Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2012
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 2012, at 62.42 years. Niger had the lowest, at 14.24 years. The median was 28.48 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest62.42Vatican City

Lowest14.24Niger

Median28.48236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2012

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 years	Change on 2011
1	Vatican City Estimated	62.42	+0.53
2	Monaco Estimated	50.06	+0.94
3	Saint Helena Estimated	45.16	+0.16
4	Japan Estimated	44.81	+0.27
5	Germany Estimated	44.08	+0.44
6	Italy Estimated	43.24	+0.36
7	San Marino Estimated	42.31	+0.47
8	Isle of Man Estimated	42.05	+0.43
9	Bulgaria Estimated	41.76	+0.34
10	Serbia Estimated	41.56	+0.21
11	Croatia Estimated	41.52	+0.25
12	Austria Estimated	41.51	+0.31
13	Guernsey Estimated	41.51	+0.34
14	Portugal Estimated	41.35	+0.43
15	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	41.32	+0.55
16	Finland Estimated	41.29	+0.1
17	Greece Estimated	41.23	+0.45
18	Slovenia Estimated	41.06	+0.25
19	Bermuda Estimated	41.03	+0.56
20	Latvia Estimated	40.93	+0.37
21	Liechtenstein Estimated	40.9	+0.39
22	Switzerland Estimated	40.88	+0.19
23	Lithuania Estimated	40.87	+0.46
24	Hong Kong Estimated	40.67	+0.35
25	Martinique Estimated	40.53	+0.78
26	Netherlands Estimated	40.36	+0.34
27	Spain Estimated	40.11	+0.48
28	Belgium Estimated	40.06	+0.14
29	Jersey Estimated	40.04	+0.27
30	Denmark Estimated	39.94	+0.21
31	Hungary Estimated	39.92	+0.54
32	Sweden Estimated	39.87	+0.08
33	Estonia Estimated	39.85	+0.31
34	France Estimated	39.52	+0.26
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	39.5	+0.72
36	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	39.38	+0.43
37	Czechia Estimated	39.24	+0.3
38	Romania Estimated	39.18	+0.4
39	Malta Estimated	39.18	+0.28
40	Canada Estimated	39.12	+0.19
41	Curaçao Estimated	38.87	+0.3
42	Ukraine Estimated	38.79	+0.06
43	Andorra Estimated	38.77	+0.14
44	Gibraltar Estimated	38.7	+0.16
45	United Kingdom Estimated	38.49	+0.16
46	Cuba Estimated	38.26	+0.5
47	Guadeloupe Estimated	38.24	+0.64
48	Montserrat Estimated	38.24	+0.32
49	Belarus Estimated	38.18	+0.12
50	Luxembourg Estimated	38.08	+0.01
51	Norway Estimated	37.88	+0.09
52	South Korea Estimated	37.87	+0.66
53	Aruba Estimated	37.86	+0.39
54	Falkland Islands Estimated	37.84	+0.25
55	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	37.7	+0.25
56	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.53	+0.33
57	Taiwan Estimated	37.51	+0.49
58	Puerto Rico Estimated	37.5	+0.73
59	Poland Estimated	37.31	+0.26
60	Russia Estimated	37.23	+0.13
61	Slovakia Estimated	36.93	+0.4
62	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	36.83	-0
63	New Zealand Estimated	36.35	+0.24
64	Australia Estimated	36.23	+0.06
65	Barbados Estimated	36.16	+0.29
66	United States Estimated	36.09	+0.08
67	Macao Estimated	35.9	+0.18
68	Montenegro Estimated	35.82	+0.24
69	Georgia Estimated	35.59	+0.25
70	North Macedonia Estimated	35.4	+0.45
71	Sint Maarten Estimated	35.39	+0.52
72	China Estimated	34.85	+0.33
73	Cayman Islands Estimated	34.82	+0.13
74	Niue Estimated	34.47	+0.42
75	Thailand Estimated	34.4	+0.44
76	Iceland Estimated	34.38	+0.24
77	Ireland Estimated	34.18	+0.43
