Countries by median age, July 1 estimate

Name: Countries by median age, July 1 estimate, 2020
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 2020, at 60.33 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 14.41 years. The median was 30.99 years. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest60.33Vatican City

Lowest14.41Central African Republic

Median30.99236 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 years	Change on 2019
1	Vatican City Estimated	60.33	+0.04
2	Monaco Estimated	54.76	+0.12
3	Saint Helena Estimated	49.31	+0.76
4	Japan Estimated	47.67	+0.41
5	Martinique Estimated	47.46	+0.43
6	Italy Estimated	46.4	+0.4
7	San Marino Estimated	45.83	+0.5
8	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	45.3	+0.74
9	Isle of Man Estimated	45.12	+0.29
10	Portugal Estimated	45.03	+0.42
11	Germany Estimated	44.88	-0.03
12	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	44.58	+0.44
13	Hong Kong Estimated	44.43	+0.62
14	Guadeloupe Estimated	44.37	+0.52
15	Greece Estimated	44.32	+0.31
16	Puerto Rico Estimated	44.31	+0.57
17	Croatia Estimated	44.23	+0.28
18	Bermuda Estimated	44.03	+0.29
19	Bulgaria Estimated	43.9	+0.27
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	43.78	+0.48
21	Guernsey Estimated	43.75	+0.18
22	Liechtenstein Estimated	43.57	+0.19
23	Spain Estimated	43.5	+0.36
24	Serbia Estimated	43.39	+0.22
25	Lithuania Estimated	43.15	+0.01
26	Slovenia Estimated	43.02	+0.04
27	Latvia Estimated	42.82	+0.18
28	South Korea Estimated	42.76	+0.58
29	Austria Estimated	42.57	+0.14
30	Hungary Estimated	42.45	+0.34
31	Jersey Estimated	42.39	+0.34
32	Czechia Estimated	42.32	+0.36
33	Finland Estimated	42.18	+0.2
34	Andorra Estimated	42.12	+0.39
35	Romania Estimated	41.96	+0.33
36	Taiwan Estimated	41.73	+0.58
37	Switzerland Estimated	41.67	+0.09
38	Netherlands Estimated	41.53	+0.04
39	Estonia Estimated	41.38	+0.17
40	Cuba Estimated	41.34	+0.25
41	France Estimated	41.25	+0.17
42	Denmark Estimated	41.15	+0.16
43	Belgium Estimated	40.81	+0.08
44	Ukraine Estimated	40.79	+0.31
45	Montserrat Estimated	40.55	+0.29
46	Aruba Estimated	40.4	+0.31
47	Sint Maarten Estimated	40.33	+0.7
48	Slovakia Estimated	40.2	+0.39
49	Poland Estimated	40.1	+0.36
50	Canada Estimated	39.9	+0.11
51	Falkland Islands Estimated	39.88	+0.42
52	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	39.65	+0.08
53	Belarus Estimated	39.6	+0.31
54	Sweden Estimated	39.56	+0.03
55	Saint Martin Estimated	39.53	+0.95
56	North Macedonia Estimated	39.33	+0.47
57	United Kingdom Estimated	39.22	+0.13
58	Gibraltar Estimated	39.11	-0.05
59	Norway Estimated	39.04	+0.25
60	Malta Estimated	38.88	-0.02
61	Russia Estimated	38.69	+0.25
62	Montenegro Estimated	38.67	+0.33
63	Luxembourg Estimated	38.56	+0.07
64	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	38.28	+0.31
65	Thailand Estimated	38.21	+0.5
66	Barbados Estimated	38.15	+0.23
67	Faroe Islands Estimated	37.86	0
68	China Estimated	37.49	+0.47
69	Curaçao Estimated	37.47	+0.9
70	Ireland Estimated	37.29	+0.41
71	United States Estimated	37.23	+0.22
72	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	37.03	+0.38
73	Macao Estimated	36.99	+0.28
74	Australia Estimated	36.9	+0.35
75	Kuwait Estimated	36.84	+0.63
