Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2016
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 2016, at 60.57 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.38 years. The median was 29.8 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.57Vatican City

Lowest14.38Central African Republic

Median29.8236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 years	Change on 2015
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.57	-0.21
2	Monaco Estimated	53.49	+0.69
3	Saint Helena Estimated	46.23	+0.44
4	Japan Estimated	46.2	+0.35
5	Germany Estimated	44.82	0
6	Italy Estimated	44.79	+0.39
7	San Marino Estimated	43.9	+0.43
8	Isle of Man Estimated	43.85	+0.41
9	Martinique Estimated	43.78	+0.92
10	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	43.45	-0.08
11	Portugal Estimated	43.28	+0.46
12	Greece Estimated	43.08	+0.39
13	Guernsey Estimated	42.86	+0.34
14	Bulgaria Estimated	42.75	+0.23
15	Bermuda Estimated	42.73	+0.41
16	Croatia Estimated	42.71	+0.4
17	Liechtenstein Estimated	42.51	+0.37
18	Serbia Estimated	42.48	+0.23
19	Slovenia Estimated	42.26	+0.32
20	Lithuania Estimated	42.26	+0.36
21	Hong Kong Estimated	42.17	+0.43
22	Spain Estimated	42.05	+0.43
23	Latvia Estimated	42.04	+0.22
24	Austria Estimated	42.01	+0.01
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	41.72	+0.52
26	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	41.55	+0.75
27	Finland Estimated	41.5	+0.04
28	Netherlands Estimated	41.34	+0.13
29	Switzerland Estimated	41.32	+0.06
30	Guadeloupe Estimated	41.15	+0.84
31	Jersey Estimated	41.07	+0.32
32	Hungary Estimated	41.06	+0.33
33	Puerto Rico Estimated	40.8	+0.86
34	Czechia Estimated	40.77	+0.41
35	Estonia Estimated	40.69	+0.13
36	Romania Estimated	40.62	+0.35
37	Denmark Estimated	40.59	+0.09
38	France Estimated	40.52	+0.23
39	Belgium Estimated	40.49	+0.06
40	South Korea Estimated	40.48	+0.61
41	Andorra Estimated	40.37	+0.43
42	Cuba Estimated	40.07	+0.39
43	Sweden Estimated	39.87	-0.08
44	Canada Estimated	39.73	+0.1
45	Malta Estimated	39.55	+0.02
46	Ukraine Estimated	39.52	+0.28
47	Taiwan Estimated	39.49	+0.51
48	Montserrat Estimated	39.42	+0.22
49	Gibraltar Estimated	39.19	+0.06
50	Aruba Estimated	39.17	+0.3
51	Curaçao Estimated	39.11	+0.09
52	United Kingdom Estimated	38.82	+0.03
53	Poland Estimated	38.67	+0.36
54	Belarus Estimated	38.65	+0.12
55	Slovakia Estimated	38.6	+0.41
56	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	38.55	+0.28
57	Falkland Islands Estimated	38.44	+0.15
58	Luxembourg Estimated	38.34	+0.07
59	Norway Estimated	38.28	+0.1
60	Faroe Islands Estimated	38.2	-0.08
61	Russia Estimated	37.8	+0.11
62	Sint Maarten Estimated	37.67	+0.6
63	North Macedonia Estimated	37.33	+0.49
64	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	37.2	+0.23
65	Barbados Estimated	37.2	+0.25
66	Montenegro Estimated	37.17	+0.39
67	United States Estimated	36.51	+0.12
68	New Zealand Estimated	36.25	-0.14
69	Thailand Estimated	36.25	+0.47
70	Australia Estimated	36.25	-0.01
71	Macao Estimated	36.16	+0.11
72	Georgia Estimated	36.09	+0.03
73	China Estimated	35.99	+0.3
74	Ireland Estimated	35.74	+0.37
75	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	35.57	+0.39
76	Cayman Islands Estimated	35.54	+0.22
77	Moldova Estimated	35.41	+0.37
