Median age
This entry is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups; that is, half the people are younger than this age and half are older. It is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population. Currently, the median age ranges from a low of about 15 in Niger and Uganda to 40 or more in several European countries and Japan. See the entry for "Age structure" for the importance of a young versus an older age structure and, by implication, a low versus a higher median age.
Country Comparison Ranking
Afghanistan
total: 19.5 years
male: 19.4 years
female: 19.5 years (2020 est.)Albania
total: 34.3 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)Algeria
total: 28.9 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 29.3 years (2020 est.)American Samoa
total: 27.2 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.7 years (2020 est.)Andorra
total: 46.2 years
male: 46.3 years
female: 46.1 years (2020 est.)Angola
total: 15.9 years
male: 15.4 years
female: 16.4 years (2020 est.)Anguilla
total: 35.7 years
male: 33.7 years
female: 37.6 years (2020 est.)Antigua and Barbuda
total: 32.7 years
male: 30.7 years
female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)Argentina
total: 32.4 years
male: 31.1 years
female: 33.6 years (2020 est.)Armenia
total: 36.6 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 38.3 years (2020 est.)Aruba
total: 39.9 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 41.5 years (2020 est.)Australia
total: 37.5 years
male: 36.5 years
female: 38.5 years (2020 est.)Austria
total: 44.5 years
male: 43.1 years
female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)Azerbaijan
total: 32.6 years
male: 31.1 years
female: 34.2 years (2020 est.)Bahamas, The
total: 32.8 years
male: 31.7 years
female: 34 years (2020 est.)Bahrain
total: 32.9 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 30.3 years (2020 est.)Bangladesh
total: 27.9 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)Barbados
total: 39.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 40.7 years (2020 est.)Belarus
total: 40.9 years
male: 38 years
female: 43.9 years (2020 est.)Belgium
total: 41.6 years
male: 40.4 years
female: 42.8 years (2020 est.)Belize
total: 23.9 years
male: 23 years
female: 24.8 years (2020 est.)Benin
total: 17 years
male: 16.4 years
female: 17.6 years (2020 est.)Bermuda
total: 43.6 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 45.7 years (2020 est.)Bhutan
total: 29.1 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)Bolivia
total: 25.3 years
male: 24.5 years
female: 26 years (2020 est.)Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 43.3 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 44.8 years (2020 est.)Botswana
total: 25.7 years
male: 24.5 years
female: 26.7 years (2020 est.)Brazil
total: 33.2 years
male: 32.3 years
female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)British Virgin Islands
total: 37.2 years
male: 37 years
female: 37.5 years (2020 est.)Brunei
total: 31.1 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)Bulgaria
total: 43.7 years
male: 41.9 years
female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)Burkina Faso
total: 17.9 years
male: 17 years
female: 18.7 years (2020 est.)Burma
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 30 years (2020 est.)Burundi
total: 17.7 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18 years (2020 est.)Cabo Verde
total: 26.8 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 27.6 years (2020 est.)Cambodia
total: 26.4 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 27.2 years (2020 est.)Cameroon
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.2 years
female: 18.8 years (2020 est.)Canada
total: 41.8 years
male: 40.6 years
female: 42.9 years (2020 est.)Cayman Islands
total: 40.5 years
male: 39.7 years
female: 41.2 years (2020 est.)Central African Republic
total: 20 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)Chad
total: 16.1 years
male: 15.6 years
female: 16.5 years (2020 est.)Chile
total: 35.5 years
male: 34.3 years
female: 36.7 years (2020 est.)China
total: 38.4 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 39.4 years (2020 est.)Colombia
total: 31.2 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 32.2 years (2020 est.)Comoros
total: 20.9 years
male: 20.2 years
female: 21.5 years (2020 est.)Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 16.7 years
male: 16.5 years
female: 16.8 years (2020 est.)Congo, Republic of the
total: 19.5 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)Cook Islands
total: 38.3 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 38.7 years (2020 est.)Costa Rica
total: 32.6 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 33.1 years (2020 est.)Cote d'Ivoire
total: 20.3 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)Croatia
total: 43.9 years
male: 42 years
female: 45.9 years (2020 est.)Cuba
total: 42.1 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 43.8 years (2020 est.)Curacao
