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 countries,Canada,Cuba,Hong Kong,Japan,South Korea,Taiwan, andThailand.^[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 2023 and 2020 (ranked) estimates^[2]

Country/Territory	Rank	Median ages in years
		2023 median	2020 medians
		Combined	Combined	Male	Female	Difference
Afghanistan	206	19.9	19.5	19.4	19.5	0.1
Albania	92	35.8	35.1	32.9	35.7	2.8
Algeria	146	28.9	28.9	28.6	29.3	0.7
American Samoa	142	29.4	27.2	26.7	27.7	1.0
Andorra	4	48.1	46.2	45.1	46.1	1.0
Angola	229	16.2	15.9	15.4	16.4	1.0
Anguilla	82	36.8	35.7	33.7	37.6	3.9
Antigua and Barbuda	108	33.6	32.7	30.7	34.4	3.7
Argentina	111	33.0	32.4	31.1	33.6	2.5
Armenia	70	38.3	36.6	35.1	38.3	3.2
Aruba	56	40.7	39.9	38.2	41.5	3.3
Australia	77	37.9	37.5	36.5	38.5	2.0
Austria	22	44.8	44.5	43.1	45.8	2.7
Azerbaijan	106	33.8	32.6	31.1	34.2	3.1
The Bahamas	135	30.2	32.8	31.7	34.0	2.3
Bahrain	110	33.3	32.9	34.4	30.3	-4.1
Bangladesh	144	29.2	27.9	27.1	28.6	1.5
Barbados	52	41.0	39.5	38.4	40.7	2.3
Belarus	48	41.7	40.9	38.0	43.9	5.9
Belgium	47	41.9	41.6	40.4	42.8	2.4
Belize	162	26.4	23.9	23.0	24.8	1.8
Benin	224	17.1	17.0	16.4	17.6	1.2
Bermuda	35	43.7	43.6	41.6	45.7	4.1
Bhutan	134	30.2	29.1	29.6	28.6	-1.0
Bolivia	163	26.2	25.3	24.5	26.0	1.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	28	44.4	43.3	41.6	44.8	3.2
Botswana	161	26.8	25.7	24.5	26.7	2.2
Brazil	100	34.7	35.7	33.3	36.1	2.8
British Virgin Islands	72	38.2	37.2	37.0	37.5	0.5
Brunei	116	32.0	31.1	30.5	31.8	1.3
Bulgaria	26	44.7	43.7	41.9	45.6	3.7
Burkina Faso	219	18.5	17.9	17.0	18.7	1.7
Burundi	222	18.2	17.7	17.4	18.0	0.6
Cape Verde	149	28.3	26.8	25.9	27.6	1.7
Cambodia	154	27.6	26.4	25.6	27.2	1.6
Cameroon	217	18.8	18.5	18.2	18.8	0.6
Canada	41	42.4	41.8	40.6	42.9	2.3
Cayman Islands	53	41.0	40.5	39.7	41.2	1.5
Central African Republic	204	20.2	20.0	19.7	20.3	0.6
Chad	227	16.5	16.1	15.6	16.5	0.9
Chile	84	36.6	35.5	34.3	36.7	2.4
China	62	39.8	38.4	37.5	39.4	1.9
Colombia	113	32.4	31.2	30.2	32.2	2.0
Comoros	183	22.3	20.9	20.2	21.5	1.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo	226	16.8	16.7	16.5	16.8	0.3
Republic of the Congo	198	20.5	19.5	19.3	19.7	0.4
Cook Islands	57	40.6	38.3	37.8	38.7	0.9
Costa Rica	95	35.0	32.6	32.1	33.1	1.0
Cote d'Ivoire	195	21.0	20.3	20.3	20.3	0.0
Croatia	20	44.8	43.9	42.0	45.9	3.9
Cuba	43	42.3	42.1	40.2	43.8	3.6
