List of countries by median age

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Sep 2024

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The median age divides the population in two parts of equal size: that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It provides an important single indicator of the age distribution of a population.

Holy See has the highest median age at 58.71 years followed by Monaco (54.03 years) and Saint Helena (50.67 years). 57 countries and dependent territories have median age over 40 years. Out of them, 38 belong to Europe, 12 to North America and 5 to Asia. 129 countries/territories have half of the population over 30 years.

With half of the population below 14.38 years, Central African Republic is the youngest country of the world. 41 countries/regions have median age under 20 years in which first 11 and total 37 belong to Africa continent, three in Asia and one in Oceania.

Countries with greater median age tend to have lower fertility rate and higher life expectancy. In the list of top 50 countries by older population, only three have fertility rate over 2 and none have life expectancy below 75 years. In the list of top 50 countries by younger population, only one have fertility rate below 3 and only six have life expectancy above 70 years.

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Median age (UN)
Rank	Country/Region	Median age	Fertility rate	Life expectancy	Continent
Rank	Country/Region	Years (2024)	2024	Years (2024)	Continent
231	Burundi	16.140	4.79	63.82	Africa
192	Comoros	20.502	3.82	67.02	Africa
168	Djibouti	24.662	2.62	66.20	Africa
208	Eritrea	18.922	3.68	68.89	Africa
207	Ethiopia	18.933	3.91	67.60	Africa
199	Kenya	19.781	3.17	63.83	Africa
205	Madagascar	19.039	3.91	63.84	Africa
221	Malawi	17.841	3.59	67.56	Africa
83	Mauritius	37.374	1.23	75.10	Africa
227	Mayotte	16.949	4.56	76.24	Africa
230	Mozambique	16.407	4.69	63.80	Africa
80	Réunion	37.773	2.15	83.67	Africa
200	Rwanda	19.683	3.65	68.02	Africa
109	Seychelles	33.951	2.11	72.99	Africa
235	Somalia	15.517	6.01	58.97	Africa
213	South Sudan	18.324	3.79	57.74	Africa
228	Uganda	16.702	4.17	68.49	Africa
224	United Republic of Tanzania	17.364	4.54	67.21	Africa
222	Zambia	17.709	4.04	66.53	Africa
217	Zimbabwe	17.961	3.67	63.06	Africa
229	Angola	16.531	5.05	64.81	Africa
220	Cameroon	17.896	4.26	63.97	Africa
237	Central African Republic	14.382	5.95	57.67	Africa
233	Chad	15.718	6.03	55.24	Africa
210	Congo	18.433	4.11	66.00	Africa
232	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.784	5.98	62.07	Africa
188	Equatorial Guinea	20.919	4.12	63.91	Africa
184	Gabon	21.517	3.59	68.51	Africa
203	Sao Tome and Principe	19.253	3.60	69.91	Africa
147	Algeria	28.399	2.72	76.48	Africa
172	Egypt	24.254	2.74	71.81	Africa
151	Libya	27.460	2.30	71.12	Africa
136	Morocco	29.512	2.21	75.49	Africa
211	Sudan	18.388	4.26	66.52	Africa
118	Tunisia	32.527	1.82	76.71	Africa
120	Western Sahara	32.336	2.18	71.58	Africa
175	Botswana	23.163	2.70	69.29	Africa
181	Eswatini	22.230	2.72	64.26	Africa
183	Lesotho	21.622	2.66	57.80	Africa
186	Namibia	21.146	3.21	67.52	Africa
144	South Africa	28.473	2.21	66.31	Africa
219	Benin	17.905	4.48	60.96	Africa
223	Burkina Faso	17.487	4.11	61.29	Africa
146	Cabo Verde	28.420	1.51	76.22	Africa
215	Côte d'Ivoire	18.203	4.23	62.11	Africa
212	Gambia	18.373	3.91	66.06	Africa
187	Ghana	21.135	3.34	65.70	Africa
216	Guinea	18.142	4.13	60.90	Africa
204	Guinea-Bissau	19.156	3.76	64.25	Africa
209	Liberia	18.550	3.86	62.32	Africa
234	Mali	15.595	5.51	60.68	Africa
225	Mauritania	17.253	4.63	68.71	Africa
236	Niger	15.400	5.94	61.43	Africa
218	Nigeria	17.945	4.38	54.64	Africa
3	Saint Helena	50.669	1.64	76.95	Africa
202	Senegal	19.359	3.77	68.92	Africa
201	Sierra Leone	19.496	3.70	61.96	Africa
206	Togo	18.937	4.12	62.93	Africa
134	Kazakhstan	29.581	2.98	74.53	Asia
164	Kyrgyzstan	25.253	2.78	71.82	Asia
182	Tajikistan	22.098	3.04	71.93	Asia