76	Moldova Estimated	36.83	+0.37
77	Palau Estimated	36.79	+0.35
78	Cayman Islands Estimated	36.76	+0.35
79	Cyprus Estimated	36.53	+0.41
80	New Zealand Estimated	36.46	+0.17
81	Georgia Estimated	36.46	+0.13
82	British Virgin Islands Estimated	36.27	+0.41
83	Réunion Estimated	36.26	+0.33
84	Anguilla Estimated	36.07	+0.58
85	Niue Estimated	35.99	+0.08
86	Mauritius Estimated	35.92	+0.32
87	Iceland Estimated	35.6	+0.14
88	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	35.59	+0.53
89	North Korea Estimated	35.35	+0.22
90	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	35.31	+0.59
91	Albania Estimated	35.13	+0.42
92	Armenia Estimated	35.05	+0.53
93	Uruguay Estimated	35.02	+0.26
94	Chile Estimated	34.68	+0.36
95	Singapore Estimated	34.48	+0.29
96	Dominica Estimated	34.44	+0.48
97	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	34.26	+0.43
98	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	34.17	+0.5
99	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	33.61	+0.35
100	Greenland Estimated	33.6	+0.12
101	Bahamas Estimated	33.59	+0.34
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	33.13	+0.39
103	French Polynesia Estimated	33.03	+0.61
104	New Caledonia Estimated	32.88	+0.4
105	Cook Islands Estimated	32.74	+0.29
106	Brazil Estimated	32.68	+0.43
107	Seychelles Estimated	32.63	+0.4
108	Saint Lucia Estimated	32.57	+0.41
109	Costa Rica Estimated	32.51	+0.5
110	Sri Lanka Estimated	32.07	+0.26
111	Grenada Estimated	31.93	+0.48
112	Qatar Estimated	31.63	+0.42
113	Iran Estimated	31.33	+0.54
114	Türkiye Estimated	31.24	+0.42
115	Azerbaijan Estimated	31.13	+0.43
116	Tunisia Estimated	31.09	+0.34
117	Argentina Estimated	31.08	+0.32
118	Vietnam Estimated	31.03	+0.44
119	Bahrain Estimated	30.95	-0.26
120	Western Sahara Estimated	30.94	+0.38
121	United Arab Emirates Estimated	30.86	+0.02
122	Guam Estimated	30.83	+0.12
123	Colombia Estimated	30.45	+0.36
124	Brunei Estimated	30.35	+0.39
125	Jamaica Estimated	30.23	+0.48
126	Kazakhstan Estimated	29.21	+0.15
127	Indonesia Estimated	29.13	+0.24
128	Maldives Estimated	29.07	+0.56
129	Israel Estimated	28.99	+0.06
130	Oman Estimated	28.77	-0.12
131	Myanmar Estimated	28.72	+0.27
132	Panama Estimated	28.66	+0.3
133	Malaysia Estimated	28.61	+0.44
134	Peru Estimated	28.53	+0.31
135	Saudi Arabia Estimated	28.49	+0.09
136	Venezuela Estimated	28.25	+0.39
137	Morocco Estimated	28.23	+0.35
138	Mexico Estimated	27.94	+0.32
139	Lebanon Estimated	27.81	-0.13
140	Bhutan Estimated	27.65	+0.59
141	Algeria Estimated	27.61	+0.18
142	Suriname Estimated	27.5	+0.2
143	South Africa Estimated	27.27	+0.39
144	Ecuador Estimated	27.22	+0.37
145	Fiji Estimated	27.06	+0.28
146	India Estimated	27.02	+0.36
147	Dominican Republic Estimated	26.7	+0.31
148	American Samoa Estimated	26.67	+0.42
149	Uzbekistan Estimated	26.57	+0.21
150	Libya Estimated	26.46	+0.22
151	Mongolia Estimated	26.41	+0.08
152	Cape Verde Estimated	26.36	+0.34
153	Tokelau Estimated	26.06	+0.27
154	El Salvador Estimated	25.69	+0.4
155	Paraguay Estimated	25.53	+0.31
156	Turkmenistan Estimated	25.38	+0.25
157	French Guiana Estimated	25.18	+0.21
158	Cambodia Estimated	25.12	+0.28
159	Guyana Estimated	24.83	+0.22
160	Belize Estimated	24.67	+0.39