total: 36.7 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)Cyprus
total: 37.9 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 39.4 years (2020 est.)Czechia
total: 43.3 years
male: 42 years
female: 44.7 years (2020 est.)Denmark
total: 42 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 43.1 years (2020 est.)Djibouti
total: 24.9 years
male: 23 years
female: 26.4 years (2020 est.)Dominica
total: 34.9 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 35.5 years (2020 est.)Dominican Republic
total: 27.9 years
male: 27.8 years
female: 28.1 years (2020 est.)Ecuador
total: 28.8 years
male: 28 years
female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)Egypt
total: 24.1 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 24.5 years (2020 est.)El Salvador
total: 27.7 years
male: 26.2 years
female: 29.3 years (2020 est.)Equatorial Guinea
total: 20.3 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.7 years (2020 est.)Eritrea
total: 20.3 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20.8 years (2020 est.)Estonia
total: 43.7 years
male: 40.4 years
female: 47 years (2020 est.)Eswatini
total: 23.7 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 24.7 years (2020 est.)Ethiopia
total: 19.8 years
male: 19.6 years
female: 20.1 years (2020 est.)European Union
total: 44 years
male: 42.6 years
female: 45.5 years (2020 est.)Faroe Islands
total: 37.2 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 37.7 years (2020 est.)Fiji
total: 29.9 years
male: 29.7 years
female: 30.1 years (2020 est.)Finland
total: 42.8 years
male: 41.3 years
female: 44.4 years (2020 est.)France
total: 41.7 years
male: 40 years
female: 43.4 years (2020 est.)French Polynesia
total: 33.3 years
male: 33 years
female: 33.5 years (2020 est.)Gabon
total: 21 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 20.6 years (2020 est.)Gambia, The
total: 21.8 years
male: 21.5 years
female: 22.2 years (2020 est.)Gaza Strip
total: 18 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)Georgia
total: 38.6 years
male: 35.9 years
female: 41.4 years (2020 est.)Germany
total: 47.8 years
male: 46.5 years
female: 49.1 years (2020 est.)Ghana
total: 21.4 years
male: 21 years
female: 21.9 years (2020 est.)Gibraltar
total: 35.5 years
male: 34.4 years
female: 36.6 years (2020 est.)Greece
total: 45.3 years
male: 43.7 years
female: 46.8 years (2020 est.)Greenland
total: 34.3 years
male: 35.1 years
female: 33.4 years (2020 est.)Grenada
total: 33.3 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 33.4 years (2020 est.)Guam
total: 29.4 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 30.2 years (2020 est.)Guatemala
total: 23.2 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.8 years (2020 est.)Guernsey
total: 44.3 years
male: 43 years
female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)Guinea
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.4 years (2020 est.)Guinea-Bissau
total: 18 years
male: 17.4 years
female: 18.6 years (2020 est.)Guyana
total: 27.5 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)Haiti
total: 24.1 years
male: 23.8 years
female: 24.3 years (2020 est.)Honduras
total: 24.4 years
male: 23.5 years
female: 25.2 years (2020 est.)Hong Kong
total: 45.6 years
male: 44.2 years
female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)Hungary
total: 43.6 years
male: 41.5 years
female: 45.5 years (2020 est.)Iceland
total: 37.1 years
male: 36.6 years
female: 37.7 years (2020 est.)India
total: 28.7 years
male: 28 years
female: 29.5 years (2020 est.)Indonesia
total: 31.1 years
male: 30.5 years
female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)Iran
total: 31.7 years
male: 31.5 years
female: 32 years (2020 est.)Iraq
total: 21.2 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 21.6 years (2020 est.)Ireland
total: 37.8 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 38.2 years (2020 est.)Isle of Man
total: 44.6 years
male: 43.6 years
female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)Israel
total: 30.4 years
male: 29.8 years
female: 31 years (2020 est.)Italy
total: 46.5 years
male: 45.4 years
female: 47.5 years (2020 est.)Jamaica
total: 29.4 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 30.1 years (2020 est.)Japan
total: 48.6 years
male: 47.2 years
female: 50 years (2020 est.)Jersey
total: 37.5 years
male: 36 years
female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)Jordan
total: 23.5 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 22.9 years (2020 est.)Kazakhstan
total: 31.6 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)Kenya
total: 20 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20.1 years (2020 est.)Kiribati
total: 25.7 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 26.6 years (2020 est.)Korea, North
total: 34.6 years
male: 33.2 years
female: 36.2 years (2020 est.)Korea, South
total: 43.2 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 45 years (2020 est.)Kosovo
