Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2018
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 2018, at 60.42 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.36 years. The median was 30.37 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.42Vatican City

Lowest14.36Central African Republic

Median30.37236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 years	Change on 2017
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.42	-0.17
2	Monaco Estimated	54.51	+0.53
3	Saint Helena Estimated	47.75	+0.79
4	Japan Estimated	46.89	+0.35
5	Martinique Estimated	46.2	+1.21
6	Italy Estimated	45.57	+0.39
7	Germany Estimated	44.93	+0.04
8	San Marino Estimated	44.81	+0.48
9	Isle of Man Estimated	44.52	+0.32
10	Portugal Estimated	44.17	+0.44
11	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	43.74	+0.29
12	Greece Estimated	43.71	+0.32
13	Croatia Estimated	43.61	+0.44
14	Bermuda Estimated	43.45	+0.32
15	Guernsey Estimated	43.37	+0.22
16	Bulgaria Estimated	43.3	+0.29
17	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	43.23	+0.87
18	Hong Kong Estimated	43.22	+0.55
19	Liechtenstein Estimated	43.16	+0.31
20	Puerto Rico Estimated	43.15	+1.12
21	Guadeloupe Estimated	43.05	+0.94
22	Lithuania Estimated	43	+0.32
23	Serbia Estimated	42.93	+0.22
24	Slovenia Estimated	42.81	+0.24
25	Spain Estimated	42.8	+0.36
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	42.77	+0.53
27	Latvia Estimated	42.45	+0.2
28	Austria Estimated	42.27	+0.16
29	Hungary Estimated	41.77	+0.35
30	Finland Estimated	41.76	+0.17
31	Jersey Estimated	41.72	+0.33
32	South Korea Estimated	41.62	+0.57
33	Czechia Estimated	41.57	+0.39
34	Switzerland Estimated	41.48	+0.1
35	Netherlands Estimated	41.46	+0.05
36	Andorra Estimated	41.29	+0.5
37	Romania Estimated	41.29	+0.33
38	Estonia Estimated	41.05	+0.17
39	France Estimated	40.88	+0.17
40	Denmark Estimated	40.86	+0.14
41	Cuba Estimated	40.78	+0.34
42	Belgium Estimated	40.66	+0.08
43	Taiwan Estimated	40.57	+0.56
44	Ukraine Estimated	40.16	+0.33
45	Montserrat Estimated	39.91	+0.28
46	Aruba Estimated	39.77	+0.3
47	Canada Estimated	39.77	-0
48	Sweden Estimated	39.59	-0.12
49	Slovakia Estimated	39.4	+0.4
50	Poland Estimated	39.39	+0.36
51	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	39.23	+0.29
52	Malta Estimated	39.2	-0.27
53	Gibraltar Estimated	39.19	-0.01
54	Falkland Islands Estimated	39.08	+0.36
55	Belarus Estimated	39.02	+0.2
56	United Kingdom Estimated	38.95	+0.09
57	Sint Maarten Estimated	38.94	+0.65
58	Norway Estimated	38.59	+0.18
59	Luxembourg Estimated	38.46	+0.04
60	North Macedonia Estimated	38.34	+0.51
61	Russia Estimated	38.17	+0.22
62	Montenegro Estimated	37.96	+0.4
63	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.92	-0.14
64	Barbados Estimated	37.69	+0.24
65	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	37.56	+0.21
66	Curaçao Estimated	37.36	-1.87
67	Thailand Estimated	37.21	+0.49
68	United States Estimated	36.82	+0.17
69	China Estimated	36.62	+0.34
70	Ireland Estimated	36.5	+0.37
71	Macao Estimated	36.5	+0.18
72	Australia Estimated	36.35	+0.08
73	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	36.3	+0.36
74	Georgia Estimated	36.21	+0.08
75	New Zealand Estimated	36.2	+0.02