157	Turkmenistan	26.559	2.66	70.20	Asia
153	Uzbekistan	26.976	3.49	72.53	Asia
61	China	39.587	1.01	78.02	Asia
10	China, Hong Kong SAR	46.775	0.73	85.63	Asia
66	China, Macao SAR	38.888	0.68	83.23	Asia
25	China, Taiwan Province of China	44.167	0.86	80.75	Asia
91	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	36.294	1.78	73.74	Asia
4	Japan	49.383	1.22	84.85	Asia
155	Mongolia	26.854	2.63	71.99	Asia
19	Republic of Korea	45.050	0.73	84.43	Asia
226	Afghanistan	17.116	4.76	66.29	Asia
162	Bangladesh	25.653	2.14	74.93	Asia
130	Bhutan	29.943	1.45	73.26	Asia
145	India	28.441	1.96	72.24	Asia
112	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	33.409	1.68	77.85	Asia
125	Maldives	31.898	1.56	81.29	Asia
166	Nepal	25.008	1.96	70.64	Asia
194	Pakistan	20.436	3.55	67.80	Asia
115	Sri Lanka	33.072	1.95	77.67	Asia
121	Brunei Darussalam	32.244	1.73	75.50	Asia
159	Cambodia	26.046	2.55	70.82	Asia
129	Indonesia	30.102	2.12	71.29	Asia
169	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.607	2.40	69.23	Asia
128	Malaysia	30.518	1.54	76.82	Asia
132	Myanmar	29.822	2.10	67.10	Asia
161	Philippines	25.712	1.89	69.95	Asia
99	Singapore	35.650	0.95	83.86	Asia
57	Thailand	40.114	1.20	76.56	Asia
185	Timor-Leste	21.325	2.63	67.90	Asia
117	Viet Nam	32.926	1.90	74.74	Asia
94	Armenia	36.078	1.72	75.85	Asia
114	Azerbaijan	33.123	1.67	74.58	Asia
113	Bahrain	33.249	1.81	81.42	Asia
76	Cyprus	38.187	1.38	81.82	Asia
87	Georgia	37.045	1.80	74.66	Asia
190	Iraq	20.596	3.22	72.42	Asia
140	Israel	29.209	2.79	82.73	Asia
170	Jordan	24.537	2.60	77.98	Asia
102	Kuwait	34.835	1.52	80.60	Asia
143	Lebanon	28.555	2.23	77.95	Asia
137	Oman	29.479	2.51	80.25	Asia
111	Qatar	33.550	1.72	82.52	Asia
135	Saudi Arabia	29.563	2.31	78.98	Asia
197	State of Palestine	19.893	3.25	69.21	Asia
178	Syrian Arab Republic	22.827	2.70	72.56	Asia
116	Türkiye	32.987	1.62	77.42	Asia
126	United Arab Emirates	31.572	1.21	83.07	Asia
214	Yemen	18.262	4.50	69.44	Asia
52	Belarus	40.917	1.22	74.62	Europe
22	Bulgaria	44.543	1.75	75.80	Europe
33	Czechia	43.217	1.46	79.97	Europe
28	Hungary	43.611	1.49	77.18	Europe
43	Poland	41.839	1.30	78.81	Europe
77	Republic of Moldova	38.132	1.73	71.33	Europe
35	Romania	42.920	1.71	76.09	Europe
59	Russian Federation	39.871	1.46	73.34	Europe
44	Slovakia	41.759	1.56	78.49	Europe
39	Ukraine	42.123	0.99	74.69	Europe
49	Denmark	41.324	1.52	82.09	Europe
37	Estonia	42.259	1.36	79.31	Europe
85	Faroe Islands	37.128	2.22	80.39	Europe
34	Finland	42.999	1.29	82.08	Europe
27	Guernsey	44.109	1.37	83.38	Europe
95	Iceland	35.978	1.52	83.01	Europe
69	Ireland	38.740	1.60	82.58	Europe
13	Isle of Man	45.863	1.54	81.09	Europe
31	Jersey	43.365	1.37	79.83	Europe
32	Latvia	43.284	1.34	76.33	Europe
41	Lithuania	42.018	1.21	76.17	Europe
60	Norway	39.668	1.41	83.46	Europe
56	Sweden	40.124	1.43	83.42	Europe
58	United Kingdom	39.972	1.55	81.45	Europe
88	Albania	36.721	1.34	79.78	Europe
29	Andorra	43.495	1.09	84.19	Europe
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.301	1.49	78.04	Europe
20	Croatia	44.978	1.47	78.75	Europe
68	Gibraltar	38.818	1.89	83.63	Europe
12	Greece	46.274	1.34	82.03	Europe
1	Holy See	58.708	1.00	83.12	Europe
7	Italy	47.846	1.21	83.87	Europe
123	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	32.050	1.54	78.22	Europe
53	Malta	40.709	1.11	83.47	Europe
63	Montenegro	39.552	1.80	77.25	Europe
54	North Macedonia	40.647	1.47	77.54	Europe
11	Portugal	46.575	1.51	82.55	Europe
6	San Marino	48.048	1.16	85.82	Europe
26	Serbia	44.120	1.50	76.94	Europe
24	Slovenia	44.281	1.58	81.78	Europe
16	Spain	45.394	1.22	83.80	Europe
30	Austria	43.367	1.32	82.12	Europe
45	Belgium	41.709	1.38	82.27	Europe
40	France	42.068	1.64	83.46	Europe
18	Germany	45.287	1.45	81.54	Europe
23	Liechtenstein	44.366	1.54	83.75	Europe
64	Luxembourg	39.237	1.40	82.36	Europe
2	Monaco	54.031	2.10	86.50	Europe
48	Netherlands	41.419	1.43	82.30	Europe
36	Switzerland	42.652	1.44	84.09	Europe
72	Anguilla	38.320	1.36	79.49	North America
