Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2017
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 2017, at 60.58 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.37 years. The median was 30.06 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.58Vatican City

Lowest14.37Central African Republic

Median30.06236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 years	Change on 2016
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.58	+0.01
2	Monaco Estimated	53.98	+0.5
3	Saint Helena Estimated	46.96	+0.74
4	Japan Estimated	46.54	+0.34
5	Italy Estimated	45.18	+0.38
6	Martinique Estimated	44.99	+1.21
7	Germany Estimated	44.89	+0.07
8	San Marino Estimated	44.33	+0.42
9	Isle of Man Estimated	44.2	+0.35
10	Portugal Estimated	43.73	+0.45
11	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	43.44	-0.01
12	Greece Estimated	43.39	+0.32
13	Croatia Estimated	43.17	+0.46
14	Guernsey Estimated	43.15	+0.29
15	Bermuda Estimated	43.13	+0.4
16	Bulgaria Estimated	43.01	+0.26
17	Liechtenstein Estimated	42.85	+0.34
18	Serbia Estimated	42.71	+0.23
19	Lithuania Estimated	42.68	+0.42
20	Hong Kong Estimated	42.66	+0.49
21	Slovenia Estimated	42.57	+0.31
22	Spain Estimated	42.44	+0.39
23	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	42.36	+0.81
24	Latvia Estimated	42.25	+0.21
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42.24	+0.52
26	Austria Estimated	42.11	+0.11
27	Guadeloupe Estimated	42.1	+0.95
28	Puerto Rico Estimated	42.03	+1.23
29	Finland Estimated	41.59	+0.09
30	Hungary Estimated	41.42	+0.36
31	Netherlands Estimated	41.41	+0.07
32	Jersey Estimated	41.39	+0.32
33	Switzerland Estimated	41.38	+0.07
34	Czechia Estimated	41.18	+0.41
35	South Korea Estimated	41.05	+0.57
36	Romania Estimated	40.96	+0.34
37	Estonia Estimated	40.88	+0.19
38	Andorra Estimated	40.8	+0.43
39	Denmark Estimated	40.72	+0.13
40	France Estimated	40.71	+0.19
41	Belgium Estimated	40.59	+0.09
42	Cuba Estimated	40.44	+0.37
43	Taiwan Estimated	40.02	+0.53
44	Ukraine Estimated	39.83	+0.31
45	Canada Estimated	39.77	+0.04
46	Sweden Estimated	39.72	-0.15
47	Montserrat Estimated	39.62	+0.21
48	Malta Estimated	39.47	-0.08
49	Aruba Estimated	39.47	+0.3
50	Curaçao Estimated	39.23	+0.12
51	Gibraltar Estimated	39.2	+0.01
52	Poland Estimated	39.03	+0.36
53	Slovakia Estimated	39.01	+0.4
54	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	38.94	+0.39
55	United Kingdom Estimated	38.87	+0.05
56	Belarus Estimated	38.82	+0.16
57	Falkland Islands Estimated	38.72	+0.28
58	Luxembourg Estimated	38.42	+0.08
59	Norway Estimated	38.41	+0.13
60	Sint Maarten Estimated	38.29	+0.62
61	Faroe Islands Estimated	38.06	-0.14
62	Russia Estimated	37.95	+0.16
63	North Macedonia Estimated	37.83	+0.5
64	Montenegro Estimated	37.56	+0.39
65	Barbados Estimated	37.45	+0.25
66	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	37.35	+0.15
67	Thailand Estimated	36.72	+0.47
68	United States Estimated	36.65	+0.14
69	Macao Estimated	36.32	+0.15
70	China Estimated	36.28	+0.29
71	Australia Estimated	36.27	+0.02
72	New Zealand Estimated	36.18	-0.07
73	Georgia Estimated	36.13	+0.04
74	Ireland Estimated	36.13	+0.39
75	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	35.95	+0.38