Curacao	80	37.5	36.7	34.4	39.5	5.1
Cyprus	66	39.1	37.9	36.7	39.4	2.7
Czech Republic	33	43.9	43.3	42.0	44.7	2.7
Denmark	44	42.2	42.0	40.9	43.1	2.2
Djibouti	165	26.0	24.9	23.0	26.4	3.4
Dominica	86	36.5	34.9	34.4	35.5	1.1
Dominican Republic	145	28.9	27.9	27.8	28.1	0.3
Ecuador	153	27.7	28.8	28.0	29.6	1.6
Egypt	177	24.1	24.1	23.8	24.5	0.7
El Salvador	143	29.2	27.7	26.2	29.3	3.1
Equatorial Guinea	185	21.9	20.3	19.9	20.7	0.8
Eritrea	194	21.0	20.3	19.7	20.8	1.1
Estonia	25	44.7	43.7	40.4	47.0	6.6
Eswatini (Swaziland)	175	24.4	23.7	22.5	24.7	2.2
Ethiopia	203	20.2	19.8	19.6	20.1	0.5
European Union	32	44.0	44.0	42.6	45.5	2.9
Faroe Islands	83	36.8	37.2	36.9	37.7	0.8
Fiji	124	31.2	29.9	29.7	30.1	0.4
Finland	37	43.2	42.8	41.3	44.4	3.1
France	40	42.4	41.7	40.0	43.4	3.4
French Polynesia	99	34.8	33.3	33.0	33.5	0.5
Gabon	187	21.8	21.0	21.4	20.6	-0.8
The Gambia	207	19.9	21.8	21.5	22.2	0.7
Palestine (Gaza Strip)	210	19.2	18.0	17.7	18.4	0.7
Georgia	76	38.0	38.6	35.9	41.4	5.5
Germany	8	46.7	47.8	46.5	49.1	2.6
Ghana	192	21.3	21.4	21.0	21.9	0.9
Gibraltar	85	36.6	35.5	34.4	36.6	2.2
Greece	10	46.2	45.3	43.7	46.8	3.1
Greenland	98	35.0	34.3	35.1	33.4	-1.7
Grenada	96	35.0	33.3	33.1	33.4	0.3
Guam	138	30.1	29.4	28.7	30.2	1.5
Guatemala	174	24.4	23.2	22.6	23.8	1.2
Guernsey	21	44.8	44.3	43.0	45.6	2.6
Guinea-Bissau	220	18.3	18.0	17.4	18.6	1.2
Guinea	209	19.3	19.1	18.9	19.4	0.5
Guyana	151	27.9	27.5	27.2	27.9	0.7
Haiti	172	24.7	24.1	23.8	24.3	0.5
Honduras	168	25.3	24.4	23.5	25.2	1.7
Hong Kong	7	46.8	45.6	44.2	46.5	2.3
Hungary	27	44.5	43.6	41.5	45.5	4.0
Iceland	78	37.8	37.1	36.6	37.7	1.1
India	141	29.5	28.7	28.0	29.5	1.5
Indonesia	126	31.2	31.1	30.5	31.8	1.3
Iran	109	33.3	31.7	31.5	32.0	0.5
Iraq	184	22.1	21.2	20.8	21.6	0.8
Ireland	61	39.8	37.8	37.4	38.2	0.8
Isle of Man	23	44.8	44.6	43.6	45.6	2.0
Israel	140	30.1	30.4	29.8	31.0	1.2
Italy	5	48.1	46.5	45.4	47.5	2.1
Jamaica	131	30.5	29.4	28.6	30.1	1.5
Japan	3	49.5	48.6	47.2	50.0	2.8
Jersey	74	38.0	37.5	36.0	39.5	3.5
Jordan	173	24.6	23.5	23.9	22.9	-1.0
Kazakhstan	118	31.7	31.6	30.3	32.8	2.5
Kenya	197	20.9	20.0	19.9	20.1	0.2
Kiribati	160	26.9	25.7	24.8	26.6	1.8
North Korea	94	35.6	34.6	33.2	36.2	3.0
South Korea	18	45.0	43.2	41.6	45.0	3.4
Kosovo	117	31.7	30.5	30.2	30.8	0.6
Kuwait	139	30.1	29.7	30.7	27.9	-2.8
Kyrgyzstan	150	28.1	27.3	26.1	28.5	2.4
Laos	170	25.0	24.0	23.7	24.4	0.7
Latvia	16	45.2	44.4	40.5	48.0	7.5
