Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2023

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2023
Creator: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO

Vatican City had the highest median age, July 1 estimate of 236 countries in 2023, at 59.63 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.32 years. The median was 32.12 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest59.63Vatican City

Lowest14.32Central African Republic

Median32.12236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

years. Source: UN WPP. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 years	Change on 2022
1	Vatican City Estimated	59.63	-0.25
2	Monaco Estimated	54.36	-0.62
3	Saint Helena Estimated	50.45	+0.24
4	Japan Estimated	48.96	+0.41
5	Martinique Estimated	48.79	+0.55
6	Italy Estimated	47.46	+0.35
7	San Marino Estimated	47.39	+0.61
8	Guadeloupe Estimated	46.57	+0.71
9	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	46.4	+0.41
10	Portugal Estimated	46.2	+0.39
11	Hong Kong Estimated	46.15	+0.56
12	Greece Estimated	45.75	+0.36
13	Isle of Man Estimated	45.68	+0.2
14	Puerto Rico Estimated	45.31	+0.11
15	Germany Estimated	45.15	+0.12
16	Bermuda Estimated	45.14	+0.44
17	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	44.92	+0.36
18	Spain Estimated	44.9	+0.51
19	Croatia Estimated	44.76	+0.15
20	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	44.67	+0.1
21	South Korea Estimated	44.49	+0.54
22	Bulgaria Estimated	44.31	+0.16
23	Liechtenstein Estimated	44.2	+0.18
24	Guernsey Estimated	43.98	+0.1
25	Slovenia Estimated	43.89	+0.4
26	Serbia Estimated	43.87	+0.2
27	Taiwan Estimated	43.54	+0.62
28	Hungary Estimated	43.32	+0.32
29	Andorra Estimated	43.16	+0.33
30	Jersey Estimated	43.1	+0.23
31	Austria Estimated	43.09	+0.25
32	Latvia Estimated	43.08	+0.13
33	Finland Estimated	42.79	+0.26
34	Czechia Estimated	42.72	+0.07
35	Romania Estimated	42.62	+0.23
36	Switzerland Estimated	42.33	+0.37
37	Lithuania Estimated	42.12	-0.51
38	Ukraine Estimated	41.98	+0.53
39	Estonia Estimated	41.89	+0.26
40	France Estimated	41.82	+0.25
41	Cuba Estimated	41.71	+0.2
42	Sint Maarten Estimated	41.59	+0.11
43	Montserrat Estimated	41.55	+0.16
44	Falkland Islands Estimated	41.53	+0.6
45	Belgium Estimated	41.44	+0.29
46	Netherlands Estimated	41.4	-0.07
47	Poland Estimated	41.31	+0.45
48	Slovakia Estimated	41.3	+0.4
49	Denmark Estimated	41.25	+0.03
50	Aruba Estimated	41.02	+0.25
51	Belarus Estimated	40.53	+0.34
52	Canada Estimated	40.34	+0.09
53	Malta Estimated	40.28	+0.53
54	North Macedonia Estimated	40.26	+0.35
55	Sweden Estimated	39.91	+0.18
56	United Kingdom Estimated	39.78	+0.28
57	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	39.66	-0.11
58	Thailand Estimated	39.66	+0.46
59	Norway Estimated	39.54	+0.1
60	Russia Estimated	39.45	+0.38
61	Saint Martin Estimated	39.36	+0.96
62	Montenegro Estimated	39.29	+0.21
63	China Estimated	39.07	+0.53
64	Barbados Estimated	38.9	+0.25
65	Luxembourg Estimated	38.89	+0.22
66	Gibraltar Estimated	38.88	-0.07
67	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	38.81	+0.1
68	Ireland Estimated	38.42	+0.42
69	Macao Estimated	38.31	+0.48
70	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	38.3	+0.43
71	Curaçao Estimated	38.23	+0.28
72	United States Estimated	38.02	+0.3
73	Anguilla Estimated	38.01	+0.24
74	Cayman Islands Estimated	37.88	+0.38
75	Palau Estimated	37.84	+0.36
76	Cyprus Estimated	37.76	+0.42
77	Moldova Estimated	37.75	+0.28
78	Australia Estimated	37.75	+0.24
79	British Virgin Islands Estimated	37.55	+0.43
80	Réunion Estimated	37.43	+0.36
81	New Zealand Estimated	37.28	+0.21
