Ranked: These Are The Oldest And Youngest Countries In The World By Median Age

Christina Miller, Ph.D.Special ReportsJuly 13, 2024July 13, 2024

The world’s population was 2.5 billion in 1950. Now, it’s surpassed 7.9 billion, with a significant increase in young individuals. Approximately 41 percent of the world’s population is 24 or younger, and almost 60 percent of Africa’s population falls under this age bracket. In contrast, Monaco has the highest median age of 56.2 years, making it one of the world’s oldest countries, with an age difference of almost 30 years compared to many African nations.

Monaco holds the title for the country with the oldest median age globally, with its population averaging around 56.2 years, surpassing Japan and Italy by approximately six years. In contrast, Niger has the lowest median age at only 15.1 years. Many European countries, such as Andorra, Germany, Spain, Greece, Portugal, and Slovenia, comprise many of the top 10 countries with the highest median ages.

The median age is when half of a population is younger, and the other half is older, or approximately halfway between birth and death. In 2020, the global median age of 31.0 years, indicating that 50 percent of the world’s population was under 31 and the other 50 percent was above. However, the median age differs significantly among countries and is affected by various factors, including birth rates, social and economic progress, and average life spans within each nation.

Rank	Country	Median Age	Median Age Male	Median Age Female
1	Monaco	56.2	54.5	57.6
2	Japan	49.5	48	50.9
3	Italy	48.1	47	49.1
4	Andorra	48.1	48.1	48.1
5	Hong Kong	46.8	45	48.1
6	Germany	46.7	45.4	48.2
7	Spain	46.3	45.2	47.4
8	Greece	46.2	44.3	47.9
9	Portugal	46	44	47.9
10	Slovenia	45.9	44.6	47.5
11	San Marino	45.9	44.4	47.2
12	Puerto Rico	45.6	43.6	47.2
13	Ukraine	45.3	41.3	50
14	Latvia	45.2	41.3	48.9
15	Romania	45.1	43.6	46.5
16	South Korea	45	43.5	46.8
17	Lithuania	45	40.6	49
18	Austria	44.8	43.5	46.2
19	Croatia	44.8	42.9	46.7
20	Isle of Man	44.8	43.6	46
21	Guernsey	44.8	43.6	46.1
22	Bulgaria	44.7	43	46.6
23	Estonia	44.7	41.5	47.9
24	Hungary	44.5	42.6	46.4
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44.4	42.7	46.1
26	Liechtenstein	44.1	42.3	46
27	Taiwan	44	43	45
28	Switzerland	44	43.3	44.8
29	Czech Republic	43.9	42.5	45.4
30	Serbia	43.7	42.2	45.2
31	Bermuda	43.7	41.4	46.3
32	Finland	43.2	41.7	44.8
33	Malta	43.2	42.1	44.4
34	United States Virgin Islands	42.7
35	Slovakia	42.5	41	44.1
36	France	42.4	40.9	44
37	Poland	42.4	41.1	43.7
38	Canada	42.4	41.2	43.5
