This article is a list of countries bymedian age.

The median age is the index that divides the entire population into two numerically equal age groups, one younger than that age and the other older than that age. It is the only index associated with the age distribution of a population.^[1]

Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 18 or less in mostLeast Developed countries to 40 or more in mostEuropean andEast Asian countries,Thailand,Canada,Cuba, andPuerto Rico.^[2][3] The median age of women tends to be much greater than that of men in some of theex-Soviet republics, while in theGlobal South, the difference is far smaller or is reversed.

In this article, two sets of data based onCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA) andUnited Nations (UN) estimates are provided.

Median age perCIA World Factbook 2024 and 2020 (ranked) estimates^[2]

Country/Territory	Rank	Median ages in years
		2024 median	2020 medians
		Combined	Combined	Male	Female	Difference
Afghanistan	206	20.0	19.5	19.4	19.5	0.1
Albania	91	36.3	35.1	32.9	35.7	2.8
Algeria	146	29.1	28.9	28.6	29.3	0.7
American Samoa	141	30.0	27.2	26.7	27.7	1.0
Andorra	4	48.8	46.2	45.1	46.1	1.0
Angola	228	16.3	15.9	15.4	16.4	1.0
Anguilla	83	37.1	35.7	33.7	37.6	3.9
Antigua and Barbuda	109	33.9	32.7	30.7	34.4	3.7
Argentina	112	33.3	32.4	31.1	33.6	2.5
Armenia	69	38.9	36.6	35.1	38.3	3.2
Aruba	56	40.9	39.9	38.2	41.5	3.3
Australia	77	38.1	37.5	36.5	38.5	2.0
Austria	24	44.9	44.5	43.1	45.8	2.7
Azerbaijan	104	34.3	32.6	31.1	34.2	3.1
The Bahamas	133	30.7	32.8	31.7	34.0	2.3
Bahrain	111	33.4	32.9	34.4	30.3	-4.1
Bangladesh	144	29.6	27.9	27.1	28.6	1.5
Barbados	50	41.4	39.5	38.4	40.7	2.3
Belarus	46	42.1	40.9	38.0	43.9	5.9
Belgium	47	42.0	41.6	40.4	42.8	2.4
Belize	162	26.8	23.9	23.0	24.8	1.8
Benin	224	17.2	17.0	16.4	17.6	1.2
Bermuda	34	43.8	43.6	41.6	45.7	4.1
Bhutan	134	30.7	29.1	29.6	28.6	-1.0
Bolivia	163	26.6	25.3	24.5	26.0	1.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	28	44.8	43.3	41.6	44.8	3.2
Botswana	161	27.1	25.7	24.5	26.7	2.2
Brazil	101	35.1	35.7	33.3	36.1	2.8
British Virgin Islands	74	38.5	37.2	37.0	37.5	0.5
Brunei	117	32.3	31.1	30.5	31.8	1.3
Bulgaria	19	45.1	43.7	41.9	45.6	3.7
Burkina Faso	218	18.7	17.9	17.0	18.7	1.7
Burundi	220	18.4	17.7	17.4	18.0	0.6
Cape Verde	149	28.8	26.8	25.9	27.6	1.7
Cambodia	154	27.9	26.4	25.6	27.2	1.6
Cameroon	216	18.9	18.5	18.2	18.8	0.6
Canada	41	42.6	41.8	40.6	42.9	2.3
Cayman Islands	51	41.2	40.5	39.7	41.2	1.5
Central African Republic	202	20.4	20.0	19.7	20.3	0.6