78	Niue Estimated	35.41	+0.24
79	Palau Estimated	35.33	+0.35
80	Iceland Estimated	35.18	+0.24
81	Cyprus Estimated	34.94	+0.37
82	British Virgin Islands Estimated	34.72	+0.91
83	Mauritius Estimated	34.44	+0.42
84	North Korea Estimated	34.41	+0.23
85	Uruguay Estimated	34.17	+0.13
86	Anguilla Estimated	34.03	+0.51
87	Kuwait Estimated	33.74	+0.84
88	Chile Estimated	33.62	+0.29
89	Albania Estimated	33.59	+0.31
90	Réunion Estimated	33.55	+0.62
91	Singapore Estimated	33.53	+0.19
92	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	33.44	+0.5
93	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	33.28	+0.59
94	Greenland Estimated	33.17	+0.1
95	Armenia Estimated	33.07	+0.35
96	Saint Martin Estimated	32.98	+0.66
97	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	32.92	+0.07
98	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	32.5	+0.42
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	32.24	+0.46
100	Bahamas Estimated	32.24	+0.32
101	Dominica Estimated	31.69	+1.18
102	Cook Islands Estimated	31.45	+0.38
103	Seychelles Estimated	31.27	+0.24
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	31.21	+0.48
105	New Caledonia Estimated	31.14	+0.43
106	Sri Lanka Estimated	31.01	+0.28
107	Brazil Estimated	30.92	+0.45
108	Saint Lucia Estimated	30.89	+0.43
109	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.82	+0.02
110	Costa Rica Estimated	30.61	+0.45
111	French Polynesia Estimated	30.34	+0.5
112	Qatar Estimated	30.28	+0.14
113	Bahrain Estimated	30.15	+0.13
114	Argentina Estimated	30.05	+0.19
115	Grenada Estimated	29.95	+0.46
116	Guam Estimated	29.93	+0.31
117	Türkiye Estimated	29.88	+0.25
118	Azerbaijan Estimated	29.87	+0.25
119	Tunisia Estimated	29.73	+0.33
120	Vietnam Estimated	29.52	+0.32
121	Western Sahara Estimated	29.42	+0.4
122	Iran Estimated	29.24	+0.51
123	Colombia Estimated	28.98	+0.42
124	Brunei Estimated	28.83	+0.36
125	Israel Estimated	28.82	+0.05
126	Kazakhstan Estimated	28.46	+0.2
127	Lebanon Estimated	28.44	+0.07
128	Jamaica Estimated	28.27	+0.48
129	Oman Estimated	28.16	+0.34
130	Indonesia Estimated	28.1	+0.24
131	Saudi Arabia Estimated	27.63	+0.67
132	Myanmar Estimated	27.63	+0.28
133	Panama Estimated	27.53	+0.26
134	Peru Estimated	27.33	+0.28
135	Malaysia Estimated	27.14	+0.33
136	Maldives Estimated	27.04	+0.43
137	Algeria Estimated	26.81	+0.23
138	Morocco Estimated	26.78	+0.35
139	Suriname Estimated	26.7	+0.19
140	Venezuela Estimated	26.66	+0.33
141	Mexico Estimated	26.58	+0.32
142	Mongolia Estimated	25.91	+0.2
143	Fiji Estimated	25.88	+0.26
144	Ecuador Estimated	25.72	+0.37
145	South Africa Estimated	25.69	+0.33
146	India Estimated	25.61	+0.34
147	Libya Estimated	25.58	+0.21
148	Uzbekistan Estimated	25.54	+0.27
149	Tokelau Estimated	25.46	+0.2
150	Dominican Republic Estimated	25.45	+0.31
151	Bhutan Estimated	25.38	+0.43
152	American Samoa Estimated	24.79	+0.57
153	Cape Verde Estimated	24.72	+0.51
154	Turkmenistan Estimated	24.46	+0.22
155	Paraguay Estimated	24.24	+0.33
156	El Salvador Estimated	24.16	+0.33
157	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.11	+0.13
158	Tuvalu Estimated	23.92	+0.24
159	Guyana Estimated	23.84	+0.14
160	Bangladesh Estimated	23.77	+0.32
161	French Guiana Estimated	23.6	+0.49
162	Cambodia Estimated	23.6	+0.38