Lebanon	90	35.8	33.7	33.1	34.4	1.3
Lesotho	179	23.7	24.7	24.7	24.7	0.0
Liberia	208	19.7	18.0	17.7	18.2	0.5
Libya	164	26.1	25.8	25.9	25.7	-0.2
Liechtenstein	29	44.1	43.7	42.0	45.3	3.3
Lithuania	19	45.0	44.5	40.2	48.2	8.0
Luxembourg	63	39.8	39.5	38.9	40.0	1.1
Macau	46	42.0	40.8	40.7	40.9	0.2
North Macedonia	60	40.1	39.0	38.0	40.0	2.0
Madagascar	193	21.0	20.3	20.1	20.5	0.4
Malawi	205	20.0	16.8	16.7	16.9	0.2
Malaysia	120	31.4	29.2	28.9	29.6	0.7
Maldives	121	31.3	29.5	29.2	30.0	0.8
Mali	228	16.3	16.1	15.6	16.5	0.9
Malta	36	43.2	42.3	41.2	43.5	2.3
Marshall Islands	169	25.1	23.8	23.6	23.9	0.3
Mauritania	186	21.9	21.0	20.1	22.0	1.9
Mauritius	65	39.3	36.3	35.0	37.6	2.6
Mayotte	225	17.3	17.2	17.0	17.5	0.5
Mexico	130	30.6	29.3	28.2	30.4	2.2
Federated States of Micronesia	152	27.8	26.3	25.5	27.1	1.6
Moldova	64	39.4	37.7	36.2	39.5	3.3
Monaco	1	56.2	55.4	53.7	57.0	3.3
Mongolia	123	31.2	29.8	28.8	30.7	1.9
Montenegro	55	40.7	39.6	38.1	41.1	3.0
Montserrat	87	36.4	34.8	34.1	35.6	1.5
Morocco	133	30.2	29.1	28.7	29.6	0.9
Mozambique	223	17.2	17.0	16.3	17.6	1.3
Myanmar	132	30.4	29.2	28.3	30.0	1.7
Namibia	182	22.5	21.8	21.1	22.6	1.5
Nauru	156	27.5	27.0	28.2	25.9	-2.3
Nepal	157	27.1	25.3	23.9	26.9	3.0
Netherlands	45	42.2	42.8	41.6	44.0	2.4
New Caledonia	104	33.9	32.9	32.1	33.7	1.6
New Zealand	79	37.7	37.2	36.4	37.9	1.5
Nicaragua	148	28.5	27.3	26.4	28.2	1.8
Nigeria	211	19.2	18.6	18.4	18.9	0.5
Niger	231	15.1	14.8	14.5	15.1	0.6
Northern Mariana Islands	114	32.3	32.8	31.8	34.1	2.3
Norway	58	40.6	39.5	38.8	40.2	1.4
Oman	158	27.1	26.2	27.2	25.1	-2.1
Pakistan	180	22.7	22.0	21.9	22.1	0.2
Palau	97	35.0	33.9	32.9	35.9	3.0
Panama	125	31.2	30.1	29.6	30.5	0.9
Papua New Guinea	190	21.6	24.0	24.0	24.0	0.0
Paraguay	122	31.3	29.7	29.5	29.9	0.4
Peru	137	30.1	29.1	28.3	29.9	1.6
Philippines	167	25.4	24.1	23.6	24.6	1.0
Poland	42	42.4	41.9	40.3	43.6	3.3
Portugal	11	46.0	44.6	42.7	46.5	3.8
Puerto Rico	14	45.6	43.6	41.6	45.3	3.7
Qatar	101	34.2	33.7	35.0	28.2	-6.8
Réunion	73	38.1	36.3	34.0	38.1	4.1
Romania	17	45.1	42.5	41.0	44.0	3.0
Russia	49	41.5	40.3	37.5	43.2	5.7
Rwanda	199	20.5	19.7	18.9	20.4	1.5
Saint Barthelemy	6	47.0	45.6	45.5	45.8	0.3
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	24	44.7	43.2	43.2	43.3	0.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	73	38.1	36.5	36.7	36.3	-0.4
Saint Lucia	67	39.0	36.9	35.7	38.0	2.3
