demographic2023
Median age
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
31.5years
Median: 32.1years
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Holy See (Vatican City State)
59.6years
Lowest
Central African Republic
14.3years
Top 5 Countries
1Holy See (Vatican City State)59.6years
2Monaco54.4years
3Saint Helena50.5years
4Japan49.0years
5Martinique48.8years
By Region
Europe42.2years(32 countries)
Oceania37.5years(2 countries)
North America32.5years(4 countries)
South America32.5years(7 countries)
Asia31.4years(27 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (14.3years)High (59.6years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 31.5years)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (27)
Other (155)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 59.6years |
| 2 | Monaco | 54.4years |
| 3 | Saint Helena | 50.5years |
| 4 | Japan | 49.0years |
| 5 | Martinique | 48.8years |
| 6 | Italy | 47.5years |
| 7 | San Marino | 47.4years |
| 8 | Guadeloupe | 46.6years |
| 9 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 46.4years |
| 10 | Portugal | 46.2years |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 46.2years |
| 12 | Greece | 45.7years |
| 13 | Isle of Man | 45.7years |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 45.3years |
| 15 | Germany | 45.1years |
| 16 | Bermuda | 45.1years |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.9years |
| 18 | Spain | 44.9years |
| 19 | Croatia | 44.8years |
| 20 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 44.7years |
| 21 | South Korea | 44.5years |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 44.3years |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 44.2years |
| 24 | Guernsey | 44.0years |
| 25 | Slovenia | 43.9years |
| 26 | Serbia | 43.9years |
| 27 | Taiwan, Province of China | 43.5years |
| 28 | Hungary | 43.3years |
| 29 | Andorra | 43.2years |
| 30 | Jersey | 43.1years |
| 31 | Austria | 43.1years |
| 32 | Latvia | 43.1years |
| 33 | Finland | 42.8years |
| 34 | Czech Republic | 42.7years |
| 35 | Romania | 42.6years |
| 36 | Switzerland | 42.3years |
| 37 | Lithuania | 42.1years |
| 38 | Ukraine | 42.0years |
| 39 | Estonia | 41.9years |
| 40 | France | 41.8years |
| 41 | Cuba | 41.7years |
| 42 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 41.6years |
| 43 | Montserrat | 41.5years |
| 44 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 41.5years |
| 45 | Belgium | 41.4years |
| 46 | Netherlands | 41.4years |
| 47 | Poland | 41.3years |
| 48 | Slovakia | 41.3years |
| 49 | Denmark | 41.2years |
| 50 | Aruba | 41.0years |
| 51 | Belarus | 40.5years |
| 52 | Canada | 40.3years |
| 53 | Malta | 40.3years |
| 54 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 40.3years |
| 55 | Sweden | 39.9years |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 39.8years |
| 57 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 39.7years |
| 58 | Thailand | 39.7years |
| 59 | Norway | 39.5years |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 39.5years |
| 61 | Saint Martin (French part) | 39.4years |
| 62 | Montenegro | 39.3years |
| 63 | People's Republic of China | 39.1years |
| 64 | Barbados | 38.9years |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 38.9years |
| 66 | Gibraltar | 38.9years |
| 67 | Saint Barthélemy | 38.8years |
| 68 | Ireland | 38.4years |
| 69 | Macao | 38.3years |
| 70 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 38.3years |
| 71 | Curaçao | 38.2years |
| 72 | United States of America | 38.0years |
| 73 | Anguilla | 38.0years |
| 74 | Cayman Islands | 37.9years |
| 75 | Palau | 37.8years |
| 76 | Cyprus | 37.8years |
| 77 | Moldova, Republic of | 37.8years |
| 78 | Australia | 37.8years |
| 79 | Virgin Islands, British | 37.5years |
| 80 | Reunion | 37.4years |
| 81 | New Zealand | 37.3years |
| 82 | Faroe Islands | 37.3years |
| 83 | Wallis and Futuna | 37.2years |
| 84 | Mauritius | 36.9years |
| 85 | Georgia | 36.8years |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.7years |
| 87 | Niue | 36.6years |
| 88 | Albania | 36.3years |
| 89 | Northern Mariana Islands | 36.1years |
| 90 | North Korea | 36.0years |
| 91 | Chile | 36.0years |
| 92 | Armenia | 35.8years |
| 93 | Iceland | 35.8years |
| 94 | Uruguay | 35.8years |
| 95 | Dominica | 35.6years |
| 96 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.5years |
| 97 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35.3years |
| 98 | Singapore | 35.1years |
| 99 | Cook Islands | 35.1years |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 34.8years |
| 101 | Bahamas | 34.6years |
| 102 | Kuwait | 34.5years |
| 103 | Greenland | 34.2years |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 34.1years |
| 105 | Brazil | 33.9years |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33.9years |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 33.9years |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 33.7years |