82	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.26	-0.28
83	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	37.17	+0.57
84	Mauritius Estimated	36.93	+0.42
85	Georgia Estimated	36.8	+0.16
86	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	36.72	+0.49
87	Niue Estimated	36.55	-0.17
88	Albania Estimated	36.28	+0.33
89	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	36.14	+0.96
90	North Korea Estimated	36.05	+0.24
91	Chile Estimated	35.97	+0.44
92	Armenia Estimated	35.83	+0.02
93	Iceland Estimated	35.81	+0.06
94	Uruguay Estimated	35.78	+0.28
95	Dominica Estimated	35.62	+0.32
96	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	35.49	+0.41
97	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	35.35	+0.38
98	Singapore Estimated	35.1	+0.22
99	Cook Islands Estimated	35.08	+0.97
100	French Polynesia Estimated	34.79	+0.63
101	Bahamas Estimated	34.6	+0.36
102	Kuwait Estimated	34.5	+1.04
103	Greenland Estimated	34.23	+0.31
104	Costa Rica Estimated	34.07	+0.53
105	Brazil Estimated	33.94	+0.44
106	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	33.9	+0.26
107	New Caledonia Estimated	33.89	+0.3
108	Saint Lucia Estimated	33.75	+0.43
109	Seychelles Estimated	33.65	+0.27
110	Grenada Estimated	33.39	+0.5
111	Qatar Estimated	33.19	+0.73
112	Bahrain Estimated	32.88	+1.19
113	Iran Estimated	32.87	+0.53
114	Sri Lanka Estimated	32.81	+0.25
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	32.6	+0.53
116	Türkiye Estimated	32.52	+0.45
117	Vietnam Estimated	32.43	+0.49
118	Tunisia Estimated	32.13	+0.38
119	Argentina Estimated	32.12	+0.38
120	Western Sahara Estimated	32.04	+0.34
121	Brunei Estimated	31.76	+0.48
122	Jamaica Estimated	31.67	+0.52
123	Colombia Estimated	31.61	+0.42
124	United Arab Emirates Estimated	31.23	+0.33
125	Maldives Estimated	31.12	+0.79
126	Guam Estimated	31.12	+0.14
127	Malaysia Estimated	30.06	+0.48
128	Indonesia Estimated	29.83	+0.27
129	Panama Estimated	29.6	+0.33
130	Myanmar Estimated	29.53	+0.28
131	Kazakhstan Estimated	29.46	+0.12
132	Peru Estimated	29.45	+0.35
133	Bhutan Estimated	29.39	+0.58
134	Oman Estimated	29.27	+0.3
135	Saudi Arabia Estimated	29.25	+0.52
136	Morocco Estimated	29.19	+0.32
137	Israel Estimated	29.15	+0.06
138	Venezuela Estimated	29.03	+0.22
139	Mexico Estimated	28.89	+0.36
140	American Samoa Estimated	28.43	+0.51
141	Ecuador Estimated	28.41	+0.43
142	Lebanon Estimated	28.32	+0.22
143	South Africa Estimated	28.21	+0.29
144	Algeria Estimated	28.19	+0.21
145	Suriname Estimated	28.1	+0.24
146	India Estimated	28.06	+0.38
147	Cape Verde Estimated	27.87	+0.55
148	Fiji Estimated	27.67	+0.19
149	Dominican Republic Estimated	27.65	+0.34
150	Libya Estimated	27.2	+0.28
151	El Salvador Estimated	26.96	+0.45
152	Uzbekistan Estimated	26.91	+0.08
153	Mongolia Estimated	26.75	+0.13
154	Tokelau Estimated	26.65	+0.1
155	Paraguay Estimated	26.34	+0.3
156	Turkmenistan Estimated	26.23	+0.3
157	Belize Estimated	25.95	+0.42
158	Cambodia Estimated	25.84	+0.25
159	Guyana Estimated	25.61	+0.3
160	Bangladesh Estimated	25.33	+0.33
161	Philippines Estimated	25.29	+0.42
162	Nicaragua Estimated	25.27	+0.35
163	French Guiana Estimated	25.22	-0.01
164	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	25.13	+0.15
165	Nepal Estimated	24.68	+0.32
166	Bolivia Estimated	24.66	+0.27
167	Djibouti Estimated	24.39	+0.3
168	Tuvalu Estimated	24.29	+0.03
169	Laos Estimated	24.28	+0.31
170	Jordan Estimated	24.28	+0.34
171	Egypt Estimated	24.03	+0.21
172	Honduras Estimated	23.55	+0.34
173	Haiti Estimated	23.51	+0.26
174	Botswana Estimated	22.88	+0.28
175	Micronesia Estimated	22.85	+0.24