Chad	226	16.7	16.1	15.6	16.5	0.9
Chile	85	36.9	35.5	34.3	36.7	2.4
China	60	40.2	38.4	37.5	39.4	1.9
Christmas Island	78	38.0	–	–	–	–
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	62	40.0	–	–	–	–
Colombia	114	32.7	31.2	30.2	32.2	2.0
Comoros	183	22.7	20.9	20.2	21.5	1.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo	225	16.9	16.7	16.5	16.8	0.3
Republic of the Congo	200	20.7	19.5	19.3	19.7	0.4
Cook Islands	52	41.1	38.3	37.8	38.7	0.9
Costa Rica	96	35.5	32.6	32.1	33.1	1.0
Cote d'Ivoire	195	21.2	20.3	20.3	20.3	0.0
Croatia	20	45.1	43.9	42.0	45.9	3.9
Cuba	40	42.6	42.1	40.2	43.8	3.6
Curacao	81	37.8	36.7	34.4	39.5	5.1
Cyprus	67	39.5	37.9	36.7	39.4	2.7
Czech Republic	31	44.2	43.3	42.0	44.7	2.7
Denmark	45	42.2	42.0	40.9	43.1	2.2
Djibouti	164	26.3	24.9	23.0	26.4	3.4
Dominica	84	37.0	34.9	34.4	35.5	1.1
Dominican Republic	145	29.2	27.9	27.8	28.1	0.3
Ecuador	153	28.0	28.8	28.0	29.6	1.6
Egypt	177	24.4	24.1	23.8	24.5	0.7
El Salvador	143	29.7	27.7	26.2	29.3	3.1
Equatorial Guinea	186	22.1	20.3	19.9	20.7	0.8
Eritrea	192	21.3	20.3	19.7	20.8	1.1
Estonia	22	45.0	43.7	40.4	47.0	6.6
Eswatini (Swaziland)	175	24.6	23.7	22.5	24.7	2.2
Ethiopia	203	20.4	19.8	19.6	20.1	0.5
European Union	–	44.0	44.0	42.6	45.5	2.9
Faroe Islands	86	36.8	37.2	36.9	37.7	0.8
Fiji	124	31.6	29.9	29.7	30.1	0.4
Finland	36	43.3	42.8	41.3	44.4	3.1
France	42	42.6	41.7	40.0	43.4	3.4
French Polynesia	98	35.3	33.3	33.0	33.5	0.5
Gabon	187	22.0	21.0	21.4	20.6	-0.8
The Gambia	205	20.2	21.8	21.5	22.2	0.7
Palestine (Gaza Strip)	208	19.5	18.0	17.7	18.4	0.7
Georgia	75	38.3	38.6	35.9	41.4	5.5
Germany	9	46.8	47.8	46.5	49.1	2.6
Ghana	191	21.4	21.4	21.0	21.9	0.9
Gibraltar	88	36.8	35.5	34.4	36.6	2.2
Greece	10	46.5	45.3	43.7	46.8	3.1
Greenland	100	35.3	34.3	35.1	33.4	-1.7
Grenada	97	35.4	33.3	33.1	33.4	0.3
Guam	137	30.3	29.4	28.7	30.2	1.5
Guatemala	174	24.8	23.2	22.6	23.8	1.2
Guernsey	23	45.0	44.3	43.0	45.6	2.6
Guinea-Bissau	221	18.4	18.0	17.4	18.6	1.2
Guinea	209	19.4	19.1	18.9	19.4	0.5
Guyana	150	28.3	27.5	27.2	27.9	0.7
Haiti	173	25.0	24.1	23.8	24.3	0.5
Honduras	168	25.7	24.4	23.5	25.2	1.7
Hong Kong	7	47.2	45.6	44.2	46.5	2.3
Hungary	27	44.8	43.6	41.5	45.5	4.0
Iceland	79	38.0	37.1	36.6	37.7	1.1
India	142	29.8	28.7	28.0	29.5	1.5
Indonesia	125	31.5	31.1	30.5	31.8	1.3
Iran	110	33.8	31.7	31.5	32.0	0.5
Iraq	184	22.4	21.2	20.8	21.6	0.8
Ireland	61	40.2	37.8	37.4	38.2	0.8
Isle of Man	26	44.9	44.6	43.6	45.6	2.0
Israel	140	30.1	30.4	29.8	31.0	1.2
Italy	5	48.4	46.5	45.4	47.5	2.1
Jamaica	130	30.9	29.4	28.6	30.1	1.5
Japan	3	49.9	48.6	47.2	50.0	2.8
