List of countries by median age

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	16 Sep 2025

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The median age divides the population into 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.

The Holy See has the highest median age at 57.38 years, followed by Monaco (53.62 years) and Saint Helena (50.94 years). 60 countries and dependent territories have a median age over 40 years. Out of them, 40 belong to Europe, 12 to North America, and 6 to Asia. 133 countries/territories have half of the population over 30 years.

With half of the population below 14.48 years, the Central African Republic is the youngest country in the world. 39 countries/regions have a median age under 20 years, in which the first 11 and a total of 36 belong to the African continent, two are in Asia, and one is in Oceania.

Countries with a greater median age tend to have a lower fertility rate and higher life expectancy. In the list of top 50 countries by older population, only four have a fertility rate over 2, and only one has a life expectancy below 75 years. In the list of top 50 countries by younger population, only one has a fertility rate below 3, and only eight have a 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 (2025)	2025	Years (2025)	Continent
231	Burundi	16.381	4.68	63.97	Africa
192	Comoros	20.617	3.76	67.25	Africa
169	Djibouti	24.906	2.58	66.41	Africa
205	Eritrea	19.216	3.61	69.15	Africa
207	Ethiopia	19.133	3.81	67.88	Africa
198	Kenya	20.037	3.12	64.01	Africa
206	Madagascar	19.205	3.85	64.04	Africa
219	Malawi	18.110	3.53	67.74	Africa
83	Mauritius	37.819	1.21	75.27	Africa
227	Mayotte	17.122	4.50	76.42	Africa
230	Mozambique	16.505	4.62	63.97	Africa
81	Réunion	38.103	2.13	83.80	Africa
199	Rwanda	19.949	3.59	68.24	Africa
110	Seychelles	34.272	2.08	73.14	Africa
235	Somalia	15.584	5.91	59.11	Africa
210	South Sudan	18.684	3.71	57.85	Africa
228	Uganda	16.902	4.06	68.71	Africa
224	United Republic of Tanzania	17.493	4.47	67.42	Africa
222	Zambia	17.935	3.97	66.70	Africa
218	Zimbabwe	18.136	3.62	63.35	Africa
229	Angola	16.626	4.95	64.99	Africa
220	Cameroon	18.049	4.19	64.25	Africa
237	Central African Republic	14.481	5.81	57.90	Africa
233	Chad	15.773	5.94	55.43	Africa
212	Congo	18.572	4.05	66.20	Africa
232	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.814	5.90	62.23	Africa
188	Equatorial Guinea	20.864	4.04	64.10	Africa
185	Gabon	21.522	3.54	68.70	Africa
203	Sao Tome and Principe	19.475	3.53	70.08	Africa
148	Algeria	28.614	2.67	76.69	Africa
171	Egypt	24.478	2.71	71.99	Africa
152	Libya	27.722	2.25	73.19	Africa
134	Morocco	29.830	2.18	75.68	Africa
213	Sudan	18.542	4.19	66.70	Africa
118	Tunisia	32.939	1.80	76.90	Africa
124	Western Sahara	32.597	2.15	71.78	Africa
175	Botswana	23.449	2.66	69.43	Africa
181	Eswatini	22.465	2.68	64.40	Africa
183	Lesotho	21.847	2.64	58.22	Africa
187	Namibia	21.329	3.17	67.66	Africa
146	South Africa	28.696	2.19	66.49	Africa
221	Benin	18.048	4.42	61.14	Africa
223	Burkina Faso	17.740	4.01	61.47	Africa
142	Cabo Verde	28.969	1.50	76.40	Africa
215	Côte d'Ivoire	18.334	4.17	62.28	Africa
211	Gambia	18.596	3.80	66.25	Africa
186	Ghana	21.346	3.30	65.89	Africa
216	Guinea	18.307	4.04	61.06	Africa
204	Guinea-Bissau	19.375	3.68	64.41	Africa
209	Liberia	18.757	3.79	62.47	Africa
234	Mali	15.734	5.42	60.89	Africa
225	Mauritania	17.388	4.56	68.94	Africa
236	Niger	15.555	5.79	61.66	Africa
217	Nigeria	18.142	4.30	54.78	Africa
3	Saint Helena	50.904	1.64	77.13	Africa
202	Senegal	19.601	3.71	69.16	Africa
201	Sierra Leone	19.717	3.61	62.15	Africa
208	Togo	19.059	4.07	63.14	Africa
135	Kazakhstan	29.677	2.95	74.67	Asia
164	Kyrgyzstan	25.370	2.75	71.97	Asia
182	Tajikistan	22.245	2.99	72.05	Asia
157	Turkmenistan	26.913	2.63	70.33	Asia
154	Uzbekistan	27.021	3.45	72.66	Asia
59	China	40.108	1.02	78.37	Asia