78	Moldova Estimated	34.13	+0.27
79	Palau Estimated	33.99	+0.35
80	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	33.85	+0.6
81	North Korea Estimated	33.51	+0.22
82	Cyprus Estimated	33.49	+0.32
83	Uruguay Estimated	33.49	+0.23
84	British Virgin Islands Estimated	33.09	+0.08
85	Singapore Estimated	32.9	+0.09
86	Mauritius Estimated	32.78	+0.45
87	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	32.66	+0.06
88	Greenland Estimated	32.58	+0.11
89	Anguilla Estimated	32.43	+0.41
90	Chile Estimated	32.38	+0.33
91	Albania Estimated	32.36	+0.33
92	Armenia Estimated	31.81	+0.25
93	Réunion Estimated	31.48	+0.76
94	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	31.47	+0.47
95	Bahamas Estimated	31.06	+0.27
96	Saint Martin Estimated	30.97	+0.31
97	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	30.91	+0.35
98	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.71	+0.02
99	Dominica Estimated	30.61	+0.17
100	Kuwait Estimated	30.57	+1.07
101	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	30.54	+0.85
102	Seychelles Estimated	30.51	+0.15
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	30.4	+0.38
104	Cook Islands Estimated	29.93	+0.53
105	Qatar Estimated	29.91	-0.22
106	Sri Lanka Estimated	29.83	+0.31
107	New Caledonia Estimated	29.72	+0.26
108	Bahrain Estimated	29.47	+0.27
109	Argentina Estimated	29.29	+0.21
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	29.27	+0.48
111	Saint Lucia Estimated	29.17	+0.44
112	Brazil Estimated	29.11	+0.46
113	Costa Rica Estimated	28.82	+0.42
114	Türkiye Estimated	28.81	+0.35
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	28.75	+0.28
116	Guam Estimated	28.61	+0.33
117	Israel Estimated	28.54	+0.08
118	Tunisia Estimated	28.5	+0.32
119	French Polynesia Estimated	28.46	+0.39
120	Grenada Estimated	28.29	+0.35
121	Vietnam Estimated	28.02	+0.41
122	Western Sahara Estimated	27.79	+0.43
123	Kazakhstan Estimated	27.72	+0.15
124	Lebanon Estimated	27.55	+0.35
125	Brunei Estimated	27.39	+0.29
126	Colombia Estimated	27.29	+0.42
127	Iran Estimated	27.15	+0.54
128	Indonesia Estimated	27.11	+0.26
129	Oman Estimated	26.64	+1.12
130	Panama Estimated	26.47	+0.27
131	Myanmar Estimated	26.41	+0.33
132	Jamaica Estimated	26.37	+0.46
133	Peru Estimated	25.99	+0.38
134	Suriname Estimated	25.92	+0.23
135	Algeria Estimated	25.79	+0.31
136	Malaysia Estimated	25.73	+0.37
137	Venezuela Estimated	25.4	+0.3
138	Mexico Estimated	25.37	+0.28
139	Morocco Estimated	25.36	+0.34
140	Mongolia Estimated	24.98	+0.3
141	Saudi Arabia Estimated	24.86	+0.67
142	Fiji Estimated	24.85	+0.26
143	Tokelau Estimated	24.83	-0.06
144	Maldives Estimated	24.74	+0.67
145	Libya Estimated	24.7	+0.16
146	Ecuador Estimated	24.36	+0.29
147	Uzbekistan Estimated	24.35	+0.37
148	South Africa Estimated	24.33	+0.35
149	India Estimated	24.27	+0.32
150	Dominican Republic Estimated	24.26	+0.27
151	Bhutan Estimated	23.73	+0.38
152	Turkmenistan Estimated	23.53	+0.28
153	Guyana Estimated	23.48	+0.12
154	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	23.43	+0.21
155	Tuvalu Estimated	23.15	+0.06
156	El Salvador Estimated	23	+0.23
157	Paraguay Estimated	22.89	+0.35
158	French Guiana Estimated	22.82	+0.23
159	Cape Verde Estimated	22.57	+0.56
160	Egypt Estimated	22.55	+0.17
161	Bangladesh Estimated	22.49	+0.31