total: 30.5 years
male: 30.2 years
female: 30.8 years (2020 est.)Kuwait
total: 29.7 years
male: 30.7 years
female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)Kyrgyzstan
total: 27.3 years
male: 26.1 years
female: 28.5 years (2020 est.)Laos
total: 24 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 24.4 years (2020 est.)Latvia
total: 44.4 years
male: 40.5 years
female: 48 years (2020 est.)Lebanon
total: 33.7 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)Lesotho
total: 24.7 years
male: 24.7 years
female: 24.7 years (2020 est.)Liberia
total: 18 years
male: 17.7 years
female: 18.2 years (2020 est.)Libya
total: 25.8 years
male: 25.9 years
female: 25.7 years (2020 est.)Liechtenstein
total: 43.7 years
male: 42 years
female: 45.3 years (2020 est.)Lithuania
total: 44.5 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 48.2 years (2020 est.)Luxembourg
total: 39.5 years
male: 38.9 years
female: 40 years (2020 est.)Macau
total: 40.8 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 40.9 years (2020 est.)Madagascar
total: 20.3 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 20.5 years (2020 est.)Malawi
total: 16.8 years
male: 16.7 years
female: 16.9 years (2020 est.)Malaysia
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.9 years
female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)Maldives
total: 29.5 years
male: 29.2 years
female: 30 years (2020 est.)Mali
total: 16 years
male: 15.3 years
female: 16.7 years (2020 est.)Malta
total: 42.3 years
male: 41.2 years
female: 43.5 years (2020 est.)Marshall Islands
total: 23.8 years
male: 23.6 years
female: 23.9 years (2020 est.)Mauritania
total: 21 years
male: 20.1 years
female: 22 years (2020 est.)Mauritius
total: 36.3 years
male: 35 years
female: 37.6 years (2020 est.)Mexico
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 30.4 years (2020 est.)Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 26.3 years
male: 25.5 years
female: 27.1 years (2020 est.)Moldova
total: 37.7 years
male: 36.2 years
female: 39.5 years (2020 est.)Monaco
total: 55.4 years
male: 53.7 years
female: 57 years (2020 est.)Mongolia
total: 29.8 years
male: 28.8 years
female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)Montenegro
total: 39.6 years
male: 38.1 years
female: 41.1 years (2020 est.)Montserrat
total: 34.8 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 35.6 years (2020 est.)Morocco
total: 29.1 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 29.6 years (2020 est.)
note: does not include data from the former Western SaharaMozambique
total: 17 years
male: 16.3 years
female: 17.6 years (2020 est.)Namibia
total: 21.8 years
male: 21.1 years
female: 22.6 years (2020 est.)Nauru
total: 27 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 25.9 years (2020 est.)Nepal
total: 25.3 years
male: 23.9 years
female: 26.9 years (2020 est.)Netherlands
total: 42.8 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 44 years (2020 est.)New Caledonia
total: 32.9 years
male: 32.1 years
female: 33.7 years (2020 est.)New Zealand
total: 37.2 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 37.9 years (2020 est.)Nicaragua
total: 27.3 years
male: 26.4 years
female: 28.2 years (2020 est.)Niger
total: 14.8 years
male: 14.5 years
female: 15.1 years (2020 est.)Nigeria
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.4 years
female: 18.9 years (2020 est.)North Macedonia
total: 39 years
male: 38 years
female: 40 years (2020 est.)Northern Mariana Islands
total: 32.8 years
male: 31.8 years
female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)Norway
total: 39.5 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 40.2 years (2020 est.)Oman
total: 26.2 years
male: 27.2 years
female: 25.1 years (2020 est.)Pakistan
total: 22 years
male: 21.9 years
female: 22.1 years (2020 est.)Palau
total: 33.9 years
male: 32.9 years
female: 35.9 years (2020 est.)Panama
total: 30.1 years
male: 29.6 years
female: 30.5 years (2020 est.)Papua New Guinea
total: 24 years
male: 24 years
female: 24 years (2020 est.)Paraguay
total: 29.7 years
male: 29.5 years
female: 29.9 years (2020 est.)Peru
total: 29.1 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 29.9 years (2020 est.)Philippines
total: 24.1 years
male: 23.6 years
female: 24.6 years (2020 est.)Poland
total: 41.9 years
male: 40.3 years
female: 43.6 years (2020 est.)Portugal
total: 44.6 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 46.5 years (2020 est.)Puerto Rico
total: 43.6 years
male: 41.6 years
female: 45.3 years (2020 est.)Qatar
total: 33.7 years
male: 35 years
female: 28.2 years (2020 est.)Romania
total: 42.5 years
male: 41 years
female: 44 years (2020 est.)Russia
total: 40.3 years
male: 37.5 years
female: 43.2 years (2020 est.)Rwanda
total: 19.7 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 20.4 years (2020 est.)Saint Barthelemy
total: 45.6 years
male: 45.5 years
female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total: 43.2 years