Jersey	76	38.2	37.5	36.0	39.5	3.5
Jordan	172	25.0	23.5	23.9	22.9	-1.0
Kazakhstan	121	31.9	31.6	30.3	32.8	2.5
Kenya	196	21.2	20.0	19.9	20.1	0.2
Kiribati	160	27.3	25.7	24.8	26.6	1.8
North Korea	94	35.9	34.6	33.2	36.2	3.0
South Korea	15	45.5	43.2	41.6	45.0	3.4
Kosovo	119	32.0	30.5	30.2	30.8	0.6
Kuwait	138	30.3	29.7	30.7	27.9	-2.8
Kyrgyzstan	151	28.3	27.3	26.1	28.5	2.4
Laos	170	25.4	24.0	23.7	24.4	0.7
Latvia	17	45.5	44.4	40.5	48.0	7.5
Lebanon	90	36.3	33.7	33.1	34.4	1.3
Lesotho	179	23.9	24.7	24.7	24.7	0.0
Liberia	207	19.9	18.0	17.7	18.2	0.5
Libya	165	26.2	25.8	25.9	25.7	-0.2
Liechtenstein	30	44.2	43.7	42.0	45.3	3.3
Lithuania	18	45.1	44.5	40.2	48.2	8.0
Luxembourg	64	39.9	39.5	38.9	40.0	1.1
Macau	43	42.5	40.8	40.7	40.9	0.2
North Macedonia	59	40.5	39.0	38.0	40.0	2.0
Madagascar	193	21.3	20.3	20.1	20.5	0.4
Malawi	204	20.3	16.8	16.7	16.9	0.2
Malaysia	122	31.8	29.2	28.9	29.6	0.7
Maldives	120	31.9	29.5	29.2	30.0	0.8
Mali	227	16.4	16.1	15.6	16.5	0.9
Malta	35	43.5	42.3	41.2	43.5	2.3
Marshall Islands	169	25.5	23.8	23.6	23.9	0.3
Mauritania	185	22.1	21.0	20.1	22.0	1.9
Mauritius	66	39.6	36.3	35.0	37.6	2.6
Mayotte	223	17.3	17.2	17.0	17.5	0.5
Mexico	131	30.8	29.3	28.2	30.4	2.2
Federated States of Micronesia	152	28.2	26.3	25.5	27.1	1.6
Moldova	63	39.9	37.7	36.2	39.5	3.3
Monaco	1	56.9	55.4	53.7	57.0	3.3
Mongolia	126	31.5	29.8	28.8	30.7	1.9
Montenegro	53	41.1	39.6	38.1	41.1	3.0
Montserrat	87	36.8	34.8	34.1	35.6	1.5
Morocco	135	30.6	29.1	28.7	29.6	0.9
Mozambique	222	17.3	17.0	16.3	17.6	1.3
Myanmar	132	30.8	29.2	28.3	30.0	1.7
Namibia	182	22.8	21.8	21.1	22.6	1.5
Nauru	156	27.8	27.0	28.2	25.9	-2.3
Nepal	157	27.6	25.3	23.9	26.9	3.0
Netherlands	44	42.2	42.8	41.6	44.0	2.4
New Caledonia	103	34.3	32.9	32.1	33.7	1.6
New Zealand	80	37.9	37.2	36.4	37.9	1.5
Nicaragua	147	29.0	27.3	26.4	28.2	1.8
Nigeria	211	19.3	18.6	18.4	18.9	0.5
Niger	230	15.2	14.8	14.5	15.1	0.6
Northern Mariana Islands	116	32.4	32.8	31.8	34.1	2.3
Norway	58	40.8	39.5	38.8	40.2	1.4
Oman	159	27.3	26.2	27.2	25.1	-2.1
Pakistan	180	22.9	22.0	21.9	22.1	0.2
Palau	99	35.3	33.9	32.9	35.9	3.0
Panama	127	31.5	30.1	29.6	30.5	0.9
Papua New Guinea	190	21.7	24.0	24.0	24.0	0.0
Paraguay	123	31.8	29.7	29.5	29.9	0.4
Peru	139	30.2	29.1	28.3	29.9	1.6
Philippines	167	25.7	24.1	23.6	24.6	1.0
Poland	38	42.9	41.9	40.3	43.6	3.3
Portugal	11	46.4	44.6	42.7	46.5	3.8
Puerto Rico	13	46.1	43.6	41.6	45.3	3.7
Qatar	105	34.3	33.7	35.0	28.2	-6.8
Romania	16	45.5	42.5	41.0	44.0	3.0
Russia	48	41.9	40.3	37.5	43.2	5.7
Rwanda	198	20.8	19.7	18.9	20.4	1.5
