania	27.2	31.6	41.3	45.4	48.0
Russia	26.1	32.2	38.7	42.6	41.4
Saudi Arabia	18.8	19.3	29.8	34.7	39.6
Sweden	35.1	37.7	40.9	42.0	43.2
Switzerland	32.9	36.0	42.2	45.2	47.5
Senegal	18.6	16.3	18.3	20.2	24.2
Serbia	26.5	32.1	40.0	43.2	46.4
Zimbabwe	18.2	15.9	19.0	21.8	27.7
Singapore	19.4	27.3	40.0	47.0	52.8
Slovakia	27.4	30.0	39.2	45.1	49.0
Spain	28.6	31.6	43.2	50.1	52.3
Sri Lanka	20.0	22.8	32.3	37.1	42.6
South Africa	20.3	19.6	26.1	29.6	34.1
Sudan	17.8	16.6	18.9	21.6	25.1
Syria	18.8	15.6	20.2	26.5	34.1
Tajikistan	22.4	18.4	22.4	24.8	29.9
Taiwan	18.1	24.8	39.6	47.1	53.7
Tanzania	17.0	16.7	17.3	19.0	22.3
Thailand	18.9	21.8	37.8	43.8	49.2
Czech Republic	32.2	34.1	41.4	46.8	47.9
Tunisia	19.4	19.9	31.1	36.2	39.9
Turkey	19.8	21.0	29.9	35.0	41.8
Uganda	17.7	16.1	15.8	17.9	21.9
Ukraine	28.3	34.0	40.3	44.4	45.4
Hungary	30.8	35.0	41.7	46.1	48.5
Uruguay	28.4	30.4	34.9	37.8	42.5
Uzbekistan	23.6	19.6	26.3	31.9	37.2
Venezuela	17.3	19.9	27.4	32.0	37.9
United Arab Emirates	18.4	26.3	33.4	35.5	40.4
United States	30.3	31.4	37.6	39.8	42.0
United Kingdom	35.1	35.4	40.2	42.4	43.9
Vietnam	23.6	20.0	30.4	36.9	42.0
Belarus	27.7	32.0	39.6	43.1	43.2
country	1955	1985	2015	2030	2050
	Median age

See also

• List of countries by birth rate
• List of countries by death rate
• List of countries by age structure

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed August 7, 2017 . 
2. ^ CIA The World Factbook / Median Age 2014 . Retrieved 15/07/2015.
3. ↑ World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations. Retrieved August 7, 2017 .