male: 43.2 years
female: 43.3 years (2020 est.)Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 36.5 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 36.3 years (2020 est.)Saint Lucia
total: 36.9 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 38 years (2020 est.)Saint Martin
total: 33.3 years
male: 32.5 years
female: 34.1 years (2020 est.)Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total: 48.5 years
male: 47.9 years
female: 49 years (2020 est.)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 35.3 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)Samoa
total: 25.6 years
male: 25.3 years
female: 26 years (2020 est.)San Marino
total: 45.2 years
male: 43.9 years
female: 46.3 years (2020 est.)Sao Tome and Principe
total: 19.3 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)Saudi Arabia
total: 30.8 years
male: 33 years
female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)Senegal
total: 19.4 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)Serbia
total: 43.4 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 45 years (2020 est.)Seychelles
total: 36.8 years
male: 36.3 years
female: 37.4 years (2020 est.)Sierra Leone
total: 19.1 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.7 years (2020 est.)Singapore
total: 35.6 years
male: 35.4 years
female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)Sint Maarten
total: 41.1 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 42.7 years (2020 est.)Slovakia
total: 41.8 years
male: 40.1 years
female: 43.6 years (2020 est.)Slovenia
total: 44.9 years
male: 43.4 years
female: 46.6 years (2020 est.)Solomon Islands
total: 23.5 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 23.7 years (2020 est.)Somalia
total: 18.5 years
male: 18.7 years
female: 18.3 years (2020 est.)South Africa
total: 28 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 28.1 years (2020 est.)South Sudan
total: 18.6 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 18.3 years (2020 est.)Spain
total: 43.9 years
male: 42.7 years
female: 45.1 years (2020 est.)Sri Lanka
total: 33.7 years
male: 32.3 years
female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)Sudan
total: 18.3 years
male: 18.1 years
female: 18.5 years (2020 est.)Suriname
total: 31 years
male: 30.6 years
female: 31.4 years (2020 est.)Sweden
total: 41.1 years
male: 40.1 years
female: 42.1 years (2020 est.)Switzerland
total: 42.7 years
male: 41.7 years
female: 43.7 years (2020 est.)Syria
total: 23.5 years
male: 23 years
female: 24 years (2020 est.)Taiwan
total: 42.3 years
male: 41.5 years
female: 43.1 years (2020 est.)Tajikistan
total: 25.3 years
male: 24.6 years
female: 26 years (2020 est.)Tanzania
total: 18.2 years
male: 17.9 years
female: 18.4 years (2020 est.)Thailand
total: 39 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 40.1 years (2020 est.)Timor-Leste
total: 19.6 years
male: 18.9 years
female: 20.2 years (2020 est.)Togo
total: 20 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20.3 years (2020 est.)Tonga
total: 24.1 years
male: 23.6 years
female: 24.5 years (2020 est.)Trinidad and Tobago
total: 37.8 years
male: 37.3 years
female: 38.3 years (2020 est.)Tunisia
total: 32.7 years
male: 32 years
female: 33.3 years (2020 est.)Turkey
total: 32.2 years
male: 31.7 years
female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)Turkmenistan
total: 29.2 years
male: 28.7 years
female: 29.7 years (2020 est.)Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 34.6 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 34.4 years (2020 est.)Tuvalu
total: 26.6 years
male: 25.6 years
female: 27.6 years (2020 est.)Uganda
total: 15.7 years
male: 14.9 years
female: 16.5 years (2020 est.)Ukraine
total: 41.2 years
male: 38.2 years
female: 44.3 years (2020 est.)United Arab Emirates
total: 38.4 years
male: 40.4 years
female: 31.5 years (2020 est.)United Kingdom
total: 40.6 years
male: 39.6 years
female: 41.7 years (2020 est.)United States
total: 38.5 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 39.8 years (2020 est.)Uruguay
total: 35.5 years
male: 33.8 years
female: 37.3 years (2020 est.)Uzbekistan
total: 30.1 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)Vanuatu
total: 23 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 23.5 years (2020 est.)Venezuela
total: 30 years
male: 29.4 years
female: 30.7 years (2020 est.)Vietnam
total: 31.9 years
male: 30.8 years
female: 33 years (2020 est.)Virgin Islands
total: 41.8 years
male: 40.6 years
female: 42.8 years (2020 est.)Wallis and Futuna
total: 34 years
male: 33.1 years
female: 35.1 years (2020 est.)West Bank
total: 21.9 years
male: 21.7 years
female: 22.2 years (2020 est.)World
total: 31 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 31.8 years (2020 est.)Yemen
total: 19.8 years (2018 est.)
male: 19.6 years
female: 19.9 yearsZambia
total: 16.9 years
male: 16.7 years
female: 17 years (2020 est.)Zimbabwe
total: 20.5 years
male: 20.3 years
female: 20.6 years (2020 est.)