76	Moldova Estimated	36.11	+0.34
77	Cayman Islands Estimated	36.09	+0.29
78	Palau Estimated	36.07	+0.37
79	Niue Estimated	35.97	+0.3
80	British Virgin Islands Estimated	35.83	-0.08
81	Cyprus Estimated	35.72	+0.4
82	Réunion Estimated	35.44	+0.92
83	Kuwait Estimated	35.42	+0.86
84	Iceland Estimated	35.37	+0.06
85	Saint Martin Estimated	35.3	+1.54
86	Mauritius Estimated	35.24	+0.39
87	Anguilla Estimated	34.97	+0.42
88	North Korea Estimated	34.89	+0.24
89	Uruguay Estimated	34.53	+0.2
90	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	34.46	+0.6
91	Albania Estimated	34.28	+0.37
92	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	34.28	+0.35
93	Chile Estimated	34.08	+0.22
94	Singapore Estimated	34	+0.22
95	Armenia Estimated	33.94	+0.49
96	Dominica Estimated	33.5	+0.46
97	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	33.38	+0.45
98	Greenland Estimated	33.38	+0.1
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	33.18	+0.47
100	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	33.13	+0.12
101	Bahamas Estimated	32.91	+0.34
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	32.22	+0.51
103	Cook Islands Estimated	32.14	+0.33
104	New Caledonia Estimated	32.02	+0.45
105	Seychelles Estimated	31.88	+0.33
106	Brazil Estimated	31.81	+0.45
107	Saint Lucia Estimated	31.74	+0.42
108	French Polynesia Estimated	31.63	+0.74
109	Sri Lanka Estimated	31.55	+0.27
110	Costa Rica Estimated	31.54	+0.47
111	Grenada Estimated	30.95	+0.5
112	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.83	-0
113	Qatar Estimated	30.79	+0.31
114	Bahrain Estimated	30.73	+0.38
115	Argentina Estimated	30.49	+0.23
116	Guam Estimated	30.48	+0.26
117	Türkiye Estimated	30.45	+0.3
118	Tunisia Estimated	30.41	+0.35
119	Azerbaijan Estimated	30.33	+0.26
120	Iran Estimated	30.25	+0.51
121	Western Sahara Estimated	30.19	+0.38
122	Vietnam Estimated	30.17	+0.36
123	Colombia Estimated	29.73	+0.36
124	Brunei Estimated	29.58	+0.38
125	Jamaica Estimated	29.25	+0.49
126	Israel Estimated	28.89	+0.03
127	Kazakhstan Estimated	28.88	+0.21
128	Oman Estimated	28.77	+0.29
129	Indonesia Estimated	28.62	+0.27
130	Saudi Arabia Estimated	28.32	+0.21
131	Lebanon Estimated	28.27	-0.15
132	Myanmar Estimated	28.17	+0.27
133	Panama Estimated	28.07	+0.27
134	Maldives Estimated	27.99	+0.49
135	Peru Estimated	27.91	+0.3
136	Malaysia Estimated	27.81	+0.34
137	Morocco Estimated	27.49	+0.37
138	Venezuela Estimated	27.41	+0.4
139	Mexico Estimated	27.27	+0.35
140	Algeria Estimated	27.23	+0.21
141	Suriname Estimated	27.1	+0.2
142	Fiji Estimated	26.47	+0.3
143	Ecuador Estimated	26.47	+0.37
144	South Africa Estimated	26.47	+0.41
145	Bhutan Estimated	26.46	+0.58
146	India Estimated	26.31	+0.35
147	Mongolia Estimated	26.25	+0.15
148	Uzbekistan Estimated	26.1	+0.28
149	Dominican Republic Estimated	26.08	+0.31
150	Libya Estimated	26.01	+0.22
151	American Samoa Estimated	25.83	+0.5
152	Tokelau Estimated	25.7	+0.08
153	Cape Verde Estimated	25.63	+0.43
154	Turkmenistan Estimated	24.9	+0.22
155	El Salvador Estimated	24.9	+0.38
156	Paraguay Estimated	24.89	+0.32
157	French Guiana Estimated	24.6	+0.51
158	Cambodia Estimated	24.45	+0.44
159	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.33	+0.11