76	British Virgin Islands Estimated	35.91	+1.19
77	Cayman Islands Estimated	35.8	+0.26
78	Moldova Estimated	35.77	+0.36
79	Palau Estimated	35.7	+0.37
80	Niue Estimated	35.68	+0.27
81	Cyprus Estimated	35.32	+0.38
82	Iceland Estimated	35.31	+0.13
83	Mauritius Estimated	34.85	+0.41
84	North Korea Estimated	34.65	+0.24
85	Kuwait Estimated	34.57	+0.83
86	Anguilla Estimated	34.55	+0.52
87	Réunion Estimated	34.52	+0.97
88	Uruguay Estimated	34.33	+0.16
89	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	33.93	+0.49
90	Albania Estimated	33.91	+0.32
91	Chile Estimated	33.86	+0.24
92	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	33.85	+0.57
93	Singapore Estimated	33.77	+0.25
94	Saint Martin Estimated	33.76	+0.78
95	Armenia Estimated	33.45	+0.38
96	Greenland Estimated	33.28	+0.11
97	Dominica Estimated	33.03	+1.35
98	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	33.02	+0.1
99	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	32.93	+0.44
100	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	32.71	+0.47
101	Bahamas Estimated	32.57	+0.33
102	Cook Islands Estimated	31.81	+0.36
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	31.71	+0.5
104	New Caledonia Estimated	31.58	+0.44
105	Seychelles Estimated	31.55	+0.29
106	Brazil Estimated	31.37	+0.45
107	Saint Lucia Estimated	31.32	+0.43
108	Sri Lanka Estimated	31.29	+0.27
109	Costa Rica Estimated	31.07	+0.46
110	French Polynesia Estimated	30.9	+0.56
111	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.83	+0.02
112	Qatar Estimated	30.47	+0.19
113	Grenada Estimated	30.45	+0.49
114	Bahrain Estimated	30.35	+0.2
115	Argentina Estimated	30.26	+0.21
116	Guam Estimated	30.22	+0.29
117	Türkiye Estimated	30.15	+0.28
118	Azerbaijan Estimated	30.07	+0.19
119	Tunisia Estimated	30.06	+0.34
120	Vietnam Estimated	29.82	+0.3
121	Western Sahara Estimated	29.81	+0.39
122	Iran Estimated	29.74	+0.5
123	Colombia Estimated	29.37	+0.39
124	Brunei Estimated	29.2	+0.37
125	Israel Estimated	28.86	+0.04
126	Jamaica Estimated	28.76	+0.49
127	Kazakhstan Estimated	28.68	+0.21
128	Oman Estimated	28.48	+0.32
129	Lebanon Estimated	28.41	-0.02
130	Indonesia Estimated	28.36	+0.26
131	Saudi Arabia Estimated	28.11	+0.48
132	Myanmar Estimated	27.9	+0.27
133	Panama Estimated	27.79	+0.26
134	Peru Estimated	27.61	+0.28
135	Maldives Estimated	27.5	+0.46
136	Malaysia Estimated	27.47	+0.33
137	Morocco Estimated	27.13	+0.34
138	Algeria Estimated	27.02	+0.21
139	Venezuela Estimated	27.01	+0.35
140	Mexico Estimated	26.92	+0.34
141	Suriname Estimated	26.89	+0.2
142	Fiji Estimated	26.17	+0.28
143	Mongolia Estimated	26.09	+0.19
144	Ecuador Estimated	26.09	+0.37
145	South Africa Estimated	26.06	+0.37
146	India Estimated	25.96	+0.35
147	Bhutan Estimated	25.88	+0.5
148	Uzbekistan Estimated	25.82	+0.28
149	Libya Estimated	25.79	+0.21
150	Dominican Republic Estimated	25.76	+0.31
151	Tokelau Estimated	25.61	+0.16
152	American Samoa Estimated	25.33	+0.55
153	Cape Verde Estimated	25.19	+0.47
154	Turkmenistan Estimated	24.68	+0.21
155	Paraguay Estimated	24.57	+0.32
156	El Salvador Estimated	24.52	+0.36
157	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.22	+0.12
158	Tuvalu Estimated	24.16	+0.25
159	French Guiana Estimated	24.09	+0.49