97	Antigua and Barbuda	35.899	1.58	77.77	North America
50	Aruba	41.265	1.61	76.50	North America
101	Bahamas	34.950	1.37	74.71	North America
65	Barbados	39.163	1.71	76.33	North America
62	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	39.565	1.46	77.61	North America
78	British Virgin Islands	38.024	1.05	77.43	North America
74	Cayman Islands	38.266	1.53	80.54	North America
42	Cuba	41.917	1.45	78.26	North America
71	Curaçao	38.490	1.07	76.99	North America
96	Dominica	35.946	1.48	71.29	North America
149	Dominican Republic	27.991	2.22	73.87	North America
110	Grenada	33.886	1.47	75.37	North America
8	Guadeloupe	46.929	2.07	82.24	North America
174	Haiti	23.785	2.63	65.12	North America
122	Jamaica	32.207	1.35	71.61	North America
5	Martinique	49.283	1.99	82.74	North America
47	Montserrat	41.589	1.45	76.34	North America
15	Puerto Rico	45.497	0.94	81.90	North America
67	Saint Barthélemy	38.853	0.82	84.40	North America
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis	35.753	1.53	72.28	North America
107	Saint Lucia	34.180	1.39	72.85	North America
51	Saint Martin (French part)	40.979	2.67	80.44	North America
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.156	1.76	71.38	North America
46	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.700	1.44	76.53	North America
84	Trinidad and Tobago	37.219	1.54	73.62	North America
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	38.736	1.45	78.18	North America
21	United States Virgin Islands	44.761	2.08	75.70	North America
158	Belize	26.385	2.02	73.74	North America
104	Costa Rica	34.612	1.32	81.00	North America
152	El Salvador	27.416	1.77	72.30	North America
177	Guatemala	23.024	2.29	72.75	North America
173	Honduras	23.889	2.48	73.04	North America
138	Mexico	29.252	1.89	75.26	North America
163	Nicaragua	25.621	2.21	75.10	North America
131	Panama	29.930	2.11	79.78	North America
119	Argentina	32.523	1.50	77.54	South America
167	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	24.941	2.52	68.74	South America
105	Brazil	34.382	1.61	76.02	South America
89	Chile	36.447	1.14	81.36	South America
124	Colombia	32.048	1.63	77.91	South America
141	Ecuador	28.845	1.81	77.58	South America
38	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	42.151	1.69	79.37	South America
165	French Guiana	25.063	3.34	77.18	South America
160	Guyana	25.918	2.40	70.32	South America
156	Paraguay	26.649	2.42	73.98	South America
133	Peru	29.819	1.97	77.94	South America
148	Suriname	28.351	2.23	73.76	South America
93	Uruguay	36.090	1.40	78.29	South America
139	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	29.214	2.08	72.67	South America
14	Bermuda	45.568	1.41	82.49	North America
55	Canada	40.476	1.34	82.72	North America
103	Greenland	34.648	1.93	70.19	North America
9	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	46.811	1.27	76.94	North America
73	United States of America	38.289	1.62	79.46	North America
79	Australia	38.007	1.64	84.07	Oceania
82	New Zealand	37.503	1.66	82.25	Oceania
150	Fiji	27.864	2.27	67.46	Oceania
106	New Caledonia	34.202	1.96	78.92	Oceania
180	Papua New Guinea	22.565	3.07	66.26	Oceania
193	Solomon Islands	20.475	3.51	70.69	Oceania
196	Vanuatu	20.187	3.57	71.65	Oceania
127	Guam	31.282	2.75	77.42	Oceania
179	Kiribati	22.823	3.12	66.60	Oceania
191	Marshall Islands	20.504	2.86	67.08	Oceania
176	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	23.090	2.74	67.36	Oceania
195	Nauru	20.289	3.29	62.28	Oceania
86	Northern Mariana Islands	37.085	2.32	78.95	Oceania
75	Palau	38.192	1.88	69.38	Oceania
142	American Samoa	28.727	2.27	72.99	Oceania
92	Cook Islands	36.095	2.02	75.47	Oceania
100	French Polynesia	35.423	1.49	84.19	Oceania
90	Niue	36.433	2.49	70.10	Oceania
198	Samoa	19.804	3.80	71.83	Oceania
154	Tokelau	26.921	2.60	77.17	Oceania
189	Tonga	20.724	3.10	73.07	Oceania
171	Tuvalu	24.271	3.17	67.26	Oceania
81	Wallis and Futuna Islands	37.681	1.41	78.74	Oceania
	World	30.621	2.25	73.32