8	China, Hong Kong SAR	47.366	0.74	85.77	Asia
64	China, Macao SAR	39.574	0.69	83.42	Asia
22	China, Taiwan Province of China	44.789	0.86	80.94	Asia
92	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	36.545	1.77	73.86	Asia
4	Japan	49.792	1.23	85.00	Asia
156	Mongolia	26.916	2.59	72.24	Asia
18	Republic of Korea	45.619	0.75	84.54	Asia
226	Afghanistan	17.278	4.66	66.54	Asia
162	Bangladesh	25.977	2.11	75.20	Asia
129	Bhutan	30.474	1.44	73.53	Asia
144	India	28.829	1.94	72.49	Asia
111	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	33.959	1.67	78.05	Asia
122	Maldives	32.658	1.55	81.51	Asia
165	Nepal	25.347	1.94	70.90	Asia
193	Pakistan	20.603	3.50	67.94	Asia
117	Sri Lanka	33.343	1.94	77.85	Asia
121	Brunei Darussalam	32.710	1.71	75.67	Asia
160	Cambodia	26.210	2.51	70.97	Asia
130	Indonesia	30.379	2.10	71.44	Asia
168	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.942	2.36	69.47	Asia
128	Malaysia	30.952	1.53	76.99	Asia
133	Myanmar	30.114	2.08	67.30	Asia
161	Philippines	26.140	1.88	70.07	Asia
97	Singapore	36.205	0.96	84.00	Asia
56	Thailand	40.551	1.20	76.83	Asia
184	Timor-Leste	21.703	2.56	68.13	Asia
115	Viet Nam	33.420	1.88	74.88	Asia
91	Armenia	36.636	1.71	76.01	Asia
112	Azerbaijan	33.620	1.67	74.73	Asia
116	Bahrain	33.350	1.78	81.58	Asia
74	Cyprus	38.628	1.37	81.99	Asia
86	Georgia	37.305	1.79	74.82	Asia
189	Iraq	20.847	3.17	72.53	Asia
141	Israel	29.231	2.75	82.77	Asia
170	Jordan	24.705	2.57	78.13	Asia
104	Kuwait	34.829	1.50	80.78	Asia
145	Lebanon	28.793	2.21	78.08	Asia
136	Oman	29.673	2.48	80.45	Asia
113	Qatar	33.484	1.70	82.68	Asia
137	Saudi Arabia	29.626	2.29	79.20	Asia
197	State of Palestine	20.055	3.19	73.10	Asia
177	Syrian Arab Republic	23.338	2.66	72.99	Asia
114	Türkiye	33.463	1.62	77.82	Asia
126	United Arab Emirates	31.595	1.21	83.24	Asia
214	Yemen	18.355	4.41	69.58	Asia
51	Belarus	41.335	1.23	74.79	Europe
23	Bulgaria	44.780	1.74	75.96	Europe
30	Czechia	43.805	1.47	80.11	Europe
28	Hungary	43.894	1.50	77.33	Europe
40	Poland	42.463	1.31	78.98	Europe
75	Republic of Moldova	38.618	1.72	71.47	Europe
34	Romania	43.204	1.71	76.25	Europe
57	Russian Federation	40.297	1.47	73.52	Europe
42	Slovakia	42.278	1.57	78.65	Europe
47	Ukraine	41.788	1.00	74.87	Europe
52	Denmark	41.317	1.52	82.25	Europe
38	Estonia	42.763	1.38	79.48	Europe
89	Faroe Islands	37.070	2.20	80.60	Europe
35	Finland	43.162	1.30	82.24	Europe
27	Guernsey	44.282	1.37	83.51	Europe
96	Iceland	36.233	1.50	83.15	Europe
69	Ireland	38.967	1.60	82.75	Europe
13	Isle of Man	46.056	1.53	81.22	Europe
32	Jersey	43.642	1.38	79.99	Europe
33	Latvia	43.561	1.35	76.48	Europe
41	Lithuania	42.289	1.22	76.32	Europe
62	Norway	39.846	1.42	83.61	Europe
58	Sweden	40.272	1.44	83.58	Europe
60	United Kingdom	40.076	1.54	81.60	Europe
87	Albania	37.266	1.33	79.95	Europe
29	Andorra	43.854	1.10	84.33	Europe
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.712	1.50	78.24	Europe
20	Croatia	45.257	1.47	78.92	Europe
70	Gibraltar	38.809	1.88	83.78	Europe
12	Greece	46.775	1.34	82.23	Europe
1	Holy See	57.375	1.00	83.29	Europe
7	Italy	48.231	1.21	84.03	Europe
123	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	32.643	1.53	78.42	Europe
53	Malta	41.051	1.11	83.63	Europe
61	Montenegro	39.978	1.80	77.43	Europe
54	North Macedonia	41.034	1.47	77.68	Europe
11	Portugal	46.915	1.52	82.72	Europe
6	San Marino	48.573	1.16	85.93	Europe
26	Serbia	44.390	1.50	77.14	Europe
24	Slovenia	44.650	1.58	81.94	Europe
15	Spain	45.850	1.23	83.96	Europe
31	Austria	43.648	1.33	82.29	Europe
45	Belgium	41.924	1.39	82.43	Europe
43	France	42.276	1.64	83.58	Europe
19	Germany	45.491	1.46	81.71	Europe
25	Liechtenstein	44.549	1.54	83.93	Europe
65	Luxembourg	39.484	1.40	82.49	Europe
2	Monaco	53.620	2.09	86.61	Europe
50	Netherlands	41.456	1.44	82.45	Europe
36	Switzerland	42.921	1.44	84.23	Europe
72	Anguilla	38.717	1.35	79.67	North America
94	Antigua and Barbuda	36.305	1.58	77.94	North America