163	Belize Estimated	23.14	+0.4
164	Bolivia Estimated	23.01	+0.26
165	Nicaragua Estimated	22.99	+0.32
166	Egypt Estimated	22.96	+0.08
167	Philippines Estimated	22.58	+0.37
168	Djibouti Estimated	22.32	+0.29
169	Laos Estimated	22.25	+0.27
170	Jordan Estimated	21.83	+0.33
171	Haiti Estimated	21.75	+0.25
172	Botswana Estimated	21.72	+0.05
173	Nepal Estimated	21.51	+0.28
174	Kiribati Estimated	21.46	+0.2
175	Gabon Estimated	21.33	+0.12
176	Micronesia Estimated	21.25	+0.21
177	Honduras Estimated	21.24	+0.33
178	Papua New Guinea Estimated	20.98	+0.18
179	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	20.98	+0.08
180	Tajikistan Estimated	20.85	+0.14
181	Marshall Islands Estimated	20.75	+0.24
182	Tonga Estimated	20.73	+0.07
183	Namibia Estimated	20.52	+0.12
184	Nauru Estimated	20.47	0
185	Lesotho Estimated	20.45	+0.1
186	Guatemala Estimated	20.29	+0.29
187	Samoa Estimated	20.18	+0.06
188	Eswatini Estimated	20.18	+0.23
189	Vanuatu Estimated	20.17	+0.08
190	Ghana Estimated	19.88	+0.1
191	Pakistan Estimated	19.31	+0.07
192	Solomon Islands Estimated	19.01	+0.12
193	Timor-Leste Estimated	18.98	+0.27
194	Comoros Estimated	18.86	+0.12
195	Palestine Estimated	18.79	+0.21
196	Iraq Estimated	18.68	+0.17
197	Rwanda Estimated	18.39	+0.13
198	Syria Estimated	18.36	-0.06
199	Togo Estimated	18.23	+0.04
200	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.14	-0.07
201	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	17.95	+0.06
202	Kenya Estimated	17.85	+0.2
203	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.84	-0.11
204	Sierra Leone Estimated	17.83	+0.17
205	Yemen Estimated	17.77	+0.11
206	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	17.69	+0.13
207	Madagascar Estimated	17.67	+0.2
208	Senegal Estimated	17.64	+0.1
209	Liberia Estimated	17.59	+0.02
210	Eritrea Estimated	17.4	+0.05
211	Ethiopia Estimated	17.25	+0.25
212	Cameroon Estimated	17.25	+0.06
213	Benin Estimated	17.11	+0.06
214	Guinea Estimated	17.02	+0.14
215	Gambia Estimated	17	+0.13
216	Sudan Estimated	16.98	+0.19
217	South Sudan Estimated	16.96	-0.56
218	Zimbabwe Estimated	16.77	+0.04
219	Nigeria Estimated	16.71	+0.05
220	Mauritania Estimated	16.7	0
221	Tanzania Estimated	16.55	+0.14
222	Angola Estimated	16.28	-0.01
223	Zambia Estimated	16.26	+0.15
224	Mayotte Estimated	16.22	-0.18
225	Malawi Estimated	16.14	+0.16
226	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.1	+0.06
227	Mozambique Estimated	15.88	+0.05
228	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.84	+0.03
229	Afghanistan Estimated	15.68	+0.19
230	Burundi Estimated	15.12	-0.38
231	Somalia Estimated	15.04	+0.04
232	Uganda Estimated	14.97	+0.22
233	Mali Estimated	14.88	0
234	Chad Estimated	14.65	+0.01
235	Niger Estimated	14.42	+0.07
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.38	+0.01

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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 60.57 years in 2016, according to United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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

The Central African Republic, with 14.38 years in 2016.

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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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