39	Cuba	42.3	40.8	44.3
40	Netherlands	42.2	41	43.4
41	Denmark	42.2	41	43.3
42	Macau	42	41.2	42.5
43	Belgium	41.9	40.7	43
44	Belarus	41.7	39.1	44.6
45	Russia	41.5	39	44.2
46	Sint Maarten	41.1	39.3	42.8
47	Thailand	41	39.8	42.2
48	Sweden	41	40	42
49	Barbados	41	39.9	42.1
50	Cayman Islands	41	40.2	41.8
51	Montenegro	40.7	39.2	42.2
52	Aruba	40.7	39	42.2
53	United Kingdom	40.6	39.9	41.4
54	Norway	40.6	39.9	41.4
55	Cook Islands	40.6	40.3	41
56	North Macedonia	40.1	39.1	41.2
57	China	39.8	38.6	41.1
58	Ireland	39.8	39.4	40.2
59	Luxembourg	39.8	39.3	40.3
60	Moldova	39.4	38.1	40.8
61	Mauritius	39.3	37.8	40.6
62	Cyprus	39.1	37.9	40.6
63	Saint Lucia	39	37.8	40.2
64	Singapore	38.9	37.7	40.1
65	United States	38.5	37.2	39.8
66	Armenia	38.3	36.9	39.8
67	Seychelles	38.2	37.7	38.8
68	British Virgin Islands	38.2	37.9	38.6
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis	38.1	38.3	37.8
70	Georgia	38	35.6	40.4
71	Trinidad and Tobago	38	37.5	38.4
72	Jersey	38	36.7	39.5
73	Australia	37.9	36.8	39
74	Iceland	37.8	37.2	38.4
75	New Zealand	37.7	36.9	38.4
76	Curacao	37.5	35.3	40
77	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	37	37.2	36.9
78	Faroe Islands	36.8	36.8	36.8
79	Anguilla	36.8	34.6	38.6
80	Chile	36.6	35.4	37.8
81	Gibraltar	36.6	36	37.2
82	Dominica	36.5	36	37.1
83	Montserrat	36.4	35.1	37.3
84	Uruguay	36.2	34.6	37.9
85	Turks and Caicos Islands	35.9	36.1	35.7
86	Lebanon	35.8	35.1	36.4
87	Albania	35.8	34.3	37.2
88	United Arab Emirates	35.7	37.9	29.9
89	North Korea	35.6	34.2	37.1
90	Costa Rica	35	34.4	35.6
91	Grenada	35	34.7	35.1
92	Greenland	35	35.7	34.4
93	Palau	35	33.9	37
94	French Polynesia	34.8	34.6	35.1
95	Brazil	34.7	33.6	35.7
96	Qatar	34.2	35.5	28.1
97	Tunisia	34	33.2	34.7
98	Saint Martin	34	33.2	34.8
99	Sri Lanka	33.9	32.1	35.6
100	New Caledonia	33.9	33.1	34.8
101	Azerbaijan	33.8	32.2	35.4
102	Turkey	33.6	33	34.1
103	Antigua and Barbuda	33.6	31.6	35.4
104	Iran	33.3	33.1	33.5
105	Bahrain	33.3	34.6	31
106	Argentina	33	31.8	34.3
107	Vietnam	32.7	31.6	33.8
108	Colombia	32.4	31.2	33.6
109	Northern Mariana Islands	32.3	31.7	33.3
110	Saudi Arabia	32	34.2	29
111	Brunei	32	31.1	32.8
112	Kazakhstan	31.7	29.9	33.5
113	Suriname	31.6	30.7	32.6
114	Malaysia	31.4	31.3	31.5
115	Paraguay	31.3	31.1	31.5
116	Maldives	31.3	30.8	31.9
117	Indonesia	31.2	30.5	32
118	Panama	31.2	30.8	31.6
119	Mongolia	31.2	29.9	32.2
120	Fiji	31.2	31	31.5
121	Venezuela	30.8	30.1	31.5
122	Mexico	30.6	28.9	32.3
123	Jamaica	30.5	29.7	31.3
124	Morocco	30.2	29.8	30.7
125	Bhutan	30.2	30.6	29.8
126	Bahamas	30.2	30.2	30.2
127	South Africa	30.1	29.9	30.3
128	Peru	30.1	29.1	31.1
