Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2015
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 2015, at 60.78 years. Niger had the lowest, at 14.34 years. The median was 29.45 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.78Vatican City

Lowest14.34Niger

Median29.45236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 years	Change on 2014
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.78	-0.59
2	Monaco Estimated	52.79	+0.88
3	Japan Estimated	45.84	+0.38
4	Saint Helena Estimated	45.79	+0.19
5	Germany Estimated	44.81	+0.08
6	Italy Estimated	44.4	+0.41
7	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	43.53	+0.29
8	San Marino Estimated	43.47	+0.4
9	Isle of Man Estimated	43.44	+0.47
10	Martinique Estimated	42.87	+0.78
11	Portugal Estimated	42.82	+0.48
12	Greece Estimated	42.68	+0.48
13	Bulgaria Estimated	42.53	+0.22
14	Guernsey Estimated	42.52	+0.35
15	Bermuda Estimated	42.32	+0.39
16	Croatia Estimated	42.31	+0.33
17	Serbia Estimated	42.25	+0.24
18	Liechtenstein Estimated	42.14	+0.37
19	Austria Estimated	42	+0.05
20	Slovenia Estimated	41.94	+0.32
21	Lithuania Estimated	41.9	+0.32
22	Latvia Estimated	41.82	+0.25
23	Hong Kong Estimated	41.74	+0.39
24	Spain Estimated	41.62	+0.47
25	Finland Estimated	41.46	+0.04
26	Switzerland Estimated	41.26	+0.1
27	Netherlands Estimated	41.21	+0.22
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	41.2	+0.53
29	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	40.8	+0.56
30	Jersey Estimated	40.75	+0.26
31	Hungary Estimated	40.73	+0.28
32	Estonia Estimated	40.57	+0.15
33	Denmark Estimated	40.5	+0.13
34	Belgium Estimated	40.43	+0.08
35	Czechia Estimated	40.36	+0.4
36	Guadeloupe Estimated	40.31	+0.74
37	France Estimated	40.29	+0.25
38	Romania Estimated	40.27	+0.36
39	Sweden Estimated	39.94	0
40	Andorra Estimated	39.94	+0.41
41	Puerto Rico Estimated	39.94	+0.84
42	South Korea Estimated	39.87	+0.66
43	Cuba Estimated	39.68	+0.43
44	Canada Estimated	39.63	+0.16
45	Malta Estimated	39.53	-0.01
46	Ukraine Estimated	39.23	+0.25
47	Montserrat Estimated	39.2	+0.3
48	Gibraltar Estimated	39.13	+0.14
49	Curaçao Estimated	39.02	+0.07
50	Taiwan Estimated	38.97	+0.49
51	Aruba Estimated	38.87	+0.32
52	United Kingdom Estimated	38.78	+0.06
53	Belarus Estimated	38.53	+0.12
54	Poland Estimated	38.32	+0.35
55	Falkland Islands Estimated	38.29	+0.09
56	Faroe Islands Estimated	38.28	+0.12
57	Luxembourg Estimated	38.26	+0.06
58	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	38.26	+0.1
59	Slovakia Estimated	38.19	+0.42
60	Norway Estimated	38.18	+0.11
61	Russia Estimated	37.68	+0.14
62	Sint Maarten Estimated	37.06	+0.58
63	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	36.98	+0.17
64	Barbados Estimated	36.95	+0.25
65	North Macedonia Estimated	36.84	+0.49
66	Montenegro Estimated	36.78	+0.37
67	New Zealand Estimated	36.39	-0.13
68	United States Estimated	36.39	+0.11
69	Australia Estimated	36.25	0
70	Georgia Estimated	36.06	+0.04
71	Macao Estimated	36.05	+0.04
72	Thailand Estimated	35.78	+0.47
73	China Estimated	35.69	+0.28
74	Ireland Estimated	35.37	+0.37
75	Cayman Islands Estimated	35.31	+0.19
76	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	35.18	+0.43
77	Niue Estimated	35.17	+0.19