| 109 | Seychelles | 33.7years |
| 110 | Grenada | 33.4years |
| 111 | Qatar | 33.2years |
| 112 | Bahrain | 32.9years |
| 113 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 32.9years |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 32.8years |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 32.6years |
| 116 | Türkiye | 32.5years |
| 117 | Vietnam | 32.4years |
| 118 | Tunisia | 32.1years |
| 119 | Argentina | 32.1years |
| 120 | Western Sahara | 32.0years |
| 121 | Brunei Darussalam | 31.8years |
| 122 | Jamaica | 31.7years |
| 123 | Colombia | 31.6years |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 31.2years |
| 125 | Maldives | 31.1years |
| 126 | Guam | 31.1years |
| 127 | Malaysia | 30.1years |
| 128 | Indonesia | 29.8years |
| 129 | Panama | 29.6years |
| 130 | Myanmar | 29.5years |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 29.5years |
| 132 | Peru | 29.5years |
| 133 | Bhutan | 29.4years |
| 134 | Oman | 29.3years |
| 135 | Saudi Arabia | 29.2years |
| 136 | Morocco | 29.2years |
| 137 | Israel | 29.2years |
| 138 | Venezuela | 29.0years |
| 139 | Mexico | 28.9years |
| 140 | American Samoa | 28.4years |
| 141 | Ecuador | 28.4years |
| 142 | Lebanon | 28.3years |
| 143 | South Africa | 28.2years |
| 144 | Algeria | 28.2years |
| 145 | Suriname | 28.1years |
| 146 | India | 28.1years |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 27.9years |
| 148 | Fiji | 27.7years |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 27.7years |
| 150 | Libya | 27.2years |
| 151 | El Salvador | 27.0years |
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 26.9years |
| 153 | Mongolia | 26.8years |
| 154 | Tokelau | 26.7years |
| 155 | Paraguay | 26.3years |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 26.2years |
| 157 | Belize | 25.9years |
| 158 | Cambodia | 25.8years |
| 159 | Guyana | 25.6years |
| 160 | Bangladesh | 25.3years |
| 161 | Philippines | 25.3years |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 25.3years |
| 163 | French Guiana | 25.2years |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.1years |
| 165 | Nepal | 24.7years |
| 166 | Bolivia | 24.7years |
| 167 | Djibouti | 24.4years |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 24.3years |
| 169 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24.3years |
| 170 | Jordan | 24.3years |
| 171 | Egypt | 24.0years |
| 172 | Honduras | 23.5years |
| 173 | Haiti | 23.5years |
| 174 | Botswana | 22.9years |
| 175 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.9years |
| 176 | Kiribati | 22.7years |
| 177 | Guatemala | 22.6years |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 22.3years |
| 179 | Syrian Arab Republic | 22.2years |
| 180 | Eswatini | 22.0years |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 21.9years |
| 182 | Gabon | 21.5years |
| 183 | Lesotho | 21.4years |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 21.0years |
| 185 | Timor-Leste | 21.0years |
| 186 | Namibia | 21.0years |
| 187 | Ghana | 20.9years |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 20.7years |
| 189 | Tonga | 20.7years |
| 190 | Nauru | 20.4years |
| 191 | Iraq | 20.3years |
| 192 | Comoros | 20.3years |
| 193 | Pakistan | 20.3years |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 20.3years |
| 195 | Vanuatu | 20.1years |
| 196 | Samoa | 19.9years |
| 197 | State of Palestine | 19.8years |
| 198 | Kenya | 19.5years |
| 199 | Rwanda | 19.4years |
| 200 | Sierra Leone | 19.3years |
| 201 | Senegal | 19.1years |
| 202 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.1years |
| 203 | Guinea-Bissau | 18.9years |
| 204 | Madagascar | 18.9years |
| 205 | Ethiopia | 18.7years |
| 206 | Eritrea | 18.7years |
| 207 | Liberia | 18.4years |
| 208 | Republic of the Congo | 18.3years |
| 209 | Sudan | 18.3years |
| 210 | Yemen | 18.2years |
| 211 | Republic of The Gambia | 18.2years |
| 212 | Togo | 18.1years |
| 213 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18.1years |
| 214 | Guinea | 18.0years |
| 215 | South Sudan | 18.0years |
| 216 | Zimbabwe | 17.8years |
| 217 | Benin | 17.8years |
| 218 | Nigeria | 17.8years |
| 219 | Cameroon | 17.8years |
| 220 | Malawi | 17.6years |
| 221 | Zambia | 17.5years |
| 222 | Burkina Faso | 17.3years |
| 223 | United Republic of Tanzania | 17.2years |
| 224 | Mauritania | 17.1years |
| 225 | Afghanistan | 16.9years |
| 226 | Mayotte | 16.8years |
| 227 | Uganda | 16.5years |
| 228 | Angola | 16.5years |
| 229 | Mozambique | 16.3years |
| 230 | Burundi | 15.9years |
| 231 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15.8years |
| 232 | Mali | 15.5years |
| 233 | Somalia | 15.4years |
| 234 | Chad | 15.4years |
| 235 | Niger | 15.3years |
| 236 | Central African Republic | 14.3years |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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