161	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	24.64	+0.17
162	Bangladesh Estimated	24.56	+0.18
163	Nicaragua Estimated	24.29	+0.31
164	Tuvalu Estimated	24.27	-0.01
165	Philippines Estimated	24.07	+0.39
166	Bolivia Estimated	24.02	+0.22
167	Djibouti Estimated	23.51	+0.3
168	Egypt Estimated	23.49	+0.16
169	Nepal Estimated	23.45	+0.79
170	Laos Estimated	23.38	+0.29
171	Jordan Estimated	23.27	+0.36
172	Haiti Estimated	22.76	+0.25
173	Honduras Estimated	22.57	+0.33
174	Botswana Estimated	22.28	+0.17
175	Kiribati Estimated	22.18	+0.19
176	Micronesia Estimated	22.12	+0.23
177	Papua New Guinea Estimated	21.74	+0.19
178	Guatemala Estimated	21.55	+0.34
179	Gabon Estimated	21.46	0
180	Tajikistan Estimated	21.41	+0.14
181	Marshall Islands Estimated	21.41	+0.07
182	Eswatini Estimated	21.28	+0.27
183	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	21.14	-0.02
184	Lesotho Estimated	20.99	+0.16
185	Tonga Estimated	20.89	-0.03
186	Nauru Estimated	20.86	-0.04
187	Namibia Estimated	20.78	+0.04
188	Syria Estimated	20.44	+0.63
189	Ghana Estimated	20.4	+0.15
190	Samoa Estimated	20.37	-0.05
191	Vanuatu Estimated	20.16	-0.03
192	Timor-Leste Estimated	20.07	+0.26
193	Pakistan Estimated	19.81	+0.16
194	Comoros Estimated	19.68	+0.22
195	Solomon Islands Estimated	19.64	+0.15
196	Iraq Estimated	19.6	+0.24
197	Palestine Estimated	19.29	+0.13
198	Rwanda Estimated	18.88	+0.14
199	Kenya Estimated	18.78	+0.24
200	Sierra Leone Estimated	18.61	+0.21
201	Togo Estimated	18.5	+0.09
202	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	18.49	+0.17
203	Madagascar Estimated	18.41	+0.17
204	Senegal Estimated	18.39	+0.22
205	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	18.36	+0.18
206	Ethiopia Estimated	18.13	+0.2
207	Republic of the Congo Estimated	18.07	+0.02
208	Yemen Estimated	18.06	+0.05
209	Eritrea Estimated	17.96	+0.18
210	Liberia Estimated	17.89	+0.12
211	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	17.85	+0.04
212	Sudan Estimated	17.82	+0.14
213	Gambia Estimated	17.64	+0.17
214	Guinea Estimated	17.57	+0.14
215	Cameroon Estimated	17.44	+0.07
216	Benin Estimated	17.43	+0.1
217	Zimbabwe Estimated	17.36	+0.18
218	Nigeria Estimated	17.21	+0.16
219	South Sudan Estimated	17.02	+0.43
220	Zambia Estimated	16.94	+0.17
221	Tanzania Estimated	16.92	+0.08
222	Malawi Estimated	16.9	+0.2
223	Mauritania Estimated	16.83	+0.05
224	Mayotte Estimated	16.7	-0
225	Burkina Faso Estimated	16.63	+0.18
226	Afghanistan Estimated	16.41	+0.18
227	Angola Estimated	16.32	+0.02
228	Mozambique Estimated	16.13	+0.06
229	Uganda Estimated	15.92	+0.23
230	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	15.81	-0.03
231	Burundi Estimated	15.33	+0.14
232	Somalia Estimated	15.27	+0.05
233	Mali Estimated	15.12	+0.1
234	Chad Estimated	14.87	+0.05
235	Niger Estimated	14.82	+0.12
236	Central African Republic Estimated	14.41	+0.04

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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 60.33 years in 2020, 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 14.41 years in 2020.

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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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