176	Kiribati Estimated	22.69	+0.16
177	Guatemala Estimated	22.63	+0.39
178	Papua New Guinea Estimated	22.34	+0.22
179	Syria Estimated	22.25	+0.66
180	Eswatini Estimated	22	+0.23
181	Tajikistan Estimated	21.93	+0.18
182	Gabon Estimated	21.5	+0.03
183	Lesotho Estimated	21.43	+0.16
184	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	20.98	-0.04
185	Timor-Leste Estimated	20.97	+0.33
186	Namibia Estimated	20.96	+0.13
187	Ghana Estimated	20.93	+0.2
188	Marshall Islands Estimated	20.7	-0.27
189	Tonga Estimated	20.7	-0.03
190	Nauru Estimated	20.43	-0.14
191	Iraq Estimated	20.35	+0.25
192	Comoros Estimated	20.33	+0.23
193	Pakistan Estimated	20.29	+0.14
194	Solomon Islands Estimated	20.25	+0.22
195	Vanuatu Estimated	20.14	+0.02
196	Samoa Estimated	19.9	-0.19
197	Palestine Estimated	19.76	+0.16
198	Kenya Estimated	19.53	+0.25
199	Rwanda Estimated	19.44	+0.22
200	Sierra Leone Estimated	19.27	+0.23
201	Senegal Estimated	19.13	+0.24
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	19.05	+0.18
203	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	18.94	+0.21
204	Madagascar Estimated	18.88	+0.16
205	Togo Estimated	18.82	+0.12
206	Ethiopia Estimated	18.73	+0.21
207	Eritrea Estimated	18.65	+0.25
208	Liberia Estimated	18.36	+0.18
209	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.31	+0.11
210	Sudan Estimated	18.28	+0.16
211	Yemen Estimated	18.18	+0.07
212	Gambia Estimated	18.17	+0.19
213	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	18.1	+0.11
214	Guinea Estimated	17.98	+0.15
215	South Sudan Estimated	17.97	+0.38
216	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.81	+0.13
217	Benin Estimated	17.77	+0.13
218	Nigeria Estimated	17.75	+0.19
219	Cameroon Estimated	17.75	+0.13
220	Malawi Estimated	17.58	+0.25
221	Zambia Estimated	17.49	+0.2
222	Burkina Faso Estimated	17.25	+0.21
223	Tanzania Estimated	17.24	+0.12
224	Mauritania Estimated	17.12	+0.13
225	Afghanistan Estimated	16.94	+0.19
226	Mayotte Estimated	16.79	+0.09
227	Uganda Estimated	16.51	+0.18
228	Angola Estimated	16.45	+0.06
229	Mozambique Estimated	16.32	+0.07
230	Burundi Estimated	15.9	+0.23
231	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.77	0
232	Mali Estimated	15.47	+0.12
233	Somalia Estimated	15.45	+0.08
234	Chad Estimated	15.4	+0.3
235	Niger Estimated	15.25	+0.15
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.32	+0.02

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About this ranking

Age that divides the estimated population on July 1 into two groups of equal size.

Modelled demographic estimate from UN World Population Prospects 2024. This series includes estimates through 2023 and excludes projections from 2024 onward. The reference date and method differ from January 1 statistics and multi-year survey estimates. Historical estimates can be revised.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Median age on 1 July, modelled estimates 1950 to 2023; projections excluded. Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-10. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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Which country has the highest median age, July 1 estimate?

Vatican City, with 59.63 years in 2023, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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The Central African Republic, with 14.32 years in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Median age on 1 July, modelled estimates 1950 to 2023; projections excluded. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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