160	Guyana Estimated	24.33	+0.31
161	Tuvalu Estimated	24.28	+0.12
162	Bangladesh Estimated	24.2	+0.18
163	Belize Estimated	23.9	+0.37
164	Nicaragua Estimated	23.65	+0.33
165	Bolivia Estimated	23.54	+0.26
166	Philippines Estimated	23.33	+0.37
167	Egypt Estimated	23.17	+0.12
168	Djibouti Estimated	22.91	+0.3
169	Laos Estimated	22.8	+0.28
170	Jordan Estimated	22.54	+0.36
171	Haiti Estimated	22.25	+0.25
172	Nepal Estimated	22.1	+0.31
173	Botswana Estimated	21.94	+0.13
174	Honduras Estimated	21.91	+0.34
175	Kiribati Estimated	21.81	+0.18
176	Micronesia Estimated	21.68	+0.22
177	Gabon Estimated	21.44	+0.04
178	Papua New Guinea Estimated	21.35	+0.19
179	Marshall Islands Estimated	21.19	+0.21
180	Tajikistan Estimated	21.14	+0.14
181	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	21.11	+0.06
182	Tonga Estimated	20.91	+0.09
183	Guatemala Estimated	20.9	+0.31
184	Nauru Estimated	20.8	+0.22
185	Eswatini Estimated	20.72	+0.29
186	Lesotho Estimated	20.69	+0.13
187	Namibia Estimated	20.68	+0.06
188	Samoa Estimated	20.4	+0.11
189	Vanuatu Estimated	20.21	0
190	Ghana Estimated	20.12	+0.12
191	Timor-Leste Estimated	19.55	+0.28
192	Pakistan Estimated	19.52	+0.12
193	Solomon Islands Estimated	19.33	+0.18
194	Comoros Estimated	19.22	+0.21
195	Iraq Estimated	19.12	+0.23
196	Syria Estimated	19.07	+0.49
197	Palestine Estimated	19.04	+0.1
198	Rwanda Estimated	18.62	+0.11
199	Togo Estimated	18.33	+0.06
200	Kenya Estimated	18.29	+0.24
201	Sierra Leone Estimated	18.2	+0.19
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	18.16	+0.13
203	Madagascar Estimated	18.06	+0.19
204	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.06	-0.03
205	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	18.01	+0.17
206	Senegal Estimated	17.96	+0.17
207	Yemen Estimated	17.95	+0.08
208	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.78	-0
209	Ethiopia Estimated	17.72	+0.22
210	Liberia Estimated	17.68	+0.06
211	Eritrea Estimated	17.61	+0.15
212	Sudan Estimated	17.5	+0.26
213	Cameroon Estimated	17.32	+0.04
214	Gambia Estimated	17.3	+0.16
215	Guinea Estimated	17.29	+0.14
216	Benin Estimated	17.25	+0.07
217	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.02	+0.14
218	Nigeria Estimated	16.92	+0.11
219	Tanzania Estimated	16.76	+0.09
220	Mauritania Estimated	16.73	+0.02
221	Zambia Estimated	16.59	+0.17
222	Malawi Estimated	16.5	+0.18
223	Mayotte Estimated	16.47	+0.29
224	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.3	+0.11
225	Angola Estimated	16.29	+0.01
226	South Sudan Estimated	16.08	-0.06
227	Afghanistan Estimated	16.05	+0.18
228	Mozambique Estimated	16.01	+0.06
229	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.88	-0.01
230	Uganda Estimated	15.46	+0.24
231	Somalia Estimated	15.16	+0.07
232	Burundi Estimated	15.03	+0.06
233	Mali Estimated	14.95	+0.04
234	Chad Estimated	14.77	+0.07
235	Niger Estimated	14.59	+0.09
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.36	-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 60.42 years in 2018, 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 14.36 years in 2018.

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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