160	Bangladesh Estimated	24.02	+0.25
161	Guyana Estimated	24.01	+0.17
162	Cambodia Estimated	24.01	+0.41
163	Belize Estimated	23.53	+0.39
164	Nicaragua Estimated	23.32	+0.33
165	Bolivia Estimated	23.27	+0.26
166	Egypt Estimated	23.05	+0.09
167	Philippines Estimated	22.95	+0.37
168	Djibouti Estimated	22.61	+0.3
169	Laos Estimated	22.52	+0.27
170	Jordan Estimated	22.18	+0.35
171	Haiti Estimated	22	+0.25
172	Botswana Estimated	21.81	+0.1
173	Nepal Estimated	21.79	+0.28
174	Kiribati Estimated	21.64	+0.17
175	Honduras Estimated	21.58	+0.34
176	Micronesia Estimated	21.47	+0.22
177	Gabon Estimated	21.41	+0.07
178	Papua New Guinea Estimated	21.17	+0.18
179	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	21.05	+0.07
180	Tajikistan Estimated	21	+0.15
181	Marshall Islands Estimated	20.98	+0.23
182	Tonga Estimated	20.82	+0.09
183	Namibia Estimated	20.61	+0.09
184	Guatemala Estimated	20.59	+0.3
185	Nauru Estimated	20.58	+0.11
186	Lesotho Estimated	20.56	+0.11
187	Eswatini Estimated	20.44	+0.25
188	Samoa Estimated	20.29	+0.11
189	Vanuatu Estimated	20.2	+0.04
190	Ghana Estimated	20	+0.12
191	Pakistan Estimated	19.4	+0.09
192	Timor-Leste Estimated	19.27	+0.29
193	Solomon Islands Estimated	19.15	+0.15
194	Comoros Estimated	19.01	+0.15
195	Palestine Estimated	18.94	+0.15
196	Iraq Estimated	18.88	+0.2
197	Syria Estimated	18.58	+0.22
198	Rwanda Estimated	18.51	+0.12
199	Togo Estimated	18.27	+0.05
200	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.09	-0.05
201	Kenya Estimated	18.06	+0.21
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	18.04	+0.09
203	Sierra Leone Estimated	18.01	+0.18
204	Madagascar Estimated	17.87	+0.2
205	Yemen Estimated	17.87	+0.1
206	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	17.84	+0.15
207	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.78	-0.06
208	Senegal Estimated	17.78	+0.14
209	Liberia Estimated	17.62	+0.03
210	Ethiopia Estimated	17.49	+0.24
211	Eritrea Estimated	17.47	+0.07
212	Cameroon Estimated	17.28	+0.03
213	Sudan Estimated	17.24	+0.26
214	Benin Estimated	17.17	+0.06
215	Guinea Estimated	17.15	+0.13
216	Gambia Estimated	17.15	+0.14
217	Zimbabwe Estimated	16.88	+0.11
218	Nigeria Estimated	16.8	+0.09
219	Mauritania Estimated	16.71	+0.01
220	Tanzania Estimated	16.67	+0.13
221	Zambia Estimated	16.43	+0.16
222	Malawi Estimated	16.32	+0.18
223	Angola Estimated	16.28	0
224	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.19	+0.09
225	Mayotte Estimated	16.17	-0.04
226	South Sudan Estimated	16.14	-0.82
227	Mozambique Estimated	15.95	+0.07
228	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.89	+0.05
229	Afghanistan Estimated	15.87	+0.19
230	Uganda Estimated	15.22	+0.25
231	Somalia Estimated	15.09	+0.05
232	Burundi Estimated	14.98	-0.15
233	Mali Estimated	14.91	+0.03
234	Chad Estimated	14.7	+0.05
235	Niger Estimated	14.5	+0.08
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.37	-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 60.58 years in 2017, 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 14.37 years in 2017.

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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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