78	Moldova Estimated	35.04	+0.39
79	Palau Estimated	34.98	+0.31
80	Iceland Estimated	34.94	+0.24
81	Cyprus Estimated	34.56	+0.37
82	North Korea Estimated	34.18	+0.23
83	Uruguay Estimated	34.04	+0.15
84	Mauritius Estimated	34.03	+0.42
85	British Virgin Islands Estimated	33.81	+0.2
86	Anguilla Estimated	33.53	+0.35
87	Singapore Estimated	33.34	+0.16
88	Chile Estimated	33.33	+0.31
89	Albania Estimated	33.29	+0.32
90	Greenland Estimated	33.07	+0.12
91	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	32.94	+0.5
92	Réunion Estimated	32.93	+0.42
93	Kuwait Estimated	32.9	+0.82
94	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	32.84	+0.06
95	Armenia Estimated	32.71	+0.33
96	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	32.69	+0.64
97	Saint Martin Estimated	32.32	+0.57
98	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	32.08	+0.4
99	Bahamas Estimated	31.92	+0.3
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	31.78	+0.46
101	Cook Islands Estimated	31.07	+0.38
102	Seychelles Estimated	31.03	+0.19
103	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.8	+0.03
104	Sri Lanka Estimated	30.73	+0.29
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	30.73	+0.48
106	New Caledonia Estimated	30.71	+0.39
107	Dominica Estimated	30.51	+0.42
108	Brazil Estimated	30.47	+0.45
109	Saint Lucia Estimated	30.46	+0.43
110	Costa Rica Estimated	30.16	+0.45
111	Qatar Estimated	30.14	+0.16
112	Bahrain Estimated	30.02	+0.15
113	Argentina Estimated	29.86	+0.18
114	French Polynesia Estimated	29.84	+0.48
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	29.63	+0.32
116	Türkiye Estimated	29.62	+0.22
117	Guam Estimated	29.62	+0.33
118	Grenada Estimated	29.5	+0.43
119	Tunisia Estimated	29.4	+0.32
120	Vietnam Estimated	29.19	+0.37
121	Western Sahara Estimated	29.02	+0.41
122	Israel Estimated	28.76	+0.06
123	Iran Estimated	28.73	+0.51
124	Colombia Estimated	28.57	+0.43
125	Brunei Estimated	28.47	+0.36
126	Lebanon Estimated	28.37	+0.2
127	Kazakhstan Estimated	28.26	+0.19
128	Indonesia Estimated	27.86	+0.24
129	Oman Estimated	27.82	+0.37
130	Jamaica Estimated	27.79	+0.48
131	Myanmar Estimated	27.35	+0.3
132	Panama Estimated	27.27	+0.26
133	Peru Estimated	27.06	+0.33
134	Saudi Arabia Estimated	26.97	+0.72
135	Malaysia Estimated	26.8	+0.35
136	Maldives Estimated	26.61	+0.52
137	Algeria Estimated	26.58	+0.24
138	Suriname Estimated	26.51	+0.19
139	Morocco Estimated	26.43	+0.36
140	Venezuela Estimated	26.33	+0.32
141	Mexico Estimated	26.26	+0.31
142	Mongolia Estimated	25.7	+0.22
143	Fiji Estimated	25.62	+0.26
144	Libya Estimated	25.37	+0.21
145	South Africa Estimated	25.36	+0.34
146	Ecuador Estimated	25.36	+0.35
147	India Estimated	25.27	+0.35
148	Uzbekistan Estimated	25.27	+0.27
149	Tokelau Estimated	25.25	+0.25
150	Dominican Republic Estimated	25.14	+0.3
151	Bhutan Estimated	24.94	+0.42
152	Turkmenistan Estimated	24.25	+0.23
153	American Samoa Estimated	24.21	+0.59
154	Cape Verde Estimated	24.21	+0.53
155	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	23.98	+0.16
156	Paraguay Estimated	23.92	+0.33
157	El Salvador Estimated	23.83	+0.3
158	Guyana Estimated	23.69	+0.11
159	Tuvalu Estimated	23.68	+0.21
160	Bangladesh Estimated	23.46	+0.32