Saint Barthelemy	6	47.4	45.6	45.5	45.8	0.3
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	21	45.1	43.2	43.2	43.3	0.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72	38.6	36.5	36.7	36.3	-0.4
Saint Lucia	65	39.7	36.9	35.7	38.0	2.3
Saint Martin	106	34.2	33.3	32.5	34.1	1.6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2	51.2	48.5	47.9	49.0	1.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	82	37.6	35.3	35.4	35.1	-0.3
Samoa	158	27.4	25.6	25.3	26.0	0.7
San Marino	14	46.1	45.2	43.9	46.3	2.4
Sao Tome and Principe	197	20.8	19.3	18.9	19.7	0.8
Saudi Arabia	115	32.4	30.8	33.0	27.9	-5.1
Senegal	213	19.2	19.4	18.5	20.3	1.8
Serbia	33	43.9	43.4	41.7	45.0	3.3
Seychelles	71	38.7	36.8	36.3	37.4	1.1
Sierra Leone	210	19.4	19.1	18.5	19.7	1.2
Singapore	68	39.4	35.6	35.4	35.7	0.3
Sint Maarten	55	41.0	41.1	39.6	42.7	3.1
Slovakia	39	42.8	41.8	40.1	43.6	3.5
Slovenia	12	46.3	44.9	43.4	46.6	3.2
Solomon Islands	171	25.2	23.5	23.2	23.7	0.5
Somalia	215	19.1	18.5	18.7	18.3	-0.4
South Africa	136	30.4	28.0	27.9	28.1	0.2
South Sudan	217	18.7	18.6	18.9	18.3	-0.6
Spain	8	46.8	43.9	42.7	45.1	2.4
Sri Lanka	107	34.1	33.7	32.3	35.1	2.8
Sudan	212	19.3	18.3	18.1	18.5	0.4
Suriname	118	32.0	31.0	30.6	31.4	0.8
Sweden	54	41.1	41.1	40.1	42.1	2.0
Switzerland	32	44.2	42.7	41.7	43.7	2.0
Syria	178	24.1	23.5	23.0	24.0	1.0
Taiwan	29	44.6	42.3	41.5	43.1	1.6
Tajikistan	181	22.8	25.3	24.6	26.0	1.4
Tanzania	214	19.1	18.2	17.9	18.4	0.5
Thailand	49	41.5	39.0	37.8	40.1	2.3
Timor-Leste	201	20.6	19.6	18.9	20.2	1.3
Togo	199	20.7	20.0	19.7	20.3	0.6
Tonga	166	25.9	24.1	23.6	24.5	0.9
Trinidad and Tobago	73	38.5	37.8	37.3	38.3	1.0
Tunisia	102	34.4	32.7	32.0	33.3	1.3
Turkey	108	34.0	32.2	31.7	32.8	1.1
Turkmenistan	128	31.2	29.2	28.7	29.7	1.0
Turks and Caicos Islands	93	36.3	34.6	34.9	34.4	-0.5
Tuvalu	155	27.8	26.6	25.6	27.6	2.0
Uganda	229	16.2	15.7	14.9	16.5	1.6
Ukraine	25	44.9	41.2	38.2	44.3	6.1
United Arab Emirates	95	35.8	38.4	40.4	31.5	-8.9
United Kingdom	57	40.8	40.6	39.6	41.7	2.1
United States	70	38.9	38.5	37.2	39.8	2.6
Uruguay	89	36.5	35.5	33.8	37.3	3.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	37	43.0	41.8	40.6	42.8	2.2
Uzbekistan	148	28.9	30.1	29.4	30.7	1.3
Vanuatu	176	24.6	23.0	22.6	23.5	0.9
Venezuela	129	31.0	30.0	29.4	30.7	1.3
Vietnam	113	33.1	31.9	30.8	33.0	2.2
Wallis and Futuna	92	36.3	34.0	33.1	35.1	2.0
Palestine (West Bank)	189	21.9	21.9	21.7	22.2	0.5
World	–	31.0	31.0	30.3	31.8	1.5
Yemen	188	22.0	19.8	19.6	19.9	0.3
Zambia	219	18.4	16.9	16.7	17.0	0.3
Zimbabwe	194	21.2	20.5	20.3	20.6	0.3