162	American Samoa Estimated	22.47	+0.55
163	Cambodia Estimated	22.04	+0.39
164	Bolivia Estimated	22	+0.23
165	Botswana Estimated	21.79	+0.06
166	Nicaragua Estimated	21.74	+0.29
167	Belize Estimated	21.63	+0.38
168	Philippines Estimated	21.36	+0.25
169	Djibouti Estimated	21.21	+0.25
170	Jordan Estimated	21.02	+0.19
171	Laos Estimated	20.8	+0.44
172	Syria Estimated	20.79	-0.07
173	Nauru Estimated	20.74	-0.09
174	Haiti Estimated	20.73	+0.25
175	Gabon Estimated	20.64	+0.22
176	Nepal Estimated	20.61	+0.16
177	Kiribati Estimated	20.61	+0.2
178	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	20.53	+0.16
179	Micronesia Estimated	20.5	+0.12
180	Papua New Guinea Estimated	20.3	+0.16
181	Tonga Estimated	20.24	+0.1
182	Tajikistan Estimated	20.16	+0.2
183	Lesotho Estimated	19.99	+0.13
184	Honduras Estimated	19.94	+0.3
185	Namibia Estimated	19.87	+0.22
186	Marshall Islands Estimated	19.85	+0.19
187	Samoa Estimated	19.77	+0.05
188	Vanuatu Estimated	19.75	+0.14
189	Ghana Estimated	19.44	+0.13
190	Eswatini Estimated	19.2	+0.28
191	Guatemala Estimated	19.14	+0.28
192	Pakistan Estimated	19.02	+0.11
193	Solomon Islands Estimated	18.64	+0.06
194	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.6	-0.11
195	South Sudan Estimated	18.19	+0.19
196	Iraq Estimated	18.14	+0.1
197	Timor-Leste Estimated	18.11	+0.16
198	Comoros Estimated	18.07	+0.29
199	Togo Estimated	18.05	+0.03
200	Palestine Estimated	17.85	+0.26
201	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	17.83	+0.02
202	Rwanda Estimated	17.75	+0.15
203	Liberia Estimated	17.68	+0.13
204	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.54	+0.42
205	Senegal Estimated	17.44	+0.02
206	Eritrea Estimated	17.35	-0.02
207	Sierra Leone Estimated	17.28	+0.09
208	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	17.25	+0.09
209	Kenya Estimated	17.13	+0.13
210	Yemen Estimated	17.11	+0.25
211	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.03	-0.15
212	Cameroon Estimated	16.94	+0.06
213	Madagascar Estimated	16.93	+0.15
214	Benin Estimated	16.87	+0.08
215	Mauritania Estimated	16.75	-0.01
216	Nigeria Estimated	16.62	-0.01
217	Gambia Estimated	16.53	+0.11
218	Guinea Estimated	16.51	+0.11
219	Mayotte Estimated	16.36	+0.01
220	Sudan Estimated	16.35	+0.03
221	Angola Estimated	16.32	+0.01
222	Ethiopia Estimated	16.25	+0.24
223	Tanzania Estimated	16.15	+0.05
224	Burundi Estimated	16.06	-0.17
225	Burkina Faso Estimated	15.96	-0
226	Zambia Estimated	15.77	+0.08
227	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.77	+0.02
228	Mozambique Estimated	15.77	-0.02
229	Malawi Estimated	15.71	+0.04
230	Central African Republic Estimated	15.23	-0.25
231	Mali Estimated	15.08	-0.14
232	Afghanistan Estimated	14.95	+0.17
233	Somalia Estimated	14.87	+0.16
234	Chad Estimated	14.56	+0.02
235	Uganda Estimated	14.36	+0.08
236	Niger Estimated	14.24	-0

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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 62.42 years in 2012, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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

Niger, with 14.24 years in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

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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