49	Aruba	41.505	1.61	76.64	North America
101	Bahamas	35.298	1.36	74.86	North America
66	Barbados	39.417	1.71	76.49	North America
63	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	39.595	1.45	77.78	North America
76	British Virgin Islands	38.575	1.06	77.61	North America
73	Cayman Islands	38.664	1.51	80.72	North America
44	Cuba	42.174	1.45	78.45	North America
71	Curaçao	38.736	1.07	77.17	North America
95	Dominica	36.285	1.47	71.45	North America
149	Dominican Republic	28.335	2.20	73.99	North America
109	Grenada	34.386	1.46	75.52	North America
10	Guadeloupe	47.200	2.05	82.40	North America
174	Haiti	24.066	2.59	65.30	North America
120	Jamaica	32.754	1.34	71.73	North America
5	Martinique	49.738	1.97	82.89	North America
48	Montserrat	41.604	1.45	76.49	North America
16	Puerto Rico	45.816	0.94	82.08	North America
68	Saint Barthélemy	38.972	0.83	84.52	North America
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis	36.152	1.51	72.43	North America
106	Saint Lucia	34.624	1.38	73.00	North America
39	Saint Martin (French part)	42.464	2.63	80.65	North America
108	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	34.421	1.75	71.51	North America
46	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	41.843	1.43	76.70	North America
85	Trinidad and Tobago	37.717	1.52	73.75	North America
67	Turks and Caicos Islands	39.182	1.44	78.34	North America
21	United States Virgin Islands	44.829	2.07	75.93	North America
158	Belize	26.852	2.01	73.90	North America
102	Costa Rica	35.152	1.31	81.19	North America
151	El Salvador	27.890	1.75	72.52	North America
176	Guatemala	23.419	2.26	72.90	North America
172	Honduras	24.237	2.45	73.22	North America
138	Mexico	29.623	1.87	75.45	North America
163	Nicaragua	25.973	2.18	75.27	North America
131	Panama	30.253	2.09	79.96	North America
119	Argentina	32.923	1.51	77.69	South America
166	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	25.220	2.50	68.91	South America
105	Brazil	34.818	1.60	76.20	South America
90	Chile	36.936	1.13	81.54	South America
125	Colombia	32.498	1.62	78.09	South America
140	Ecuador	29.284	1.79	77.76	South America
37	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	42.786	1.70	79.59	South America
167	French Guiana	24.960	3.29	77.37	South America
159	Guyana	26.230	2.37	70.45	South America
155	Paraguay	26.958	2.40	74.11	South America
132	Peru	30.184	1.94	78.12	South America
147	Suriname	28.619	2.21	73.90	South America
93	Uruguay	36.413	1.39	78.45	South America
139	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	29.386	2.06	72.84	South America
14	Bermuda	45.986	1.41	82.66	North America
55	Canada	40.643	1.33	82.88	North America
103	Greenland	35.062	1.91	70.32	North America
9	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	47.225	1.28	77.11	North America
78	United States of America	38.501	1.62	79.61	North America
79	Australia	38.263	1.64	84.21	Oceania
84	New Zealand	37.735	1.65	82.39	Oceania
150	Fiji	28.072	2.25	67.62	Oceania
107	New Caledonia	34.520	1.95	79.07	Oceania
180	Papua New Guinea	22.786	3.03	66.39	Oceania
191	Solomon Islands	20.700	3.47	70.83	Oceania
195	Vanuatu	20.257	3.53	71.84	Oceania
127	Guam	31.460	2.71	77.63	Oceania
179	Kiribati	22.939	3.09	66.72	Oceania
194	Marshall Islands	20.438	2.82	67.20	Oceania
178	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	23.307	2.71	67.50	Oceania
196	Nauru	20.225	3.25	62.44	Oceania
82	Northern Mariana Islands	37.967	2.28	79.09	Oceania
77	Palau	38.532	1.86	69.49	Oceania
143	American Samoa	28.958	2.25	73.13	Oceania
88	Cook Islands	37.103	2.00	75.65	Oceania
99	French Polynesia	36.052	1.48	84.31	Oceania
100	Niue	35.655	2.46	70.22	Oceania
200	Samoa	19.797	3.75	71.95	Oceania
153	Tokelau	27.291	2.57	77.29	Oceania
190	Tonga	20.830	3.07	73.23	Oceania
173	Tuvalu	24.208	3.14	67.41	Oceania
80	Wallis and Futuna Islands	38.163	1.40	78.90	Oceania
	World	30.863	2.24	73.52