161	Cambodia Estimated	23.21	+0.39
162	French Guiana Estimated	23.11	+0.32
163	Egypt Estimated	22.88	+0.08
164	Bolivia Estimated	22.75	+0.26
165	Belize Estimated	22.74	+0.37
166	Nicaragua Estimated	22.67	+0.32
167	Philippines Estimated	22.21	+0.32
168	Djibouti Estimated	22.03	+0.28
169	Laos Estimated	21.98	+0.34
170	Botswana Estimated	21.66	0
171	Haiti Estimated	21.5	+0.25
172	Jordan Estimated	21.49	+0.24
173	Kiribati Estimated	21.27	+0.22
174	Nepal Estimated	21.24	+0.26
175	Gabon Estimated	21.21	+0.17
176	Micronesia Estimated	21.04	+0.2
177	Honduras Estimated	20.91	+0.33
178	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	20.9	+0.1
179	Papua New Guinea Estimated	20.8	+0.17
180	Tajikistan Estimated	20.7	+0.15
181	Tonga Estimated	20.66	+0.11
182	Marshall Islands Estimated	20.51	+0.23
183	Nauru Estimated	20.47	-0.06
184	Namibia Estimated	20.4	+0.15
185	Lesotho Estimated	20.35	+0.11
186	Samoa Estimated	20.12	+0.09
187	Vanuatu Estimated	20.09	+0.1
188	Guatemala Estimated	20	+0.29
189	Eswatini Estimated	19.95	+0.24
190	Ghana Estimated	19.78	+0.1
191	Pakistan Estimated	19.24	+0.07
192	Solomon Islands Estimated	18.89	+0.1
193	Comoros Estimated	18.75	+0.17
194	Timor-Leste Estimated	18.71	+0.22
195	Palestine Estimated	18.58	+0.22
196	Iraq Estimated	18.51	+0.14
197	Syria Estimated	18.42	-0.66
198	Rwanda Estimated	18.25	+0.16
199	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.22	-0.1
200	Togo Estimated	18.18	+0.04
201	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.95	-0.13
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	17.89	+0.04
203	Yemen Estimated	17.67	+0.14
204	Sierra Leone Estimated	17.66	+0.15
205	Kenya Estimated	17.65	+0.2
206	Liberia Estimated	17.57	0
207	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	17.56	+0.12
208	Senegal Estimated	17.54	+0.07
209	South Sudan Estimated	17.52	-0.44
210	Madagascar Estimated	17.47	+0.19
211	Eritrea Estimated	17.35	0
212	Cameroon Estimated	17.19	+0.1
213	Benin Estimated	17.05	+0.05
214	Ethiopia Estimated	17.01	+0.25
215	Guinea Estimated	16.89	+0.14
216	Gambia Estimated	16.87	+0.12
217	Sudan Estimated	16.78	+0.2
218	Zimbabwe Estimated	16.73	-0.03
219	Mauritania Estimated	16.7	-0.01
220	Nigeria Estimated	16.67	+0.02
221	Tanzania Estimated	16.4	+0.11
222	Mayotte Estimated	16.4	-0.12
223	Angola Estimated	16.29	-0.02
224	Zambia Estimated	16.11	+0.13
225	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.03	+0.04
226	Malawi Estimated	15.98	+0.12
227	Mozambique Estimated	15.83	+0.04
228	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.81	-0.02
229	Burundi Estimated	15.5	-0.36
230	Afghanistan Estimated	15.49	+0.18
231	Somalia Estimated	15	+0.04
232	Mali Estimated	14.88	-0.03
233	Uganda Estimated	14.75	+0.17
234	Chad Estimated	14.64	-0.01
235	Central African Republic Estimated	14.37	-0.22
236	Niger Estimated	14.34	+0.05

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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 60.78 years in 2015, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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

Niger, with 14.34 years in 2015.

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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