Saint Martin	103	34.0	33.3	32.5	34.1	1.6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	2	50.6	48.5	47.9	49.0	1.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	81	37.0	35.3	35.4	35.1	-0.3
Samoa	159	26.9	25.6	25.3	26.0	0.7
San Marino	13	45.9	45.2	43.9	46.3	2.4
Sao Tome and Principe	201	20.4	19.3	18.9	19.7	0.8
Saudi Arabia	115	32.0	30.8	33.0	27.9	-5.1
Senegal	215	19.0	19.4	18.5	20.3	1.8
Serbia	34	43.7	43.4	41.7	45.0	3.3
Seychelles	71	38.2	36.8	36.3	37.4	1.1
Sierra Leone	212	19.2	19.1	18.5	19.7	1.2
Singapore	68	38.9	35.6	35.4	35.7	0.3
Sint Maarten	50	41.1	41.1	39.6	42.7	3.1
Slovakia	39	42.5	41.8	40.1	43.6	3.5
Slovenia	12	45.9	44.9	43.4	46.6	3.2
Solomon Islands	171	24.8	23.5	23.2	23.7	0.5
Somalia	214	19.0	18.5	18.7	18.3	-0.4
South Africa	136	30.1	28.0	27.9	28.1	0.2
South Sudan	218	18.7	18.6	18.9	18.3	-0.6
Spain	9	46.3	43.9	42.7	45.1	2.4
Sri Lanka	105	33.9	33.7	32.3	35.1	2.8
Sudan	213	19.1	18.3	18.1	18.5	0.4
Suriname	119	31.6	31.0	30.6	31.4	0.8
Sweden	54	41.0	41.1	40.1	42.1	2.0
Switzerland	31	44.0	42.7	41.7	43.7	2.0
Syria	178	23.9	23.5	23.0	24.0	1.0
Taiwan	30	44.0	42.3	41.5	43.1	1.6
Tajikistan	181	22.7	25.3	24.6	26.0	1.4
Tanzania	216	18.9	18.2	17.9	18.4	0.5
Thailand	51	41.0	39.0	37.8	40.1	2.3
Timor-Leste	202	20.3	19.6	18.9	20.2	1.3
Togo	200	20.5	20.0	19.7	20.3	0.6
Tonga	166	25.4	24.1	23.6	24.5	0.9
Trinidad and Tobago	75	38.0	37.8	37.3	38.3	1.0
Tunisia	102	34.0	32.7	32.0	33.3	1.3
Turkey	107	33.6	32.2	31.7	32.8	1.1
Turkmenistan	129	30.7	29.2	28.7	29.7	1.0
Turks and Caicos Islands	89	35.9	34.6	34.9	34.4	-0.5
Tuvalu	155	27.5	26.6	25.6	27.6	2.0
Uganda	230	16.1	15.7	14.9	16.5	1.6
Ukraine	15	45.3	41.2	38.2	44.3	6.1
United Arab Emirates	93	35.7	38.4	40.4	31.5	-8.9
United Kingdom	59	40.6	40.6	39.6	41.7	2.1
United States	69	38.8	38.5	37.2	39.8	2.6
Uruguay	88	36.2	35.5	33.8	37.3	3.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	38	42.7	41.8	40.6	42.8	2.2
Uzbekistan	147	28.7	30.1	29.4	30.7	1.3
Vanuatu	176	24.2	23.0	22.6	23.5	0.9
Venezuela	128	30.8	30.0	29.4	30.7	1.3
Vietnam	112	32.7	31.9	30.8	33.0	2.2
Wallis and Futuna	91	35.8	34.0	33.1	35.1	2.0
Palestine (West Bank)	188	21.7	21.9	21.7	22.2	0.5
Western Sahara (2018 & 2019 estimates)	191	21.5	21.5	21.0	21.9	0.9
World	127	31.0	31.0	30.3	31.8	1.5
Yemen (2016 & 2018 estimates)	189	21.6	19.8	19.6	19.9	0.3
Zambia	221	18.2	16.9	16.7	17.0	0.3
Zimbabwe	196	21.0	20.5	20.3	20.6	0.3