129	Israel	30.1	29.5	30.7
130	Kuwait	30.1	31	28.6
131	Guam	30.1	29.4	30.8
132	India	29.5	28.8	30.2
133	American Samoa	29.4	28.8	30
134	Bangladesh	29.2	28.3	30
135	El Salvador	29.2	27.7	30.7
136	Algeria	28.9	28.6	29.2
137	Dominican Republic	28.9	28.7	29
138	Uzbekistan	28.7	27.9	29.5
139	Nicaragua	28.5	27.6	29.4
140	Cape Verde	28.3	27.5	29.2
141	Kyrgyzstan	28.1	26.7	29.5
142	Guyana	27.9	27.8	28
143	Micronesia	27.8	26.9	28.6
144	Ecuador	27.7	26.8	28.7
145	Cambodia	27.6	27.6	28.5
146	Nauru	27.5	26.9	28.2
147	Tuvalu	27.5	26.5	28.6
148	Nepal	27.1	26	28.1
149	Oman	27.1	27.9	26
150	Samoa	26.9	26.5	27.3
151	Kiribati	26.9	26	27.8
152	Botswana	26.8	25.6	27.9
153	Belize	26.4	26.1	26.8
154	Bolivia	26.2	25.9	26.6
155	Libya	26.1	26.1	26.1
156	Djibouti	26	24.1	27.6
157	Philippines	25.4	24.9	26
158	Tonga	25.4	25	25.9
159	Honduras	25.3	24.4	26.2
160	Marshall Islands	25.1	25	25.2
161	Laos	25	24.6	25.3
162	Solomon Islands	24.8	24.6	25
163	Haiti	24.7	24.4	24.9
164	Jordan	24.6	25.1	24.1
165	Guatemala	24.4	23.8	25
166	Eswatini	24.4	23.1	25.5
167	Vanuatu	24.2	23.7	24.6
168	Egypt	24.1	24.1	24.1
169	Syria	23.9	23.3	24.5
170	Lesotho	23.7	23.2	24.2
171	Pakistan	22.7	22.6	22.8
172	Tajikistan	22.7	22.3	23.2
173	Namibia	22.5	21.8	23.2
174	Comoros	22.3	21.6	22.9
175	Iraq	22.1	21.7	22.4
176	Mauritania	21.9	20.9	22.8
177	Equatorial Guinea	21.9	22.5	21.3
178	Gabon	21.8	22.2	21.3
179	Yemen	21.6	21.6	21.8
180	Papua New Guinea	21.6	21.4	21.8
181	Ghana	21.3	20.4	22.2
182	Madagascar	21	20.9	21.2
183	Ivory Coast	21	21	21
184	Zimbabwe	21	20.2	21.8
185	Eritrea	21	20.5	21.5
186	Kenya	20.9	20.8	21
187	Rwanda	20.5	19.8	21.2
188	Togo	20.5	19.8	21.3
189	Republic of the Congo	20.5	20.3	20.7
190	Palestine	20.4	2	20.8
191	Sao Tome and Principe	20.4	20	20.8
192	Timor Leste	20.3	19.6	21.1
193	Ethiopia	20.2	20	20.5
194	Central African Republic	20.2	19.5	21.1
195	Malawi	20	19.7	20.2
196	Afghanistan	19.9	19.8	20
197	Gambia	19.9	19.5	20.3
198	Liberia	19.7	19.6	19.9
199	Guinea	19.3	19.1	19.6
200	Nigeria	19.2	18.9	19.4
201	Sierra Leone	19.2	18.8	19.6
202	Sudan	19.1	18.8	19.3
203	Somalia	19	19.2	18.7
204	Senegal	19	18.2	19.8
205	Tanzania	18.9	18.7	19.2
206	Cameroon	18.8	18.5	19.1
207	South Sudan	18.7	18.7	18.6
208	Burkina Faso	18.5	17.7	19.3
209	Guinea Bissau	18.3	17.7	18.9
210	Zambia	18.2	18	18.4
211	Burundi	18.2	17.9	18.5
212	Mozambique	17.2	16.6	17.8
213	Benin	17.1	16.6	17.7
214	DR Congo	16.8	16.6	16.9
215	Chad	16.5	16.1	17
216	Mali	16.3	15.6	17
217	Angola	16.2	15.7	16.7
218	Uganda	16.1	15.3	16.9
219	Niger	15.1	14.8	15.5

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